HPT Season XV Championship

$2,500 Championship Event
Day: 1c
Event Info

HPT Season XV Championship

Final Results
Winner
Paul Bianchi
Winning Hand
aq
Prize
$181,874
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,500
Entries
353
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
120,000
Players Info - Day 1c
Entries
153
Players Left
53

Schaal Fades Combo Draw for Stacks

Level 3 : 100/300, 0 ante
Austin Schaal
Austin Schaal

With 5,300 in the pot on a {q-Hearts}{j-Clubs}{3-Clubs} flop, Austin Schaal overbet for 6,000 from under the gun. Joe Locke, however, wanted to play for all of it, shoving his 23,900 into the middle.

Schaal calmly stared at the board for a moment before making the call.

Joe Locke: {10-Clubs}{9-Clubs}
Austin Schaal: {k-Hearts}{k-Spades}

With Schaal holding two of Locke's outs to a straight, the {a-Spades} turn and {j-Spades} brought no salvation, and Schaal's two pair held for a near double-up.

Player Chips Progress
Austin Schaal us
Austin Schaal
61,000
61,000
61,000
Joe Locke
Joe Locke
Busted

Tags: Austin SchaalJoe Locke

Campbell Chips Up; Pupillo Out

Level 3 : 100/300, 0 ante
Roger Campbell
Roger Campbell

A player checked a {k-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}{7-Spades} flop from the hijack, and Roger Campbell, who won the $500 Seniors NLH event a few days ago here at Hollywood Casino St. Louis, bet 1,200 into a pot of 2,000 on the button. The hijack called.

The {j-Diamonds} fell on the turn, and the hijack checked again. Campbell announced a bet of 1,800 and the hijack quickly folded.

Meanwhile, Nick Pupillo's seat has been filled by a new player, meaning Pupillo has one last shot to fire and bag up chips to add more points to his lead in the HPT Player of the Year race.

Player Chips Progress
Roger Campbell us
Roger Campbell
24,000
2,000
2,000
Nick Pupillo us
Nick Pupillo
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Roger CampbellNick Pupillo

A Round of Chip Counts

Level 3 : 100/300, 0 ante
Player Chips Progress
Joseph Fine us
Joseph Fine
62,000
10,000
10,000
Robert Watson us
Robert Watson
55,000
15,000
15,000
Blake Whittington us
Blake Whittington
52,000
11,000
11,000
Jorden Helstern us
Jorden Helstern
47,700
8,700
8,700
Neil Patel us
Neil Patel
47,000
17,000
17,000
Greg Jennings us
Greg Jennings
46,000
22,800
22,800
Gary Herstein us
Gary Herstein
40,000
40,000
40,000
Brett Reichard us
Brett Reichard
37,500
Yousef Saleh us
Yousef Saleh
33,600
3,600
3,600
Maurice Hawkins us
Maurice Hawkins
32,500
-7,000
-7,000
Stephen Nussrallah us
Stephen Nussrallah
32,500
2,500
2,500
Aaron Massey us
Aaron Massey
31,700
1,700
1,700
Keith Heine us
Keith Heine
30,000
30,000
30,000
Ralph Massey us
Ralph Massey
28,500
-1,500
-1,500
Hamid Izadi us
Hamid Izadi
28,000
-13,000
-13,000
Day 2 Chip Leader
Mike Vanier us
Mike Vanier
26,500
-7,500
-7,500
Day 1C Chip Leader
Timothy Vance us
Timothy Vance
26,000
-4,000
-4,000
EPT 1X Winner
Paul Elfelt us
Paul Elfelt
26,000
8,500
8,500
Roger Campbell us
Roger Campbell
22,000
-8,000
-8,000
Craig Casino us
Craig Casino
19,500
-5,500
-5,500
John Alexander us
John Alexander
18,000
Brad Smith ca
Brad Smith
15,500
-14,500
-14,500
Eric Stocz us
Eric Stocz
15,500
-14,500
-14,500
Scotter Clark us
Scotter Clark
6,100
-300
-300

Burns and Turns

Level 3 : 100/300, 0 ante

Chip leader James Burns opened to 1,200 in the hijack over William Haner's early position limp and was called by Bryan Skreens in the small blind as well as the big blind. Haner called.

The {6-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}{3-Clubs} flop checked four ways. Skreens checked the third diamond on the {9-Diamonds} turn, and the big blind fired 2,000. Haner raised to 6,200, and Burns gave it up, as did Skreens and the big blind, giving Haner the pot.

Player Chips Progress
James Burns us
James Burns
93,000
8,000
8,000
William Haner us
William Haner
41,000
41,000
41,000
Bryan Skreens us
Bryan Skreens
30,000
-15,000
-15,000

Tags: Bryan SkreensJames BurnsWilliam Haner

Skreens Straightens Out a Foe

Level 3 : 100/300, 0 ante

Bryan Skreens checked a {4-Spades}{2-Hearts}{6-Hearts} flop from the big blind, and the cutoff bet 1,400. Scotter Clark raised to 3,000 on the button, and Skreens check-raised all in, covering both of his opponents. The cutoff called off for 8,300 and Clark folded, preserving his remaining 6,400.

Opponent: {9-Clubs}{9-Hearts}
Bryan Skreens: {5-Spades}{3-Spades}

Skreens flopped the nuts, and although he got a sweat when the {4-Clubs} turn gave his opponent four outs to survive, the {10-Spades} river left Skreens with the pot and the knockout.

Player Chips Progress
Bryan Skreens us
Bryan Skreens
45,000
15,000
15,000
Scotter Clark us
Scotter Clark
6,400
-23,600
-23,600

Tags: Bryan SkreensScotter Clark

Level: 3

Blinds: 100/300

Ante: 0

Simpson's Two Pair Takes It

Level 2 : 100/200, 0 ante

Players limped five ways to a flop of {k-Clubs}{q-Spades}{4-Hearts}, and Quintis Simpson bet 800 in the big blind. Craig Casino called from the cutoff, as did Bruce Hugon in the small blind.

The {9-Hearts} turn added a flush draw, and action checked through. After the {5-Clubs} river fell, Simpson fired 1,600 when checked to, and Casino quickly called. Hugon thought for a moment before tossing in the call as well.

Simpson took it down with {k-Hearts}{5-Hearts} for a turned flush draw and rivered two pair, and his opponents mucked.

Player Chips Progress
Bruce Hugon us
Bruce Hugon
31,000
Quintis Simpson us
Quintis Simpson
30,000
Craig Casino us
Craig Casino
25,000
-1,000
-1,000

Tags: Bruce HugonCraig CasinoQuintis Simpson

Burns Leaves Pupillo Short

Level 2 : 100/200, 0 ante

A player limped in from middle position, and James Burns raised to 1,200 from the hijack. Nick Pupillo called in the big blind, as did the middle position player.

All three players checked the {8-Spades}{3-Spades}{5-Spades} flop, and Pupillo announced a bet of 2,000 on the {q-Spades} turn. The middle position player folded, and Burns raised to 5,200, exactly enough to put Pupillo all-in. Pupillo quickly flung his hand to the muck.

Player Chips Progress
James Burns us
James Burns
85,000
24,800
24,800
Nick Pupillo us
Nick Pupillo
3,200
-27,800
-27,800
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: James BurnsNick Pupillo