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

Hinkle Can't Bet Out a Chop

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

After a raise from a player in middle position and three callers, Blair Hinkle three-bet to 13,000 in the big blind. The middle position player called, and everyone else folded.

Hinkle led out for 10,000 on the {3-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}{6-Spades} flop, and his opponent called.

Both players checked the {4-Diamonds} turn, and Hinkle jammed for 39,100 on the {5-Spades} river. His opponent called, and after Hinkle showed {a-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}, his opponent rolled over {q-Clubs}{q-Diamonds} and the duo chopped the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Blair Hinkle us
Blair Hinkle
WSOP 1X Winner
68,000 10,000

Tags: Blair Hinkle

Welcome Back, Scotter

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

With a dead small blind and temporarily playing six handed while the floor broke a table, Aaron Massey opened to 2,600 under the gun. Action folded around to Scotter Clark on the button, who said, "Raise it," as he dropped 9,000 in front of him. Blake Whittington gave up his big blind, and Massey quickly laid his hand down as well.

Player Chips Progress
Scotter Clark us
Scotter Clark
105,000 8,000
Aaron Massey us
Aaron Massey
100,000 -15,000

Tags: Aaron MasseyScotter Clark

Hammers Chips Up Through Alexander

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Joseph Fine raised to 2,500 from middle position, and John Alexander called in the hijack. Tom Hammers three-bet to 6,800 from the button, and after Fine folded, Alexander called.

"How many 5k chips you got?" Hammers asked Alexander, who responded, "Four."

The {q-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}{k-Hearts} board was checked down, and Alexander said, "Ace-high."

"How high?" Hammers asked, and after Alexander showed his {a-Hearts}{7-Hearts}, Hammers won the pot with his {a-Spades}{8-Spades}.

Player Chips Progress
Tom Hammers us
Tom Hammers
48,000 10,000
Joseph Fine us
Joseph Fine
45,000 -12,000
John Alexander us
John Alexander
24,000 -16,000

Tags: John AlexanderJoseph FineTom Hammers

Level: 10

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

Dawson's Run For a Fourth Title of the Series Comes to an End

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Charlie Dawson
Charlie Dawson

Charlie Dawson had his last few thousand in chips at risk preflop from the big blind against Blake Whittington in the small blind.

Charlie Dawson: {10-Spades}{8-Diamonds}
Blake Whittington: {q-Clubs}{j-Clubs}

Whittington held up on a {5-Spades}{j-Spades}{5-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}{4-Hearts} board, sending Dawson, who already won three preliminary events in this series, out the door.

Player Chips Progress
Charlie Dawson us
Charlie Dawson
Busted

Tags: Blake WhittingtonCharlie Dawson

Gallagher Doubles through Pupillo

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Gallagher ripped in 18,300 heads up on the river with about 34,000 in the middle.

The board read {5-Spades}{3-Clubs}{2-Clubs}{k-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}, and Pupillo asked for a count. The dealer informed him of the total, and he quickly called.

Jered Gallagher: {4-Spades}{4-Hearts}
Nick Pupillo: {5-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}

Though way ahead preflop and having flopped top set, Pupillo couldn't hold versus Gallagher's open-ender.

Player Chips Progress
Jered Gallagher us
Jered Gallagher
70,000 70,000
Nick Pupillo us
Nick Pupillo
WSOP 1X Winner
62,000 -33,000

Tags: Jered GallagherNick Pupillo

Reichard Drills Turn for a KO

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Heads up on a flop of {a-Clubs}{a-Spades}{k-Clubs}, Josh Reichard in the big blind checked it over to his under-the-gun opponent, who put out a bet of 2,500. Reichard called.

When the {8-Spades} fell on the turn, Reichard checked again, and the player under the gun tossed in a 5k chip. Reichard check-raised to 16k, and his opponent quickly jammed for about 20,000 more. Reichard snapped him off, turning over {a-Hearts}{8-Clubs} for the second nuts.

His opponent's {a-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds} couldn't improve on the {4-} river, and Reichard added the pot to his already substantial stack.

Player Chips Progress
Josh Reichard us
Josh Reichard
Defending Champion
245,000 -5,000

Tags: Josh Reichard

Late Night Chip Counts

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Austin Tjaden us
Austin Tjaden
110,000 35,000
Johanssy Joseph us
Johanssy Joseph
109,000 -16,000
Stephen Song us
Stephen Song
WSOP 1X Winner
105,000 32,000
James Burns us
James Burns
100,000 -15,000
Nick Pupillo us
Nick Pupillo
WSOP 1X Winner
95,000 63,000
Blair Hinkle us
Blair Hinkle
WSOP 1X Winner
83,100 8,100
Austin Schaal us
Austin Schaal
72,500 26,500
Greg Jennings us
Greg Jennings
70,000 4,000
Paul Elfelt us
Paul Elfelt
62,100 20,600
Hamid Izadi us
Hamid Izadi
Day 2 Chip Leader
62,000 5,000
Keith Heine us
Keith Heine
62,000 -42,000
Joseph Fine us
Joseph Fine
57,000 -25,000
Maurice Hawkins us
Maurice Hawkins
55,000 -5,000
Tom Hammers us
Tom Hammers
52,000 52,000
Bryan Skreens us
Bryan Skreens
51,000 22,600
Brad Smith ca
Brad Smith
46,000 3,000
Will Berry us
Will Berry
44,000 44,000
John Alexander us
John Alexander
40,000 -34,000
Craig Casino us
Craig Casino
38,000 -6,000
Ralph Massey us
Ralph Massey
36,500 -24,500
Peter Nigh us
Peter Nigh
33,500 33,500
Blake Whittington us
Blake Whittington
29,000 -19,000
Gary Herstein us
Gary Herstein
28,000 -35,000
Garrett Riley us
Garrett Riley
14,000 -13,000

Clark Wheels Up a Win

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Scotter Clark
Scotter Clark

Scotter Clark raised to 3,000 from middle position, and was called by the cutoff, as well as Charlie Dawson in the big blind.

Dawson checked the {8-Clubs}{2-Clubs}{4-Spades} flop to Clark, who bet 6,100. Both of Clark's opponents called.

The {3-Hearts} turn was checked through to the {9-Hearts} river, where Dawson bet 5,700. Clark raised to 18,000, and after the cutoff folded, Dawson called.

Clark flipped over {a-Hearts}{5-Hearts} for the wheel, and Dawson said, "Nice hand," before mucking.

"Thank you. I'm a hi-lo player!" Clark said with a smile.

Player Chips Progress
Scotter Clark us
Scotter Clark
97,000 22,000
Charlie Dawson us
Charlie Dawson
18,000 -13,000

Tags: Charlie DawsonScotter Clark