Time for Dinner
Level 6
: 200/500, 500 ante
Players are off on a one-hour dinner break.
HPT Season XV Championship
$2,500 Championship Event
Day: 1c
Quint Holds Versus Combo Draw for a Bust
Level 6
: 200/500, 500 ante
The small blind led out for 1,500 on a flop of 
in a limped pot, and the next-to-act big blind quickly stacked his remaining 15,300 and pushed it forward. Quint Simpson called on the button, and the small blind threw it away.
"Big draw, man. Big draw," said the player at risk.
Big Blind: 
Quint Simpson: 
The big blind amended his statement when he saw Simpson's higher flush draw, saying, "Not so big draw," and graciously left the table when neither the 
turn or 
river gave him a pair or completed his gutshot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
66,000
36,000
|
36,000 |
"Look at That Turn, Though. I'm Not Folding."
Level 6
: 200/500, 500 ante
Following a 1,300 open from a player in early position and a call from the hijack, Aaron Massey flicked in a 5k chip, announcing "4,800," in the cutoff. Jean Gaspard counted out his chips before calling in the small blind, and everyone else mucked.
Heads up on a flop of 
, action went check-check, as did the 
turn.
Gaspard checked the river, and Massey bet 3,000. Gaspard called without hesitation, and Massey showed 
for a turned nut flush draw and rivered top pair, top kicker. Gaspard laughed as he mucked, saying, "I let him get there."
"Look at that turn, though. I'm not folding," responded Massey, pulling in his latest winnings.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
59,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
|
26,000
-4,000
|
-4,000 |
|
||
Updated Chip Counts
Level 6
: 200/500, 500 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
125,000
41,000
|
41,000 |
|
||
|
95,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
|
75,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
74,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
62,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
58,000
23,000
|
23,000 |
|
57,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
56,000
9,500
|
9,500 |
|
48,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
|
44,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
36,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
36,000
-35,000
|
-35,000 |
|
||
|
34,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
27,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
|
20,700
-9,400
|
-9,400 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
Brokaw Holds with Middling Pair
Level 6
: 200/500, 500 ante
Jean Gaspard opened from under the gun to 1,400, and only Nick Brokaw called on the button.
Both players quickly checked both the 
flop and 
turn.
The 
river went check-check as well, and Brokaw rolled over 
for one-pair and the rights to the chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
43,000
43,000
|
43,000 |
|
|
30,000
-22,000
|
-22,000 |
|
|
||
Clark Trucks Gaspard For a Dub
Level 6
: 200/500, 500 ante
Scotter Clark checked a 
board over to Jean Gaspard in the hijack, who bet 11,000 into a pot of 20,000. Clark took his remaining 28,600 in chips and placed them on a miniature tractor-trailer truck that he was using as a card protector and rolled it into the pot, saying, "All in," as he did.
Gaspard couldn't help but laugh as he asked, "How much is that?" The dealer confirmed the 17,600 difference in chips for Gaspard, and he called.
Scotter Clark: 
Jean Gaspard: 
"I need a king," Gaspard said. He could also win with an eight, but the 
sent the double to Clark.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
70,000
40,900
|
40,900 |
|
|
52,000
-43,000
|
-43,000 |
|
|
||
Schroeder Check-Raises Dry Flop
Level 6
: 200/500, 500 ante
Austin Tjaden opened to 1,600 from the cutoff and was called by the button and Derek Schroeder in the small blind.
Schroeder checked the 
flop over to Tjaden, who continued for 2,500. The button instantly spun his cards into the middle, and Schroeder collected several chips for a check-raise to 6,500.
Tjaden didn't give the decision much thought before sending his cards into the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
86,000
49,000
|
49,000 |
|
77,000
36,000
|
36,000 |
Reichard Binks and Bets
Level 6
: 200/500, 500 ante
The 
board was on the felt when Brett Reichard bet 6,000 from the big blind into a pot of 10,000. Timothy Vance quickly folded in middle position, while Blake Whittington tossed a chip in the pot immediately after to call.
Reichard tabled 
for the nuts, and Whittington mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
72,000
13,500
|
13,500 |
|
55,000
28,000
|
28,000 |
|
||
|
38,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
Level: 6
Blinds: 200/500
Ante: 500
Dawson Bets Small on River
Level 5
: 200/400, 400 ante
Charlie Dawson opened to 1,500 in the hijack and was called by the players on the button and in the big blind.
The 
flop quickly checked around, as did the turn, adding a pair and three to the flush on the board.
When checked to on the river, Dawson tossed out a small bet of 1,000, and his opponents swiftly tossed their cards away.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
56,000
-26,000
|
-26,000 |