HPT Season XV Championship

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

HPT Season XV Championship

Final Results
Winner
Paul Bianchi
Winning Hand
a♦q♠
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
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End Of Day 1c Chip Counts (full)

BrandonTemple
BrandonTemple
Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Player Chips Progress
Mike Vanier us
Mike Vanier 		217,600
17,600
 17,600
Day 1C Chip Leader
Josh Reichard us
Josh Reichard 		215,500
-29,500
 -29,500
Defending Champion
John Michalak us
John Michalak 		195,200
195,200
 195,200
Brett Reichard us
Brett Reichard 		179,900
29,900
 29,900
Robert Watson us
Robert Watson
153,300
98,300
 98,300
Cory Warner us
Cory Warner
149,400
49,400
 49,400
James Burns us
James Burns 		145,100
45,100
 45,100
Maurice Hawkins us
Maurice Hawkins 		144,200
4,200
 4,200
Stephen Song us
Stephen Song 		140,700
10,700
 10,700
WSOP 1X Winner
Scotter Clark us
Scotter Clark 		121,200
-18,800
 -18,800
Ron Ong us
Ron Ong
121,100
121,100
 121,100
Hyun Lee us
Hyun Lee 		116,900
116,900
 116,900
Johanssy Joseph us
Johanssy Joseph 		116,400
7,400
 7,400
Nick Brokaw us
Nick Brokaw
111,400
68,400
 68,400
Alex Visbisky us
Alex Visbisky 		110,000
110,000
 110,000
Derek Schroeder us
Derek Schroeder 		102,000
16,000
 16,000
Peter Brooks us
Peter Brooks 		101,200
101,200
 101,200
Nick Pupillo us
Nick Pupillo 		94,400
-4,600
 -4,600
WSOP 1X Winner
Austin Schaal us
Austin Schaal 		93,600
14,600
 14,600
Aaron Massey us
Aaron Massey 		92,400
-7,600
 -7,600
Paul Belken us
Paul Belken 		92,300
Stanislav Angelov us
Stanislav Angelov 		90,600
90,600
 90,600
James Anderson us
James Anderson 		80,300
21,300
 21,300
WSOP 1X Winner
Timothy Vance us
Timothy Vance 		79,000
45,000
 45,000
EPT 1X Winner
Paul Elfelt us
Paul Elfelt 		77,200
15,100
 15,100

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Reichard Off to Strong Title Defense as 53 Advance from Day 1c of the HPT Season XV Championship Event

BrandonTemple
BrandonTemple
Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Josh Reichard
Josh Reichard

The final flight of the HPT Season XV $2,500 Championship Event brought 153 more entrants to the felt, bringing the total for all three flights up to 353 players. A $790,720 prize pool was built up by the field, surpassing the $700,000 guarantee, and the final 36 players will earn a piece of the pie, with the winner walking home with $181,874.

At the end of Day 1c, just 53 managed to bag up chips, with Nebraska's Mike Vanier and his 217,600 chip inching past defending champ Josh Reichard and his 215,500 chip stack. Vanier and Reichard shared a table for much of the final few levels, and both of their stacks hovered between 200,000 and 250,000 for the majority of the time. Vanier, who has over $420,000 in lifetime tournament earnings, sits well behind Day 1b chip leader Brent Barfield and his 398,300 chip stack.

Reichard will be looking to notch his third career HPT title with a win in the finale, and a win would also bring him within striking distance of the man at the top of the HPT career earnings list, Mr. HPT himself, Craig Casino. Another player looking for a title of his own is Nick Pupillo, who bagged up 94,400 chips. With only two players eligible to catch him for HPT Player of the Year, Pupillo is looking to add a second HPT title to an already impressive season on tour.

Rounding out the top five are John Michalak (195,200), Brett Reichard (179,900), and Robert Watson (153,300). Other notables include Maurice Hawkins (144,200), Stephen Song (140,700), Aaron Massey (92,400), Neil Patel (76,800), and the aforementioned Casino (69,500).

Charlie Dawson had already claimed three titles in the preliminary events leading up to this weekend's Main Event, but his quest for the biggest of all the titles of the series came up short, as he fell to Blake Whittington just an hour before the end of the night. Former HPT champs Yousef Saleh, Roger Campbell, and Shawn Roberts all fell during the day's play, as did WSOP Bracelet winner Jean Gaspard, Lily Kiletto, and Jeff Banghart.

The final 110 players will return tomorrow at 11 a.m. local time, and the plan is to play down to the final table of nine. Blinds will start at 800/1,600/1,600 for Day 2 play, and levels will remain one hour in length. Stay tuned to PokerNews to follow all the action as we reach our nationally televised final table of nine here in St. Louis, Missouri!

Tags: Aaron MasseyBlake WhittingtonBrent BarfieldBrett ReichardCharlie DawsonCraig CasinoJean GaspardJeff BanghartJohn MichalakJosh ReichardLily KilettoMaurice HawkinsMike VanierNeil PatelNick PupilloRobert WatsonRoger CampbellShawn RobertsStephen SongYousef Saleh

$2,500 Championship Event

Day 1c Completed

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