$2,500 Championship Event Day 2 | HPT Season XV Championship

11-25-2019 12:06 UTC-5

Hammers First to Fall

BrandonTemple

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Tom Hammers raised to 3,400 from middle position, then called a three-bet to 8,500 from Ron Ong in the hijack.

Hammers check-called a bet of 6,000 on the flop, then check-called 15,000 on the turn. Hammers checked again on the river, and Ong shoved. Hammers called off his last 17,000 with , but was busted after Ong flipped over .

Player	Chips	Progress
Ron Ong	190,000	68,900
Tom Hammers	Busted

Tags: Tom Hammers Ron Ong

11-25-2019 12:00 UTC-5

Shuffle Up and Deal!

BrandonTemple

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Cards are in the air for Day 2 of the HPT Season XV $2,500 Championship Event!

Level: 11

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 1,600

11-25-2019 09:56 UTC-5

Welcome to Day 2 of the HPT Season XV $2,500 Championship Event

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Day 2 of the HPT Season XV $2,500 Championship Event is set to kick off at 11 a.m. local time, as 110 players return from a field of 353 players, all looking to navigate their way to Day 3 and the nationally televised final table, which will also be live-streamed at the HPT's Twitch channel.

The final 36 players will all take home a share of the $790,720 prize pool, with a min-cash worth $5,930. Making it to the final table of nine guarantees a payday of $19,056, while the eventual champion will take home $181,874 in prize money.

Brent Barfield comes into the day as the overwhelming chip leader, sitting over 100,000 chips above his closest competetor in Dan Lowery. Defending champ Josh Reichard sits with a comfortable top 5 stack of 215,500, and both Nick Davidson and Eric Salazar, the last two players standing between Nick Pupillo and the coveted HPT Player of the Year crown, also lurk in the top ten in chips.

Top Ten Chip Counts

Position	Name	Chip Count
1	Brent Barfield	398,300
2	Dan Lowery	292,700
3	Joshua Henrichs	230,300
4	Mike Vanier	218,100
5	Josh Reichard	217,600
6	Nick Davidson	215,500
7	Christopher Audrain	213,400
8	John Michalak	195,200
9	Eric Salazar	191,500
10	Chris Moon	180,800

Season XIV HPT Player of the Year Aaron Johnson advanced to Day 2, but he'll have a little work to do as he sits in the lower half of the chip counts, bringing back 45,700 for Day 2 action. We'll also be keeping an eye on former HPT champs Chris Moon (180,800), Dan Wagner (109,300), Gary Herstein (72,000), Craig Casino (69,500) and Mike Shin (59,300).

PokerNews will be live on the felt all day long as the field reaches the money and plays down to the nationally televised final table of nine. Stay tuned here for live updates and photos from the HPT Season XV $2,500 Championship Event at Hollywood Casino St. Louis.

Tags: Aaron Johnson Brent Barfield Chris Moon Craig Casino Dan Lowery Dan Wagner Eric Salazar Gary Herstein Josh Reichard Mike Shin Nick Davidson Nick Pupillo

11-25-2019 02:14 UTC-5

Day 2 Seat Draw

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Table	Seat	First Name	Last Name	Chip Count
26	1	Dan	Lowery	292,700
26	2	Tom	Morse	73,900
26	3	Tod	Schmitz	74,700
26	4	Aaron	Johnson	45,700
26	5	Robert	Watson	153,300
26	6	Zack	Estes	61,800
26	7	Andreas	Ioakimides	93,600
26	8	James	Mackey	26,000
26	9	Joseph	Fine	41,100

27	1	H.B.	Sablotny	27,800
27	2	Bill	Byrnes	32,900
27	3	Josh	Reichard	215,500
27	4	Mary	Sturges	31,000
27	5	Kyle	Kloeckner	54,900
27	6	John	Richards	28,600
27	7	Freddy	Williams	145,700
27	8	Ryan	Hohner	37,700
27	9	Scotter	Clark	121,200

28	1	Bruce	Hugon	57,000
28	2	Chris	Audrain	206,100
28	3	Alex	Visbisky	110,000
28	4	Nick	Davidson	213,400
28	5	Joshua	Henrichs	230,300
28	6	Kyle	Cartwright	86,200
28	7	Jonathan	Lawson	145,000
28	8	Aaron	Massey	92,400

29	1	Paul	Bianchi	41,600
29	2	Melissa	Bryne	105,500
29	3	Austin	Schaal	93,600
29	4	Don	Shaver	104,400
29	5	Tom	Hammers	49,700
29	6	Wyatt	Denis	45,300
29	7	Ron	Ong	121,100
29	8	Jered	Gallagher	29,100

30	1	Brent	Barfield	398,300
30	2	Spenser	Cramer	130,900
30	3	Brad	Smith	66,600
30	4	Jamey	Kramer	86,300
30	5	Josh	Schindler	47,800
30	6	John	Thornton	60,900
30	7	James	Burns	145,100
30	8	Chris	Moon	180,800
30	9	John	Hughes	124,600

31	1	Henry	Zou	62,500
31	2	Devin	Tucker	19,300
31	3	Johanssy	Joseph	116,400
31	4	John	Michalak	195,200
31	5	Kevin	Hopkins	218,100
31	6	Jeffrey	Roberson	72,800
31	7	Mark	Burgess	84,400
31	8	Cory	Warner	149,400
31	9	Patrick	Quinn	23,500

41	1	Blake	Whittington	21,800
41	2	Martin	Warren	54,600
41	3	Nick	Brokaw	111,400
41	4	Dan	Sepiol	145,600
41	5	Paul	Belken	92,300
41	6	David	Wasson	122,800
41	7	Paul	Elfelt	77,200
41	8	Nate	Stumpf	105,700
41	9	Kelly	Rhoades	114,900

42	1	Stephen	Mayfield	21,800
42	2	Patrick	Lawson	62,500
42	3	Stephen	Song	140,700
42	4	Greg	Jennings	62,400
42	5	BJ	McBrayer	171,100
42	6	Derek	Schroeder	102,000
42	7	Anthony	Dalpra	63,700
42	8	Brad	Sailor	61,200
42	9	Mike	Sloan	56,900

43	1	Matt	Higgins	152,600
43	2	Brett	Reichard	179,900
43	3	Jason	Darland	62,000
43	4	Maurice	Hawkins	144,200
43	5	Blair	Hinkle	15,100
43	6	Quintis	Simpson	56,000
43	7	Luke	O'Brien	100,000
43	8	Andrew	Ernstein	52,600

45	1	Nick	Pupillo	94,400
45	2	Neil	Patel	76,800
45	3	Hamid	Izadi	47,500
45	4	Bobby	Noel	77,800
45	5	Eric	Salazar	191,500
45	6	Stanislav	Angelov	90,600
45	7	Gary	Herstein	72,000
45	8	Craig	Casino	69,500

46	1	Hyun	Lee	116,900
46	2	Greg	Sharp	34,900
46	3	Kyle	Kinder	103,100
46	4	Cory	Bogert	91,900
46	5	Jerod	Smith	131,700
46	6	Timothy	Vance	79,000
46	7	Austin	Tjaden	29,500
46	8	Nikolas	Martinez	151,600

47	1	Craig	Welko	102,100
47	2	Denis	Galic	58,000
47	3	Jason	Mangold	86,700
47	4	Mike	Shin	59,300
47	5	Justin	Coliny	132,800
47	6	Peter	Nigh	60,200
47	7	Jeff	Copeland	78,300
47	8	Peter	Brooks	101,200

48	1	Dan	Wagner	109,300
48	2	Larry	King	19,400
48	3	Mike	Vanier	217,600
48	4	Nate	Gibbs	53,600
48	5	Will	Berry	20,800
48	6	James	Anderson	80,300
48	7	Brett	Apter	105,000
48	8	Michael	Rossitto	59,200

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