$2,500 Championship Event
Day 2 Started
$2,500 Championship Event
Day 2 Started
Table | Seat | First Name | Last Name | Chip Count |
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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 |
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.
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.
Level: 11
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 1,600
Cards are in the air for Day 2 of the HPT Season XV $2,500 Championship Event!
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 |
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Ron Ong
|
190,000 | 68,900 |
Tom Hammers | Busted |
Matt Higgins opened the action to 3,500 from the cutoff, and only short-stacked Blair Hinkle defended from the big blind, leaving only 11,600 behind.
After seeing the flop of , Hinkle led for every last chip, and Higgins snapped.
Blair Hinkle:
Matt Higgins:
Having flopped bottom set, Higgins filled up on the turn via the , leaving Hinkle's open-ender drawing dead. Hinkle was on his way out before the even fell.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Matt Higgins | 170,000 | 17,400 |
Blair Hinkle
|
Busted |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Austin Tjaden | Busted | |
Will Berry | Busted | |
Mary Sturges | Busted | |
John Richards | Busted | |
Patrick Lawson
|
Busted |
Blake Whittington checked a board from the big blind, and Paul "Big Daddy" Elfelt bet 6,000 into a pot of 12,000 from the cutoff. Whittington called.
Whittington checked again on the river, and Elfelt bet 9,000. Whittington went into the tank for a few minutes, counting down his remaining 24,900 in chips. Whittington announced a call, but mucked after Elfelt tabled for aces-up.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Paul Elfelt | 120,000 | 42,800 |
Blake Whittington | 15,900 | -5,900 |
Gregory Sharp found himself all in on the turn, the river-less board reading , but Cory Bogert had outs.
Gregory Sharp:
Cory Bogert:
The river brought in neither the gutshot nor the flush for Bogert, giving Sharp the double.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Gregory Sharp
|
74,000 | 39,100 |
Cory Bogert | 52,500 | -39,400 |