Registration has closed on the second of three flights of the $1,650 Main Event at Ameristar St. Charles
The board shows 98 entries, bringing the two-flight total to 128, with Saturday's final flight (Day1C) set for a 1pm tipoff. Play continues tonight until the end of Level 15 at about 1:45am - the same as yesterday's Day 1A and the same for tomorrow's Day 1C. Players who still have chips at the end of Level 15 get to partake in the Bag-n-Tag, returning Sunday at Noon for Day 2, playing down to the final table.
The $1,650 Main Event from Hollywood Casino & Hotel St. Louis is underway. Flight A Friday drew 164 entries. We're anticipating well over 200 for Flight B on Saturday. Day 2 is Sunday. The nationally televised final table is Monday.
Read moreThe opening $350 NLH event at Hollywood Casino St. Louis drew 1,283 total entries over the weekend, a new record for largest poker tournament ever in the state of Missouri. That created a $384,900 prize pool, nearly quadrupling the $100,000 guarantee.
Read moreHeartland Poker Tour has held 22 events and awarded over $10 million in prize pool money at St. Louis casinos over the years. March 7-18, however, the tour will hold its first series at Hollywood St. Louis (@StLouisPokerHC).
Read moreThe third and final day of the $1,650 HPT Black Hawk Main Event returned nine players from the 588 entrants. Nick Pupillo entered the final table with the chip lead, hit a couple of big hands and went on to win his second HPT title for $194,478.
Read moreNick Davidson joined a short list of poker players to win multiple HPT Main Event titles Monday when he topped a field of 554 entries to take home $178,709 at Ameristar East Chicago. Here's a tournament recap by Paul Oresteen.
Read moreIt's time for another year full of red hot poker action and there's no better place to start than Chicago! Ameristar Casino Hotel East Chicago will play host this weekend as we kick off Season XV with a $1,650 Main Event.
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