A player limped in from the small blind, and former HPT River City champ Paul Belken raised to 2,500 from the big blind. The small blind called.
The 
flop was checked by the small blind, and Belken bet 5,000. The small blind called.
The small blind checked again on the 
turn, and Belken jammed for 29,800. The small blind tanked for a minute, then folded.
An early position player opened to 2,000 and was called by four: a player in middle position, the hijack, Anthony Dalpra in the cutoff, and Jason Darland in the big blind.
Action checked to Dalpra on the 
flop, and he bet 3,500. Only Darland held onto his cards in exchange for the call.
The 
turn paired the board and went check-check.
Darland led for 6,500 on the river, and Dalpra took a minute before ultimately matching it. Darland tabled 
for turned trips and raked the pot.
For the past week, the Heartland Poker Tour has been hosting a slew of side events here at the Hollywood Casino St. Louis.
Fans of the great game of Omaha got a treat in the form of Event #8: $300 PLO/Big O, played in a round by round format that saw players switch between four-card Omaha and Big O, which is five-card Omaha Hi-Lo, for those that have never heard of the game. 74 players generated a $18,870 prize pool, and the final nine players all took home a portion of the prize pool.
Charlie Dawson, who had already taken down Event #4: 7-Game Mix as well as Event #6: $400 Tag Team got his hands on a third Championship Belt after taking the lion's share of a five-way deal at the final table, capping off an impressive run in the preliminary events for the HPT Season XV Championship Series.
| Position | Name | Hometown | Prize Money |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charlie Dawson | Owensboro, Kentucky | $5,006 |
| 2 | Clinton Schink | Union, Missouri | $2,598 |
| 3 | Karl Hollingsworth | Jonesboro, Georgia | $2,598 |
| 4 | Joseph Campbell | St. Charles, Missouri | $2,598 |
| 5 | Troy Vogel | Quincy, Illinois | $2,598 |
| 6 | Bruce Baling | Overland, Missouri | $1,038 |
| 7 | Scott Schlein | Mt. Airy, Maryland | $906 |
| 8 | James Kennedy | Sheffield Village, Ohio | $811 |
| 9 | Michael Gage | Wildwood, Missouri | $717 |
Maurice Hawkins checked an 
board over to Nick Pupillo, who bet 3,400 into a 6,000 chip pot. Hawkins called.
Hawkins checked again after the hit the river, and Pupillo bet 8,000. Hawkins mulled it over, then folded.
Keith Heine raised to 1,800 from under the gun, and the button called. Austin Tjaden three-bet to 6,200 from the small blind, and both Heine and the button called.
Tjaden checked the 
flop to Heine, who bet 5,500. The button folded, and Tjaden check-raised all in. Heine instantly shoved his remaining 43,500 in chips forward, with good reason.
Keith Heine: 
Austin Tjaden: 
Heine flopped top set, but still had to fade the nut flush draw of Tjaden. Heine locked up the hand on the 
turn, and after the river, he responded to a fellow player's comment that his call was "Hellmuthian in nature" by saying, "I haven't had a hand like that all week!"
Following a cutoff open to 2,000 and a call on the button by Johanssy Joseph, Joshua Turner ripped it in from the small blind. The cutoff asked for a count, which amounted to 23,100, before making the laydown. Joseph, however, shook his head, smiled, said something inaudible to Turner, and tossed in the call.
Joshua Turner: 
Johanssy Joseph:
Although dominated, Joseph's club was live, and the flop brought three of them: 
.
The 
gave Turner an unwanted pair, adding gutshot outs for Joseph. The 
river completed Joseph's nut flush draw, and Turner tapped the table and vacated his seat.
A pot of 20,000 was already built up when Stephen Song checked a 
board from middle position, and Stephen Nussrallah double-fisted in his last 15,300 in chips from the button.
Song went into the tank for three minutes before slamming in chips to call, tabling 
as he did. Nussrallah mucked his hand, and the dealer showed 
before sending the pot over to Song.
James Anderson opened to 3,000 in the hijack over an early-position limp. Action folded to Peter Nigh, who called in the small blind, as did the early-position limper.
A dry flop of 
hit the felt, and Anderson continued for 4,200 when checked to. Both players quickly called.
After Nigh and the player in early position checked the turn, Anderson looked at the dealer and declared, "I'm all in."
Nigh quickly mucked, but the player in early position asked for a count—35,300—and took several minutes before eventually doing the same, throwing his cards into the deck with visible frustration.
There was already 7,000 in the middle when Joseph Monahan bet 5,000 from under the gun, and Josh Reichard made the call.
The fell on the turn, and Monahan bet 12,000, leaving himself 29,100 behind. Reichard tanked for a minute before folding, but Reichard still maintains the chip lead at the moment in defense of his title.
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