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2019 Heartland Poker Tour St. Louis

Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info

2019 Heartland Poker Tour St. Louis

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aa
Prize
$148,587
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,650
Prize Pool
$646,020
Entries
444
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
50,000

Bill Byrnes Wins HPT St. Louis Main Event for $148,587

Level 29 : 50,000/100,000, 50,000 ante
Bill Byrnes - Champion
Bill Byrnes - Champion

The Heartland Poker Tour (HPT) was visiting the Hollywood Casino St. Louis for the first time, and the $1,650 Main Event drew 444 entries, which created a $646,020 prize pool.

In the end, 47-year-old criminal defense attorney Bill Byrnes emerged victorious to claim a $148,587 first-place prize.

��It was awesome,�� Byrnes said after the win. ��I was pretty comfortable the whole time. I came in third in chips today, which I felt good about. The guy that came in second, I��d been playing with the past couple of days, he was a hell of a player. I was definitely worried about him. There was a number of good players at the table but I felt comfortable going in. I��m going to take my wife to Europe, not sure what else to do with the rest.��

Byrnes pledged to donate some of his winnings to the charity First Descents, which offers young adults living with and surviving cancer a free outdoor adventure experience designed to empower them.

Interestingly, Byrnes almost didn��t get the chance to compete at the final table as he had a court meeting Monday morning that had the potential to keep him preoccupied.

��I had a case set for jury trial this morning. If it was going to go I would��ve had to be blinded down,�� he admitted. ��I wouldn��t have made it back here. I was pretty far down the list so didn��t think they��d get to me but I was holding my breath.

Prior to the win, Byrnes had $429,719 in career tournament earnings including a previous best of $55,968 for finishing 11th in the 2015 World Series of Poker Colossus.

HPT St. Louis Final Table Results

PlacePlayerPrize
1Bill Brynes$148,587
2Keith Heine$91,735
3Stephen Green$61,049
4Dave Simon$42,314
5Kou Vang$31,978
6Andy Echele$24,872
7Tim Burden$20,673
8Joe Landazzi$17,120
9Greg Wood$14,471

Others to cash the tournament included Day 1b chip leader Josh Mullins (13th - $8,334), Shawn ��Reginald�� Roberts (19th - $5,168), Allen Kessler (30th - $4,199), Mary Sturges (31st - $4,199), Day 1a chip leader Ryan Gregor (32nd - $4,199), and Ryan Tepen (40th - $3,553).

Final Table Action

The first final table elimination came about an hour into play when Greg Wood jammed ace-jack only to run it smack dab into Steve Green��s two black aces. Wood didn��t get so much as a sweat and was sent packing in ninth place.

Not long after, Joe Landazzi fell when his pocket aces were cracked by Kou Vang, who had flopped a set of fives, and Tim Burden followed him out the door in seventh place. Burden, the 2018 MSPT Indiana State Poker Champion, began the final table with a big chip lead but nothing seemed to go his way. Eventually, he was whittled down before four-betting all in with pocket four. Dave Simon, who had three-bet with nine-seven suited, called and turned a straight to eliminate Burden.

With six players remaining, Andy Echele had pocket aces and flopped two pair. Unfortunately for him, Keith Heine flopped trips and turned a boat, which is when the chips went in. The river wasn��t an ace and Echele headed for the payout desk to collect $24,872.

Minnesota poker pro Kou Vang bowed out in fifth place after shoving his short stack from the small blind with ace-deuce and getting called by Simon, who held six-three in the big. A six on the turn was the final nail in the coffin for the MSPT Hall of Famer, who took home $24,872 for his fifth-place finish.

Simon was the next to go after running a bluff against Heine, who had flopped a full house, and then Green took his leave in third place after losing a flip with deuces to Bill Byrnes�� ace-queen.
Byrne entered heads-up play with 6.33 million to Heine��s 6.975 million and immediately set about chipping up.

Eventually, he had Heine on the ropes when the final hand developed. Byrnes slow played pocket aces and flopped a set while Heine flopped a flush draw. The chips went in on the turn and Heine failed to find a fifth heart to fall in second place for $91,735. It was one spot better than last year when he finished third in the HPT St. Louis for $48,042.

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