BLYTHE BAGS TOP DAY 1C STACK

Rick Blythe continually chipped up for the six levels after dinner break, wrapping up tonight as the @HPTpoker @StLouisPokerHC Day 1C chipleader.

Blythe - at 531,000 - is followed at the top of the Day 1C chipcount leaderboard in the $698,400 prize pool event by  Jason Darland at 438,000 and Blair Hinkle  at 395,000.

A back-to-back champion is still a possibility as March HPT St. Louis winner Bill Byrnes successfully managed a short-stack all day long, bagging up 119,000 after a late double.

Craig Casino, aka Mr. HPT, No. 1 on the All-Time HPT Money List, advances with a 236,000 stack.

Among those who came out for Day 1C but saw their HPT St. Louis Main Event come to an end was Dennis Phillips, Lily Kiletto, Grant Hinkle, Mike Sabbia, Craig Welko, Wendy Freedman, Grag Radosh, Chris Tryba, Greg Wood, Shawn McCracken, Jeff Fielder, Jeff Copeland, Roger Campbell and Mike Reick.

Here's the final chipcounts for the 4x players - from a starting field of 261 - moving on to Sunday's 11am Day 2 Restart.

Rick	Blythe	531,000
Jason	Darland	438,000
Blair	Hinkle	395,000
Umut	Oztunk	359,000
James	Mackey	350,000
Alan	Mendez	301,000
Stan	Jablonski	273,000
BJ	McBrayer	240,000
Mike	Shin	237,000
Craig	Casino	236,000
Zachary	Schneider	226,000
John	Richards	217,000
Keith	Muntz	215,000
Gary	Bland	205,000
Adam	Lamphere	181,000
Tanner	Pray	180,000
Steve	Bezler	178,000
Brian	Green	175,000
Paul	Belken	172,000
Thomas	Gabriel	171,000
John	Longowa	166,000
James	Gidden	162,000
Hal	Kirkpatrick	162,000
Nicholas	Davidson	136,000
Boris	Ronico	134,000
Stephen	Mayfield	134,000
Steven	Dill	133,000
Steven	Sobel	125,000
Austin	Tjaden	123,000
Bill	Byrnes	119,000
Simon	Webster	107,000
Bruce	Chahal	105,000
Chris	George	105,000
Bill	Haner	105,000
Derek	Schroeder	100,000
Stephen	Green	98,000
Mario	Webster	95,000
Anthony	DeFizio	83,000
Michael	Hynek	60,000
Brennan	Murphy	54,000
Dave	Simon	53,000
S.	Dharnala	50,000
Ryan	Gregor	50,000
Mike	Wissler	45,000
Austin	McCormick	45,000

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