Back-to-Back $2500's?

Jeff @FielderDream is here for Day 1A of the @HPTPoker $2500 Season XIII Championship.just three days after taking down the WPTDeepStacks season championship $2,500 for a $200k score in California.

Fielder maneuvered through a 501-entry field, beating @Cord_Garcia_ heads-up for the title, with Ben Keeline finishing 3rd.

Cord - 2nd in the HPT Player of the Year race - arrived last night here at Ameristar St. Charles and is expected to be in the Day 1A field later today.

Level - 1
Blinds - 50/100
Entries - 28

Jessica Parente - Hold'em Live Updates

Day 1A is Now

The $2500 @HPTPoker Season XIII Championship just kicked off as @HPTJeremy sent cards in the air for Day 1A here at @AmeristarSC.

Here's the schedule for today's Day 1A, tomorrow's Day 1B and Sunday's Day 1C ...

There are three starting flights - each offering one entry and one re-entry per player - at 1pm Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Begin with 30,000 chips, hour-long Levels the entire tournament.

There's an hour-long dinner break at the end of Level 6, about 7:30pm. Registration for each Day 1 flight closes at the start of Level 9 at about 10:45pm, with end-of-play scheduled at about 12:45am, the end of Level 10.

This is a Best Stack Forward event, so if you bag a stack Friday or Saturday, you can still play for a larger stack in the next flight.

Monday has a noon start for Day 2. Play down Monday to the Final table and return Tuesday at Noon for the Final Table.

Level - 1
Blinds - 50/100
Entries - 22

Dan Ross - Hold'em Live Updates

Our Season Championship is Here

Season XIII for @HPTPoker comes to a close this weekend as @AmeristarSC hosts the $2500 Championship Event.

There are three starting flights - each offering one entry and one re-entry per player - at 1pm Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Begin with 30,000 chips, hour-long Levels the entire tournament. Monday has a noon start for Day 2. Play down Monday to the Final table and return Tuesday at Noon for the Final Table.

There's an hour-long dinner break at the end of Level 6, about 7:30pm. Registration for each Day 1 flight closes at the start of Level 9 at about 10:45pm, with end-of-play scheduled at about 12:45am, the end of Level 10.

This is a Best Stack Forward event, so if you bag a stack Friday or Saturday, you can still play for a larger stack in the next flight.

Follow all the tournament action all weekend long right here at HPTUpdates.com

Dan Ross - Hold'em Live Updates

And the Winner is...

Keven Stammen is the new @HPTPoker @Belterra Main Event Champion, November 2017!

In addition to winning $87,303 in prize money, Stammen will also receive an HPT Bracelet as well as a $3,600 Championship Package that he can use later this month in the Championship Event at St. Charles.

This is Stammen's 6th HPT Main Event cash, 3rd HPT Main Event Final Table and 1st HPT title.

All three of Stammen's final table appearnaces were here in Belterra, once when he finished 6th in November 2013 and once when he finished 8th in March 2016.

Including his winning Event #1 here last week, Stammen is now just shy of $5,180,000 in total live tournament earnings.


Jessica Parente - Hold'em Live Updates

Bill Horsman - 2nd Place - $53,898

Bill Horsman finishes in 2nd place for $53,898.

Horsman is first to act and goes all-in.  Keven Stammen quickly calls and the players watch as the hand unfolds.


Board:          

Stammen:    
Horsman:    

Stammen's pocket pair hold up and Horsman is eliminated.  This is Horsman's biggest recorded cash and first HPT Main Event cash.


Jessica Parente - Hold'em Live Updates