I started working in the gaming industry essentially straight out of high school and don’t have any plans of leaving any time soon. '21 years old and I’m supervising a poker room, this is it, this is where I want to be.' PokerNews: Can you tell us a little about yourself? Louis poker room manager Mike Williams (pictured above far right next to Bill Byrnes and VP of Casino Operations Hollywood/River City Lowell Jacobsen) to learn more about the stop and poker in his part of the country. PokerNews recently had the chance to chat with Hollywood Casino & Hotel St. Craig Welko also won three side events during the stop including Event #1: $350 NLH, a tournament that attracted a Missouri state record of 1,283 entries. In fact, the HPT was there back in March which is when Bill Byrnes topped a 444-entry field to win the $1,650 Main Event for $$148,587.
The old venue used to play host to the World Series of Poker Circuit, but now it’s home to the Heartland Poker Tour (HPT).
Louis, which was formerly a Caesars Entertainment property. The area has half a dozen casinos, including the Hollywood Casino & Hotel St. Louis market is a robust, albeit often overlooked, poker market.
