Main Event Day 1c | 2019 Heartland Poker Tour Ameristar East Chicago

09-01-2019 00:45 UTC

Bryant Makes Good Laydown

Anthony Thompson

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Jill Bryant opened for 2,800 from late position and George Vazanellis called from the small blind.

The flop fell and Vazanellis checked his option to Bryant who fired out 4,000.

Vazanellis tossed in a chip and announced he was all in.

Bryant looked at her cards and mucked them face up showing for top pair.

Vazanellis was kind enough to show her she made the right laydown and tabled .

Player	Chips	Progress
George Vazanellis	210,000 10,000	10,000
Jill Bryant	54,000 -6,000	-6,000

Tags: Jill Bryant George Vazanellis

09-01-2019 00:40 UTC

Player	Chips	Progress
George Vazanellis	200,000 -20,000	-20,000
Adam Asadorian	80,000 20,000	20,000
Aaron Johnson	60,000 30,000	30,000
Jill Bryant	60,000 30,000	30,000
Aaron Massey	40,000
Raman Rajanala	40,000 10,000	10,000
Craig Trost	30,000
Michael Butler	20,000

End of Registration

Anthony Thompson

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

The end of dinner break on Day 1c means registration is closed for good in HPT Ameristar East Chicago $1,650 Main Event.

The screen reads 307 entries for Day 1c, pushing the three-flight total to 579. That means the prize pool is a little north of $800,000. PokerNews will publish prize pool info as soon as it's made available.

Level: 10

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

08-31-2019 23:30 UTC

Dinner Break

Anthony Thompson

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Players are now on their dinner break, action will resume in 60-minutes.

Late registration will be closed upon return.

08-31-2019 23:14 UTC

Vazanellis Rivers Broadway and Gets Paid

Anthony Thompson

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

There was heads up action between George Vazanellis who sat under the gun and his opponent from middle position.

The board read and with 25,000 already in the middle, Vazanellis raised his opponents 20,000 bet to 40,000.

Vazanellis's opponent went into the tank for sometime before talking himself into making the call.

Vazanellis tabled and his opponent tossed his hand into the muck exposing .

Player	Chips	Progress
George Vazanellis	220,000 220,000	220,000

Tags: George Vazanellis

08-31-2019 23:06 UTC

Yuryi Moskovoy Claims Title in Event #5: $300 No-Limit Hold’em Deepstack Bounty

Anthony Thompson

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Our updates may be focused on the keystone $1,650 Main Event, but this is not the only tournament that’s played out during the latest Heartland Poker Tour (HPT) Ameristar East Chicago stop.

There has been a slew of side events all week long including Event #5: $300 No-Limit Hold’em Deepstack Bounty ($100 bounties), a tournament that drew 140 runners and created a $21,700 prize pool.

The top 18 got paid including Jay Crain (10th - $521), Sandra Morse (11th - $521), Brad Sailor (16th - $347), Homi Syodia (17th - $347), and Randel Vanderhyden (18th - $347).

The tournament came to an end when the final two players – Yuryi Moskovoy and Tomas Stundzia – worked a deal that saw the former claim the title and a smooth $5,000 in prize money. The latter secured $4,506 for finishing in second place.

Final Table Results

Place	Player	Hometown	Prize
1	Yuryi Moskovoy	Skokie, Illinois	$5,000*
2	Tomas Stundzia	Woodrige, Illinois	$4,506*
3	Michael Fryett	Palm City, Flordia	$2,213
4	Marius Toderici	Chicago, Illinois	$1,628
5	William Conway	Bartlett, Illinois	$1,215
6	Theodore Davis	Fort Wayne, Indiana	$998
7	Joshua Taff	Combined Locks, Wisconsin	$879
8	Gary Lindesmith	Lowell, Indiana	$770
9	Ben Castle	Western Springs, Illlinois	$651

_{*Denotes heads-up deal.}

08-31-2019 22:55 UTC

More Updated Chip Counts

Anthony Thompson

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Steve Williams	200,000 40,000	40,000
Eric Salazar	115,000 60,000	60,000
Jacob Connelly	100,000 40,200	40,200
Mark Morris	88,000 88,000	88,000
David Larson	80,000 30,000	30,000

Vino Paddolkar	80,000 30,000	30,000
Shawn Roberts	80,000 40,000	40,000
Paul Fisher	55,000 24,000	24,000
Bryan Skreens	45,000 5,000	5,000
Sabry Wazwaz	40,000 37,000	37,000
Aaron Massey	40,000 10,000	10,000
Ben Grise	30,000 -40,000	-40,000

Level: 9

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

08-31-2019 22:42 UTC

Some Updated Chip Counts

Anthony Thompson

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Nick Pupillo	215,000 145,000	145,000

Eddie Blumenthal	100,000 32,500	32,500
Blake Whittington	100,000 68,000	68,000
Jacob Bazeley	80,000 50,000	50,000
Rob Wazwaz	60,000 18,800	18,800

Aaron Johnson	30,000 15,000	15,000
David To	25,000 15,000	15,000
Gregory Baird	10,000 -20,000	-20,000