Main Event
Day 1a Completed
2019 Heartland Poker Tour The Meadows
Main Event
Day: 1a
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Chip Counts
Chip Counts
7
125,500
8
68,000
Pickup Trucks Competition on Day 1a
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Heartland Poker Tour The Meadows $1,100 Main Event got rolling Thursday with the first of three starting flights, and Jason Pickup made like his namesake and trucked the competition, bagging nearly 13 starting stacks.
Pickup is one of just eight players who bagged, as a small turnout of just 53 entries filled a few tables in the lower level of the Pittsburgh-area casino. The players were a couple of bustouts away from the hard stop at six when the night ended and the final six hands were dealt at every table.
Short early on, Pickup doubled up when top pair held against a pair and the nut flush draw, and he started rocketing up by flopping a couple of sets later in the day. Finally, to close things out, he picked up aces in an opportune spot as a former second-place finisher in this event, John Yocca, jammed about 20 big blinds with ace-queen under the gun.
That enabled Pickup to finish with 387,500.
Chuck Scaglione (252,000), Doug Krency (234,500), James Trott (191,500), Griffin Abel (180,000), Michael Iannace (161,500), Carl Householder (125,500) and Kyle Stapleton (68,000) were the others advancing.
Scaglione picked off a triple-barrel bluff from MSPT champ Chris Meyers near the end of the night to take most of his chips and lead to an elimination of one of the more accomplished players in the field.
Others going bust included Greg Wood, Andrew Campbell and two-time WSOP bracelet winner Adam Friedman.
All will have more chances to bag starting on Day 1b, which gets under way Friday at noon local time. PokerNews will be on hand for another 15 levels of live reporting, so come back then for more coverage of the HPT.
End of Day 1a Counts (full)
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
387,500
42,500
|
42,500 |
|
252,000
82,000
|
82,000 |
|
234,500
109,500
|
109,500 |
|
191,500
76,500
|
76,500 |
|
180,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
161,500
-8,500
|
-8,500 |
|
|
125,500 | |
|
|
68,000
-92,000
|
-92,000 |
Big Fold from Scaglione
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Chuck Scaglione opened for 10,000 on the button and the small blind ripped in on him.
"Can you pull in the 10 and give me a count?" Scaglione said with a sigh.
It was 87,500 more and he folded 
face up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
170,000
-80,000
|
-80,000 |
Carbone Busts at End of Day
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
In one of the final hands of the day, Anthony Carbone was all in preflop for around 60,000. James Trott called from the big blind, showing 
. Carbone was in trouble with his 
and the board ran out [jxjxt6x2xtx], sending Carbone home for the night a few hands earlier than the rest of the field.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
160,000 | |
|
Busted |
Yocca Busted
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Jason Pickup opened for 10,000 under the gun and got shoved on by John Yocca. It was 59,600 and Pickup tank-folded.
The next hand, Yocca ripped in and action folded to Pickup, who announced a call and tabled 
. Yocca was smashed with 
and the board ran 
to send the pot Pickup's way.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
345,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
Busted |
Schroeder Eliminated
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Kyle Stapleton opened from the cutoff and was three-bet by Lauren Schroeder in the big blind. Stapleton called and the flop came 
. Schroeder fired a bet of 10,000 that was called by Stapleton, leading to the 
turn. Schroeder shoved all in for 41,000 and after about ten seconds, Stapleton put in the call saying he had to see what he was up against. Schroeder turned over 
for a pure bluff, much to Stapleton's delight as he showed . The trivial river card was a blank and raked in the pot as Schroeder is sent to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
160,000
72,000
|
72,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Abel Runs Out the Nuts
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
A player in the big blind got his last 30,000 or so in on an 
flop with 
for bottom two and got action from Griffin Abel, who had 
.
"Uh-oh," the all-in player said when the 
hit the turn to give Abel a flush draw.
Sure enough, the 
arrived to give Abel the pot.
"Thanks for playing," the dealer said.
"Thanks for flopping me two pair," the busted player said cheerfully enough. "It was fun, guys."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
179,000
92,000
|
92,000 |
Carbone Finds a Double
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Anthony Carbone shoved all in for 61,800 and was called by Doug Krency. Carbone reluctantly showed but was ahead of Krency's 
. The board ran out 
much to his relief and he has doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
130,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
|
|
125,000
-63,000
|
-63,000 |
Level: 15
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000