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Day 2 Completed
2019 Heartland Poker Tour The Meadows
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Dan Wagner Leads Final Table After Day 2 of HPT The Meadows
Level 23
: 12,000/24,000, 24,000 ante
Day 2 of the Heartland Poker Tour The Meadows $1,100 Main Event is in the books after nearly six hours of play. The day saw 56 people return to action as the field was combined from all who advanced from the three initial flights. When the play concluded, Dan Wagner found himself with a sizable chip lead, bagging 2,509,000.
Wagner entered the day with 343,000 chips, which put him near the top of the leaderboard. He continued to climb, as the day went on, finding big hands at all the right times. By the time the final three tables were reached, he was up to 700,000 and eclipsed the 1 million chip mark at the beginning of the last level of play for the day. With 12 left, he won a huge pot with aces versus tens to get to nearly two million. He then secured a knockout on the first hand of the unofficial, 10-handed final table with a flopped straight to conclude play for the day and secure a comfortable chip lead going into tomorrow's televised final table.
With over $800,000 in lifetime tournament earnings, final tables are nothing new to Wagner. He will look to claim his first HPT title when play resumes tomorrow, though the remainder of the field will certainly make sure he has plenty of work left ahead of him. Andy Spears is the most recognizable name in the field, who entered Day 2 as the chip leader and finished the day in fourth place with a stack of 1,094,000.
HPT The Meadows Final Table
| Seat | Player | Stack |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kelly Becker | 477,000 |
| 2 | Anthony McIe | 1,981,000 |
| 3 | Marcus Gaunt | 527,000 |
| 4 | Christopher Lee | 1,275,000 |
| 5 | Lydia Waltonbaugh | 578,000 |
| 6 | Andy Spears | 1,094,000 |
| 7 | Jason Pickup | 893,000 |
| 8 | George Stathers | 1,022,000 |
| 9 | Dan Wagner | 2,509,000 |
Day 2 started with 56 players returning and 36 places being paid. Eliminations came early and often, with the bubble bursting before the first break of the day. Some notable players to make the money who did not make the final table include Michael Pempin (32nd - $2,484), Joe Ebanks (19th - $2,980), Day 1b chip leader Jimmy Stevens (18th - $3,709), and Iverson Cotton Snuffer (15th - $4,735).
Action will resume Monday at noon local time in the ballroom, and will be live streamed and televised. Come back to PokerNews for live updates and head over to HPT's Twitch channel to catch the action live as the tournament plays down to a winner who will claim $76,165.
Official Final Table Chip Counts (full)
Level 23
: 12,000/24,000, 24,000 ante
Play has ended with the official final table being locked in and the players are bagged up for the streamed and televised final table. A recap of today's action will follow shortly here on PokerNews.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,509,000
429,000
|
429,000 |
|
1,981,000
-13,000
|
-13,000 |
|
1,275,000
-135,000
|
-135,000 |
|
1,094,000
-1,000
|
-1,000 |
|
1,022,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
893,000
-7,000
|
-7,000 |
|
578,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
527,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
477,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
Stan Jablonski Eliminated in 10th Place ($6,292)
Level 23
: 12,000/24,000, 24,000 ante
On the first hand of the unofficial, 10-handed final table, Dan Wagner opened with a raise from early position and was called by Christopher Lee in middle position and Stan Jablonski in the big blind. The flop came 
and Jablonski checked to Wagner, who made a continuation-bet of 80,000. Lee made the call and Jablonski shoved all in for around 250,000. Wagner made the call, Lee folded, and cards were turned up.
Stan Jablonski: 
Dan Wagner: 
Jablonski's tournament life was at stake with top pair and an open-ended straight draw versus Wagner's nine-high straight, and the turn and river came 
to end Jablonski's tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Final Table Draw and Counts
Level 23
: 12,000/24,000, 24,000 ante
| Seat | Player | Stack |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kelly Becker | 417,000 |
| 2 | Anthony McIe | 1,994,000 |
| 3 | Marcus Gaunt | 502,000 |
| 4 | Christopher Lee | 1,410,000 |
| 5 | Lydia Waltonbaugh | 575,000 |
| 6 | Andy Spears | 1,095,000 |
| 7 | Jason Pickup | 900,000 |
| 8 | Stan Jablonski | 298,000 |
| 9 | George Stathers | 1,020,000 |
| 10 | Dan Wagner | 2,080,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,080,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
|
1,994,000
94,000
|
94,000 |
|
|
1,410,000
380,000
|
380,000 |
|
|
1,095,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
|
1,020,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
900,000
-67,000
|
-67,000 |
|
|
575,000
-205,000
|
-205,000 |
|
|
502,000
-213,000
|
-213,000 |
|
|
417,000
-43,000
|
-43,000 |
|
|
298,000
-302,000
|
-302,000 |
Griffin Abel Eliminated in 11th Place ($6,292)
Level 23
: 12,000/24,000, 24,000 ante
Griffin Abel was all in after being down to his last 41,000 after posting the big blind ante. George Stathers and Dan Wagner were also in and competing for a side pot with 52,000 in it. Both players checked down the 
runout.
Dan Wagner: 
Griffin Abel: 
George Stathers: 
Stathers' kings were good and Abel was eliminated from the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Abel Crippled
Level 23
: 12,000/24,000, 24,000 ante
On a flop of 
, Anthony McIe in the small blind and Griffin Abel in early position got in a raising war that ended with McIe snap-calling an all-in shove.
Anthony McIe: 
Griffin Abel: 
Abel cursed his poor luck and the board ran out 
and . Abel sent over 863,000, leaving himself with just a couple of blinds behind.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,900,000
850,000
|
850,000 |
|
|
63,000
-957,000
|
-957,000 |
Waltonbaugh Rips on Pickup
Level 23
: 12,000/24,000, 24,000 ante
Lydia Waltonbaugh opened for 50,000, Jason Pickup made it 175,000 in the big blind and Waltonbaugh stuffed for what turned out to be 415,000. Pickup tanked until a clock was called and wound up letting his hand die.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
967,000
715,000
|
715,000 |
|
|
780,000
380,000
|
380,000 |
McIe Outkicks Abel to Double
Level 23
: 12,000/24,000, 24,000 ante
Anthony McIe opened the cutoff to 60,000 and Griffin Abel made the call out of the small blind to take heads up action to a flop of 
. Abel checked to McIe, who made a continuation bet of 50,000. Abel check-raised to 100,000 and McIe called. Action checked through the 
turn and Abel announced all in when the dealer turned over the 
river.
McIe Snap called, turning over 
. Abel showed 
for a lesser three of a kind, and matched the remaining chips in McIe's stack, around 300,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,050,000
584,000
|
584,000 |
|
|
1,020,000
-480,000
|
-480,000 |
Brian Patterson Eliminated in 12th Place ($6,292)
Level 23
: 12,000/24,000, 24,000 ante
Brian Patterson opened action with a preflop raise from the button to 55,000. Dan Wagner three-bet from the small blind to 175,000, and Patterson quickly put in a stack of pink T25,000 chips worth at least 500,000. Wagner quickly announced all in and Patterson pushed the rest of his chips into the middle.
Brian Patterson: 
Dan Wagner:
"No ten," Wagner said to Andy Spears at the adjacent table as the dealer was getting ready to deal the cards.
The dealer complied with a runout of 
that had Patterson drawing dead on the turn. Wagner has now eclipsed the 2,000,000 mark.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,000,000
940,000
|
940,000 |
|
Busted |