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

08-31-2019 06:20 UTC

Updated Chip Counts

Anthony Thompson

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Brek Schutten	315,000 185,000	185,000
Michael Puccio	260,000 190,000	190,000
Randy Proehlich	200,000 -125,000	-125,000
Todd Sladek	190,000 75,000	75,000
George Pappas	150,000 -60,000	-60,000
Mike Shin	125,000 74,000	74,000
Taylor Deane	100,000 -60,000	-60,000
Cheryl Choon	100,000 -110,000	-110,000
Yoon Kim	60,000 -65,000	-65,000
Ralph Massey	30,000 -85,000	-85,000

08-31-2019 06:32 UTC

Richard Moves to the Top After Hitting Runner Runner to Eliminate Opponent

Anthony Thompson

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Bryan Skreens opened for 9,000 from early position and Nick Davidson called sitting directly on his left.

Action on the table folded around to Josh Reichard who three-bet to 36,000 and the big blind player jammed for 80,500.

Skreens and Davidson got out of the way and Reichard called.

Josh Reichard:
Opponent:

Reichard was far behind the pocket kings of his opponent and didn't receive any help from the flop.

The turn brought a flush draw for Reichard with the and he would get there after the dealer dropped the on the river to send his opponent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Josh Reichard	550,000 120,000	120,000
Nick Davidson	240,000 -20,000	-20,000
Bryan Skreens	60,000 -70,000	-70,000

Tags: Nick Davidson Josh Reichard Bryan Skreens

08-31-2019 06:32 UTC

A Look at the Current HPT Season XV POY Race

Anthony Thompson

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

The Heartland Poker Tour (HPT) Player of the Year race is always competitive, and right now Nick Pupillo by a wide margin with 301.20 points. His closest competition right now is Nick Davidson in second place with 176.80 points, while Mike Shin sits third with 160 points.

Sitting in fourth thanks to back-to-back final tables and winning the HPT Lawrenceburg for $119,101 is Greg Wood with 152.5 points.

Whoever wins the POY title will claim more than bragging rights. Our POY earns a $10,000 package to use next season as well as complimentary hotel accommodations at those six stops. In case of a tie, all winning players will split the POY prize package evenly.

Here's a look at the current top 10 headed into the HPT East Chicago stop:

Place	Player	Points
1	Nick Pupillo	301.20
2	Nick Davidson	176.80
3	Mike Shin	160.00
4	Greg Wood	152.50
5	Chris Moon	146.50
6	Mike Sabbia	146.40
7	Spenser Cramer	140.00
8	Bill Byrnes	140.00
9	Shawn "Reginald" Roberts	132
10	Austin Peck	130

08-31-2019 06:37 UTC

Final Five Hands

Anthony Thompson

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

The dealers have just been told to deal the final five hands of the night.

End of day chip counts and recap will follow.

08-31-2019 06:58 UTC

End of Day Chip Counts (full)

Anthony Thompson

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike O'Neill	573,000 33,000	33,000
Josh Reichard	570,000 20,000	20,000
Brek Schutten	341,000 26,000	26,000
Kyle Pikorz	334,000 14,000	14,000
Brett Apter	288,000 48,000	48,000

Roger McKinney	284,000 -16,000	-16,000
Kenneth Baime	260,000
Randy Froehlich	252,000
George Pappas	247,000 97,000	97,000
Todd Sladek	227,000 37,000	37,000
Randolph Stone	221,000
Taylor Deane	196,000 96,000	96,000
Steve Downey	160,000
Kevin Saul	148,000

Shane Slouick	141,000
Javon Schroder	140,000
Nick Davidson	125,000 -115,000	-115,000
Yoon Kim	113,000 53,000	53,000
Mike Shin	108,000 -17,000	-17,000
Michael Puccio	98,000 -162,000	-162,000
Brad Sailor	92,000 -18,000	-18,000
Cheryl Choon	84,000 -16,000	-16,000
Gus Vergos	83,000
Ralph Massey	15,000 -15,000	-15,000

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08-31-2019 07:18 UTC

O'Neill and Reichard Put on Clinic as Both Bag over Half-Million Chips to Lead Day 1b

Anthony Thompson

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Day 1b of the HPT East Chicago $1,650 Main Event saw 169 entrants battle it out to attempt and advance to Day 2 along with the 20 players that made it through on Day 1a. After fifteen levels of play, Mike O'Neill leads the way with a massive 573,000 chips but Josh Reichard is right on his tail with 570,000 as 24 advance to Day 2. Both players put on a clinic while sitting at the same table for the last six levels of the night eliminating players left and right to bag over one million chips combined.

The closest player to O'Neill and Reichard is over 200,000 chips behind as Brek Schutten bagged 341,000 which is still a very healthy stack. Kyle Pikorz comes next as the only other player to crest 300k (334,000) and JBrett Apter's (288,000) rounds out the top five stacks.

Others advancing includes Roger McKinney (284,000), Kenneth Baime (260,000), Todd Sladek (227,000), Nick Davidson (125,000), Yoon Kim (113,000) and Mike Shin (108,000).

The field saw many notable faces unfortunate enough to advance to Day 2 which included Craig Casino, Chris Moon, Aaron Massey, Jacob Bazeley, Nick Pupillo, Shawn Roberts and reining HPT Player of the Year Aaron Johnson.

Johnson and the other players without Day 2 tickets will have one last chance to get a crack as Day 1c kicks off at noon local time on Saturday.

Come back to PokerNews to see what develops on the third and final starting day of the HPT Main Event.

Tags: Aaron Johnson Aaron Massey Brek Schutten Chris Moon Craig Casino Jacob Bazeley Josh Reichard Kyle Pikorz Mike O'Neill Mike Shin Nick Davidson Nick Pupillo Shawn Roberts Todd Sladek Yoon Kim