2019 Heartland Poker Tour Ameristar East Chicago

Main Event
Day: 1c
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Event Info
2019 Heartland Poker Tour Ameristar East Chicago
Final Results
Winner
Josh Reichard
Winning Hand
73
Prize
$186,812
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,650
Prize Pool
$833,760
Total Entries
579
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
120,000
Players Info - Day 1c
Entries
307
Players Left
50
Players Left 1 / 579
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Bryant Makes Good Laydown

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

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

The flop fell {k-Clubs}{4-Hearts}{8-Clubs} 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 {k-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds} for top pair.

Vazanellis was kind enough to show her she made the right laydown and tabled {k-Spades}{8-Spades}.

Tags: Jill BryantGeorge Vazanellis

Some Updated Chip Counts

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

End of Registration

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

Vazanellis Rivers Broadway and Gets Paid

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

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

The board read {q-Hearts}{x-}{7-Diamonds}{k-Clubs}{a-Clubs} 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 {j-Spades}{10-Clubs} and his opponent tossed his hand into the muck exposing {7-Hearts}{x-}.

Tags: George Vazanellis

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

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

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

PlacePlayerHometownPrize
1Yuryi MoskovoySkokie, Illinois$5,000*
2Tomas StundziaWoodrige, Illinois$4,506*
3Michael FryettPalm City, Flordia$2,213
4Marius TodericiChicago, Illinois$1,628
5William ConwayBartlett, Illinois$1,215
6Theodore DavisFort Wayne, Indiana$998
7Joshua TaffCombined Locks, Wisconsin$879
8Gary LindesmithLowell, Indiana$770
9Ben CastleWestern Springs, Illlinois$651

*Denotes heads-up deal.

More Updated Chip Counts

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

Level: 9

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

Some Updated Chip Counts

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante