Main Event Day 2 | 2019 Heartland Poker Tour Ameristar East Chicago

09-01-2019 21:33 UTC

Player	Chips	Progress
Kevin Andriamahefa	Busted
Kevin Beck	Busted
Taylor Deane	Busted
Benny Beever	Busted
Porfirio Mendez	Busted
Mateo Guerrero	Busted
Mike Shin	Busted
Nick Pupillo	Busted

George Dietz	Busted

Player	Chips	Progress
Josh Reichard	1,330,000 260,000	260,000
Mike O'Neill	1,200,000 825,000	825,000
Nick Davidson	1,000,000 150,000	150,000
Brett Apter	950,000 575,000	575,000

Kevin Albers	800,000 486,000	486,000
Ed Sebesta	800,000 250,000	250,000
George Vazanellis	780,000 20,000	20,000
Eric Salazar	730,000 90,000	90,000
Eddie Blumenthal	700,000 100,000	100,000
Gregory Baird	700,000 280,000	280,000
Kevin Theodore	650,000 195,000	195,000

Blake Whittington	620,000 205,000	205,000

Henry Zou	550,000 350,000	350,000
Paul Welke	470,000 170,000	170,000
Peter Kelly	470,000 130,000	130,000
Ruslan Sladkov	425,000 85,000	85,000
Michael Puccio	420,000 200,000	200,000
Dan Sepiol	420,000 20,000	20,000

Ben Grise	280,000 60,000	60,000
James Snyder	250,000 95,000	95,000
Kyle Pikorz	210,000 140,000	140,000
Roger McKinney	201,000 1,000	1,000
Steve Williams	Busted

Moon Flops Set to Double Through McKinney, Eliminated Shortly After

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Anthony Thompson

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Roger McKinney opened for 33,000 from late position and Chris Moon jammed for 30,000 from the big blind.

Chris Moon:
Roger McKinney:

Moon was ahead and improved to a set with flop.

The turn fell the and the board completed with the river.

Shortly after the hand, Moon would be seen exiting the tournament area.

Player	Chips	Progress
Roger McKinney	200,000 84,000	84,000
Chris Moon	Busted

Tags: Chris Moon Roger McKinney

09-01-2019 21:01 UTC

Johnson Doubles Through Moon

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Anthony Thompson

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Aaron Johnson open-jammed for 52,000 from early position and Chris Monn called from the big blind.

Chris Moon:
Aaron Johnson:

Both players were live but wouldn't connect as the board ran out to give Johnson the double up with ace-high.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aaron Johnson	105,000 115,000	115,000
Chris Moon	30,000 5,000	5,000

Tags: Chris Moon Aaron Johnson

09-01-2019 20:54 UTC

Sladek Gets Burned By River, Eliminated by Welke

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Anthony Thompson

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Action on the tabled folded around to Todd Sladek who moved all in for roughly 60,000 and was called by Paul Welke from the big blind.

Paul Welke :
Todd Sladek:

Sladek was ahead with his ace-high and nothing changed after the flop.

The turn paired the board with the and Sladek was one card away from getting a much needed double,

But, the dealer would drop the on the river to end Sladek's tournament run.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Welke	300,000 51,000	51,000
Todd Sladek	Busted

Tags: Paul Welke Todd Sladek

09-01-2019 20:48 UTC

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

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Anthony Thompson

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 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.}

Level: 20

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 12,000

09-01-2019 20:27 UTC

Take 15

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Anthony Thompson

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Players are on their second 15-minute break of the day.

09-01-2019 20:25 UTC

Puccio Survives All In

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Anthony Thompson

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

There was heads up action after the flop between Peter Kelly on the button and Michael Puccio from the big blind.

The board showed and Puccio checked his option to Kelly who bet 30,000. Puccio then jammed for 115,000 and was called by Kelly.

Michael Puccio:
Peter Kelly:

Puccio was behind as Kelly flopped a six but the turn brought a gutterball for Puccio.

The river would answer Puccio's prayer as it indeed fell the to give him the double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Peter Kelly	340,000 240,000	240,000
Michael Puccio	220,000 35,000	35,000

Tags: Michael Puccio Peter Kelly

09-01-2019 20:16 UTC

Budzakoski Flushes Lutz, Sends Him Packing

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Anthony Thompson

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

There was three-way action that saw a flop. Kyle Pikorz checked his option from the small blind and Keith Lutz jammed for 60,000 from the big blind. Nikola Budzakoski called from the button while Pikorz mucked his hand.