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

09-02-2019 04:59 UTC

Dan Sepiol Eliminated in 10th Place ($12,786)

Anthony Thompson

Level 26 : 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Kevin Albers opened action for 120,000 from early position and Dan Sepiol jammed for roughly 700,000 from middle position. Mike O'Neill called sitting directly to his left while the rest of the table folded putting the two players heads up.

Mike O'Neill:
Dan Sepiol:

Sepiol was behind and at risk of elimination, but held live cards.

The flop came taking three outs away from O'Neill as Sepiol picked up a gutterball.

The turn fell the and Sepiol needed any king, queen or jack to win the hand.

Unfortunately, the river would pair the board with the and Sepiol would be eliminated in 10th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike O'Neill	4,500,000
Kevin Albers	2,700,000
Dan Sepiol	Busted

Tags: Dan Sepiol Kevin Albers Mike O'Neill

09-02-2019 05:00 UTC

Play Has Ended for the Day

Anthony Thompson

Level 26 : 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

End of day chip counts and recap will follow shortly.

09-02-2019 05:10 UTC

End of Day Chip Counts (full)

Anthony Thompson

Level 26 : 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike O'Neill	4,920,000 420,000	420,000
Josh Reichard	2,820,000 245,000	245,000
David McDermott	1,775,000 795,000	795,000
Brett Apter	1,710,000 -390,000	-390,000

Kevin Albers	1,455,000 -1,245,000	-1,245,000
Nikola Budzakoski	1,380,000 -1,180,000	-1,180,000
Henry Zou	1,270,000 730,000	730,000
Eddie Blumenthal	1,105,000 355,000	355,000
Michael Koh	970,000 170,000	170,000

09-02-2019 05:25 UTC

The Final 9 Players are Set for Heartland Poker Tour Ameristar East Chicago $1,650 Main Event with Mike O'Neill Leading the Way

Anthony Thompson

Level 26 : 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

After a flurry of eliminations put a furious finish to Day 2, the final table of Heartland Poker Tour Ameristar East Chicago $1,650 Main Event is set with Mike O'Neill pacing way in front of the competition after bagging almost one-third of the chips in play.

With over $300,000 in cashes, O'Neill certainly isn't lacking experience as eight of his eleven career cashes come from HPT events and he'll look to add another HPT trophy to his collection after his first-place finish at HPT Meadows last year taking home $93,340.

He's certainly put himself in a fantastic position to break through with a win. O'Neill will enter the final table toting just shy of 5 million, almost 2 million more than second-place Josh Reichard.

Aside from Reichard's 2,820,000, no other player eclipsed the 2 million mark but eight of the nine players all hold over 1 million in chips with Michael Koh falling just shy of the milly mark with 970,00.

HPT Ameristar East Chicago Final Table

Seat	Player	Chip Count
1	Eddie Blumenthal	1,105,000
2	Michael Koh	970,000
3	Josh Reichard	2,820,000
4	Kevin Albers	1,455,000
5	Mike O'Neill	4,920,000
6	Henry Zou	1,270,000
7	David McDermott	1,775,000
8	Nikola Budzakoski	1,380,000
9	Brett Apter	1,710,000

The last nine players compete on the streamed and televised final table starting Monday at noon, with the stream coming in on a slight delay. There's $186,812 plus an HPT Championship Package worth $3,500 on the line, with everyone having $16,605 locked up.