The final twenty players are off on their last fifteen-minute break of the evening. During this break, the 100 denomination chips will be raced off. When they return, they'll play three more forty-minute levels before bagging and tagging for the evening.
2019 Heartland Poker Tour Ameristar Vicksburg
After being crippled down to just 2,000 in chips, Chris Hight was all in for those remaining chips in the big blind, and was at risk agianst Nelson Bernal.
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"Aw, I only got one over, that's running bad!" Hight said with a wry grin. He ran well enough when the ![]()
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flop gave him kings and queens, and he faded the two-outer on the
turn and
river to double.
The very next hand, Hight jammed again from the small blind, and Sam Ho called dark in the big blind.
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It was Hight's turn to be ahead preflop, and he held on a ![]()
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board to double once again.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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60,000
14,000
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14,000 |
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54,000
16,000
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16,000 |
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13,000
25,000
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25,000 |
James Hughes limped in from the hijack, and Jay Bishop raised to 10,000 on the button. Hughes thought for a bit, then tossed in eight 1k chips to make the call.
Hughes checked the ![]()
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flop to Bishop, who said, "Same ten," as he tossed in 10,000. Hughes folded, and Bishop turned over ![]()
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"Alright...three and two now," Bishop said, referencing his win-loss record with the hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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195,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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160,000
10,000
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10,000 |
Joseph Imarata raised to 4,000 from early position, and was called by Elbert "Cincinnati" Campbell in the big blind.
Both players checked the ![]()
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flop, and Campbell bet 5,000 on the
turn. Imarata called.
Both players checked again on the
river, and Imarata tabled ![]()
. "Good hand," Campbell told Imarata before mucking. Imarata, who had just 25,000 in chips at the start of Level 11, has since ran his stack up to near six-figures.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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125,000
15,000
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15,000 |
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95,000
35,000
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35,000 |
Sam Ho bet 3,000 from the small blind on a ![]()
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flop, and Jaron Bailey called in the big blind.
Ho continued for 3,000 more on the
turn, and Bailey stuck around with a call.
Ho checked once the
fell on the river, and Bailey tanked for a minute before betting 11,000. Ho didn't take long to release his hand, and Bailey took down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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70,000
4,000
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4,000 |
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60,000
8,000
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8,000 |
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
Doug Segers limped in from the small blind, and Rowe Rhett raised to 4,200 from the big blind. Segers called.
On the ![]()
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flop, Segers checked, and Rhett bet 3,800. Segers thought for a moment, then folded.
At another table, John Nidhiry was seen making his exit from the tournament area.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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86,000
14,000
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14,000 |
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54,000
4,000
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4,000 |
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Busted |
James Hughes raised to 4,500 from under the gun, and was called by Jay Bishop in middle position, as well as Charles Westbrook in the hijack.
Hughes bet 6,700 on the ![]()
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flop, and Bishop quickly folded. Westbrook tossed in a call, then jammed for 18,300 after Hughes checked the
turn.
"Good hand," Hughes said before turning his ![]()
faceup and mucking. Westbrook responded by showing Hughes the
before raking in the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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136,000
14,000
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14,000 |
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49,200
19,100
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19,100 |
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Busted |
Wyatt Boothe raised to 4,200 from under the gun, only to be met with a three-bet to 10,000 from John Nidhiry in middle position. Boothe called.
Boothe checked the ![]()
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flop over to Nidhiry, who bet 11,000. Boothe responded with a check-raise all in, and Nidhiry, who had 23,500 behind, groaned as he immediately sent his hand to the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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145,000
55,000
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55,000 |
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23,500
18,500
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18,500 |