2019 Heartland Poker Tour Meadows

Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2019 Heartland Poker Tour Meadows

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
95
Prize
$61,080
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,100
Entries
266
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
80,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
116
Players Left
25

A Round With Raymer

Level 2 : 100/200, 0 ante
Greg Raymer
Greg Raymer

Well known poker legend Greg Raymer has entered the field and was involved in a few pots in his latest round of action.

Hand 1 (Early Position): folded pre-flop

Hand 2 (Early Position): Limped 200, then called the raise to 600. Flop came {7-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds} with four players. Raymer folded to the bet.

Hand 3 (Under the Gun): Folded preflop.

Hand 4 (Big Blind): Folded to a preflop raiser.

Hand 5 (Small Blind): Folded to a preflop raiser.

Hand 6 (Button): Limped 200 after three players limped in front. The flop came {a-Diamonds}{a-Hearts}{8-Clubs} and action checked around. The turn was the {q-Hearts}. One player bet 500 and Raymer folded.

Hand 7 (Cutoff): Limped 200 after the player in front of him limped. The flop came {2-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}. Raymer bet 400 and his opponents folded and he took the pot.

Hand 8 (Hijack): Raymer raised to 500 and got one caller. The flop was {4-Diamonds}{5-Spades}{6-Diamonds}. Raymer continued for 600 which folded out his opponent.

Hand 9 (Middle Position): Raymer folded preflop.

Player Chips Progress
Greg Raymer us
Greg Raymer
32,500
32,500
32,500
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Greg Raymer

Borowski Baits Hook

Level 2 : 100/200, 0 ante

Action was picked up on the turn on a board that read {7-Diamonds}{4-Spades}{5-Spades}{2-Clubs}. Leonard Borowski called the hefty bet of 7,000 from his opponent and they saw the {6-Spades} appear on the river.

Borowski checked and his opponent checked behind after a few moments of thought. Borowski showed the {a-Spades}{j-Spades} for a rivered nut flush and took in the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Leonard Borowski us
Leonard Borowski
45,000
45,000
45,000

Tags: Leonard Borowski

Level: 3

Blinds: 100/300

Ante: 0

Banhidy Leads Into Table

Level 3 : 100/300, 0 ante

Four players saw an all diamond flop of {8-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}. Penelope Banhidy lead out into three opponents from the small blind with a bet of 3,000. Her opponents all folded, with one thinking for a while longer than the other two to give Banhidy the nice pot.

Player Chips Progress
Penelope Banhidy us
Penelope Banhidy
38,000
38,000
38,000

Tags: Penelope Banhidy

Schwartz Forces Out Dellaria

Level 3 : 100/300, 0 ante

On the river on a board that read {3-Spades}{8-Spades}{7-Spades}{a-Clubs}{q-Hearts}, Gary Schwartz bet 9,000 into a pot of about 14,000. Frank Dellaria thought it over fora few moments.

"You flopped a flush on me huh?" he asked Schwartz before thinking some more and eventually pitching his cars into the muck as his early bigger stack took a slight hit.

Player Chips Progress
Frank Dellaria us
Frank Dellaria
52,000
52,000
52,000
Gary Schwartz us
Gary Schwartz
45,000
45,000
45,000

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Chip Counts

Level 3 : 100/300, 0 ante
Player Chips Progress
Dale Spigelmyer us
Dale Spigelmyer
68,000
68,000
68,000
Lydia Waltonbaugh us
Lydia Waltonbaugh
52,000
Jay Carter us
Jay Carter
48,000
18,000
18,000
Craig Casino us
Craig Casino
43,000
13,000
13,000
Rodney Lewis us
Rodney Lewis
40,000
10,000
10,000
Neal Aulick us
Neal Aulick
38,000
38,000
38,000
Joseph Beegle us
Joseph Beegle
37,000
37,000
37,000
Neil Gillespie us
Neil Gillespie
37,000
37,000
37,000
Adam Johnson us
Adam Johnson
35,000
35,000
35,000
Adam Fincham us
Adam Fincham
32,000
2,000
2,000
Keenan Holmes us
Keenan Holmes
31,000
31,000
31,000
Greg Raymer us
Greg Raymer
28,000
-4,500
-4,500
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
Aaron Winston West us
Aaron Winston West
24,000
24,000
24,000

A Look at Season XV of the HPT

Level 3 : 100/300, 0 ante
HPT logo and cards
HPT logo and cards

Season XV of the Heartland Poker Tour (HPT) has been a big one with stops at the Hollywood Casinos in St. Louis and the Cincinnati area (Lawrenceburg, Indiana), The Meadows Racetrack and Casino in Pittsburgh, and Ameristar East Chicago. What's more, the PokerNews Live Reporting Team has been at each of them to capture all the action.

“HPT is excited to have PokerNews providing additional event coverage in 2019,” said Korey Stewart, HPT Marketing Manager. “There will be plenty of opportunities for poker enthusiasts across the country to take a shot at winning life-changing money at nationally televised final tables. We’re looking forward to having an industry leader likePokerNews there to report on it every step of the way.”

Here’s a look at the remaining Season XV schedule. For more information, visit hptpoker.com and follow them on Twitter @HPTPoker.

Remaining HPT Season XV Schedule

Series DatesVenueLocationMain Event Buy-In
September 26 - October 7The Meadows CasinoPittsburgh, PA$1,100
October 17-28Daytona Beach Racing & Card ClubDaytona Beach, Florida$1,100
November 14-26HPT Championship Hollywood Casino & HotelSt. Louis, Missouri$2,500
December 5-16M Resort Spa CasinoLas Vegas, Nevada 
January 25-February 1, 2020HPT on the High SearsWestern Caribbean$1,100

Level: 4

Blinds: 100/300

Ante: 300