Main Event
Day 1b Completed
2019 Heartland Poker Tour Meadows
Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1b
2019 Heartland Poker Tour Meadows
Buy-in
$1,100
Entries
266
Level
28
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
80,000
Entries
150
Players Left
22
Calvin Snead Bags Gargantuan Chip Lead After Day 1b
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Day 1b of the $1,100 HPT Meadows Main Event is in the books after 10 hours of play. Despite having significantly more entries with 150 versus the 116 on Day 1a, the day would finish with fewer players as only 22 survived.
Out of the 22 that remained, the leader who emerged was Pittsburgh local Calvin Snead who bagged an impressive 652,000 which is more than double the largest stack of Day 1a and more than 200,000 clear of any other stack. He was a large stack for most of the day and just continued to rise steadily all the way until the conclusion of play when his steady rise was enough to take the chip lead into Day 2 with his gargantuan stack.
Second in chips to end the day was Jason Mangold who ended the night with 442,000. He had a wild end of the day as he amassed a stack of close to 650,000 with only a couple of levels to go after becoming the terminator with multiple eliminations in a row. But not long after, he lost nearly half of his stack in a series of unfortunate events when he lost all-ins to some decent sized stacks. But he was able to recover nicely before play ended to set himself up securely in 2nd place.
Two other players bagged stacks that were larger than the Day 1a leader as Bobby Noel finished with 391,000 and none other than Greg Raymer bagged a massive stack of 336,000, which is good enough for 4th in chips. Frank Bonacci also joined the 300k plus club with 313,000
Another prominent player to make it to Day 2 was well known HPT grinder Craig Casino, who finished the night with 213,000.
The 22 players who survived the day will join the 25 survivors from Day 1a on Sunday October 6 at 11 a.m. local time to create a total of 47 players who will contest in a bombastic Day 2 of action. Play will begin at level 16 with blinds at 2,000/5,000 and a 5,000 big blind ante.
PokerNews will provide all the updates on Day 2 to see who will make it all the way to the final table.
End of Day 1b Chip Counts (full)
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
652,000 | 267,000 |
|
442,000 | 92,000 |
|
391,000 | 188,000 |
|
336,000 | 76,000 |
|
313,000 | 313,000 |
|
270,000 | -15,000 |
|
214,000 | 79,000 |
|
213,000 | 86,000 |
|
201,000 | -64,000 |
|
178,000 | 178,000 |
|
159,000 | 159,000 |
|
158,000 | 36,000 |
|
153,000 | -50,000 |
|
130,000 | 130,000 |
|
119,000 | 119,000 |
|
105,000 | 20,000 |
|
|
98,000 | -142,000 |
|
86,000 | 86,000 |
|
85,000 | 85,000 |
|
|
80,000 | 80,000 |
|
73,000 | -57,000 |
|
68,500 | 68,500 |
End of Play
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Full chip counts and recap coming soon.
Three More Hands
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Three more hands before play ends for the night.
Mangold Gets Some Back With Quads
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
After a relatively rough level in which he lost a sizable portion of his once massive stack, Jason Mangold gained a little bit back when he called the 40,500 shove of his opponent pre-flop.
Jason Mangold 
Opponent 
The flop came 
the turn made quads when the 
came off and the 
rounded out the board to eliminate Mangold's opponent and give him a 10 bb boost.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
350,000 | -155,000 |
Short Stacks Surviving
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
In the past 20 minutes of play, several of the shorter stacks in the room have survived their all ins to keep alive their quest to reach Day 2 and to keep the eliminations from hitting a breakneck speed.
Gaunt Hanging Around
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Marcus Gaunt was collecting a vital double up with his showing as an over pair to a board that ran out 
. Anthony McIe was the one who was having to surrender a decent portion of his stack over to the player two to his left.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
135,000 | |
|
|
130,000 | 25,000 |
Level: 15
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
Late Night Photos
