Level: 3
Blinds: 100/300
Ante: 0
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/300
Ante: 0
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.
| Series Dates | Venue | Location | Main Event Buy-In |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 26 - October 7 | The Meadows Casino | Pittsburgh, PA | $1,100 |
| October 17-28 | Daytona Beach Racing & Card Club | Daytona Beach, Florida | $1,100 |
| November 14-26 | HPT Championship Hollywood Casino & Hotel | St. Louis, Missouri | $2,500 |
| December 5-16 | M Resort Spa Casino | Las Vegas, Nevada | |
| January 25-February 1, 2020 | HPT on the High Sears | Western Caribbean | $1,100 |
Action was picked up on the turn on a board that read ![]()
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. Michael Bruno was facing a bet of 1,600 from his opponent. He waited for a while before raising to 4,000.
His opponent frowned and folded after a few moments to allow Bruno to take the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
38,000
38,000
|
38,000 |
Shortly after winning a hand before, Calvin Snead was seen again raking in a pot as his winning ![]()
was showing on a board that featured an ace and a king as he starts a nice early chip up on Day 1b.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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43,000
13,000
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13,000 |
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Five players put 600 into the middle on the turn as the board read ![]()
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. They all saw the river come the
. Robert Cossell Jr fired into his four opponents as he led out with a bet of 2,100.
Everyone folded, with no player taking more than 5 seconds to fold and Cossell took in the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
35,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
Three players saw a flop of ![]()
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. Joseph Macri bet 2,100, Anthony Sawczyszyn called and the third player in the hane folded. The turn was the
. Macri down sized his bet to 1,000 which was called.
The river came the
. Macri quickly checked and Sawczyszyn thought for a about 10 seconds before checking it back.
Macri showed the ![]()
for top full house which was good enough for the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
37,000
37,000
|
37,000 |
|
|
24,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
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30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
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30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
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30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
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30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
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30,000
30,000
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30,000 |
|
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30,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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30,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
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30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
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30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
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Play has begun with the tournament clock showing 48 entrants at the start of play.