Main Event
Day 1b Started
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
Day 1b of HPT Meadows Main Event Set to Begin at Noon
Day 1b of the $1,100 HPT Main Event gets underway today at noon local time.
Players will converge to battle for the premier event of the HPT stop in scenic southwestern Pennsylvania. Today will be the second of two starting days, with yesterday being Day 1a in which 25 players survived to Day 2.
The starting stack for this tournament is 30,000 chips, with re-entry allowed for the first 10 levels of play. Each level on Day 1 is 40 minutes in length, with a 15- minute break scheduled every three levels (every two hours of play) and a 60-minute dinner break after level 9 (roughly 6:30 p.m.).
All players in Day 1b is anticipated to be slightly larger than Day 1a. All players will be looking to join the 25 players who remained at the end of Day 1a. They will all be chasing William Kridle, who bagged the chip lead with 326,000. A few other players bagged over 200,000 such as Mike O'Neill (290,000), Mike Iacovone (221,000) and William Howard (219,000).
PokerNews will be on hand to cover all the action from Day 1b, as well as the entirety of the HPT Meadows Main Event.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 0
Shuffle Up and Deal
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
Play has begun with the tournament clock showing 48 entrants at the start of play.
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Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
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Early Day Entries
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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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
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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
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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 |
Macri Gets Top Boat
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
Three players saw a flop of 
. 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 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
Cossell Fires Into Four
Level 2
: 100/200, 0 ante
Five players put 600 into the middle on the turn as the board read 
. 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 |
Snead Collects Some
Level 2
: 100/200, 0 ante
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
|
43,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
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