2019 Heartland Poker Tour East Chicago
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, Shawn Roberts bet about 8,500 into a pot of around 14,000 from early position. Larry Ormson was thinking it over from the button and splashed in some calling chips.
Roberts showed ![]()
and Ormson tabled his ![]()
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"Deuce-seven, baby," he said. "Let's roll."
Level: 4
Blinds: 100/300
Ante: 300
Greg Raymer's seat was empty and we inquired as to what happened to the former WSOP champion.
According to the players at the table, Raymer limped in with ![]()
and then back-raised when someone put in a raise. His opponent peeled and then Raymer got it in after a flop of all low cards. Unfortunately for him, he was smashed from the start by ![]()
and hit the rail after failing to find a third jack.
Players are now on break for 15 minutes.
Rich Alsup was in early position and bet 2,500 on ![]()
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. Everett Lawrence flicked in a T5,000 chip and announced a raise a couple of seats over. Alsup called and they both checked the
river with Lawrence tabling ![]()
for aces and tens. Alsup also had an
but it was no good.
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/300
Ante: 0
One player in the field here in the early going: Elik Vodovoz.
If you don't recognize the name, that's because Vodovoz really only has one big cash to his credit but it was a very large one. The Chicago-area native took down WSOPC Hammond Main Event here just a few months back for just under $295,000. His previous biggest cash was around $13,000.
The retired dentist, who typically grinds much smaller buy-ins, won a satellite into the Circuit Main and got through a field of 1,050 to bink his ring win. He'll now try to bring home an HPT title to go with his Circuit ring.