Main Event Day 1d | 2019 Heartland Poker Tour East Chicago

Player	Chips	Progress
Brendan Shiller	518,000 16,000	16,000
Blake Whittington	365,000 25,000	25,000

Bret Martin	295,000 111,000	111,000
Brian Sanguinet	283,000
Nick Pupillo	281,000 48,000	48,000

Josh Reichard	231,000 101,000	101,000
Griffin Abel	220,000 140,000	140,000
Steven Clark	194,000
John Hughes	180,000
Elwood Whitney	163,000
Rich Alsup	148,000 61,700	61,700

Geoffrey Ferrer	134,000 26,000	26,000
Rob Keeling	132,000
Keven Stammen	121,000 12,000	12,000

Omer Miller	121,000
Robert Koch	121,000
Amanda Heidbrick	119,000 28,000	28,000
Eddie Ochana	117,000 10,000	10,000
Jake Baumgartner	113,000 42,000	42,000
Jerry Gumila	102,000 47,000	47,000
Joe Maxwell	94,000 14,000	14,000
Gabriel Paul	84,000
Shawn Roberts	79,000 9,000	9,000
Frank Maggio	78,000

Brian London	77,000

Player

Chips

Progress

Brendan Shiller

518,000

16,000

Blake Whittington

365,000

25,000

Bret Martin

295,000

111,000

Brian Sanguinet

283,000

Nick Pupillo

281,000

48,000

Josh Reichard

231,000

101,000

Griffin Abel

220,000

140,000

194,000

180,000

163,000

148,000

61,700

Geoffrey Ferrer

134,000

26,000

Rob Keeling

132,000

Keven Stammen

121,000

12,000

Omer Miller

121,000

Robert Koch

121,000

Amanda Heidbrick

119,000

28,000

Eddie Ochana

117,000

10,000

Jake Baumgartner

113,000

42,000

Jerry Gumila

102,000

47,000

Joe Maxwell

94,000

14,000

Gabriel Paul

84,000

Shawn Roberts

79,000

9,000

Frank Maggio

78,000

Brian London

77,000

There's a new leader in the clubhouse after the fourth and final Day 1 flight at Heartland Poker Tour Ameristar East Chicago $1,650 Main Event.

Brendan Shiller pushed toward 20 starting stacks as finished Day 1d with 518,000, besting the 497,000 of Nadya Magnus on Day 1b. Shiller, a lawyer who hails from Chicago, got ninth in this very event last year, so he'll be hungry to top that finish starting with what he no doubt hopes is a strong Day 2 on Monday.

Shiller was already running good with one of the biggest stacks in the room when he picked up aces to bust a player late and top the 500,000 mark. He kept opening pots from there and netted a few more chips before bagging time.

Second in chips was Blake Whittington with 365,000. One of the top players on the WSOP Circuit this year, Whittington snagged himself his fourth and fifth rings at the Tunica stop, including shipping the Main Event for over $150K.

Whittington played a notable massive pot late where folded out a chop after flopping the low end of a straight and barreling big on the turn and river against TK Miles, who showed his straight and mucked. Whittington obliged by showing his own straight.

Miles would also find a bag albeit with one of the shortest stacks at 51,000. Former PCA runner-up Ty Reiman was right there with him with 52,000. Others advancing included Nick Pupillo, Rich Alsup, Keven Stammen and Shawn Roberts.

The total prize pool was calculated at long last with the end of registration, coming to $820,800 with $183,899 and a $3,500 HPT Championship package to the winner. With 29 bagging Day 1d, that leaves a total of 96 runners left in the event out of 570, 63 of them to be paid.

Day 2 kicks off Monday at 11 a.m. local time. Come back to PokerNews as action rolls to the final table.

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