Main Event
Day 1d Started
2019 Heartland Poker Tour East Chicago
Main Event
Day: 1d
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2019 Heartland Poker Tour East Chicago
Prize Pool
$820,800
Entries
570
Level
28
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
80,000
Welcome to Day 1d of 2019 HPT Ameristar East Chicago Main Event
What once seemed like an infinite stretch of Day 1 possibilities to bag a stack has come down to one final starting flight at HPT Ameristar East Chicago $1,650 Main Event. It's time for Day 1d, the last chance for any players who have yet to find a bag to do so and advance to Monday's Day 2.
Thus far, 417 entries have been logged for a total prize pool around $600,000. Sixty-seven of those have made it to Day 2, which means a whole lot of players are still left wanting and needing to fire here on Mother's Day if they wish to take home any piece of the burgeoning pool of dough.
Some of the players taking shots who have yet to find a bag, meaning they may be in action today, include Nick Pupillo, Will Givens, Greg Raymer, Niel Mittelman, John Reading and Ryan Tosoc.
Day 1d will once again see 15 levels played, lasting 40 minutes apiece, with players allowed to enter as many times as they wish. Blinds will open at 100/100 and climb until they hit 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 big blind ante, interspersed with a dinner break after Level 9.
Day 1b's Nadya Magnus set the bar high by turning 30,000 into just shy of 500,000, with nobody on Day 1c coming close to overtaking her. To find out if anyone can top that hefty count, stay tuned to PokerNews for live updates throughout the day.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 0
On Time Runners
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
Many familiar faces have returned for Day 1d of HPT Ameristar East Chicago. Two new ones: Jake Baumgartner and Steven Federspiel, the former a winner of this event in August 2018 and the latter a recent MSPT champ.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
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30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 |
Lucky Turn for Roberts
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
Shawn Roberts checked in the small blind on 
and a player in the cutoff bet 2,000. Roberts snap-called and they both checked the 
river. The cutoff opened 
for flopped top-top but Roberts had binked a three-outer with 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
36,000 | 6,000 |
Roberts Gets Thin Value
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
On a completed board of 
, Shawn Roberts tanked awhile in the hijack then bet 7,300 into a pot of about 11,000. His opponent on the button took about a minute then called.
Roberts flicked in 
and his opponent nodded and mucked the 
face up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
48,000 | 12,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
A Few Returnees
Level 2
: 100/200, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
Baumgartner Barrels Down
Level 2
: 100/200, 0 ante
Jake Baumgartner checked in the big blind and an opponent on the button bet 400. Baumgartner made it 1,500 and his opponent called, bringing a board of 
on fourth. Baumgartner down-sized to 1,400 and they went to the river, which came a 
. Baumgartner bet 5,000 and his opponent mucked in frustration, muttering a few curses.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
35,000 | 5,000 |
HPT East Chicago Main Event FLT D Photos by Hayley Hochstetler
