2019 Heartland Poker Tour East Chicago

Main Event
Day: 1d
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Event Info

2019 Heartland Poker Tour East Chicago

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a♥10♠
Prize
$183,899
Event Info
Prize Pool
$820,800
Entries
570
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
80,000
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End of Day 1d Counts (full)

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Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Brendan Shiller us
Brendan Shiller 		518,000 16,000
Blake Whittington us
Blake Whittington 		365,000 25,000
Bret Martin us
Bret Martin 		295,000 111,000
Brian Sanguinet us
Brian Sanguinet
283,000
Nick Pupillo us
Nick Pupillo
WSOP 1X Winner
281,000 48,000
Josh Reichard us
Josh Reichard 		231,000 101,000
Griffin Abel us
Griffin Abel 		220,000 -140,000
Steven Clark us
Steven Clark 		194,000
John Hughes us
John Hughes 		180,000
Elwood Whitney us
Elwood Whitney 		163,000
Rich Alsup us
Rich Alsup
WSOP 1X Winner
148,000 61,700
Geoffrey Ferrer us
Geoffrey Ferrer
134,000 26,000
Rob Keeling us
Rob Keeling
132,000
Keven Stammen us
Keven Stammen
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
121,000 12,000
Omer Miller us
Omer Miller 		121,000
Robert Koch us
Robert Koch 		121,000
Amanda Heidbrick us
Amanda Heidbrick 		119,000 -28,000
Eddie Ochana us
Eddie Ochana 		117,000 -10,000
Jake Baumgartner us
Jake Baumgartner 		113,000 -42,000
Jerry Gumila us
Jerry Gumila 		102,000 47,000
Joe Maxwell us
Joe Maxwell 		94,000 14,000
Gabriel Paul us
Gabriel Paul 		84,000
Shawn Roberts us
Shawn Roberts 		79,000 9,000
Frank Maggio us
Frank Maggio
WSOP 1X Winner
78,000
Brian London us
Brian London
77,000

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Shiller Surpasses 500K to Take Overall Lead into Day 2

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Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Brendan Shiller
Brendan Shiller

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.

Tags: Brendan ShillerBlake Whittington

Main Event

Day 1d Completed

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