Main Event
Day 2 Started
2019 Heartland Poker Tour East Chicago
Main Event
Day: 2
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
Day 2 Table Draw
| Table | Seat | Player | Stack |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 1 | Eric Salazar | 191,000 |
| 2 | 2 | Barry Schmiess | 386,000 |
| 2 | 3 | Henry Zou | 96,000 |
| 2 | 4 | Billy Welch | 197,000 |
| 2 | 5 | Paul Fisher | 51,000 |
| 2 | 6 | Kou Vang | 110,000 |
| 2 | 7 | Greg Koutelidakis | 62,000 |
| 2 | 8 | Kenneth Rawlinson | 140,000 |
| 2 | 9 | Terence Murphy | 85,000 |
| 3 | 1 | Nadya Magnus | 497,000 |
| 3 | 2 | Jim Kasputis | 217,000 |
| 3 | 3 | Gerald Heath | 51,000 |
| 3 | 4 | Andrew Crookston | 199,000 |
| 3 | 5 | Kevin Andriamahefa | 237,000 |
| 3 | 6 | Rob Wazwaz | 206,000 |
| 3 | 7 | Blake Whittington | 365,000 |
| 3 | 8 | Dennis Ng | 212,000 |
| 3 | 9 | Mike Shanahan | 270,000 |
| 4 | 1 | Jeff Halcomb | 112,000 |
| 4 | 2 | Gabriel Paul | 84,000 |
| 4 | 3 | Mike O’Neill | 315,000 |
| 4 | 4 | Elwood Whitney | 163,000 |
| 4 | 5 | Alex Ziskin | 46,000 |
| 4 | 6 | David To | 165,000 |
| 4 | 7 | Mike VanderWoude | 195,000 |
| 4 | 8 | Mark Morris | 463,000 |
| 4 | 9 | Aaron Braun | 175,000 |
| 5 | 1 | Mikola Budzakoski | 145,000 |
| 5 | 2 | TK Miles | 52,000 |
| 5 | 3 | Craig Casino | 464,000 |
| 5 | 4 | Alan Cutler | 109,000 |
| 5 | 5 | Frank Stepuchin | 201,000 |
| 5 | 6 | Paul Elfelt | 217,000 |
| 5 | 7 | Jay Goldenberg | 123,000 |
| 5 | 8 | Vincent Torcolese | 48,000 |
| 5 | 9 | Jerry Gumila | 102,000 |
| 6 | 1 | Joe Maxwell | 94,000 |
| 6 | 2 | John Simon | 62,000 |
| 6 | 3 | Artem Zverkhouskyy | 248,000 |
| 6 | 4 | Bryant Miller | 101,000 |
| 6 | 5 | Kevin Maal | 209,000 |
| 6 | 6 | Josh Reichard | 231,000 |
| 6 | 7 | Brad Rhodes | 164,000 |
| 6 | 8 | Rob Keeling | 132,000 |
| 6 | 9 | Keith Heine | 158,000 |
| 7 | 1 | Daniel Sepiol | 246,000 |
| 7 | 2 | Ty Reiman | 51,000 |
| 7 | 3 | Yoon Kim | 233,000 |
| 7 | 4 | Bradley Francis | 144,000 |
| 7 | 5 | Keven Stammen | 121,000 |
| 7 | 6 | Dan Hummer | 290,000 |
| 7 | 7 | Kalpesh Shah | 234,000 |
| 7 | 8 | Michael Weber | 59,000 |
| 7 | 9 | Larry Ormson | 230,000 |
| 8 | 1 | Griffin Abel | 220,000 |
| 8 | 2 | Ronald Carlson | 102,000 |
| 8 | 3 | John Hughes | 180,000 |
| 8 | 4 | Jake Baumgartner | 113,000 |
| 8 | 5 | Gary Herstein | 126,000 |
| 8 | 6 | James Stern | 137,000 |
| 8 | 7 | Nick Davidson | 239,000 |
| 8 | 8 | Alan Krockey | 280,000 |
| 8 | 9 | Frank Maggio | 78,000 |
| 9 | 1 | Brian Sanguinet | 283,000 |
| 9 | 2 | Bob Koch | 121,000 |
| 9 | 3 | Mike Shin | 77,000 |
| 9 | 4 | OJ Miller | 121,000 |
| 9 | 5 | Lavonne Schaafsma | 245,000 |
| 9 | 6 | Frank Cerminata | 287,000 |
| 9 | 7 | Taylor Firebaugh | 161,000 |
| 9 | 8 | Steven Clark | 194,000 |
| 9 | 9 | OPEN | |
| 10 | 1 | Dale Hackney | 246,000 |
| 10 | 2 | Daniel Gizynski | 84,000 |
| 10 | 3 | Timothy Gordon | 75,000 |
| 10 | 4 | Geoffrey Ferrer | 134,000 |
| 10 | 5 | Ian Matakis | 136,000 |
| 10 | 6 | Brendan Shiller | 518,000 |
| 10 | 7 | Nick Pupillo | 281,000 |
| 10 | 8 | David Short | 181,000 |
| 10 | 9 | OPEN | |
| 11 | 1 | Chris Moon | 135,000 |
| 11 | 2 | Rich Alsup | 148,000 |
| 11 | 3 | David McGowan | 98,000 |
| 11 | 4 | Todd Ivens | 271,000 |
| 11 | 5 | Kevin Githens | 325,000 |
| 11 | 6 | Javier Figueroa | 137,000 |
| 11 | 7 | Bret Martin | 295,000 |
| 11 | 8 | Anwar Baig | 156,000 |
| 11 | 9 | OPEN | |
| 12 | 1 | Ravi Raghavan | 77,000 |
| 12 | 2 | Brian Landon | 77,000 |
| 12 | 3 | Jean Gaspard | 40,000 |
| 12 | 4 | Shawn Roberts | 79,000 |
| 12 | 5 | William Wolfe | 371,000 |
| 12 | 6 | Amanda Heidbrick | 119,000 |
| 12 | 7 | Aaron Johnson | 130,000 |
| 12 | 8 | Ed Ochana | 117,000 |
| 12 | 9 | Brad Sailor | 216,000 |
Welcome to Day 2 of 2019 HPT Ameristar East Chicago Main Event
At long last, the time has come for the eliminations to be final and the field to be whittled down toward a winner. After four starting flights, Day 2 of Heartland Poker Tour Ameristar East Chicago $1,650 Main Event is here.
Out of 570 entries, 96 were able to punch tickets to Day 2. They'll all combine under one roof for the first time here Monday and play until an official final table has been reached.
Plenty of the Midwest's finest poker players are among those 96. While chip leader Brendan Shiller and other big stacks Craig Casino and Nadya Magnus are in good position, they'll have plenty of competition from the likes of Nick Pupillo, Josh Reichard, Aaron Johnson, Keven Stammen and Kou Vang, among others.
Day 2 play begins at Level 16 (2,500/5,000/5,000) and continues until all but the last nine players have been eliminated. Unlike Day 1s, levels will be an hour apiece now.
Cards are scheduled to fly at 11 a.m. local time here just East of the Windy City. Keep an eye here on PokerNews to see who will emerge as the last nine contenders.
Level: 16
Blinds: 2,000/5,000
Ante: 5,000
Moon Doubles Big Through Githens
Level 16
: 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
With 
on the felt and over 150,000 already in the pot, Kevin Githens slid all of his chips in from the big blind. Chris Moon was in late position, double-checked his stack and then called it off for around 130,000. He held 
and was ahead against 
. The river was a 
and he doubled through.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
445,000 | 310,000 |
|
|
85,000 | -240,000 |
Miller Triples Up as Reichard Takes a Beat
Level 16
: 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Cards were already on their backs in a three-way all in at Table 6 when we arrived. Big blind Josh Reichard was leading and covering everyone with 
, John Simon was all in from middle position with 
and Bryant Miller had the shortest stack and 
from the button.
The board ran out 
, bringing the bullet Miller needed.
"Side pot, baby," Reichard joked as he snagged a piddling 15,000 or so from Simon.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
305,000 | 204,000 |
|
115,000 | -116,000 |
|
Busted |
HPT East Chicago Main Event Day 2 Photos by Hayley Hochstetler
Reichard Sinks Further
Level 16
: 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Keith Heine was in the small blind and bet 45,000 on a completed board of 
. It looked to be a little over the size of the pot. Josh Reichard called from late position and Heine opened 
for eights full.
"Nice hand," Reichard said.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
312,000 | 153,500 |
|
|
63,000 | -52,000 |
Pupillo Wins Flip With Ochana
Level 16
: 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Brendan Shiller opened for 13,000 in middle position, Nick Pupillo made it 40,000 on his left and Eddie Ochana ripped in from a couple of seats over for about 115,000. Shiller folded but Pupillo quickly called and tabled . Ochana had the overs with but was left wanting on the 
runout.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
500,000 | 219,000 |
|
Busted |
Matakis Coolers Maxwell
Level 16
: 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Ian Matakis and Joe Maxwell got around 25,000 each in preflop and 
flopped. The rest went in on the flop with Matakis showing 
and Maxwell 
. The 
turn and river were bricks and Maxwell sent over 79,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
220,000 | 84,000 |
|
83,000 | -11,000 |