2019 Heartland Poker Tour Golden Gates Casino

Main Event
Day: 1d
Event Info

2019 Heartland Poker Tour Golden Gates Casino

Final Results
Winner
Austin Peck
Winning Hand
44
Prize
$152,671
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,100
Prize Pool
$710,040
Entries
732
Level Info
Level
34
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
300,000

Get to Know Reigning HPT Player of the Year Aaron Johnson

Level 2 : 100/200, 0 ante
Aaron Johnson with Jeremy Smith
Aaron Johnson with Jeremy Smith

One of the best stories of 2018 was the incredible year of Minnesota’s Aaron Johnson. Back in May, PokerNews spoke with Johnson about leading the Player of the Year races on both Season 9 of the Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) and Heartland Poker Tour (HPT) Season XIV.

Over the next seven months, Johnson maintained his lead on the MSPT, and while he lost the HPT lead for a bit, he ultimately ended with it thanks to a deep run in the season finale. That allowed Johnson to become the first player to ever win POY titles on two different tours in the same year.

For doing so, Johnson won a $10,000 prize package for each tour.

“It feels amazing,” Johnson told PokerNews. “Coming into the year I certainly wanted to make a run at MSPT POY (which has always been a goal of mine), but I never imagined that I’d be in contention for multiple POY titles. To actually achieve it is unreal.”

Johnson, who was out at the 2019 WSOP, is in action at the HPT Golden Gates.

For more on the reigning HPT POY, check out his full interview here on PokerNews.

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