Main Event Day 1b | 2019 Heartland Poker Tour Golden Gates Casino

07-18-2019 18:10 UTC-6

Mueller Gets a Knockout

HillKerby

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Cliff Mueller saw action folded to him on the button and limped in. The player in the small blind went all in for a little over 20,000 and Mueller said that he had to call.

Cliff Mueller:
Opponent:

"Okay," Mueller acknowledged as he saw he was on the barely minus-side of a coin flip. The board ran out in his favor, coming and he secured the knockout, adding significantly to his stack along the way.

Player	Chips	Progress
Cliff Mueller	58,000	58,000

Tags: Cliff Mueller

07-18-2019 17:58 UTC-6

A Look at the Current HPT Season XV POY Race

HillKerby

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

The Heartland Poker Tour (HPT) Player of the Year race is always competitive, and right now Nick Davidson is out in front with 163.80 points followed closely by Nick Pupillo with 158.2 points. Sitting in third thanks to back-to-back final tables and winning the HPT Lawrenceburg for $119,101 is Greg Wood with 152.5 points.

Whoever wins the POY title will claim more than bragging rights. Our POY earns a $10,000 package to use next season as well as complimentary hotel accommodations at those six stops. In case of a tie, all winning players will split the POY prize package evenly.

Here's a look at the current top 10 headed into the HPT Golden Gates stop:

Place	Player	Points
1	Nick Davidson	163.8
2	Nick Pupillo	158.2
3	Greg Wood	152.5
4	Mike Sabbia	146.4
5	Spenser Cramer	140
6	Chris Moon	140
7	Bill Byrnes	134.8
8	Shawn "Reginald" Roberts	132
9	Dan Wagner	114
10	Keith Heine	107.3

Level: 9

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

07-18-2019 17:50 UTC-6

Grisham Showers Garner

HillKerby

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante

Matt Grisham just eliminated Mike Garner in a manner that Garner was likely not expecting. According to Grisham, Garner opened with a raise to 3,000 and Grisham called him on the button with .

The flop fell to give him bottom pair with a flush draw and Garner fired a continuation-bet of 6,000. Grisham called, bringing the turn to improve his hand to trips. Garner fired a second barrel of 8,000 and Grisham shoved all in for 30,000 effective.

Garner called and tabled . He was at risk of being eliminated and in need of hitting one of the final two eights in the deck to improve to a full house to stay alive. The river was a blank and he was eliminated from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matt Grisham	83,000	56,700
Mike Garner	Busted

Tags: Matt Grisham Mike Garner

07-18-2019 17:46 UTC-6

Hopkins Cold Four-Bet Shoves

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Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante

A player in early position opened the action with a raise to 2,000 and was three-bet by a player in middle position to 6,200. Action then folded around to Lynn Hopkins who shoved all in from the hijack for 49,400.

The original raiser quickly folded and the player who three-bet recounted his stack, which was almost identical to that of Hopkins before he pushed his cards forward and the pot was sent Hopkins' way.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lynn Hopkins	59,600	13,200

Tags: Lynn Hopkins

07-18-2019 17:40 UTC-6

Clinkscales Finds a Double

HillKerby

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante

Action folded around to Joel Verbeck in the cutoff who raised to 3,200. Rex Clinkscales three-bet to 12,000 from the big blind and Verbeck announced he was all in. Clinkscales called for 41,300.

Rex Clinkscales:
Joel Verbeck:

The board ran out and Clinkscales secured the double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joel Verbeck	95,300	95,300
Rex Clinkscales	83,800	41,800

Tags: Joel Verbeck Rex Clinkscales

07-18-2019 17:30 UTC-6

Gebauer Doubles With Royal Flush

HillKerby

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante

"Royal flush!" a dealer was overheard saying. Toby Gebauer had doubled up and the dealer was scooping up the cards with spades visible.

According to Gebauer, he and Ben Jensen had seen a flop of and both players checked. The turn came and Gebauer bet 5,000. Jensen called.

The river came and Gebauer shoved for his last 7,500. Jensen called.

Gebauer tabled for a royal flush, meanwhile Jensen had a jack for a full house and confirmed the amount to pay Gebauer for his double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ben Jensen	76,000	1,500
Toby Gebauer	29,800	8,100

Tags: Ben Jensen Toby Gebauer

07-18-2019 17:23 UTC-6

Ajayi Eliminated by McCarthy

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Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante

The seat that was previously occupied by Dapo Ajayi has recently been vacated and in a team effort from an entire half of the table, they were able to confirm that Keith McCarthy had been the one to send Ajayi to the rail.

According to the table, the two got it in on a flop of with two diamonds. McCarthy had and Ajayi had .

The board ran out to double-pair the five and four and McCarthy held to secure the elimination and bring his stack to over 200,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Keith McCarthy	205,000	38,000
Dapo Ajayi	Busted

Tags: Dapo Ajayi Keith McCarthy

Level: 8

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

07-18-2019 17:11 UTC-6

Clinkscales Rides a Roller Coaster

HillKerby

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante

Rex Clinkscales had just doubled up an opponent and moments later caught up to relay the action.

A player in middle position limped in and the player on the button limped in behind. The small blind completed and he raised to 3,000. Two players called before the small blind folded.

The flop came and Clinkscales bet 4,200. The player in middle position folded and the player on the button called. The turn came and Clinkscales jammed for his opponent's effective 19,000. He was called.

Rex Clinkscales:
Opponent:

Clinkscales was shocked to see that he got called by a pair of fours with wheel and flush draws. Nonetheless, he still had four outs but was unable to hit as the river came .

He then stated that the player who called him doubled him up the very next hand, bringing him back above the starting stack at the end of Level 7.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rex Clinkscales	42,000	11,000