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

07-19-2019 13:36 UTC-7

Beasley "Flopped It"

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Level 4 : 100/300, 300 ante

The player in the hijack opened to 800 and Jason Beasley defended his big blind. The flop came and Beasley checked. The hijack made a continuation-bet of 800 and Beasley called.

The turn came and Beasley led out for 2,100. The hijack called. The river came and Beasley led out again for 3,500. His opponent thought for a bit and relinquished his hand.

"I flopped it," said Beasley as he turned over and collected the chips from the pot that was sent his way.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Beasley	33,800

Tags: Jason Beasley

07-19-2019 13:46 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Barry Faecher	59,800 29,800	29,800
Ben Jensen	59,300 29,300	29,300

David Levi	56,300 26,300	26,300
Chris Moon	55,500 20,500	20,500
Dan Clemente	54,500 16,000	16,000
Corey Zedo	51,500 21,500	21,500
Tai Nguyen	45,400 9,400	9,400
Michael Wyant	35,500 8,300	8,300
Ben Keeline	34,200 2,800	2,800
Dapo Ajayi	31,500 31,500	31,500
David Hampel	29,100 900	900
Jeff Fielder	28,600 12,800	12,800
Afshin Pahlavan	27,800 9,500	9,500
Andrew Geffen	14,500 15,500	15,500
Al Hart	4,500 25,500	25,500
Kevin Conolty	Busted

Prom Hits Straight Versus Cowboys

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Hill Kerby

Level 4 : 100/300, 300 ante

A player raised to 900 from under the gun and saw calls from Ben Jensen in early position, Phanora Prom in the small blind, and the player in the big blind. All four players saw a flop of and action checked to the original raiser who fired a continuation-bet of 2,300 into the middle. Jensen and Prom called and the big blind folded.

The turn came and Prom checked. The under-the-gun player fired a second barrel of 6,000 and Jensen called. Prom then put in a check-raise to 16,200 and the under-the-gun player immediately shoved for around 32,000. Jensen folded and Prom called.

Phanora Prom:
Opponent:

Prom had hit a straight, leaving his opponent's pair of kings drawing dead as the river fell and he was eliminated from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Phanora Prom	81,200 81,200	81,200
Ben Jensen	47,500 11,800	11,800

Tags: Ben Jensen Phanora Prom

Level: 5

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 400

07-19-2019 14:07 UTC-7

Visher Gets a Warm Welcome

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Hill Kerby

Level 5 : 200/400, 400 ante

A player in early position threw in a yellow, T$1,000 chip and announced a raise. Dapo Ajayi was on his left and called, as did another player in middle position. Barb Visher, who had just sat down and was dealt her first hand of the tournament, three-bet to 5,100. The player on the button proceeded to cold four-bet to 16,000.

All three players in between folded and action was back on Visher, who wasted no time announcing she was all in. The player on the button quickly called.

"Woot, woot, woot!" said Visher as she turned over .

Her opponent showed . "That's alright. Here comes a jack right on the flop," he said.

The flop did not comply, coming . The turn then fell .

"On the river," the player amended.

He was wrong again as the river came and Visher earned a double up on her first hand of the day.

"I won't play another hand for an hour now, don't worry," she said as she stacked her chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Barb Visher	64,000 64,000	64,000
Dapo Ajayi	35,000 3,500	3,500

Tags: Barb Visher Dapo Ajayi

07-19-2019 14:17 UTC-7

Take 15

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Hill Kerby

Level 5 : 200/400, 400 ante

Players are on their second 15-minute break of the day.

07-19-2019 14:18 UTC-7

Pupillo Enters the Field

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Hill Kerby

Level 5 : 200/400, 400 ante

Nick Pupillo has arrived in town and was just seen taking his seat in the tournament. Pupillo has had a ton of success in his entire career with over $2.6 million lifetime winnings and two HPT titles, having won a $1,650 Main Event at HPT Chicago in May, 2015 in addition to being the most recent HPT Black Hawk champion, having taken down the $1,650 Main Event earlier this year in February where he topped a field of 588 entries for a first-place prize of $194,478.

Pupillo is also currently in second place for the HPT Season XV Player of the Year leaderboard with 158.2 points, just 5.6 points behind current leader Nick Davidson.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nick Pupillo	30,000

Tags: Nick Davidson Nick Pupillo

07-19-2019 14:34 UTC-7

Here's What's in Store for Season XV of the HPT

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Hill Kerby

Level 5 : 200/400, 400 ante

Season XV of the Heartland Poker Tour (HPT) is a big one with stops at the Hollywood Casinos in St. Louis and the Cincinnati area (Lawrenceburg, Indiana), The Meadows Racetrack and Casino in Pittsburgh, and Ameristar East Chicago. What's more, the PokerNews Live Reporting Team plans to be at each of them to capture all the action.

“HPT is excited to have PokerNews providing additional event coverage in 2019,” said Korey Stewart, HPT Marketing Manager. “Season XV is shaping up to be another record-breaking year for the tour. We’ve already added several new venues to the schedule and we’re hoping to announce a few more new additions soon. There will be plenty of opportunities for poker enthusiasts across the country to take a shot at winning life-changing money at nationally televised final tables. We’re looking forward to having an industry leader like PokerNews there to report on it every step of the way.”

Here’s a look at the remaining Season XV schedule. For more information, visit hptpoker.com and follow them on Twitter @HPTPoker.

Remaining HPT Season XV Schedule

Series Dates	Venue	Location	Main Event Buy-In
July 10-22	Golden Gates Casino & Poker Parlour	Black Hawk, CO	$1,100
July 25 - August 5	Hollywood St. Louis	St. Louis, MO	$1,650
August 1-12	Ameristar Vicksburg	Vicksburg, Mississippi	$1,100
August 22-September 2	Ameristar East Chicago	Gary, Indiana	$1,650
September 9-15	Mini Series at Hollywood Casino Toledo	Toledo, Ohio	$350
September 11-23	Golden Gates Casino & Poker Parlour	Black Hawk, CO	$1,650
September 26 - October 7	The Meadows Casino	Pittsburgh, PA	$1,100
October 17-28	Daytona Beach Racing & Card Club	Daytona Beach, Florida	$1,100
January 25-February 1, 2020	HPT on the High Seas	Western Caribbean	$1,100

Level: 6

Blinds: 200/500

Ante: 500

07-19-2019 14:47 UTC-7

Wahdan Back and Playing Games

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Hill Kerby

Level 6 : 200/500, 500 ante

The player in the cutoff limped and Nader Wahdan raised to 1,600 from the button. The big blind called, as did the cutoff, and the flop came . Action checked to Wahdan who made a continuation-bet of 3,500. The big blind called and the cutoff got out of their way, bringing the turn . The big checked and Wahdan fired another barrel for 6,500.

The big blind went into the tank, thinking for quite some time. Wahdan sat still before calmly rolling a few chips across the felt from one hand to the other before resuming his still posture. After around two minutes, the big blind folded.

Wahdan tabled for the seven-deuce, stirring up a decent reaction from the table. A few players joked, saying they didn't realize that they were playing the seven-deuce game.

Wahdan laughed with them, adding that it was the only way he could win. The big blind acknowledged the bet, saying he was drawing anyways. Wahdan confirmed that he did not mean to show his opponent up and that it truly was the only way he was ever going to win the pot since his hand surely would not have been good at showdown.