Level: 10
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
2019 Heartland Poker Tour Golden Gates Casino
Main Event
Day: 1c
Dinner Time
Level 9
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
The last few seconds of Level 9 have run off the clock and players are now on a 60-minute dinner break. The tournament clock currently reads a total of 200 entries and 100 players remaining with registration set to remain open for the duration of the break, closing at approximately 7:30 p.m. local time.
Pupillo Triples Before Dinner
Level 9
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
An all in and a call were heard and three hands happened to be tabled.
Nick Pupillo was all in for his last 12,000 while Curtis Biloki was all in for around 30,000 with another player in the hand having both players covered.
Nick Pupillo: 
Curtis Biloki: 
Third Player: 
The board ran out 
to give Pupillo aces up and earn the triple. The ace on the turn also gave Biloki the side pot with his pair of aces, meanwhile the third player was simply left to exclaim that the best hand preflop had lost while he paid off Pupillo and Biloki.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
38,500 | 2,500 |
|
37,000 | 37,000 |
AJayi and Wilkie Chop Multi-Way All In
Level 9
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Dapo Ajayi was found to have re-registered the tournament and was all in from early position with calls from a player in middle position, Steve Wilkie in the cutoff, Nader Wahdan on the button, and the player who was under the gun.
The flop came 
and action checked to the player in middle position who bet 10,000. Steve Wilkie shoved for at least 60,000 and the middle-position player folded.
Steve Wilkie: 
Dapo Ajayi:
Ajayi was animated upon seeing Wilkie turn over the queen-ten as he tabled the identical hand. He then realized he was freerolling a backdoor flush draw to win the entire pot. The turn and river fell 
and they chopped the pot.
Ajayi joked around afterwards, switching the position of the turn and the river while exclaiming that at least there could have been a sweat, though it wouldn't have mattered either way.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
86,000 | 24,000 |
|
46,000 | -8,100 |
|
26,800 | 26,800 |
Ohio Here We Come
Level 9
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Wahdan Back In on the Action
Level 9
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Nader Wahdan limped in from early position and a player in middle position limped behind him. Jeff Fielder was on the button and raised to 4,000. Both Wahdan and the player in middle position called.
The flop came and action checked to Fielder who made a continuation-bet of 6,000. Wahdan check-raised all in for a total of 19,600 and after the middle-position player folded, Fielder pondered over his decision for a bit before making the call.
Nader Wahdan: 
Jeff Fielder: 
Wahdan was ahead with a pair of aces and the only heart draw to Fielder's open-ended straight draw which only had six outs due to Wahdan's flush outs. The turn came 
to seal the deal for Wahdan and the river fell to follow.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
147,000 | 93,000 |
|
|
54,100 | 54,100 |
Level: 9
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
Zedo Knocks Out Ajayi, Continues Chipping Up
Level 8
: 400/800, 800 ante
Dapo Ajayi was seen walking across the room, having vacated his seat due to being eliminated from the tournament. Corey Zedo recounted the action, saying that he, Ajayi, and a third player saw a flop of 
.
Zedo was in the big blind and check-raised all in over Ajayi's continuation-bet. Ajayi went into the tank for a bit and ultimately decided to call off the rest of his chips.
Corey Zedo: 
Dapo Ajayi:
Ajayi was unable to hit his necessary running cards to stay alive and was eliminated from the tournament.
On the following hand, the hijack opened to 2,500 and Zedo called from the small blind. The two proceeded heads up to a flop of and both players checked. The turn saw both players check again.
The river fell and Zedo bet 3,500. His opponent called.
Zedo tabled 
for queens up.
"Nice hand," his opponent said as he mucked. "I just wanted to see it."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
109,200 | 9,500 |
|
|
Busted |
Peragallo Flops Top-Top
Level 8
: 400/800, 800 ante
Andrew Peragallo opened to 1,600 from middle position and received a call from the cutoff. The player on the button folded and David Levi called from the small blind. The big blind came along as well to take action four ways to the 
flop. The blinds checked to Peragallo, who made a continuation-bet of 2,500. The cutoff called and the players in the blinds folded.
The turn came 
and Peragallo continued for 4,000. The cutoff called and the river fell 
. Both players checked.
Peragallo tabled 
for kings up and his opponent mucked, resulting in the dealer sending the pot his way.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
87,000 | 87,000 |
|
54,000 | -3,000 |
Jorgensen's Turn To Bust Wahdan
Level 8
: 400/800, 800 ante
Having recently been eliminated from the tournament, Nader Wahdan was seen shoving his last 6,600 from his most recent entry all in preflop from the small blind.
Prior to his shove, Tim Jorgensen had limped in from middle position. David Levi limped in on his direct left, as did the three following players from the hijack, cutoff, and button.
Jorgensen and the player on the button ended up calling to take action heads up to the unnecessary side pot as both players checked down the runout of .
Nader Wahdan:
Tim Jorgensen:
Third Player: 
Jorgensen found his nines good as he collected the pot while Wahdwan was sent to the felt again for the time being.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
64,200 | |
|
|
57,000 | 5,500 |
|
|
Busted |