Chris Moon found himself down to his last 4,100 after posting the big-blind ante and had his option after an early position player had limped in and Jeff Wichers had limped behind from middle position.
Moon shoved all in and both players called. The dealer announced that
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
65,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
Busted |
There was close to 9,000 in the pot on a flop of 
and Tai Nguyen checked in early position to put action on Nick Pupillo in the cutoff. He bet 2,700 and was called by Alex Rocha on the cutoff. Nguyen folded.
The turn came 
and both players checked. The dealer then burned and turned the river 
and Pupillo checked again. Rocha bet 8,000 and Pupillo thought for a bit, looking back at his cards before sending them to the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
90,200
44,800
|
44,800 |
|
37,000
37,000
|
37,000 |
|
20,100
9,900
|
9,900 |
|
||
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
51,000
51,000
|
51,000 |
Level: 6
Blinds: 200/500
Ante: 500
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.
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| 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 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
|
30,000 | |
|
|
||
Players are on their second 15-minute break of the day.
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
64,000
64,000
|
64,000 |
|
35,000
3,500
|
3,500 |
Level: 5
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
81,200
81,200
|
81,200 |
|
47,500
11,800
|
11,800 |
|
||
