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

07-19-2019 21:25 UTC-7

Some Chip Counts

Hill Kerby

Level 13 : 1,200/2,400, 2,400 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Corey Zedo	242,000 13,000	13,000
David Levi	237,000 128,000	128,000
Ben Jensen	193,000 112,000	112,000

Barb Visher	185,000 17,400	17,400
Corbin Benjamin	173,000 20,000	20,000
Jeff Wichers	127,000 57,400	57,400
Rich Dixon	55,000 53,000	53,000
Danny Gonzales	31,000 11,000	11,000
Dan Clemente	Busted
Tracy Allgeier	Busted
Michael Wyant	Busted
Tim Jorgensen	Busted

Level: 14

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 3,000

07-19-2019 21:35 UTC-7

Meyer Makes Tens Up

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Hill Kerby

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Dapo Ajayi had bet 30,000 on a board of from under the gun into Caleb Meyer who was on the button and called. The river came and Ajayi bet another 30,000. Meyer quickly called.

"Pair of tens," Ajayi said.

"Tens and sevens," responded Meyer, showing .

Ajayi sent his cards to the muck. After the hand Meyer said that Ajayi had opened to 6,000 preflop and action went at least five ways to the flop. Ajayi made a continuation-bet of 20,000 which only Meyer had called. After Meyer improved on the turn, the rest was history.

Player	Chips	Progress
Caleb Meyer	282,000 197,000	197,000
Dapo Ajayi	190,000 65,500	65,500

Tags: Caleb Meyer Dapo Ajayi

07-19-2019 21:41 UTC-7

Another Chip Update

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Hill Kerby

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Sater	490,000 59,000	59,000
Kevin Kurtz	123,000 500	500
Robert Brubaker	107,000 46,200	46,200
Jeff Fielder	88,000 33,000	33,000
Alex Rocha	74,200 19,700	19,700
Tai Nguyen	Busted
Sammy Aweida	Busted
David Levy	Busted

07-19-2019 22:03 UTC-7

Smidinger Wins Race on River To Survive

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Hill Kerby

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Eric Smidinger opened the action with a raise to 7,500 from under the gun and was three-bet to 22,000 by a player in middle position. Action folded around to Smidinger and he called.

The dealer fanned a flop of and Smidinger checked to his opponent, who fired a continuation-bet of 27,000 into the middle. Smidinger thought for about 30 seconds before announcing he was all in.

His opponent asked for a count which was totaled to be 157,400 and thought for a few moments before slamming a stack of red, T$5,000 chips forward to call.

Eric Smidinger:
Opponent:

Smidginger had shoved with two overcards to the board and a flush draw, though only one was live to his opponent's queens. The turn was no help to him and he was down to his final card. The dealer then burned and turned the on the river to give him a pair of kings and secure the double, putting him firmly above average in chips going into the last level of the night.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eric Smidinger	366,300 366,300	366,300

Tags: Eric Smidinger

Level: 15

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 4,000

07-19-2019 22:19 UTC-7

Martie Doubles Through Levi

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Hill Kerby

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Bruce Russell saw action folded to him in the hijack and he limped in. The next two players folded and David Levi confirmed it was just a limp before completing. Svetlana Martie was in the big blind and shoved all in for her last 35,000. Russell quickly folded and Levi instantly called.

Svetlana Martie:
David Levi:

Martie was slightly behind at risk for her tournament life but was able to improve on the flop and hold as the board ran out for her to get the double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bruce Russell	479,500 4,500	4,500
David Levi	204,000 33,000	33,000
Svetlana Martie	78,000 78,000	78,000

Tags: Bruce Russell David Levi Svetlana Martie

07-19-2019 22:31 UTC-7

Jensen Gets a Knockout, Chips Up More Afterward

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Hill Kerby

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Ben Jensen opened from the hijack to 4,000 and the player in the cutoff went all in for 15,600. Action folded back to Jensen and he made the call.

Ben Jensen:
Opponent:

The board ran out . Jensen's opponent was safe until the nine hit on the river, sending him to the rail while Jensen took down the small pot.

In the meantime, he was also seen stacking more chips as he collected a pot from a hand where he had versus on a board that ran out , bringing him to his current chip total.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ben Jensen	285,000 92,000	92,000

Tags: Ben Jensen

07-19-2019 22:38 UTC-7

Three More Hands

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Hill Kerby

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Out of the options of ---, the three was chosen and the tournament director made the corresponding announcement for dealers to deal three more hands before bagging and tagging for the evening.

07-19-2019 23:02 UTC-7

Play Concluded for Day 1c (full)

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Hill Kerby

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Play is finished for Day 1c and the remaining 34 players have bagged and tagged their chips. Here are the official chip counts with a recap of the day's action soon to follow.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Sater	590,000 100,000	100,000
Maz Keshavarzi	460,500 460,500	460,500
Bruce Russell	419,000 60,500	60,500
Eric Smidinger	348,500 17,800	17,800

Robert Brubaker	287,000 180,000	180,000
Dapo Ajayi	264,500 74,500	74,500
Ben Jensen	240,000 45,000	45,000

Scott Horvath	227,000 227,000	227,000
Austin Peck	220,500 220,500	220,500
Caleb Meyer	215,000 67,000	67,000
Corey Zedo	198,500 43,500	43,500
David Levi	196,500 7,500	7,500
Kevin Kurtz	174,000 51,000	51,000
Francesco Campanile	164,000 164,000	164,000
Doug Swinger	160,500 160,500	160,500
Jeff Wichers	155,500 28,500	28,500
Andrew Vandervolgen	153,000 153,000	153,000
Barb Visher	144,000 41,000	41,000
Rich Dixon	142,000 87,000	87,000
Corbin While	127,500 127,500	127,500
Colby Geolfos	126,500 126,500	126,500
Jeff Fielder	119,000 31,000	31,000
Bruce Carter	119,000 119,000	119,000
Kim Criter	103,500 103,500	103,500
Rich Perego	101,500 101,500	101,500

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