Welcome To Day 1d of HPT Golden Gates
The fourth and final flight of Heartland Poker Tour Golden Gates $1,100 Main Event is set to get underway shortly. In total, 414 entries have been logged over the first three days and 69 have already found their way into Sunday’s Day 2.
Through three days, David Berger finds himself as the overall chip leader with a stack of 628,000. The next three biggest stacks all came from Day 1c’s flight, when Jason Sater (590,000), Maz Keshavarzi (460,500), and Bruce Russell (419,000) all were able to put stacks of more than 400,000 into bags for when the field combines tomorrow.
Saturday’s flight is sure to surpass the 204 entries that Friday’s Day 1c saw. Cards will be in the air at noon, local time and players will receive starting stacks of 30,000. Like the first three heats, play will occur until 15 40-minute levels have been completed. There will be 15-minute breaks after every two hours of play and a one-hour dinner break at the completion of Level 9.
Unlimited re-entries are available for this final initial flight with registration remaining open through the completion of the dinner break at approximately 7:30 p.m. local time. The action has been jam-packed through the first three days and more of the same is expected to commence in the near future as the field looks to capitalize on their final chance to advance.
Keep it at PokerNews for updates throughout the day and as the rest of the tournament unfolds.
and the big blind and Wahdan checked. The player in middle position bet 1,400, getting a call from Harper, a fold from the big blind, and a call from Wahdan.
and Wahdan checked to the player in middle position who fired another bet of 3,000. Harper and Wahdan both called.
and Wahdan and the player in middle position checked. Harper threw in a bet of 3,000 and Wahdan quickly folded. The middle-position player thought for a while and ultimately made the call.
for the nuts. His opponent simultaneously showed 
which was the second-best hand among the two all along and Harper collected the chips, adding them to his stack.
and Wahdan checked. Vanstrom made a continuation-bet of 1,400 and Wahdan called. The turn came 
and Wahdan checked to Vanstrom again. Vanstrom fired a second barrel of 3,100 and Wahdan made the call.
and Wahdan checked. Vanstrom went all in for around 20,000 and Wahdan went into the tank for a bit before folding 
face-up, congratulating Vanstrom on a nice hand.
. Action checked to Graham and she bet 3,000. Only the original raiser called.
for the turned straight and her opponent mucked, giving her credit for her hand.
with two hearts and a diamond. Wahdan check-raised Pupillo's 7,500 continuation-bet to 17,500 and Pupillo called.
and Wahdan continued, betting 38,000. Pupillo raised him all in and he called.
and Jason Johnson bet 6,000. Aaron Frei was on his direct left and shoved all in for around 38,000. The two remaining players in the hand, the cutoff and big blind both folded and Johnson quickly called.
for aces up with a jack kicker.
at almost the same exact time, showing four of a kind and eliminating Frei from the tournament shortly after the dinner break and the close of registration for the tournament.
-rainbow and O'Toole check-raised Gutfreund's continuation-bet. Gutfreund called.
, O'Toole fired 19,000 into the middle and Gutfreund raised to 60,000. O'Toole shoved for around 140,000 with Gutfreund calling for around 120,000 effective.