2019 Heartland Poker Tour Golden Gates
Craig Dubberstein opened on the button and Eli Lowenthal shoved from the small blind. Dubberstein called holding ![]()
and the short-stacked Lowenthal tabled ![]()
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The board ran ![]()
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, Lowenthal's cards were in the muck as the river hit and Dubberstein joined the century club.
Cards are back in the air following the break and the field picked up a few more entrants - bumping the total number to 81. It's a vast improvement over 2018's Valentine's' flight that only drew 48.
There are 35 remaining players spread across four tables. They'll play the full 15 levels unless they reach a hard stop of ten remaining players - 12% of the field.
Level: 10
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 12,000
Nine levels are done and the players are on a 60-minute dinner break. Registration remains open through the break until approximately 7:30 pm.
Jason Mangold's table broke and he was rerouted to Craig Casino's left. Casino just leveled Daniel Carrales' former tourney leading stack and just took a bite out of Mangold's stack.
We caught them on the flop of ![]()
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, Mangold bet 12,000, Casino raised to 28,000 and Mangold popped it to 75,000. Casino moved all in for a total of 148,200 and Mangold tanked. He announced a verbal fold after some pained expression.
Casino showed ![]()
, which sent Mangold out of his seat. "F'n A, man. Well played Craig," he said after returning to the table.
Level: 9
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
Craig Casino was down to 6,500 just a few levels ago and worked his way back up to second in chips. We caught him in a hand on a board of ![]()
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, Kim Criter moved all in for 19,400, Casino called and Daniel Carrales called.
The turn came
, Casino announced all in and Carrales folded. Criter showed ![]()
but Casino had her beat with ![]()
for a flopped flush. The river was the
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The next hand Carrales open-shoved what was left of his stack and action folded around to Casino in the big blind. "This is really borderline," he said when he called holding ![]()
. Carrales tabled ![]()
but the board ran Casino's way with ![]()
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for a flush.
After a series of preflop raises, Craig Casino got his stick in the middle preflop and Daniel Carrales called.
Carrales: ![]()
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Casino: ![]()
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The board ran ![]()
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, Casino hit his six on the flop and doubled up.
Level: 8
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800