Main Event
Day 2 Completed
2019 Heartland Poker Tour Golden Gates
Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2019 Heartland Poker Tour Golden Gates
Buy-in
$1,100
Prize Pool
$864,360
Entries
588
Level
32
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
100,000
Nick Pupillo Leads HPT Black Hawk Final Table
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Level 25
: 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Day 2 of the $1,650 HPT Black Hawk Main Event kicked off before lunch on Sunday with 92 returning players. Eleven hours later, just nine players remain all with their eyes on the $194,478 top prize. Nick Pupillo leads the field after putting 2,970,000 in the bag.
Pupillo boasts an impressive HPT resume with eight cashes while Reginald "Shawn" Roberts, who is second in chips, has far and away the most HPT experience with 21 HPT cashes. Local players Dapo Ajayi, Daniel Wojcik, John Sacha and Jack Peterson will look for a hometown crowd at Monday's final table.
Sacha won this event in 2009 and has three other HPT cashes. However, he's not the only former Golden Gates champ left in the field. Back in November, Mike Itoafa won the 2018 MSPT Denver Poker Open at the venue for $81,735. He will return on Monday with 2,365,000.
Final Table Lineup
| Seat | Player | Count |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mike Itoafa | 2,365,000 |
| 2 | Dapo Ajayi | 1,835,000 |
| 3 | Ryan Dodson | 1,475,000 |
| 4 | Karim Abuzar | 1,210,000 |
| 5 | Jack Peterson | 2,450,000 |
| 6 | John Sacha | 1,190,000 |
| 7 | Dan Wojcik | 1,260,000 |
| 8 | Nick Pupillo | 2,970,000 |
| 9 | Reginald Roberts | 2,895,000 |
Among those to finish in the money on Day 2 were WSOP bracelet winner Adrian Buckley (11th - $13,311), Will Berry (14th - $9,940), start-of-the-day chip leader David Litt (16th - $7,606), Day 1a chip leader Craig Casino (18th - $7,606), HPT champ Alex Greenblatt (22nd - $5,705), Day 1c chip leader Teresa Hemingway (41st - $3,976), and WSOP Colossus II champ Ben Keeline (42nd - $3,976).
Cards hit the air at noon on Monday and will feature a live stream on the HPT Twitch channel. There will be a 30-minute delay and audience members are invited to watch the action on set on the second floor of the Golden Gates.
Final Table Chip Counts
Level 25
: 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,970,000 | 770,000 |
|
2,895,000 | 1,095,000 |
|
2,450,000 | -550,000 |
|
2,365,000 | 1,105,000 |
|
1,835,000 | -165,000 |
|
1,475,000 | 665,000 |
|
1,260,000 | 690,000 |
|
1,210,000 | 110,000 |
|
1,190,000 | 270,000 |
Pierce McKellar Eliminated in 10th Place ($13,311)
Level 25
: 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
On the first hand at the ten-handed final table, Jack Peterson opened and Pierce McKellar moved all in. Peterson snap-called and the cards were tabled.
Peterson: 
McKellar: 
McKellar pleaded for the dealer to run the board slow and he obliged. The board crawled 
, McKellar couldn't beat aces and he was eliminated from table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Final Table Redraw
Level 25
: 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
| Seat | Player | Count |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mike Itoafa | 2,365,000 |
| 2 | Dapo Ajayi | 1,835,000 |
| 3 | Ryan Dodson | 1,475,000 |
| 4 | Karim Abuzar | 1,210,000 |
| 5 | Jack Peterson | 2,450,000 |
| 6 | John Sacha | 1,190,000 |
| 7 | Dan Wojcik | 1,260,000 |
| 9 | Nick Pupillo | 2,970,000 |
| 10 | Reginald Roberts | 2,895,000 |
Adrian Buckley Eliminated in 11th Place ($13,311)
Level 25
: 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Adrian Buckley got his short stack all in preflop and Ryan Dodson called.
Buckley: 
Dodson: 
The board ran 
and Buckley was eliminated.
The clock was paused for a redraw for a final table of ten players.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Shawn McCracken Eliminated in 12th Place ($13,311)
Level 25
: 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Shawn McCracken got his short stack all in holding and Daniel Wojcik called holding pocket kings. The board ran 
and McCracken was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Level: 25
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 40,000
Stu Brown Eliminated in 13th Place ($9,940)
Level 24
: 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
There was some confusing preflop action where Reginald Roberts and the dealer thought Stu Brown was all in, but he had 30,000 behind. Roberts raised and Brown pushed out all of his 25,000 chips and Roberts called and turned up his hand not seeing the 5,000 chips behind.
Roberts exposed 
, the floorman ruled for the flop to come out and play as is. The flop fell 
and Brown agonized over tossing the last of his chips. He called and turned up 
and needed help.
The board completed 
and Brown was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted |
Abuzar Doubles Through Ajayi
Level 24
: 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Karim Abuzar limped under the gun, Shawn McCracken limped from the small blind and Dapo Ajayi made it 150,000 to go from the big blind. Abuzar moved all in, McCracken mucked and Ajayi called.
Ajayi:
Abuzar: 
The board ran 
, Abuzar made trips and doubled up to over a million.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,000,000 | -450,000 |
|
|
1,100,000 | 300,000 |