After a back and forth preflop, Tai Nguyen and Ron Morandino had their stacks in the middle.
Nguyen: 
Morandino: 
The board ran 
and the flush knocked Morandino out of the event.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
515,000
205,000
|
205,000 |
|
|
Busted |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
700,000
562,000
|
562,000 |
|
||
|
600,000
162,000
|
162,000 |
|
590,000
201,000
|
201,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
530,000
96,000
|
96,000 |
|
480,000
123,000
|
123,000 |
|
425,000
49,000
|
49,000 |
|
420,000
147,000
|
147,000 |
|
|
420,000
165,000
|
165,000 |
|
400,000
301,000
|
301,000 |
|
390,000
296,000
|
296,000 |
|
380,000
167,000
|
167,000 |
|
355,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
|
350,000
69,000
|
69,000 |
|
320,000
320,000
|
320,000 |
|
|
310,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
300,000
37,000
|
37,000 |
|
285,000
63,000
|
63,000 |
|
||
|
210,000
99,000
|
99,000 |
|
145,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
We caught up with this hand on the flop between Mike Englert and Tom Bouziden. The board was 
, Englert bet 18,000 and Bouziden moved all in. After a lengthy tank, Englert called holding for a pair and a flush draw while Bouziden held 
.
The board completed 
, Englert's hand didn't improve and Bouziden doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
300,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
|
110,000
145,000
|
145,000 |
Season XV of the Heartland Poker Tour (HPT) is shaping up to be 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.
“HPT is excited to have PokerNews providing additional event coverage in 2019,” said Korey Stewart, HPT Marketing Manager. “Season XV is shaping up to be another record-breaking year for the tour. We’ve already added several new venues to the schedule and we’re hoping to announce a few more new additions soon. There will be plenty of opportunities for poker enthusiasts across the country to take a shot at winning life-changing money at nationally televised final tables. We’re looking forward to having an industry leader like PokerNews there to report on it every step of the way.”
Here’s a look at the current Season XV schedule with more stops expected to be announced in the near future. For more information, visit hptpoker.com and follow them on Twitter @HPTPoker.
| Series Dates | Venue | Location | Main Event Buy-In |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 6-18 | Golden Gates Poker Parlour | Black Hawk, Colorado | $1,650 |
| March 7-18 | Hollywood Casino & Hotel | St. Louis, Missouri | $1,650 |
| March 21-April 1 | Hollywood Casino Lawrenceburg | Lawrenceburg, Indiana | $1,100 |
| April 4-15 | The Meadows Racetrack & Casino | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | $1,100 |
| April 18-29 | Hollywood Casino Columbus | Columbus, Ohio | $1,650 |
| Mary 2-14 | Ameristar East Chicago | Gary, Indiana | $1,650 |
Level: 17
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
Ben Keeline opened for 10,000, an unknown player and Dapo Ajayi called to see a flop of 
. All three players checked, the turn came 
and they all checked again. The river came 
, Ajayi bet 20,000, Keeline called and the third player folded.
Ajayi showed but Keeline had him beat holding 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
260,000
93,000
|
93,000 |
|
|
145,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
Aaron Massey moved all in from the small blind with his short stack, Craig Casino woke up with queens in the big blind and called. Massey tabled 
and watched the board run Casino's way with 
.
Ralph Massey was eliminated just a few minutes prior in unknown action.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
We missed the preflop raising but Gonzalo Guerrero and Tho Nguyen got their stacks all in preflop with Nguyen at risk.
Guerrero: 
Nguyen:
The board ran 
, the jack in the window gave Nguyen a set and life to play on.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
255,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
|
|
140,000
140,000
|
140,000 |
Cards are in the air for the start of Day 2.
Level: 16
Blinds: 2,000/5,000
Ante: 5,000
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