There was a bunch of commotion taking place on Table 53 and rightfully so with the first pot of over 1,000,000 chips taking place. A completed board of was spread across the board and three players had all of their chips in the middle.
According to the table, Adam Asbury was the shorter stack and all in on the flop. Mike Hahn and Angela Shade played a massive side pot with Hahn being at risk on the turn. Hahn currently had the best hand with while Shade tabled and Asbury was drawing to one out with .
The river brought the to give each player a full house, but Shade rivered the largest one. Having both of her opponent's covered, Shade scooped all of the chips and is now sitting on a stack of over 1.2 million.
In the very first hand on the money bubble, Kevin Stroud shoved all in for around 90,000 on a board reading . He was called by Randall Myers and the players waited for the action to finish on the other tables before revealing their cards.
Randall Myers:
Kevin Stroud:
The river brought the and Myers held on with his two pair. Stroud stood up from his seat and looked around to see if anyone else busted but unfortunately, he was the only one going home on the money bubble.
Timothy Burden opened from early position and Neal Harding just called on his left. John Mingus pushed in the last of his 40,000 chips and Doug Holland also shipped all in for 120,000 on the button. Burden re-shoved which forced Harding out and all three hands remaining were tabled.
Timothy Burden:
Doug Holland:
John Mingus:
Burden held the best hand at the moment but he needed to dodge plenty of cards to maintain the lead. The board ran out and Burden stood up to give a fist pump as he climbed over 1,000,000 chips for the first time today.
Justin Webb opened to 60,000 in middle position and was called by Angela Shade and Douglas Songer in the blinds. The flop came and the action checked to Webb who continued for 100,000. Shade called and Songer came along as well.
The turn was the and both of the blinds checked again. Webb counted out a bet of 325,000 and Shade quickly called. Songer also decided to call and the landed on the river. Shade checked one more time and Songer shoved all in for 315,000. Webb went into the tank for a couple of minutes before finally calling and Shade reluctantly folded.
Songer turned over for a flush while Webb tabled for just a pair of queens. Songer scored nearly a triple up to climb back over the 2,000,000 chip mark.
After a series of preflop raises, Matthew Hils on the button and Timothy Burden in the big blind got all of their chips in the middle. Burden was the player at risk for around 850,000 but he held the preflop edge.
Matthew Hils:
Timothy Burden:
The flop came and Burden was still out front with his jack kicker. The gave Hils a straight and flush draw and the on the river completed his flush. Burden couldn't believe it as he stormed out of the tournament area to collect his 12th place prize.
The action folded to George Janssen who raised it up from the small blind. Matthew Hils three-bet from the big blind and Janssen four-bet shoved for 1,860,000. Hils made the call and the biggest pot of the tournament was up for grabs.
Janssen tabled and was up against the of Hils. The flop came and Janssen took the lead with a pair of kings. The on the turn and the on the river secured the double up for Janssen.
In the very next hand, Janssen opened on the button and Hils three-bet shoved for 850,000 in the small blind. Janssen asked for a count and took over a minute before making the call.
Hils had again and Janssen was live with . The board ran out as once again, Janssen spiked a pair to eliminate Hils in 12th place.
George Janssen raised it up to 175,000 in the small blind and Jake Bazeley defended from the big blind. The flop fell and Janssen continued for 225,000. Bazeley called and the landed on the turn.
Janssen tossed in another 400,000 and Bazeley stuck around to see the on the river. Janssen checked this time and Bazeley shipped all in for 1,175,000. Janssen asked for a count and took a minute before making the call. Bazeley showed for a missed flush draw and Janssen held .
It only took two hands after the final 10 players gathered at one table to see the first all-in and call. David Keller shoved all in for around 450,000 in early position and Douglas Songer moved all in over the top from the cutoff. The rest of the table folded and the cards were face up.
Douglas Songer:
David Keller:
The flop came to give Songer a pair of kings and the best flush draw. The on the turn left Keller drawing to just two outs and the on the river was not one of them. Keller was eliminated in 10th place and the final nine players will now bag up their chips for the night.
After nearly eight hours of poker today, the official final table in the Heartland Poker Tour Lawrenceburg $1,100 Main Event has been reached. The day belonged to George Janssen who did the other eight players a favor by racking up a huge chip lead with 6,695,000 chips.
It was an up and down day for Janssen going into the dinner break but after adding some fuel, he steamrolled the competition down the stretch. It all started by winning massive back-to-back flips against former chipleader Matthew Hils. The next huge pot came when Jake Bazeley tried bluffing a missed flush draw but Janssen called him down with pocket aces.
Heading into the final table, Janssen will carry over 40% of the total chips in play and will be a big favorite when play begins. Janssen already has his largest career score locked up but a title victory could provide some life-changing money. His previous two recorded cashes came at the MSPT stop in his home state of Michigan in 2015 and 2017.
Although Janssen will be the clear cut favorite, there are still eight other hopefuls that will be looking to run him down. Gregory Wood is the only player with previous final table experience on the HPT and he is sitting in second place with 2,300,000 chips. Douglas Songer (1,760,000) had a rollercoaster of a day as well but finished on a high note by eliminating David Keller in 10th place. Another player in contention as well is Joey Hiudt who made a late rally to finish with 1,510,000 chips. Hiudt was the only player to give Janssen a hiccup down the stretch so he will look to build on that when play resumes tomorrow.
Final Table Seat Draw
Seat
Player
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
George Janssen
6,695,000
112
2
Joey Hiudt
1,510,000
25
3
Gregory Wood
2,300,000
38
4
Gary Breslauer
815,000
14
5
Douglas Songer
1,760,000
29
6
Donald Kalb
1,120,000
19
7
Mike Shin
695,000
12
8
Angela Shade
1,005,000
17
9
Ian Richardson
755,000
13
The action got underway in the ballroom of the Hollywood Casino at 11am with 86 players returning to the felt. It didn't take long for the eliminations to start piling up. Angela Shade was the first player to break out in a big way when she eliminated Mike Hahn and Adam Asbury in a sick cooler. All three players made a full house but Shade's was the largest by the time the river hit which made her the first player to reach the seven-figure mark.
The money bubble burst just before the first break of the day when Kevin Stroud picked up ace-king and decided to go with it even after missing the board. Randall Myers called him down with pocket tens and Stroud became the bubble boy. Some of the notable names to reach the money include Nick Guagenti (46th place - $2,064), Kyle Besaw (43rd place - $2,435), Randall Myers (30th place - $2,911), Iverson Snuffer (14th place - $6,087), Timothy Burden (13th place - $6,087), and Jake Bazeley (11th place - $8,151).
The action will get back underway on Monday at 12pm with 6:40 remaining in level 27 and the blinds at 30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 big blind ante. The final nine players will take a seat at the feature table which will be live streamed with hole cards on a 30-minute delay. The blind levels will still be 40 minutes in length and 30 minutes when heads-up is reached.
Final Table Payouts
Place
Prize (USD)
1st
$119,101
2nd
$73,573
3rd
$48,219
4th
$33,505
5th
$24,348
6th
$18,896
7th
$15,879
8th
$13,233
9th
$10,586
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