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.
After a limp from David Keller in early position, Douglas Songer raised to 200,000 on the button. Ian Richardson moved all in for 440,000 in the small blind which forced Keller out and Songer called.
Richardson showed and was flipping against the of Songer. The board ran out and Richardson made two pair to score a double up.
At the other table, George Janssen opened to 160,000 from under the gun. Joey Hiudt shipped all in for 695,000 in the small blind and Janssen snapped him off.
Hiudt flipped over and was in a great position to double up against the of Janssen. The board ran out to secure the double up fir Hiudt.
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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