2019 Heartland Poker Tour The Meadows

Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info
2019 Heartland Poker Tour The Meadows
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,100
Prize Pool
$334,650
Total Entries
345
Players Left
1
Average Chip Stack
10,350,000
Total Chips
10,350,000
Next Payout
Place 2
$48,215
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
160,000
Players Left 1 / 345
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Andy Spears Eliminated in 5th Place ($16,889)

Level 29 : 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
Andy Spears
Andy Spears

Anthony McIe picked up {j-Hearts}{j-Clubs} and opened to 225,000 on the button. Andy Spears shoved with {a-Clubs}{8-Spades} in the big blind for 1.6 million and McIe snapped it off.

The {j-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds}{10-Clubs} flop brought a set for McIe but Spears had outs with a double gutter. The {5-Spades} was a brick, as was the {4-Clubs}, and Spears took his leave in fifth.

Tags: Andy SpearsAnthony McIe

Waltonbaugh Correctly Finds Hero Call

Level 29 : 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Upon having action folded to him, Dan Wagner limped the button with {7-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}. Anthony McIe completed the small blind with {10-Clubs}{8-Hearts} and Lydia Waltonbaugh checked from the big blind with {k-Clubs}{2-Spades}. The flop came {j-Diamonds}{k-Spades}{5-Spades} and McIe checked. Waltonbaugh bet 125,000, Wagner called, and McIe folded. The two remaining players saw the turn come {8-Spades} and both checked, bringing the {a-Spades} river. Waltonbaugh checked the four-flush board, and Wagner made a bet of 225,000. After some thought, Waltonbaugh made the call with the worst possible flush and picked off Wagner's bluff.

Tags: Dan WagnerLydia Waltonbaugh

Wagner Doubles Through Pickup Again

Level 29 : 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Action folded to Jason Pickup and he shoved in the small blind with {k-Spades}{j-Clubs}. Dan Wagner called off for 810,000 with {q-Clubs}{10-Hearts}.

The {k-Clubs}{7-Spades}{j-Diamonds} flop gave Pickup two pair but the {9-Diamonds} turn gave Wagner a straight. The {4-Diamonds} river was a brick and Wagner scooped a double.

Tags: Dan WagnerJason Pickup

McIe Doubles Through Pickup

Level 29 : 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Jason Pickup opened from under the gun to 230,000 with {9-Diamonds}{9-Clubs} and action folded to Anthony McIe on the button, who shipped in 1.1 million with {j-Diamonds}{j-Spades}. Pickup made the call and the two turned over their cards for the runout.

The board was a clean {3-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}{4-Clubs}{10-Spades}{5-Diamonds} for McIe, who earned the double.

Tags: Anthony McIeJason Pickup

Wagner Doubles Through Pickup

Level 29 : 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Dan Wagner got it in for 530,000 with {a-Hearts}{4-Hearts} against the {a-Spades}{8-Spades} of Jason Pickup. After a {7-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds} flop, Wagner found a {4-Clubs} on the turn and held on to double.

Tags: Dan WagnerJason Pickup

Big Stacks Clash

Level 29 : 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Lydia Waltonbaugh raised the cutoff with {a-Spades}{q-Spades} to 200,000 and Jason Pickup was the only one to make the call, with {q-Clubs}{10-Clubs} out of the small blind. The flop came {5-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}{3-Clubs} and Pickup check-called Waltonbaugh's continuation-bet of 200,000. The turn was the {9-Hearts} and Pickup again checked. Waltonbaugh fired a second barrel of 350,000, which Pickup called. The {8-Clubs} river completed Pickup's flush and he led out for 600,000. Waltonbaugh made the fold, and the pot was sent Pickup's way.

Tags: Jason PickupLydia Waltonbaugh

Wagner Doubles on First Hand Back

Level 29 : 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
Dan Wagner
Dan Wagner

Jason Pickup opened the action with a raise from under the gun to 250,000 with {a-Hearts}{9-Clubs}. It folded to Dan Wagner on the cutoff, who called all in for 240,000 with {a-Diamonds}{j-Hearts}, and everybody else folded.

The board ran out {j-Spades}{3-Spades}{4-Hearts}{2-Spades}{9-Hearts} and Wagner secured the double.

Tags: Dan WagnerJason Pickup

Level: 29

Blinds: 50,000/100,000

Ante: 100,000

Waltonbaugh Wins Last Hand Before Break

Level 28 : 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

On the last hand of the level, Andy Spears opened from under the gun with {10-Hearts}{9-Hearts}. Action folded to Lydia Waltonbaugh in the big blind with {6-}{7-}, who made the call. The flop came {6-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}{2-Hearts} and Waltonbaugh checked. Spears made a continuation-bet of 150,000 and Waltonbaugh made the call. Action checked through both the {a-Clubs} turn and {a-Diamonds} river, Waltonbaugh's sixes up took down the pot.

Players are now taking a 15 minute break. The current list of chip counts at break is as follows.

Tags: Andy SpearsLydia Waltonbaugh

Spears Doubles Through Wagner

Level 28 : 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Andy Spears defended big blind with {q-Diamonds}{10-Clubs} when Dan Wagner opened with {a-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}.

The flop came {q-Spades}{5-Spades}{10-Hearts} and Spears check-called 170,000. On the {9-Diamonds} turn, Spears checked and Wagner shoved for about the size of the pot effective. Spears quickly called and was fading eight outs.

The river was a {5-Clubs} and Spears collected a double.

Tags: Andy SpearsDan Wagner