Welcome to Day 1a of 2019 HPT The Meadows
After a week's worth of prelim events, it's time for the 2019 Heartland Poker Tour The Meadows $1,100 Main Event to get under way just outside of Pittsburgh. Thursday will see the first of three starting flights kick off the $250,000 guaranteed Main Event, with subsequent flights scheduled for Friday and Saturday before fields combine for Sunday's Day 2.
Last year, Mike O'Neill topped a field of 422 to pocket $93,340 and a $3,500 HPT Championship package.
For this year's event, cards are scheduled to fly at 2 p.m. local time for the opening flight. Players will receive 30,000 in starting chips and begin at Level 1 (100/100), progressing to Level 15 (2,000/4,000/4,000) or until 13 percent of the field remains. Big blind ante begins in Level 4.
Registration remains open until the start of Level 10 and players may reenter as many times as they wish.
Stay tuned to PokerNews for live updates throughout the course of play.