Main Event
Day 1b Completed
2019 Heartland Poker Tour The Meadows
Main Event
Day: 1b
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Chip Counts
Chip Counts
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199,500
9
149,000
10
113,500
Stevens Bags Slight Lead Over Wagner on Day 1b of HPT The Meadows
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Chips are in the bags for Day 1b of HPT The Meadows $1,100 Main Event, and local player Jimmy Stevens managed to edge out Dan Wagner for the chip lead when the dust settled and 20 players headed for the exits with hopes of running it up on Sunday.
Stevens finished with 367,000 and Wagner 343,000, though neither player quite matched the 387,500 notched by Day 1a leader Jason Pickup.
Ninety-five entries were logged on the second of three starting days, a solid bump over the 53 that populated the lower floor of The Meadows on Day 1a.
Another notable bagging was WSOP bracelet winner Joe Ebanks. He finished with a decent stack of 185,000, which ranked fifth. Sporting over $3.2 million in cashes, Ebanks certainly appears well-positioned to compete for the biggest chunk of the $250,000 guaranteed prize pool.
Chris Bibb (172,500), Ricky Ali (149,000), Dean Schultz (105,000) and Henry Zou (69,000) also made it through to Sunday's Day 2.
Schultz completed a remarkable comeback to get in the bag. He shoved all in with ace-queen when he had around 20 blinds at 1,200/2,400/2,400. He ran into the kings held by Bill Reilly and grabbed his backpack after it looked like he was out the door when the board bricked out. When stacks were counted down though, he had 800 left.
Despite being under a single small blind, Schultz managed to pull the "chip and a chair" act. A few hands later, he had almost 10,000 again and picked up pocket jacks. He got his stack in three ways and survived, finding himself with 15 big blinds and a fighting chance on which he made good.
A few more notables showed up on Day 1b but most found themselves dry on chips. Nick Pupillo, Adam Friedman, Andy Rubinberg, Iverson Cotton Snuffer, Andy Spears and DJ MacKinnon were among the busted and all will still have one last shot on Saturday's Day 1c.
Day 1c commences at noon local time with another 15 levels on tap. Come back to PokerNews for more live updates at that time.
End of Day 1b Counts (full)
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
367,000 | 127,000 |
|
343,000 | 25,000 |
|
|
250,000 | 100,000 |
|
|
199,500 | 34,500 |
|
185,000 | 85,000 |
|
177,500 | 30,500 |
|
172,500 | -14,500 |
|
|
151,000 | 124,000 |
|
|
149,000 | -1,100 |
|
|
113,500 | 18,500 |
|
113,000 | 113,000 |
|
105,000 | 10,000 |
|
|
87,000 | 27,000 |
|
85,000 | -2,000 |
|
|
83,000 | |
|
69,000 | -16,000 |
|
|
54,000 | 54,000 |
|
|
53,000 | |
|
|
52,000 | -48,000 |
|
|
46,500 | -38,500 |
Late Beat Nicks Ali
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Ricky Ali called with 
when a player who had just 27,000 jammed under the gun, and that player turned over 
. The flop was all low bricks but a hit the turn and left Ali shaking his head and sending a double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
150,100 | -74,900 |
Banhidy Check-Raises the Turn
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
After defending her big blind versus Rich Finberg's open to 10,500 from the button, Penny Banhidy checked a flop of 
. Finberg continuation-bet 17,000 and Banhidy raised all-in. After getting a count of 55,500, Finberg sent his cards to the muck and Banhidy raked in the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
95,000 | 60,000 |
|
|
60,000 | -40,000 |
Scarborough Takes Pot With Kings
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
George Scarborough limped from the cutoff and the button folded. Bill Reilly completed from the small blind, which was followed by a raise from David Berman to 15,000. Scarborough called, and the flop came 
. Berman bet 15,000 and Scarborough made the call. The turn was the 
and both players checked. The river came the 
and Berman bet 30,000, which Scarborough called.
"Two pair," Berman said. Instantly Scarborough turned over 
for the second-nut flush and Berman mucked his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
165,000 | -8,000 |
|
|
87,000 | -68,000 |
Wagner Waxes Wood
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Greg Wood was all in for about 65,000 when we got to his table, with 
on the felt against the 
of Dan Wagner in late position. We didn't see if the money went in preflop or after the 
flop but the 
turn and 
river meant Wagner's aces trumped Wood's queens.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
318,000 | 220,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 15
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
Who Needs Heart When You've Got Quads?
Level 14
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Doug "Tin Man" Holland got in a raising war with an opponent in late position who jammed over Holland's 55,000 bet. Holland only had about 20,000 back and slid it in, standing up and tabling 
. His opponent was dominated with 
but he didn't even have time to hope for a jack as the flop came 
to give Holland quads.
Holland let out a shout and the dealer fired out the meaningless turn and river then counted down stacks. Holland had his opponent slightly covered and collected the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
147,000 |
Esquivel Eliminated
Level 14
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Mikey Esquivel was eliminated moments ago. We heard from a player at the table that he had bluffed a missed flush draw on an ace-high board and Chris Bibb picked him off with 
, good for top pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
187,000 | 86,500 |
|
|
Busted |