2019 Heartland Poker Tour The Meadows

Main Event
Day: 1b
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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
Venue 2
$48,215
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
160,000
Players Left 1 / 345
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Cowell Rivers Set

Level 2 : 100/200, 0 ante

There was four-way action on a flop reading {9-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}{4-Spades} and action was on Doug Cowell in the small blind. Both he and the big blind had checked, and there was a bet for 1,500 and a call. Cowell raised to 4,000 and one player called. The turn was a {5-Hearts} and both players checked. On the {10-Hearts} river, Cowell fired in a bet of 6,000 and his opponent called.

Cowell tabled {10-Spades}{10-Clubs} for the rivered set. His opponent shook his head and looked at his cards for a second before revealing his {k-Hearts}{k-Diamonds} to the table.

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Doug Cowell
38,000
38,000
38,000

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Level: 2

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 0

Kennedy Flops Set

Level 1 : 100/100, 0 ante

A player raised from under the gun to 300. James Kennedy called from middle position and the big blind joined the action. The flop came {4-Spades}{10-Diamonds}{8-Clubs} and action was checked to Kennedy. He bet 500 and the big blind called. The original raiser folded, and play was heads up to the {7-Spades} turn. The big blind checked, and Kennedy bet 1,500, which was called. The river was a {9-Spades} and the big blind checked again. Kennedy fired 1,500 into the pot again, and the big blind called and showed {10-Clubs}{9-Clubs} for two pair.

Kennedy turned over {4-Clubs}{4-Hearts} and took down the pot with a set. Kennedy appeared to have lost a few chips from his starting stack early on, but has since recovered back to near starting stack.

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James Kennedy
28,000
28,000
28,000

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Rubinberg Firing Day 1b

Level 1 : 100/100, 0 ante
Andy Rubinberg, pictured at a different event.
Andy Rubinberg, pictured at a different event.

It's still early in Day 1b of HPT The Meadows, but the field already appears certain to surpass Thursday's lukewarm turnout, as there are already over 40 players sitting in.

One of those is Andy Rubinberg, a player from the Chicago area who has been one of the more successful players in mid-major events around the Midwest.

Rubinberg has been particularly successful in the MSPT, where he's booked two wins and a runner-up finish for about $360,000 in prize money. He also won the WSOP Warm-Up Main Event at Horseshoe Hammond in 2016 for over $50,000. On the HPT, he finished third in the season-ending HPT Championship back in 2008 for $31,849.

In total, Rubinberg has over $650,000 in cashes and will certainly be a player to watch here at HPT The Meadows.

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Andy Rubinberg
30,000

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HPT Veterans Battling Early

Level 1 : 100/100, 0 ante

There was a big pot at an early table between two HPT veterans, Penny Banhidy and 2018 HPT The Meadows champion Mike O'Neill. Action was joined on the turn with a board of {10-Spades}{3-Spades}{3-Hearts}{5-Spades}. A player from under the gun had bet 1,000 and O'Neill raised to 2,500. Banhidy then three-bet to 6,000. The player from under the gun folded, and O'Neill four-bet to 17,500. Banhidy called, and the river brought a {j-Clubs}.

O'Neill began stacking chips as if he was looking to make a bet, and Banhidy instantly threw in a chip and verbally announced she called. She turned over {k-Spades}{q-Spades} for the second-nut flush. However, action was still on O'Neill. The floor was called and it was ruled that Banhidy's hand was still in play, but that action was on O'Neill. Seeing his opponent's flush, he checked and turned over {a-Spades}{a-Hearts} before sending his cards into the muck.

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Penny Banhidy
51,000
51,000
51,000
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Mike O'Neill
15,500
15,500
15,500

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Level: 1

Blinds: 100/100

Ante: 0

Welcome to Day 1b of the HPT The Meadows Main Event

HPT The Meadows
HPT The Meadows

Season XV of the Heartland Poker Tour (HPT) resumes today with the second of three initial flights to the $1,100 buy-in Main Event Day 1b flight at The Meadows Casino just south of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Yesterday’s Day 1a flight drew only 53 players for this $250,000 guarantee tournament, with eight advancing to Day 2 after a 12-hour day. Upon completion of play, Jason Pickup found himself with a massive chip lead. He eliminated two players at the end of the night and found himself with 387,500 chips to take with him into Sunday’s Day 2, well clear of the next two closest stacks from Chuck Scaglione (252,000) and Doug Krency (234,500).

Players will receive 30,000 in chips and play 15 levels of 40 minutes each. Unlimited reentries are available until the end of the dinner break after Level 9.

Today’s flight is the second of three. Players who do not survive today’s heat will have the option to return tomorrow for the last flight of the tournament. All players who advance will return for Day 2 action at 11 a.m. on Sunday. Players will play down to the final table, which will then be live streamed on Monday.

Cards are in the air at noon local time. The PokerNews live reporting team will be on the floor bringing you updates on the action through the duration of the tournament.

Main Event

Day 1b Started

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