2019 Heartland Poker Tour The Meadows

Main Event
Day: 1c
Event Info

2019 Heartland Poker Tour The Meadows

Event Info
Buy-in
$1,100
Prize Pool
$334,650
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

Pheasant Doubles With Jacks

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Steve Pheasant opened the action with a raise from under the gun to 10,000. It folded around to the small blind, who made the call and the two went heads up to the {5-Hearts}{3-Spades}{7-Clubs} flop. The small blind checked and Pheasant went all in for 30,000. He was called and the two turned their cards over.

Steve Pheasant: {j-Diamonds}{j-Hearts}
Small blind: {5-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}

The turn and river came {k-Clubs}{8-Hearts} and Pheasant secured the double.

Player Chips Progress
Steve Pheasant us
Steve Pheasant
85,000 85,000

Tags: Steve Pheasant

Kerr Dusts One

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

A player shoved for 37,000 under the gun and Jack Kerr verbalized a call in the cutoff. The players behind him folded before he could even get the chips in and he was pleased to see {9-Clubs}{9-Spades} dominating {a-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds} of the all-in player.

The board ran out {9-Diamonds}{5-Spades}{4-Spades}{2-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}, and the all-in player's calls for a three after the turn went unheeded.

Player Chips Progress
Jack Kerr us
Jack Kerr
251,000 -9,000

Tags: Jack Kerr

Perkins Forces Fold on River

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Chris Perkins limped preflop from early position and action folded around to the small blind, who called. Lydia Waltonbaugh checked from the big blind and the flop came {8-Hearts}{q-Clubs}{4-Spades}. All three players checked to the {6-Diamonds} turn and the small blind bet 7,000. Waltonbaugh raised to 16,000, and Perkins took some time before making a call. The small blind folded, taking action heads up to the {5-Spades} river. Waltonbaugh checked to Perkins, who fired 35,000 into the pot. Waltonbaugh counted out a call and shuffled the chips for some time, studying her opponent, before eventually folding.

"Bad fold?" She asked after the hand was over.

"Depends," Perkins said as he raked in the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Lydia Waltonbaugh us
Lydia Waltonbaugh
190,000
Chris Perkins us
Chris Perkins
170,000 170,000

Tags: Chris PerkinsLydia Waltonbaugh

Cipresse Holds Against Combo Draw

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Jarrod Cipresse had 25,000 in front of him on {4-Diamonds}{k-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds} in the cutoff and the player in the big blind announced all in. Cipresse instantly stuck his stack in and they showed down.

Big blind: {q-Diamonds}{j-Hearts}
Jarrod Cipresse: {a-Spades}{k-Spades}

Cipresse was good for the moment and it stayed that way through the {6-Spades} turn and {9-Spades} river. He had 93,600, which his opponent covered by just 1,000.

"And then, in Level 14, everyone lost their minds," James Pisano said.

Player Chips Progress
Jarrod Cipresse us
Jarrod Cipresse
220,000 93,000

Tags: Jarrod Cipresse

Level: 14

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 3,000

Chips Flying on Table 20

Level 13 : 1,200/2,400, 2,400 ante

There have been a few large pots recently on Table 20. We walked over after showdown with the losing player's cards already mucked while the dealer was counting out Marty Gorenc's stack for the double up he had just secured. Gorenc's {q-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds} was still tabled and the board read {6-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{a-Hearts}{6-Hearts}, signifying he had won with two pair.

On the very next hand, there was a four-way limped pot that saw a flop of {6-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}. Action checked to a player in middle position who went all in for around 40,000. Michael Pempin was on the button and reraised all in, getting everybody else to fold.

Middle position: {q-Spades}{10-Spades}
Michael Pempin: {a-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}

The board ran out {6-Spades}{7-Spades} and Pempin breathed a sigh of relief as his missed ace high flush draw was good to take down the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Marty Gorenc us
Marty Gorenc
230,000 110,000
Michael Pempin us
Michael Pempin
160,000 160,000

Tags: Marty GorencMichael Pempin

Lee Leads, Binks

Level 13 : 1,200/2,400, 2,400 ante

A player in the big blind had put in a three-bet to 18,400 and been called by the player on the button when Christopher Lee tossed in enough chips to see the flop from the small blind. Lee bet out 20,000 on the {10-Clubs}{k-Spades}{7-Diamonds} flop and the big blind folded. It went heads up to the {8-Spades} turn when the other player stuck around and both checked to the {5-Spades}.

Lee bet 25,000, his opponent thought about 30 seconds and called, and Lee tabled {8-Diamonds}{8-Clubs} to his opponent's shock and disgust.

"Should have shoved preflop," he lamented. "Leads f****** eights. What did you think I called with? Nothing?"

The big blind said a preflop shove wouldn't have gotten through as he held queens.

Player Chips Progress
Christopher Lee us
Christopher Lee
220,000

Tags: Christopher Lee

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 2,400