Main Event
Day 1c Started
2019 Heartland Poker Tour The Meadows
Main Event
Day: 1c
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Chip Counts
Chip Counts
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224,000
Welcome to Day 1c of the HPT The Meadows Main Event
The third and final flight of HPT The Meadows $1,100 Main Event is upon us.
Like Day 1b, Day 1c is scheduled for a noon start. There's still work to be done for the tournament to hit the $250,000 guarantee, as there have been 148 entries logged through the first two days, meaning a little over 100 are still needed in order to make the number.
As far as the happenings through those first two starting days, 28 players have booked spots in Day 2, with 387,500 from Day 1a's Jason Pickup remaining the high mark after Jimmy Stevens and Dan Wagner both bagged a little shy of that on Day 1b.
Day 1c will see entrants once again given 30,000 starting stacks with the option of unlimited reentry in the event things go south. Levels will be 40 minutes long with 15 scheduled for the day, along with a one-hour dinner break and 15-minute breaks after every two levels.
Notable players like Nick Pupillo, Andy Spears, DJ MacKinnon and Adam Friedman have tried their luck and failed in one or both of the first two starting days, so we expect to see some of them take further cracks at finding a bag here on Day 1c. PokerNews will be on hand to document their successes or failures along with those of the rest of the runners as the third starting day develops starting at noon.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 0
Some New and Old Faces
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 |
A Day 1c Double
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
Within the first few hands of the day, a player announced he was all in for around 25,000 on a board reading 
. Action was on Brad Bussey, who called shortly thereafter.
Brad Bussey: 
Opponent: 
Bussey's two pair was good versus his opponent's busted flush draw and he is off to a fast start.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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60,000 | 60,000 |
Going for Another Bag
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
One of the players sitting is Penny Banhidy here on Level 1 of Day 1c. That's notable because Banhidy's already in the bag from Day 1b, when she made it through the 15 levels with 113,500.
Evidently, Banhidy feels it's worth a shot to try to gather up a bigger stack here on Day 1c. As this tournament is best stack forward, tournament organizers will be happy to add another shell to the prize pool and let her go for 114,000-plus.
Banhidy just got off to a good start where she bet 300 into a pot of about 1,500 on a completed board of 
. Her opponent announced a call and tabled 
but Banhidy had flopped the nuts with 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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31,500 | -82,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
Maiden Gets Three Streets of Value
Level 2
: 100/200, 0 ante
With five people in the pot and each player having invested 500, a flop of 
was dealt. Action checked to Jeff Maiden on the button, who bet 1,000. He received a call from the small blind and a player in middle position. The turn came 
and action was again checked to Maiden, who bet 2,500. The small blind called and the player in middle position folded. The river was the 
and the small blind checked. Maiden bet 5,000, and after a long deliberation, his opponent called.
"I've got a set of fives," Maiden said, turning over 
. His opponent mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
38,000 | 38,000 |
More Returnees
Level 2
: 100/200, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
Cipresse Picks Off a Bluff
Level 2
: 100/200, 0 ante
A player in the big blind bet 5,000 into 8,000 on 
and Jarrod Cipresse called in the cutoff. The river brought a 
, double-pairing the board, and the big blind thought about 30 seconds then dropped in his whole stack of 11,500. Cipresse didn't need long before placing some chips in the middle.
"You win," the big blind conceded, showing 
.
Cipresse opened 
and took the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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50,000 |