$1,650 Main Event Day 2 | 2020 Heartland Poker Tour Ameristar East Chicago

01-19-2020 15:06 UTC-6

Former HPT POY Johnson Can't Best Slyvinskyi

Brandon Temple

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Bohdan Slyvinskyi open-shoved in the small blind, putting Aaron Johnson at risk for his last 150,000. Johnson quickly called.

Aaron Johnson:
Bohdan Slyvinskyi:

Johnson's queens got cracked immediately on the flop, and Slyvinskyi improved further to a straight after the turn and river, sending the young phenom Johnson to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bohdan Slyvinskyi	900,000 150,000	150,000
Aaron Johnson	Busted

Tags: Aaron Johnson Bohdan Slyvinskyi

01-19-2020 15:12 UTC-6

Alsup's Turn to Double

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Brandon Temple

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Rich Alsup got his last 126,000 in on the turn of a board, and Elwood Whitney tanked for a bit before calling.

Rich Alsup:
Elwood Whitney:

Alsup's full house was a lock before the fell on the river, and he shipped the double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rich Alsup	320,000 220,000	220,000

Elwood Whitney	125,000 145,000	145,000

Tags: Elwood Whitney Rich Alsup

01-19-2020 15:22 UTC-6

Ivens Loses a Flip to Raghavan

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Brandon Temple

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Ravi Raghavan raised to 23,000 from middle position, and Todd Ivens three-bet shoved on the button.

"How much is it, one-thirty?" Raghavan asked. The dealer confirmed the amount of 138,000 for Ivens' shove, and Raghavan called.

Todd Ivens:
Ravi Raghavan:

Right in the window, the flop left Ivens drawing extremely slim to survive, and the turn and river sealed Ivens' fate.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ravi Raghavan	700,000 200,000	200,000

Todd Ivens	Busted

Tags: Ravi Raghavan Todd Ivens

01-19-2020 15:30 UTC-6

Eliminated in 37th-45th ($3,503)

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Brandon Temple

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Garry Kalmianovsky	Busted
George Karambinis	Busted
Barry South	Busted
Joe Maxwell	Busted
Gary Herstein	Busted
Nikola Budzakoski	Busted
Aaron Johnson	Busted
Geremi Wicinski	Busted
Gerald Siemienas	Busted

01-19-2020 15:31 UTC-6

Van Keirsbilck, Orlowski Dusted

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Brandon Temple

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Roger Campbell raised to 23,000 from middle position, and Mark Van Keirsbilck three-bet shoved for 130,000 from the cutoff. Campbell called.

Mark Van Keirsbilck:
Roger Campbell:

Van Keirsbilck survived the flop and turn, but the river flipped the script and sent Campbell the pot.

A few hands later, Jeffrey Orlowski, who spun up a short stack of 10,000 in chips earlier in the tournament, lost a flip to Edward Blazer to bust at the same table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Roger Campbell	750,000 294,000	294,000
Mark Van Keirsbilck	Busted
Jeffrey Orlowski	Busted

Tags: Edward Blazer Jeffrey Orlowski Mark Van Keirsbilck Roger Campbell

01-19-2020 15:31 UTC-6

Jungmann Done; Break Time

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Brandon Temple

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Steven Jungmann got his last 100,000 chips in with ace-eight against the pocket sixes of David "The Maven" Gutfreund on the last hand before break. A six in the window sealed Jungmann's fate, and he fell in 31st. The final 30 players are off on a fifteen-minute break.

Player	Chips	Progress
Steven Jungmann	Busted

Tags: David Gutfreund Steven Jungmann

01-19-2020 15:39 UTC-6

Updated Chip Counts (full)

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Brandon Temple

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
David Kenniston	1,350,000 770,000	770,000
Dale Hackney	1,350,000 50,000	50,000
Bohdan Slyvinskyi	975,000 75,000	75,000
David Gutfreund	815,000 235,000	235,000
Kevin Maahs	790,000 110,000	110,000
Edward Blazer	770,000 20,000	20,000
Daniel Sepiol	740,000 50,000	50,000
Roger Campbell	693,000 57,000	57,000
Evan Bethyo	675,000 45,000	45,000
Brian Brunner	660,000 110,000	110,000
Michael Schlegel	660,000 40,000	40,000
Greg Raymer	660,000 70,000	70,000

Brent Ballentine	605,000 25,000	25,000
Niel Mittelman	510,000 200,000	200,000
Tim Barany	495,000 125,000	125,000
Carter Myers	490,000 345,000	345,000
Bradley Jansen	415,000 95,000	95,000

Matt Schurter	410,000 30,000	30,000
Elwood Whitney	305,000 180,000	180,000
Rich Alsup	290,000 30,000	30,000

Andy Ernstein	285,000 75,000	75,000
Daniel Marshall	270,000 35,000	35,000
Marc Yofon	265,000 45,000	45,000
Robert Lay	265,000 81,000	81,000
Christopher Underwood	230,000 80,000	80,000

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Level: 20

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 12,000

01-19-2020 15:52 UTC-6

Palanca Runs Into the Nuts

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Brandon Temple

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

David Moses raised to 25,000 from the hijack, and Peter Palanca defended his big blind.

Palanca checked the flop to Moses, who bet 15,000. Palanca jammed for 126,000 and Moses snapped him off.

Peter Palanca:
David Moses:

Palanca was crestfallen to see Moses had flopped the nuts, and he couldn't hit running cards for a boat on the turn and river to bust.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Moses	375,000 154,000	154,000

Peter Palanca	Busted

Tags: David Moses Peter Palanca

01-19-2020 15:58 UTC-6

Moses Out; Three-Table Redraw

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Brandon Temple

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

David Moses three-bet shoved for 379,000 from the big blind over an open to 33,000 from Evan Bethyo from under the gun, and he called, while a player who called the original 33,000 bet in middle position got out of the way.

David Moses:
Evan Bethyo: