Heartland Poker Tour Golden Gates

$1,650 Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info

Heartland Poker Tour Golden Gates

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a3
Prize
$137,876
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,650
Entries
412
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
120,000
Players Info - Day 3
Entries
9
Players Left
1

Meglich Doubles Through McCall

Level 28 : 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Robert Meglich
Robert Meglich

Glenda McCall opened to 170,000 from the hijack and Robert Meglich three-bet all in for around 1 million from the small blind. McCall called upon it becoming her turn again.

Robert Meglich: {6-Hearts}{6-Clubs}
Glenda McCall: {5-Spades}{5-Clubs}

The flop came {10-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds} to give Meglich a set of sixes. The turn came {3-Clubs}, leaving McCall drawing dead to secure the double for Meglich as the river fell {q-Clubs} to complete the runout.

Player Chips Progress
Robert Meglich us
Robert Meglich
2,200,000
1,220,000
1,220,000
Glenda McCall us
Glenda McCall
1,700,000
-1,000,000
-1,000,000

Tags: Glenda McCallRobert Meglich

Small Doubles

Level 28 : 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
John Small
John Small

Tan Hoang limped in from the cutoff and saw Robert Meglich complete his small blind. John Small checked his option and the flop came {k-Clubs}{6-Hearts}{3-Spades}. All three players checked.

The turn came {2-Hearts} and Meglich checked. Small bet 150,000 and Hoang called. Meglich folded.

The river came {4-Diamonds} and Small went all in. Hoang asked for a count, which was totaled to be 765,000. He went into the tank for about a minute and then announced a call.

John Small: {6-Clubs}{2-Spades}
Tao Hoang: {4-Clubs}{3-Clubs}

The result was two pair-over-two pair, with Small's being bigger to earn him the double at Hoang's expense.

Player Chips Progress
Tan Hoang us
Tan Hoang
2,500,000
-900,000
-900,000
John Small us
John Small
2,200,000
1,125,000
1,125,000
Robert Meglich us
Robert Meglich
980,000
-220,000
-220,000

Tags: John SmallRobert MeglichTan Hoang

David Levy Eliminated in 6th Place ($23,079)

Level 27 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
David Levy
David Levy

David Levy went all in for 1.3 million from the hijack and Tan Hoang asked for a count. He then called and all remaining players folded.

David Levy: {a-Diamonds}{7-Spades}
Tan Hoang: {q-Diamonds}{q-Clubs}

Levy was in trouble with his tournament life on the line. The flop fell {10-Spades}{j-Hearts}{k-Diamonds} to further decrease his outs, now needing the two queens in the deck to improve to make the best hand rather than the three aces. The turn came {6-Spades} to leave him with one last chance, with the river falling {8-Hearts} behind to end Levy's run in sixth place.

Player Chips Progress
Tan Hoang us
Tan Hoang
4,400,000
1,200,000
1,200,000
David Levy il
David Levy
Busted

Tags: David LevyTan Hoang

McVeigh Takes the Chip Lead

Level 27 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Jay McVeigh
Jay McVeigh

Tan Hoang saw action folded to him in the small blind and raised to 150,000. He was called by Jay McVeigh, defending his big blind, and the flop came {a-Hearts}{j-Hearts}{5-Spades}. Hoang made a continuation-bet of 200,000 and McVeigh called.

The turn came {q-Spades} and Hoang continued, firing a second barrel of 350,000. McVeigh called.

The river fell {8-Clubs} and Hoang checked. McVeigh announced a bet of 600,000 to put Hoang to a decision. He went into the tank for about 35 seconds before making the call.

McVeigh turned over {a-Clubs}{j-Clubs}, showing a flopped top two pair that proved to be best as Hoang sent his cards to the muck. With the pot, Hoang now has 3.2 million, while McVeigh has 3.3 million and has overtaken Hoang as the chip leader.

Player Chips Progress
Jay McVeigh us
Jay McVeigh
3,300,000
1,300,000
1,300,000
Tan Hoang us
Tan Hoang
3,200,000
-700,000
-700,000

Tags: Jay McVeighTan Hoang

McVeigh Avoids Elimination After Unavoidable Cooler

Level 27 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Jay McVeigh
Jay McVeigh

David Levy opened to 185,000 from the hijack and saw Jay McVeigh three-bet all in from the button for 940,000. Action folded back to Levy and he quickly called.

Jay McVeigh: {j-Spades}{j-Diamonds}
David Levy: {q-Spades}{q-Clubs}

McVeigh was in need of improving in order to avoid becoming the sixth-place finisher in the tournament. The flop came {10-Spades}{q-Hearts}{9-Clubs} to give Levy a set of queens. However, it also gave McVeigh more outs than before as he found himself with an open-ended straight draw. He completed the draw on the turn {k-Clubs} to hit a straight, leaving Levy in need of the board pairing to boat up and score the knockout.

The river came {8-Clubs} and McVeigh held to lock in the double.

Player Chips Progress
Jay McVeigh us
Jay McVeigh
2,000,000
900,000
900,000
David Levy il
David Levy
1,400,000
-500,000
-500,000

Tags: David LevyJay McVeigh

Jeff Banghart Eliminated in 7th Place ($19,183)

Level 26 : 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Jeff Banghart
Jeff Banghart

Jeff Banghart went all in for 455,000 from the hijack and received a call by John Small, who was in the cutoff. All remaining players folded and the two turned up their hands.

Jeff Banghart: {a-Hearts}{8-Clubs}
John Small: {k-Spades}{k-Clubs}

Banghart had shoved his ace into Small's pocket kings and was in need of improvement to stay alive.

The flop came {7-Diamonds}{6-Spades}{j-Clubs} and was of no true help to Banghart. The turn {3-Clubs} fell behind it, leaving Banghart with one card left to hit and avoid elimination. The river fell {q-Diamonds} and his hand remained second-best, resulting in him taking seventh place in the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
John Small us
John Small
2,200,000
700,000
700,000
Jeff Banghart us
Jeff Banghart
Busted

Tags: Jeff BanghartJohn Small

Small Doubles Through Banghart

Level 26 : 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
John Small
John Small

Jeff Banghart saw action folded to him and completed his small blind. John Small was in the big blind and checked his option. The flop came {q-Spades}{8-Hearts}{6-Hearts} and Banghart put out a bet of 50,000. Small called.

The turn came {5-Spades} and Banghart continued, firing another 175,000. Small announced he was all in and Banghart announced a call.

John Small: {9-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}
Jeff Banghart: {8-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}

Banghart's two pair had run into Small's turned straight and he was in need of improving to a full house to earn the knockout. Much to Small's favor, the river fell {k-Hearts} and he secured the double to bring him back over 1 million in chips; meanwhile, Banghart now finds himself back as one of the short stacks at the table.

Player Chips Progress
John Small us
John Small
1,300,000
605,000
605,000
Jeff Banghart us
Jeff Banghart
645,000
-755,000
-755,000

Tags: Jeff BanghartJohn Small

Banghart Traps Meglich, Earns a Double

Level 26 : 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Jeff Banghart
Jeff Banghart

Jeff Banghart opened to 125,000 from under the gun action folded around to Robert Meglich, who defended his big blind. The flop was {a-Hearts}{4-Clubs}{5-Spades} and Meglich checked. Banghart checked behind.

The turn came {4-Hearts} and both players checked again. The river came {j-Spades} and Meglich checked once again. Banghart announced he was all in as he pushed forward a stack of chips. Meglich asked for a count, which was totaled to be 520,000.

"Call," said Meglich. Both hands were tabled.

Jeff Banghart: {5-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}
Robert Meglich: {j-Hearts}{7-Clubs}

Banghart had trapped Meglich with a flopped set that became a full house on the turn. He continued his trap, allowing Meglich to hit jacks up by the river, where he got paid off with his overbet shove to score the double.

Player Chips Progress
Robert Meglich us
Robert Meglich
2,030,000
-770,000
-770,000
Jeff Banghart us
Jeff Banghart
1,400,000
630,000
630,000

Tags: Jeff BanghartRobert Meglich

Corey Williams Eliminated in 8th Place ($15,886)

Level 25 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Corey Williams
Corey Williams

David Levy went all in from under the gun and action folded around to Corey Williams, who was on the button and called all in for less. The blinds got out of the way and it was off to the races.

Corey Williams: {a-Diamonds}{k-Diamonds}
David Levy: {j-Spades}{j-Clubs}

Williams needed to improve to stay alive in the tournament with his ace-king suited against Levy's fishhooks. The flop fell {4-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}{3-Clubs} and Levy remained out in front. The turn came {q-Clubs}.

"Pair on the board," requested Levy. While a pair did not come, the river {10-Diamonds} was safe and Levy rejoiced with his friends as he took down the pot, sending Williams to the rail as the eighth-place finisher along the way.

Player Chips Progress
David Levy il
David Levy
1,400,000
570,000
570,000
Corey Williams us
Corey Williams
Busted

Tags: Corey WilliamsDavid Levy

Meglich Takes the Chip Lead

Level 25 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Robert Meglich
Robert Meglich

Robert Meglich saw action folded to him on the button and limped in. He went heads up to the flop {j-Spades}{7-Hearts}{9-Diamonds} with Corey Williams after Williams checked his option. Williams then checked to Meglich, who bet 75,000. Williams called.

The turn came {9-Hearts} and Williams checked again. Meglich bet another 175,000 and received another call. The river fell {q-Hearts} and Williams checked to Meglich once more. Meglich fired out another 300,000 and Williams went into the tank for about 30 seconds before putting out a call.

Meglich tabled {j-Clubs}{9-Clubs} for a full house and took down the pot, taking the chip lead and leaving Williams as one of the shorter stacks again with eight still remaining.

Player Chips Progress
Robert Meglich us
Robert Meglich
2,800,000
625,000
625,000
Corey Williams us
Corey Williams
550,000
-650,000
-650,000

Tags: Corey WilliamsRobert Meglich