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

Hoang Gets Another Miraculous Double

Level 30 : 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante
Tan Hoang
Tan Hoang

Tan Hoang shoved all in from the button and received action by Jay McVeigh in the small blind.

Tan Hoang: {10-Hearts}{8-Hearts}
Jay McVeigh: {j-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}

Hoang was in trouble for his tournament life as the flop came {3-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}. Tournament Director Jeremy Smith announced that Hoang would need to hit running cards to stay alive in the tournament. Hoang, despite standing up with his backpack on, was given a sweat as the turn fell {7-Clubs}. Though he was open-ended, any jack would give McVeigh a full house and thus would still spell doom. The river came {6-Spades}, giving Hoang the four outer to double and stay alive in the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
Jay McVeigh us
Jay McVeigh
8,100,000 -300,000
Tan Hoang us
Tan Hoang
3,000,000 1,810,000

Tags: Jay McVeighJeremy SmithTan Hoang

Hoang and Meglich Chop For Stacks

Level 30 : 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Robert Meglich opened to 325,000 from the button and Tan Hoang moved all in from the small blind. Meglich called.

Tan Hoang: {a-Clubs}{j-Clubs}
Robert Meglich: {a-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}

The two were both hoping to either win or chop, looking for anything but their opponent's suits to come for the flush sweat. The runout provided no such sweat, coming {7-Spades}{9-Hearts}{k-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}{10-Clubs} to result in the likely outcome of a chopped pot.

Tags: Jay McVeighRobert MeglichTan Hoang

McVeigh Gets Three Streets

Level 30 : 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante
Jay McVeigh
Jay McVeigh

Jay McVeigh was in the small blind and completed, putting action onto Robert Meglich, who checked his option. The flop came {4-Spades}{k-Hearts}{2-Hearts} and McVeigh bet 125,000. Meglich called.

The turn was {k-Diamonds} and McVeigh bet another 350,000. Meglich called.

The river fell {j-Diamonds}. McVeigh postured for a moment and then announced a bet of 1 million. Meglich announced a call.

McVeigh tabled {k-Spades}{j-Clubs} for a full house and Meglich mucked, resulting in the pot being sent his way.

Player Chips Progress
Jay McVeigh us
Jay McVeigh
8,400,000 1,980,000
Robert Meglich us
Robert Meglich
2,500,000 -2,275,000

Tags: Jay McVeighRobert Meglich

Level: 30

Blinds: 60,000/120,000

Ante: 120,000

McVeigh Doubles on Last Hand Before Dinner Break

Level 29 : 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante
Jay McVeigh
Jay McVeigh

Robert Meglich was on the button and opened to 250,000. Tan Hoang defended his small blind and Jay McVeigh defended his big blind to take action three ways to the streets.

The flop fell {2-Clubs}{k-Clubs}{10-Clubs}. Hoang was first to act and led out with a bet of 350,000. McVeigh called to put action onto Meglich, who also called.

The turn came {k-Diamonds} and Hoang led again, betting another 600,000. McVeigh thought for a bit and then shoved all in. Meglich folded after about five seconds to put action back on Hoang, who went into the tank. Eventually, he asked for a count which was totaled to be 2.6 million and then he announced a call.

"All right, let's see the cards!" said Tournament Director, Jeremy Smith.

Jay McVeigh: {j-Clubs}{8-Clubs}
Tan Hoang: {6-Clubs}{4-Clubs}

The river came {q-Diamonds} and McVeigh secured the elimination as both players were shocked at the flush-over-flush scenario that had just transpired.

Meglich was just as surprised: "I had aces!" he said, proud of his ability to get away from the hand.

Players are now on a 30-minute break. Official chip counts are as follows.

Player Chips Progress
Jay McVeigh us
Jay McVeigh
6,420,000 2,620,000
Robert Meglich us
Robert Meglich
4,775,000 -525,000
Tan Hoang us
Tan Hoang
1,190,000 -2,910,000

Tags: Jay McVeighRobert MeglichTan Hoang

Meglich Backs Into a Straight; Regains the Chip Lead

Level 29 : 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante
Robert Meglich
Robert Meglich

Robert Meglich opened to 250,000 from the small blind and Tan Hoang defended his big blind. The flop came {6-Hearts}{q-Clubs}{6-Diamonds} and both players checked.

The turn was {5-Spades}. Meglich bet 300,000 and Hoang called.

The river fell {4-Clubs} and Meglich made another bet for 600,000. Hoang thought for a few moments and then made the call.

Meglich tabled {8-Hearts}{7-Clubs} for an eight-high straight and took down the pot as Hoang sent his cards to the muck.

Player Chips Progress
Robert Meglich us
Robert Meglich
5,300,000 1,300,000
Tan Hoang us
Tan Hoang
4,100,000 -1,200,000

Tags: Robert MeglichTan Hoang

Meglich Check-Raises Hoang

Level 29 : 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante

Tan Hoang opened to 210,000 from the button and was called by Robert Meglich, who defended his big blind. The flop came {j-Clubs}{k-Spades}{2-Spades} and Meglich checked. Hoang made a continuation-bet of 220,000 and Meglich check-raised to 550,000.

Hoang folded and Meglich took down the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Tan Hoang us
Tan Hoang
5,300,000 -500,000
Robert Meglich us
Robert Meglich
4,000,000 600,000

Tags: Robert MeglichTan Hoang

Meglich Stands Up To Hoang

Level 29 : 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante

Robert Meglich opened to 250,000 from the button and was called by Tan Hoang out of the small blind. The flop came {j-Hearts}{5-Spades}{3-Hearts} and Hoang checked. Meglich made a continuation-bet of 200,000 and Hoang check-raised to 600,000.

Meglich three-bet all in and Hoang quickly folded.

Player Chips Progress
Tan Hoang us
Tan Hoang
5,800,000 -900,000
Robert Meglich us
Robert Meglich
3,400,000 700,000

Tags: Robert MeglichTan Hoang

John Small Eliminated in 4th Place ($39,265)

Level 29 : 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante
John Small
John Small

John Small opened to 210,000 from the cutoff and was three-bet by Tan Hoang to 475,000 from the button. Small called.

The dealer fanned a flop of {7-Clubs}{3-Clubs}{8-Spades} and Small checked. Hoang made a continuation-bet of 500,000 and Small check-raised all in. Hoang asked for a count, which totaled 1.6 million, and made the call.

John Small: {q-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}
Tan Hoang: {a-Clubs}{k-Clubs}

Hoang had called with the nut flush draw but his ace-high was ahead of Small's queen high. The turn fell {10-Clubs} to give Hoang the nuts, leaving Small drawing dead as the river fell {q-Clubs} to send him home as the fourth-place finisher.

Player Chips Progress
Tan Hoang us
Tan Hoang
6,700,000 2,300,000
John Small us
John Small
Busted

Tags: John SmallTan Hoang

Small Getting Short

Level 29 : 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante

John Small opened to 200,000 on the button and was three-bet to 500,000 by Tan Hoang out of the small blind. Action folded back to Small and he let his cards go.

With the lost pot, Small has lost around one-third of his stack in the last couple of orbits and now finds himself solidly below the other three players in the counts.

Player Chips Progress
Tan Hoang us
Tan Hoang
4,400,000 400,000
John Small us
John Small
1,600,000 -700,000

Tags: John SmallTan Hoang