One Last Break
Level 12
: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
The final 26 players are on their final 15-minute break of the night.
Heartland Poker Tour Golden Gates
$1,650 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1a
Heartland Poker Tour Golden Gates
Buy-in
$1,650
Entries
412
Level
30
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
120,000
Entries
102
Players Left
16
Chip Counts from Table 6
Level 12
: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
249,000 | 7,900 |
|
200,000 | |
|
145,000 | 113,400 |
|
139,600 | 18,300 |
|
126,300 | 11,300 |
|
90,500 | -16,900 |
|
81,800 | -13,200 |
|
79,300 | 39,300 |
|
79,300 | 24,100 |
|
Busted |
Jensen Holds To Double
Level 12
: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Robert Meglich was under the gun and raised to 6,000. Action folded around to Ben Jensen, who three-bet all in from the hijack. Meglich asked for a count upon action folding back to him. Upon hearing the number of 17,200, he announced a call.
Ben Jensen: 
Robert Meglich: 
Jensen found his offsuit weak ace ahead of Meglich's suited paint. The board ran out 
to give Jensen two pair, tens and fives, securing the best hand and the double to go along with it.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
192,500 | 12,400 |
|
39,400 | -24,600 |
Jones Unexpectedly Wins at Showdown
Level 12
: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
There was a little over 30,000 in the pot on a board of 
and Robert Goldstein had checked from the small blind to put action on Noomis Jones, who was in the cutoff. Jones bet 22,000 and received a call from Goldstein.
The river came and Goldstein checked. Jones missed the action and asked for confirmation, which he received and checked back. After checking back, he lifted up his cards with the intent of mucking them.
Goldstein tabled 
for nothing more than ace-queen kickers to the pair of fives on board. Jones then turned over his hand, showing 
for fives up.
"I guess I did make something," he said as the pot was sent his way, bringing his stack up to 175,000 in the process.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
175,200 | 86,700 |
|
131,800 | 3,800 |
Chip Counts from Table 3
Level 12
: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
180,100 | 36,100 |
|
129,000 | -16,000 |
|
108,000 | 98,000 |
|
66,000 | 9,000 |
|
|
64,000 | -26,500 |
|
10,000 | -40,100 |
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
Nguyen Check-Raises on Pham
Level 11
: 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
There was around 21,000 in the pot from preflop action as the dealer fanned a flop of 
. Action was heads up between Khoa Nguyen, who checked from the small blind to his opponent, Danny Nguyen, who was in middle position and bet 12,000.
Nguyen put in a check-raise to 40,000, sending Pham into the tank. Eventually, Pham let his cards go and Nguyen took down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
200,000 | |
|
|
121,300 | 8,900 |
Recent Eliminations
Level 11
: 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Jensen Three-Bets the Flop
Level 11
: 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
There was around 15,000 already in the middle on a flop of 
and Ben Jensen bet 7,100 from middle position into Khoa Nguyen, who was on his left in the hijack. Nguyen raised to 17,000 and Jensen put out a three-bet to 47,100.
Nguyen thought for about 20 seconds and sent his cards to the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
112,400 | 38,800 |
|
|
90,500 | 79,500 |
Leitch Chips Up Through Dodson
Level 11
: 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Ryan Dodson had opened from under the gun and was three-bet to 10,000 by Brian Leitch, who was in middle position. He was in the process of putting out chips to call, which brought a flop of 
. Both players checked.
The turn came 
and Dodson checked again. Leitch bet 6,000 and Dodson called. Both players then checked through to showdown on the river 
.
Leitch tabled 
upon checking back and Dodson mucked, resulting in a won pot for Leitch, who re-entered before the dinner break after a short hiatus and now finds himself with two-and-a-half starting stacks with which to work.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
86,500 | 500 |
|
75,000 | 53,000 |