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Level 12
: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
The 38 remaining players are off on their final 15-minute break of the night. Upon returning, three more 40-minute levels will be played before bagging and tagging for the evening.
Heartland Poker Tour Golden Gates
$1,650 Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Heartland Poker Tour Golden Gates
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1b
Buy-in
$1,650
Total Entries
412
Level
30
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
120,000
Entries
128
Players Left
22
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Level 12
: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Dapo Ajayi was in the cutoff and had gotten stacks in versus his opponent, who was in early position and at risk for his tournament life.
All-In Player: 
Dapo Ajayi: 
Ajayi picked up an open-ended straight draw as the flop fell 
. However, the turn 
removed the two remaining aces from his list of outs. With only four nines left in the deck to improve to the best hand, the river fell 
to give him a straight and send his opponent to the rail shortly before the last break of the night.
Level 12
: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
"Will Givens doubles up," a player was overheard saying.
Givens' winning hand of 
was tabled on a board of 
, having won the pot from the small blind. His opponent was Bruce Carter, who was in early position.
Carter's hand of 
was no good and he found himself with around 4,000 after paying off Givens.
Level 12
: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Wendy Freedman opened to 4,500 from under the gun and was called by Ido Zucker, who was on the button. The flop came 
and Freedman put out a continuation-bet of 5,000. Zucker raised to 14,000.
Freedman went into the tank, studying Zucker for about 40 seconds before putting out a three-bet to 36,000. Zucker then thought for a while before going all in.
"I thought you didn't have the balls," said Freedman almost instantly with a laugh. She continued laughing as Zucker confirmed he did, in fact, have the balls to four-bet all in on the flop.
Freedman looked back at her cards once more and sent them to the muck.
Meanwhile, Will Berry was seen exiting the tournament area during the hand, having been eliminated by Jeff Banghart.
Level 12
: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Level 12
: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Steve Wilkie limped in from under the gun and was raised to 8,000 by Josh Williamson, who was in middle position. Action folded around to Conor Casey, who defended his big blind before Wilkie made it three to the flop.
All three players checked to showdown on a runout of 
.
Wilkie tabled 
for a pair of eights and Williamson showed 
, taking down the pot with is top pair of aces as Casey sent his cards to the muck.
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
Level 11
: 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Steve Wilkie was overheard from an adjacent table saying he had made a straight flush. His hand of was still tabled on a board reading 
.
According to Wilkie, there was a raise and three calls ahead of him in the small blind before he peeled to see the flop, where he found himself with a flush draw.
Tablemate Will Givens and Wilkie confirmed that piles went in on the turn, when Wilkie checked to Richard Ferguson, who was on the button. Ferguson shoved all in and Wilkie called, having made a flush.
Ferguson showed 
for a straight and found himself drawing dead to Wilkie's flush. Wilkie then improved to a straight flush on the river, resulting in the aforementioned exclamation as he found a mountain of chips sent his way which totaled around 179,000 by the time it was stacked.
Level 11
: 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Here's a handful of chip counts from around the room with less than 50 players remaining during the last bit of Level 11.
Level 11
: 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
There was over 50,000 in the pot after the river on a board of 
and the hijack was all in for 57,100. Action was on Bobby Sanoubane, who was in the cutoff and was faced with a decision for a sizeable chunk of his stack.
After over a minute, he announced a call and the dealer requested both hands be shown.
Hijack: 
Bobby Sanoubane: 
Sanoubane had made the right call with his top pair, jack kicker, edging out his opponent's second pair of tens.
"You made the right call. Nice hand," his opponent said, getting up from his seat to exit the tournament area. That wasn't all the praise he got, however.
"Chip Leader!" tablemate Dapo Ajayi sang. "My man!" he added. "Nice call!"
For the time being, Ajayi appears to be correct on his claim that Sanoubane is the chip leader as he now finds himself just shy of a quarter-million in chips.
