$1,650 Main Event Day 1b | Heartland Poker Tour Golden Gates

09-20-2019 17:24 UTC-6

Zoller Toasted

Hill Kerby

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante

A player in early position opened to 2,100 and Vik Vijay went all in for 12,200 over the top. Action folded around to Nate Zoller, who called off his last 3,700 from the big blind. The original opener folded and it was time for the runout.

Nate Zoller:
Vik Vijay:

The flop fell , giving Vijay four more outs to a gutshot straight draw. The turn cut his number of chances in half, but the river completed a full house to improve to the best hand, sending Zoller to the rail in the process.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vik Vijay	18,900
Nate Zoller	Busted

Tags: Nate Zoller Vik Vijay

09-20-2019 17:17 UTC-6

"Just Like I Drew it Up"

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Hill Kerby

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante

Matt Livingston raised to 2,000 from under the gun and was called by Bob Sweeney in middle position, the player in the hijack, and Richard Ferguson out of the big blind.

All four players checked through the entire runout of .

Livingston then tabled and the other three players in the hand mucked, with none having a club or any other combination of cards that could beat Livingston's kings.

"Just like I drew it up!" Livingston said emphatically in a joking manner as the pot was shipped his way.

Player	Chips	Progress
Richard Ferguson	93,300 37,300	37,300
Matt Livingston	61,600 28,600	28,600
Bob Sweeney	42,600 19,100	19,100

Tags: Bob Sweeney Matt Livingston

Level: 8

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

09-20-2019 17:09 UTC-6

One In, Five Out

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Hill Kerby

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante

The tournament clock reads 116 entries at the end of Level 7. One of those to have recently joined was Svetlana Martie. Several others have been eliminated along the way.

Player	Chips	Progress
Svetlana Martie	30,000 30,000	30,000
David Levi	Busted
Aaron McEvoy	Busted
Thomas Fuller	Busted
Alex Greenblatt	Busted
Jon Cohen	Busted

Tags: Svetlana Martie

09-20-2019 17:04 UTC-6

Horvath Quintuples Up

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Hill Kerby

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante

Scott Horvath was down to his last 2,000 and went all in from early position. The player to his left called before action folded around to Rich Dixon, who was on the button and also called. Jeff Banghart was in the small blind and called as well, as did the big blind, leaving four players to compete for a potential side pot with any postflop action.

All four players checked through the entire runout of and the dealer asked for all cards to be shown.

Jeff Banghart:
Scott Horvath:

"Ten's good!" said a couple people on the other side of the table in unison. If any other hands were shown, it was not for long as all the other cards were mucked and Horvath was paid off, bringing him back to over 10K in chips nearing the end of Level 7.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeff Banghart	125,200 1,000	1,000
Rich Dixon	65,600 18,800	18,800
Scott Horvath	10,600 18,700	18,700

Tags: Jeff Banghart Rich Dixon Scott Horvath

09-20-2019 16:57 UTC-6

Holland Still Near 100K; Cohen Well Below Starting Stack

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Hill Kerby

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante

There looked to be just shy of 50,000 in the middle on a board of in a pot between Jon Cohen in the big blind and Maxx Holland, who was in early position.

Cohen checked to Holland, who fired a bet of 25,000. Cohen then went into the tank for a while and eventually folded.

Since losing the pot, Cohen appears to have lost a bit more, now sitting with around 20 big blinds-worth of chips in his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Maxx Holland	91,700 3,300	3,300
Jon Cohen	11,900 52,700	52,700

Tags: Maxx Holland Jon Cohen

09-20-2019 16:46 UTC-6

Fielder Wins With Turn Bet

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Hill Kerby

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante

A player in middle position raised to 2,200 and was called by both the small blind and Jeff Fielder, who defended his big blind. The flop came and all three players checked.

The turn fell and the small blind checked again. Fielder bet 2,500 and got a fold from the original raiser in middle position. The small blind folded behind and the pot was sent Fielder's way.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeff Fielder	51,800 18,400	18,400

Tags: Jeff Fielder

09-20-2019 16:37 UTC-6

Chip Counts After Break

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Hill Kerby

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
David Lewis	151,000 76,000	76,000
Spencer Champlin	73,000 40,700	40,700
Richard Ferguson	56,000 31,600	31,600
Will Berry	51,000 12,000	12,000
Jason Su	50,608 4,608	4,608
Jackson White	49,100 20,300	20,300
Rich Dixon	46,800 16,800	16,800
Kevin Eyster	46,000 11,800	11,800

James Rice	41,400 15,900	15,900
Matt Livingston	33,000 800	800
Nate Zoller	30,300 7,800	7,800
Alex Greenblatt	26,100 7,000	7,000
Bob Sweeney	23,500 13,900	13,900
Nelson Resendiz	23,100 900	900
Al Hart	16,600
David Levi	10,500 12,600	12,600
Erik Macias	Busted

Level: 7

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

09-20-2019 16:15 UTC-6

Break Time

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Hill Kerby

Level 6 : 200/500, 500 ante

The remaining 81 players are on a 15-minute break. At the start of the break, the tournament clock reads 110 entries. Registration will remain open for another three hours and 15 minutes, until approximately 7:30 p.m. local time.