Heartland Poker Tour Golden Gates

$1,650 Main Event
Day: 2
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 2
Entries
412
Players Left
9

Pupillo Gets Value from Martinez

Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Nick Pupillo opened from early position to 40,000 and action folded around to Anthony Martinez, who defended his big blind. The flop came {3-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{k-Hearts} and Martinez checked. Pupillo fired a continuation-bet of 40,000 and Martinez called.

Both players checked the turn {8-Clubs} and the river fell {5-Hearts}. Martinez checked to Pupillo once more, who put out a bet of 115,000. Martinez went deep into the tank, thinking for over 90 seconds before dropping in a few chips to call.

Pupillo tabled {k-Spades}{q-Hearts} and Martinez mucked, unhappy about the decision upon which he settled.

Player Chips Progress
Nick Pupillo us
Nick Pupillo
WSOP 1X Winner
550,000 280,000
Anthony Martinez us
Anthony Martinez
371,000 -265,000

Tags: Nick PupilloAnthony Martinez

Francesco Campanile Eliminated in 18th Place ($5,815)

Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
Francesco Campanile
Francesco Campanile

Francesco Campanile went all in from middle position and received action by Corey WIlliams, who was on the button. The players in the blinds folded and the two were off to the races.

Francesco Campanile: {3-Hearts}{3-Clubs}
Corey Williams: {q-Spades}{j-Spades}

Campanile was in trouble after the flop fell {7-Hearts}{q-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}. He picked up heart outs on the turn {2-Hearts} but was unable to fill up as the river fell {9-Spades}, sending him home as the 18th place finisher in the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
Corey Williams us
Corey Williams
1,424,000 339,000
Francesco Campanile it
Francesco Campanile
Busted

Tags: Corey WilliamsFrancesco Campanile

Level: 21

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 16,000

Williams Fires Twice, Over a Million

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Corey Williams opened to 27,000 from under the gun and was called by Richard Mijares in middle position. The two saw a flop of {4-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}{k-Clubs} and Williams made a continuation-bet of 30,000. Mijares called.

The turn came {4-Spades} and Williams continued with another bet of 60,000. Mijares sent his cards to the muck and Williams raked in the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Corey Williams us
Corey Williams
1,085,000
Richard Mijares us
Richard Mijares
371,000

Tags: Corey WilliamsRichard Mijares

Hamm's Aces Cracked To Take Tournament To 18

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Clayton Hamm
Clayton Hamm

Clayton Hamm had a bet of 35,000 in front of him from early position on a board of {4-Clubs}{2-Clubs}{q-Clubs} and action was on Jeff Banghart, who was in the small blind.

Banghart check-raised all in to effectively put Hamm to a decision for his tournament life. He quickly called.

Clayton Hamm: {a-Spades}{a-Hearts}
Jeff Banghart: {8-Clubs}{7-Clubs}

Hamm was in need of hitting running cards to improve to a full house after finding out he was up against Banghart's flopped flush. The turn came {k-Clubs} to leave him drawing dead and the river fell {4-Diamonds}, resulting in Hamm walking to the rail as tournament director Patrick Roy called for a high card to be dealt at the breaking table to condense the tournament's 18 remaining players down to two full tables.

Player Chips Progress
Jeff Banghart us
Jeff Banghart
1,320,000 365,000
Clayton Hamm us
Clayton Hamm
Busted

Tags: Clayton HammJeff BanghartPatrick Roy

Dixon Eliminated; Campanile Doubles

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Francesco Campanile shoved his last few big blinds in from early position and action folded around to Greg Jennings, who called from the big blind.

Francesco Camapanile: {a-Clubs}{5-Hearts}
Greg Jennings: {j-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}

The flop came {k-Spades}{a-Hearts}{a-Diamonds} to give Campanile trip aces, leaving him in need of fading only running outs to Broadway. The turn {7-Hearts} secured his double and the river {j-Hearts} completed the runout.

Meanwhile, Rich Dixon went all in on an adjacent table for around 220,000 from under the gun and saw action fold around to Roberg Meglich, who called from the big blind.

Rich Dixon: {a-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}
Robert Meglich: {q-Hearts}{q-Clubs}

Dixon was in need of help and hit a little bit on the flop {3-Clubs}{7-Spades}{9-Clubs}. The turn {7-Hearts} removed his backdoor club outs, leaving him with just five outs left in the deck to stay alive. The river came {5-Clubs}, leaving him with two pair, sevens and treys, which was second-best to Meglich's queens up.

The two stacks were tallied and Meglich had about 20,000 more than Dixon, sending him to the rail in 20th place.

Player Chips Progress
Robert Meglich us
Robert Meglich
468,000 243,000
Greg Jennings us
Greg Jennings
280,000 -102,000
Francesco Campanile it
Francesco Campanile
165,000 -1,000
Rich Dixon us
Rich Dixon
Busted