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

Williams Sends Garshofsky Home To Begin Hand-For-Hand Play

Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Mitch  Garshofsky
Mitch Garshofsky

Corey Williams opened to 16,000 from early position and was called by Jeff Banghart, who was on the button. Mitch Garshofsky went all in from the small blind for 56,000 and was called by WIlliams. Banghart folded and the two were off to the races.

Mitch Garshofsky: {a-Spades}{q-Diamonds}
Corey Williams: {10-Hearts}{10-Clubs}

The board ran out {9-Clubs}{3-Clubs}{8-Spades}{j-Diamonds}{j-Hearts} and Garshofsky lost the coin flip to become the most recent elimination of the tournament in 47th place. With 46 remaining, the tournament is now in hand-for-hand play. The tournament clock has been stopped and two minutes will be deducted from the time remaining at the completion of each hand.

Player Chips Progress
Jeff Banghart us
Jeff Banghart
890,000
-80,000
-80,000
Corey Williams us
Corey Williams
211,000
-107,000
-107,000
Mitch Garshofsky us
Mitch Garshofsky
Busted

Tags: Corey WilliamsJeff BanghartMitch Garshofsky

Take 15

Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

The remaining 46 players are off on a 15-minute break. Play will resume at approximately 1:18 p.m. local time.

Level: 18

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 8,000

A Few Chip Counts on the Bubble

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
David Levy il
David Levy
700,000
130,000
130,000
Michael Campbell us
Michael Campbell
350,000
-150,000
-150,000
Francesco Campanile it
Francesco Campanile
336,000
119,000
119,000
Nick Pupillo us
Nick Pupillo
274,000
96,000
96,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Greg Jennings us
Greg Jennings
273,000
28,000
28,000
Rich Dixon us
Rich Dixon
205,000
-19,000
-19,000
Danny Pham us
Danny Pham
205,000
-45,000
-45,000
Robert Meglich us
Robert Meglich
198,000
70,000
70,000
Richard Mijares us
Richard Mijares
152,000
-128,000
-128,000
David Lewis us
David Lewis
141,000
-22,000
-22,000
Syd Masters us
Syd Masters
127,000
59,000
59,000
Bobby Opila us
Bobby Opila
103,000
-10,000
-10,000

Monroe Gets a Sweat; Wilkie Hits a Miracle on the River To Double

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Steve Wilkie
Steve Wilkie

Rich Monroe went all in from the small blind for 64,000 and was called by Jason Su in the big blind.

Rich Monroe: {a-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}
Jason Su: {a-Hearts}{3-Hearts}

The flop came {7-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}{k-Hearts} to give each player a backdoor flush to fade the chop. Su picked up equity on the turn {q-Hearts}, giving Monroe a sweat for his tournament life as the river came {9-Spades}. He breathed a sigh of relief and stacks were pulled back.

Moments later, Steve Wilkie went all in on an adjacent table for 85,000 from under the gun. Aaron McEvoy went over the top of him from the button and all remaining players folded.

Steve Wilkie: {j-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}
Aaron McEvoy: {a-Spades}{a-Clubs}

The board ran out {q-Hearts}{9-Spades}{9-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds}{j-Spades}, giving Wilkie a miracle two outer on the river to score the double and fade becoming the bubble boy.

"You know what's funny," he said as the pot was sent his way. "All the years the HPT has been coming here, I've never cashed a main event once. And I've bubbled twice. I've been bubble boy twice!"

The third time was a charm, at least for now.

Player Chips Progress
Jason Su us
Jason Su
782,000
-3,000
-3,000
Steve Wilkie gb
Steve Wilkie
182,000
49,000
49,000
Rich Monroe us
Rich Monroe
76,000
-46,000
-46,000
Aaron McEvoy us
Aaron McEvoy
45,000
-94,000
-94,000

Tags: Aaron McevoyJason SuRich MonroeSteve Wilkie

"You're Welcome, You're Welcome, You're Welcome" - Dapo Ajayi Eliminates Nate Zoller on Bubble

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Nate Zoller
Nate Zoller

Nate Zoller went all in for his last 30,000 from middle position and was called by Dapo Ajayi, who was in the hijack. After action was completed on all other tables, hands were tabled for the runout.

Nate Zoller: {a-Spades}{q-Clubs}
Dapo Ajayi: {a-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}

Zoller was in trouble with his tournament life at stake as the flop came {9-Spades}{10-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}. The turn fell {9-Clubs} to give him outs at a chop, however the river {a-Diamonds} proved to be the final card of his tournament as his queen kicker was no good versus Ajayi's king after both players made aces up, making him the 46th place finisher of the tournament. Zoller stood up and shook Ajayi's hand.

"You're welcome, you're welcome, you're welcome," Ajayi announced to the tournament, with many of the players' eyes on him. "I like coffee, with two creams." He added, sitting there still with a pile of unstacked chips in front of him as the sixth table broke due to the tournament reaching 45 players. With 45 remaining, play is now in the money across five full tables of nine players each.

Player Chips Progress
Dapo Ajayi us
Dapo Ajayi
357,000
192,000
192,000
Nate Zoller us
Nate Zoller
Busted

Tags: Nate ZollerDapo Ajayi

Post-Bubble Chip Counts

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Andreas Ramadanis us
Andreas Ramadanis
470,000
155,000
155,000
Spencer Champlin us
Spencer Champlin
250,000
23,000
23,000
Jay McVeigh us
Jay McVeigh
207,000
111,000
111,000
Brian Leitch us
Brian Leitch
170,000
-44,000
-44,000
John Small us
John Small
156,000
24,000
24,000
Will Berry us
Will Berry
137,000
20,000
20,000
Karim Abuzar us
Karim Abuzar
112,000
37,000
37,000
Sam Benavram us
Sam Benavram
105,000
23,000
23,000
David Levi us
David Levi
104,000
-1,000
-1,000
David Tuthill us
David Tuthill
75,000
-103,000
-103,000
Jason Vanstrom us
Jason Vanstrom
Busted
Aaron McEvoy us
Aaron McEvoy
Busted

Su Raises Out Mietz

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Jason Su was on the button and opened to 15,000. Will Mietz three-bet to 48,000 from the big blind and Su called.

The flop came {9-Hearts}{q-Hearts}{k-Hearts} and Mietz made a continuation-bet of 22,000. Su put in a raise to 125,000, sending Mietz into the tank for about 40 seconds. Eventually, he folded and the pot was sent Su's way.

Player Chips Progress
Jason Su us
Jason Su
825,000
43,000
43,000
Will Mietz us
Will Mietz
305,000
194,000
194,000

Recent Eliminations

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Rich Monroe was recently eliminated from the tournament after getting into the money as short stacks.

Bobby Opila was also felted, getting all in with ace-king preflop against Steve Wilkie's pocket jacks. He was unable to hit and found himself making a trip to the payout desk after not getting anything going on Day 2.

Player Chips Progress
Steve Wilkie gb
Steve Wilkie
675,000
493,000
493,000
Bobby Opila us
Bobby Opila
Busted
Rich Monroe us
Rich Monroe
Busted

Tags: Bobby OpilaRich Monroe