$1,100 Main Event
Day 1c Completed
HPT Daytona Beach
$1,100 Main Event
Day: 1c
Wayne Zielinski Bags Overall Lead in HPT Daytona Beach Main Event
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Day 1c of the Heartland Poker Tour $1,100 Main Event at the Daytona Beach Racing and Card Club has now completed. The final flight saw a total of 214 registration slips sold and when the last chance saloon had closed for business only 41 remained, bringing the total of all three flights to 79.
Emerging as the leader from Day 1c was Wayne Zielinski with an outstanding 446,000 to end the night, a stack that was also good to secure an overall lead headed into Day 2. Zielinski was under the radar for the better part of the day and it was not until he found a double with his pocket kings against aces that he really started to gain traction.
After cracking aces, Zielinski went on a tear, eliminating anyone in his way en route to grabbing the monster to stack he ended the night with. The biggest pot of the night for him came when he held two queens against pocket nines and his ladies held on to push him over the 400,000 mark, being the first to do so.
A star-studded field showed up today for the action but one familiar face stood out more than most as 2018 WSOP Main Event Runner Up Tony Miles managed to find a healthy-sized stack of 278,000 by the end of the night. Miles took a shot in the first two flights but didn't manage to get any wind under his sails, but he came back for another shot in the last flight and now sits among the top headed into Day 2.
Some other noticeably sized stack that emerged from this flight are Martin Borras (366,000), Aaron Speer (282,000), Josias Santos (268,000), Aaron Vaughan (245,000), and Michael Tait (224,000).
A lot of widely-known players managed to back up as well, including Brandon Caputo (217,000), Corey Zedo (210,000), Hamid Izadi (168,000), David Anderson (163,000), Toby Boas (154,000), Founder & CEO of Faded Spade Tom Wheaton (129,000), and Eric Salazar (117,000).
All of the remaining 79 players will come back tomorrow at 12:10 p.m. local time to battle it out for a shot at a final table appearance that will be streamed live on Monday, October 28. The players will be resuming on blind level 16 with the blinds set at 2,000/5,000 and a big blind ante of 5,000. The day will continue on 40-minute levels and will not stop until the official final table is set, and only then will players bag up for Day 3.
The PokerNews live reporting team will be here to bring you all of the updates in the HPT Daytona Beach Main Event, so stay tuned as all of the action unfolds.
Day 2 Seat Draw
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
| Table | Seat | Player | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | 1 | Ronnie Dowdy | 217,000 | 43 |
| 31 | 2 | David Anderson | 163,000 | 33 |
| 31 | 3 | Frank Funaro | 85,000 | 17 |
| 31 | 4 | Joseph Salvaggi | 142,000 | 28 |
| 31 | 5 | Tom Wheaton | 129,000 | 26 |
| 31 | 6 | Charles Johnson | 308,000 | 62 |
| 31 | 7 | Cameron Marshall | 72,000 | 14 |
| 31 | 8 | Grayson Nichols | 33,000 | 7 |
| 31 | 9 | Corey Zedo | 210,000 | 42 |
| 32 | 1 | Brian Bowen | 231,000 | 46 |
| 32 | 2 | Stan Jablonski | 159,000 | 32 |
| 32 | 3 | Ryan Osborne | 212,000 | 42 |
| 32 | 4 | Raminder Singh | 188,000 | 38 |
| 32 | 5 | David Lanoy | 61,000 | 12 |
| 32 | 6 | Jacob Naumann | 131,000 | 26 |
| 32 | 7 | Justin Fawbush | 130,000 | 26 |
| 32 | 8 | Dan Gannon | 316,000 | 63 |
| 32 | 9 | Michael Foley | 156,000 | 31 |
| 33 | 1 | Luke Graham | 219,000 | 44 |
| 33 | 2 | John Dermody | 60,000 | 12 |
| 33 | 3 | Dave Sill | 96,000 | 19 |
| 33 | 4 | Tony Miles | 278,000 | 56 |
| 33 | 5 | Aaron Speer | 282,000 | 56 |
| 33 | 6 | Hamid Izadi | 168,000 | 34 |
| 33 | 7 | Michael Rosenberg | 117,000 | 23 |
| 33 | 8 | Greg Raymer | 152,000 | 30 |
| 33 | 9 | James Millman | 211,000 | 42 |
| 34 | 1 | Michael Rossitto | 214,000 | 43 |
| 34 | 2 | Maurice Hawkins | 146,000 | 29 |
| 34 | 3 | Chris McNamara | 110,000 | 22 |
| 34 | 4 | Dewayne Snipes | 106,000 | 21 |
| 34 | 5 | Quyen Hoang | 161,000 | 32 |
| 34 | 6 | Alex Griffin | 47,000 | 9 |
| 34 | 7 | Miguel Hernandez | 321,000 | 64 |
| 34 | 8 | Tom Nguyen | 154,000 | 31 |
| 34 | 9 | Arthur Boatman | 98,000 | 20 |
| 35 | 1 | Joshua Peets | 118,000 | 24 |
| 35 | 2 | Timothy Forsberg | 121,000 | 24 |
| 35 | 3 | Simon Kafati | 76,000 | 15 |
| 35 | 4 | Pete Schultz | 233,000 | 47 |
| 35 | 5 | Larry Richie | 58,000 | 12 |
| 35 | 6 | Eric Salazar | 117,000 | 23 |
| 35 | 7 | Jamshid Ilanlou | 93,000 | 19 |
| 35 | 8 | Stephan Nusrullah | 113,000 | 23 |
| 35 | 9 | Brandon Caputo | 217,000 | 43 |
| 36 | 1 | Fred Li | 103,000 | 21 |
| 36 | 2 | James Baune | 149,000 | 30 |
| 36 | 3 | Tony Roberto | 44,000 | 9 |
| 36 | 4 | Michael Tait | 224,000 | 45 |
| 36 | 5 | John Ho | 135,000 | 27 |
| 36 | 6 | Kelley Slay | 121,000 | 24 |
| 36 | 7 | Tony Nguyen | 405,000 | 81 |
| 36 | 8 | Jason Kapoor | 175,000 | 35 |
| 36 | 9 | Eric Chastain | 335,000 | 67 |
| 37 | 1 | Toby Boas | 154,000 | 31 |
| 37 | 2 | Nicholas Hart | 142,000 | 28 |
| 37 | 3 | David Kelger | 117,000 | 23 |
| 37 | 4 | Robert Kramer | 160,000 | 32 |
| 37 | 5 | Thomas Foley | 29,000 | 6 |
| 37 | 6 | Paul Chung | 323,000 | 65 |
| 37 | 7 | Wayne Zielinski | 446,000 | 89 |
| 37 | 8 | Wendy Lu | 181,000 | 36 |
| 37 | 9 | Johnathan Nader | 250,000 | 50 |
| 39 | 1 | Justin Busiere | 171,000 | 34 |
| 39 | 2 | Martin Borras | 366,000 | 73 |
| 39 | 3 | Charles Mayes | 106,000 | 21 |
| 39 | 4 | Talesh Patel | 113,000 | 23 |
| 39 | 5 | Jonathan Metz | 65,000 | 13 |
| 39 | 6 | Carlos Guerrero | 183,000 | 37 |
| 39 | 7 | David Jackson | 175,000 | 35 |
| 39 | 8 | Rob Manjura | 86,000 | 17 |
| 40 | 1 | Josias Santos | 268,000 | 54 |
| 40 | 2 | Brett Apter | 172,000 | 34 |
| 40 | 3 | Aaron Vaughan | 245,000 | 49 |
| 40 | 4 | Hunter Pappas | 201,000 | 40 |
| 40 | 5 | Sean Iannucci | 355,000 | 71 |
| 40 | 6 | Mark Zullo | 53,000 | 11 |
| 40 | 7 | Mark Wiser | 148,000 | 30 |
| 40 | 8 | Ed Mroczkowski | 119,000 | 24 |
End of Day Counts (full)
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
446,000
41,000
|
41,000 |
|
||
|
366,000
-1,000
|
-1,000 |
|
282,000
282,000
|
282,000 |
|
278,000
122,000
|
122,000 |
|
268,000
-99,000
|
-99,000 |
|
|
245,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
224,000
224,000
|
224,000 |
|
219,000
219,000
|
219,000 |
|
217,000
217,000
|
217,000 |
|
217,000
77,000
|
77,000 |
|
212,000
212,000
|
212,000 |
|
210,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
|
171,000
171,000
|
171,000 |
|
168,000
48,000
|
48,000 |
|
163,000
163,000
|
163,000 |
|
|
156,000
156,000
|
156,000 |
|
154,000
49,000
|
49,000 |
|
149,000
-11,000
|
-11,000 |
|
|
148,000
148,000
|
148,000 |
|
|
142,000
142,000
|
142,000 |
|
|
135,000
135,000
|
135,000 |
|
131,000
131,000
|
131,000 |
|
130,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
129,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
|
118,000
118,000
|
118,000 |
Karlins Quacks Out Against Santos
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Josias Santos opened and Marvin Karlins moved all in. Santos called and the two tabled their hands with Karlins at risk.
Marvin Karlins: 
Josias Santos: 
The flop fell 
and Karlins retained his lead for the moment. A 
peeled off on the turn, giving Santos a few more outs to pull in the pot. A devastating card completed the board for Karlins when a 
fell, counterfeiting his pair of ducks as Santos took down the pot, Sending Karlins out the door.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
367,000 | |
|
Busted |
Borras Holds on for a Dandy
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
As told by Martin Borras, he flopped a straight and ended up pounding about 150-160k into the pot for an all-in. Mark Zullo called with his flush draw and Borras was at risk.
The board ran out clean for Borras as he took down a large pot at the end of the night, leaving Zullo on the shorter side of things.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
367,000
212,000
|
212,000 |
|
65,000
-160,000
|
-160,000 |
Three More Hands
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
The tournament will now be playing their more hands before bagging up for the night.
Updated Chip Counts
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
240,000 | |
|
|
160,000 | |
|
|
155,000 | |
|
155,000 | |
|
|
125,000 | |
|
|
120,000 | |
|
|
105,000 | |
|
96,000 | |
|
|
54,500 | |
|
49,000 |
Zielinski Drops One, Takes the Lead
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
The flop showed 
when Wayne Zielinski and another moved all of their chips into the middle, Zielinski having more than his opponent.
Opponent: 
Wayne Zielinski: 
The 
turn and 
river failed to shift a thing as Zielinski took down the pot, eliminating an opponent from the tournament as he added another large pot to his already healthy-sized stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
405,000 | |
|
|
||
Level: 15
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000