Get to Know Reigning HPT Player of the Year Aaron Johnson
One of the best stories of 2018 was the incredible year of Minnesota’s Aaron Johnson. Back in May, PokerNews spoke with Johnson about leading the Player of the Year races on both Season 9 of the Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) and Heartland Poker Tour (HPT) Season XIV.
Over the next seven months, Johnson maintained his lead on the MSPT, and while he lost the HPT lead for a bit, he ultimately ended with it thanks to a deep run in the season finale. That allowed Johnson to become the first player to ever win POY titles on two different tours in the same year.
In doing so, Johnson won a $10,000 prize package for each tour.
“It feels amazing,” Johnson told PokerNews. “Coming into the year I certainly wanted to make a run at MSPT POY (which has always been a goal of mine), but I never imagined that I’d be in contention for multiple POY titles. To actually achieve it is unreal.”
For more on the reigning HPT POY, check out his full interview here on PokerNews.
and there was about 64,500 in the pot. Tony Miles moved all in for just over 90,000 and Tom Foley hit the tank.
for seven-high with a flush draw as he scooped in the pot.
and Green took down the pot with his pair of dimes, eliminating his opponent.
and McCrea took down the pot with her set of queens, eliminating her opponent from the tournament.
turn and 
river changed nothing as Foley pulled in the pot, eliminating Prociak from the tournament.
and there was around 50,000 in the pot when Tony Miles moved is last 32,900 into the pot. He had one caller and the two tabled their hands.
