Level 26
: 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Cards are in the air for HPT Ameristar East Chicago $1,650 Mani Event.
2019 Heartland Poker Tour Ameristar East Chicago
Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info
Level: 26
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 50,000
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Players are being mic'ed up and going over some final announcements before cards go in the air here at the HPT Ameristar East Chicago $1,650 Main Event Final Table. Be sure to tune in to HPT's Twitch channel to follow along all day long as we get set for final table action.
The last nine players compete on the streamed and televised final table with the stream coming in on a slight delay. There's $186,812 plus an HPT Championship Package worth $3,500 on the line, with everyone having $16,605 locked up.
HPT Ameristar East Chicago Final Table Payouts
| Place | Prize Money |
|---|---|
| 1 | $186,812 |
| 2 | $115,406 |
| 3 | $75,637 |
| 4 | $52,555 |
| 5 | $38.192 |
| 6 | $29,640 |
| 7 | $24,908 |
| 8 | $20,757 |
| 9 | $16,605 |
Our updates may be focused on the keystone $1,650 Main Event, but this is not the only tournament that’s played out during the latest Heartland Poker Tour (HPT) Ameristar East Chicago stop.
There has been a slew of side events all week long including Event #1: $350 Monster Stack, a tournament that drew 957 runners and created a $287,100 prize pool.
Among those to cash it was Mike Younan (3rd - $27,572), Greg Koutelidakis (14th - $2,957), Howard Hankin (18th - $2,125), Mike Shin (26th - $1,701), Abraham Montenegro (34th - $1,462), and Bob Chow (47th - $1,160).
The tournament came to an end with the final six players working a deal that resulted in Michael Tullia of Lombard, Illinois taking $30,435 in prize money and Matthew Porter $30,283. However, it was Brandon Casto who got the trophy plus $25,250 in prize money.
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Tullia | Lombard, Illinois | $30,435* |
| 2 | Matthew Porter | McHenry, Illinois | $30,283* |
| 3 | Mike Younan | Chicago, Illinois | $27,572* |
| 4 | Brandon Casto | Parma, Michigan | $25,250* |
| 5 | James Calvo | Las Vegas, Nevada | $24,426* |
| 6 | David Oppenheim | Mercer Island, Washington | $16,810* |
| 7 | Andrew Campbell | Oswego, Illinois | $7,034 |
| 8 | Ali Reza Mehraban | Bolingbrook, Illinois | $5,943 |
| 9 | Thomas Matteucci | Mount Prospect, Illinois | $4,938 |
*Denotes final table deal.
Season XV of the Heartland Poker Tour (HPT) is a big one with stops at the Hollywood Casinos in St. Louis and the Cincinnati area (Lawrenceburg, Indiana), The Meadows Racetrack and Casino in Pittsburgh, and Ameristar East Chicago. What's more, the PokerNews Live Reporting Team plans to be at each of them to capture all the action.
“HPT is excited to have PokerNews providing additional event coverage in 2019,” said Korey Stewart, HPT Marketing Manager. “Season XV is shaping up to be another record-breaking year for the tour. We’ve already added several new venues to the schedule and we’re hoping to announce a few more new additions soon. There will be plenty of opportunities for poker enthusiasts across the country to take a shot at winning life-changing money at nationally televised final tables. We’re looking forward to having an industry leader like PokerNews there to report on it every step of the way.”
Here’s a look at the remaining Season XV schedule. For more information, visit hptpoker.com and follow them on Twitter @HPTPoker.
Remaining HPT Season XV Schedule
| Series Dates | Venue | Location | Main Event Buy-In |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 9-15 | Mini Series at Hollywood Casino Toledo | Toledo, Ohio | $350 |
| September 11-23 | Golden Gates Casino & Poker Parlour | Black Hawk, CO | $1,650 |
| September 26 - October 7 | The Meadows Casino | Pittsburgh, PA | $1,100 |
| October 17-28 | Daytona Beach Racing & Card Club | Daytona Beach, Florida | $1,100 |
| November 14-26 | HPT Championship Hollywood Casino & Hotel | St. Louis, Missouri | $2,500 |
| December 5-16 | M Resort Spa Casino | Las Vegas, Nevada | |
| January 25-February 1, 2020 | HPT on the High Sears | Western Caribbean | $1,100 |
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Nine players remain and one will win $186,812 and a $3,500 Heartland Poker Tour Championship package. It's time for the final day and the final table of HPT Ameristar East Chicago.
From 579 entries, just these nine remain, and a look at the chip counts tells it all when it comes to the landscape of the final table. It's Mike O'Neill in the driver's seat, but eight of the nine players all hold over 1 million in chips with Michael Koh holding the short stack 970,00.
HPT Ameristar East Chicago Final Table
| Seat | Player | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eddie Blumenthal | 1,105,000 |
| 2 | Michael Koh | 970,000 |
| 3 | Josh Reichard | 2,820,000 |
| 4 | Kevin Albers | 1,455,000 |
| 5 | Mike O'Neill | 4,920,000 |
| 6 | Henry Zou | 1,270,000 |
| 7 | David McDermott | 1,775,000 |
| 8 | Nikola Budzakoski | 1,380,000 |
| 9 | Brett Apter | 1,710,000 |
With over $300,000 in cashes, O'Neill certainly isn't lacking experience as eight of his eleven career cashes come from HPT events and he'll look to add another HPT trophy to his collection after his first-place finish at HPT Meadows last year taking home $93,340.
But, there is still plenty of accomplished competition that remains as Eddie Blumenthal and Josh Reichard have over $1 million in career earnings, along with Brett Apter, who will look to add an HPT trophy to his collection after winning his first WSOP bracelet this past summer.
The streamed and televised final table is set for a noon kickoff, although the stream won't come online for a little while after that, closer to 12:30 local time. Action will pick up from Level 26 (25,000/50,000/50,000). Play will continue with one-hour levels until heads-up time, at which point they are cut to half an hour.
Stay tuned to PokerNews to find out who grabs the trophy, or catch the stream at the HPT Twitch channel.
Main Event
Day 3 Started