Welcome to Day 1b of HPT Golden Gates
The Heartland Poker Tour Golden Gates $1,650 Main Event resumes today with the second of three initial flights.
Day 1a drew 102 entries yesterday, with 16 advancing to Day 2 after a 12-hour day. When chips went into bags, Aaron Frei found himself atop the leader board. He came into the last two hours of play with less than six figures-worth of chips in his stack. He then began his ascent, which was headlined by winning two huge pots with pocket aces en route to finishing the day with 408,000 in chips.
Cards are set to fly at noon local time. Players will receive 30,000 in chips and play 15 levels of 40 minutes in length. There will be 15-minute breaks at the completion of every three levels and a one-hour dinner break after Level 9. Unlimited re-entries are available through the dinner break until the start of Level 10.
Since today is the second flight of three, all who are not fortunate enough to advance will have the option to take their shot again tomorrow for the final flight of the tournament. Everybody who does advance will return for Day 2 action at 11 a.m. on Sunday to play down to the final table, which will also be live streamed Monday in addition to being televised.
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