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Level 4
: 100/300, 300 ante
2019 Heartland Poker Tour Golden Gates Casino
Main Event
Day: 1c
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Level 4
: 100/300, 300 ante
The player in the hijack opened to 800 and Jason Beasley defended his big blind. The flop came 
and Beasley checked. The hijack made a continuation-bet of 800 and Beasley called.
The turn came 
and Beasley led out for 2,100. The hijack called. The river came 
and Beasley led out again for 3,500. His opponent thought for a bit and relinquished his hand.
"I flopped it," said Beasley as he turned over 
and collected the chips from the pot that was sent his way.
Level 4
: 100/300, 300 ante
Ben Keeline registered the tournament a while before the first break and is currently sitting with a stack of 37,000. According to Keeline, the journey from the starting stack of 30,000 was far from linear. He said in two orbits of play he watched his stack go from 30,000 up to 32,300 before losing a pot with 
on a 
board versus 
. From there, he chipped up to 11,000 and then to 18,000 before finding a double up before the break to reach his current total. Keeline is looking to make Day 2 in today's heat after failing to do so yesterday.
Level: 4
Blinds: 100/300
Ante: 300
Level 3
: 100/300, 0 ante
Players are on their first 15-minute break of the day. With 134 entries at the present moment, the field is already larger than yesterday's with late registration open until approximately 7:30 p.m. local time.
Level 3
: 100/300, 0 ante
A player in early position raised to 900 and David Skrzelowski three-bet to 1,900 from middle position. Action folded back to the original raiser and he made the call.
The dealer fanned a flop of 
and Skrzelowski saw his continuation-bet of 1,000 check-raised to 2,200. He made the call and the dealer brought the turn . Skrzelowski's opponent slowed down and checked to him. He then ade a bet of 1,500 and was called.
The river came 
and Skrzelowski's opponent checked to him once again. He fired a bet of 4,000 into the middle and his opponent went into the tank for over a minute before calling.
Skrzelowski tabled 
for the nut flush and took down the pot upon his opponent mucking.
Level 3
: 100/300, 0 ante
A player limped in from under the gun and Jeff Fielder limped in behind him from middle position. Another player limped behind Fielder from the hijack and Michael Wyant pumped it up to 3,00. Only Fielder called and the two saw a flop of 
. Fielder checked and Wyant made a continuation-bet of 5,000. Fielder called.
The turn came and Fielder checked to Wyant, who continued for 6,000. Fielder made the call. Both players checked the river 
to take the hand to showdown.
Wyant showed 
for a wheel and Fielder looked back at his cards before mucking.
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/300
Ante: 0
Level 2
: 100/200, 0 ante
The Heartland Poker Tour (HPT) Player of the Year race is always competitive, and right now Nick Davidson is out in front with 163.80 points followed closely by Nick Pupillo with 158.2 points. Sitting in third thanks to back-to-back final tables and winning the HPT Lawrenceburg for $119,101 is Greg Wood with 152.5 points.
Whoever wins the POY title will claim more than bragging rights. Our POY earns a $10,000 package to use next season as well as complimentary hotel accommodations at those six stops. In case of a tie, all winning players will split the POY prize package evenly.
Here's a look at the current top 10 headed into the HPT Golden Gates stop:
| Place | Player | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nick Davidson | 163.8 |
| 2 | Nick Pupillo | 158.2 |
| 3 | Greg Wood | 152.5 |
| 4 | Mike Sabbia | 146.4 |
| 5 | Spenser Cramer | 140 |
| 6 | Chris Moon | 140 |
| 7 | Bill Byrnes | 134.8 |
| 8 | Shawn "Reginald" Roberts | 132 |
| 9 | Dan Wagner | 114 |
| 10 | Keith Heine | 107.3 |
Level 2
: 100/200, 0 ante
Craig Casino, nicknamed by other HPT players as "The Legend" and "Mister HPT" flew in from Chicago this morning and just made his way up the mountain to Black Hawk and into the Golden Gates Poker Parlour. Casino is a regular on the Heartland Poker Tour circuit and had no issue jumping right into the action immediately upon his arrival.
