Registration has closed on the second of three flights of the $1,650 Main Event at Ameristar St. Charles
The board shows 98 entries, bringing the two-flight total to 128, with Saturday's final flight (Day1C) set for a 1pm tipoff. Play continues tonight until the end of Level 15 at about 1:45am - the same as yesterday's Day 1A and the same for tomorrow's Day 1C. Players who still have chips at the end of Level 15 get to partake in the Bag-n-Tag, returning Sunday at Noon for Day 2, playing down to the final table.
A martahon 11-hour-plus final table came to a close with Jake Baumgartner defeating Jason Mangold heads-up to win the HPT Main Event at Ameristar East Chicago for $206,114.
Read moreWe have seen large fields in side events all week long in Chicagoland for the Heartland Poker Tour series at Ameristar Casino Hotel East Chicago. The best is yet to come. Today marks the start of the nationally televised $1,650 Main Event. The first of three starting flights for that tournament kicks off today at 2pm.
Read moreThe $1650 Main Event at Ameristar St. Charles drew 347 total entries. In the end, Maurice Hawkins outlasted them all and won the tournament for $113,322.
Read moreThe Ameristar St. Charles series just outside of St. Louis kicked off this weekend. The opening event drew 616 total entries. That created a total prize pool of $184,800.
Read moreWe're down to nine in Vicksburg. Dustin Stewart leads the way with 1.189M chips.
Read moreDaniel Marcus led the way for Flight A participants. Marcus put 377,500 chips in the bag. In total, 14 players advanced to Sunday's Day 2.
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