We are down to the final 20 players in St. Charles. Here are some of the [roughly estimated] chip counts we spotted as we looked around the room.
Garret Riley - 500,000
Charles Leroi - 420,000
Amy Hallowell - 380,000
Brian Tracy - 360,000
Jeff Copeland - 225,000
Ron Amos - 190,000
Larry Conners - 70,000
Level - 20
Blinds - 6,000/12,000 - Big Blind Ante 12,000
Players Remaining - 20
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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