Main Event
Day 1b Completed
2019 Heartland Poker Tour Ameristar Vicksburg
Main Event
Day: 1b
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Day 1b of the HPT Ameristar Vicksburg $1,100 Main Event saw 90 entrants battle it out to attempt and advance to Day 2 along with the ten players that made it through on Day 1a. After fifteen levels of play, Sley Sanchez managed to bag up 652,000, almost 300k more than his closest competitor, to take the overall chip lead into Day 2.
Sanchez started building a stack early in the day, as he managed to double up his 30,000 starting stack in the first few levels. Sanchez then dropped down to under starting stack just before registration closed, but a double KO in Level 10 helped propel him back up the counts. Sanchez then went on a tear through the final few levels, closing out his night by taking the last of David Lee's chips to seal up his chip-leading stack.
Hannah Guthrie (380,000) and Yousef Saleh (315,000) were the only other players to crest 300k, while Jason Riesenberg (296,000) and CT Hoffecker (256,000) round out the top five. The rest of the advancing field includes Kip Jones (227,000), Corey Harrison (198,000), Jaron Bailey (116,000), Shomari Williams (115,000), Morgan McBrayer (74,000) and Nolan Burton (72,000).
Phil Gilreath and John Cressend fought valiantly through the day, but were knocked out in the final seven hands of the evening to leave us with eleven players returning from the Day 1b flight. Others unfortunate enough to fail to advance to Day 2 include Dustin Stewart, Marco Moran, David Brooks, Arthur Holloway, Gavin Munroe, Jared Ingles, Rebecca Campbell, Harinder Chawla, Larry White, Tara Snow and Henry Friedler.
The remaining 21 players will return at Noon on Sunday, August 11th, to play down to the televised Final Table of nine. Action will start at Level 16 (2,000/5,000/5,000) and levels will continue to be forty minutes in length. The final eighteen players will make the money, with the following payouts:
HPT Ameristar Vicksburg Payouts
| Place | Prize Money |
|---|---|
| 1 | $36,895 |
| 2 | $22,959 |
| 3 | $13,939 |
| 4 | $10,250 |
| 5 | $7,653 |
| 6 | $6,286 |
| 7 | $5,535 |
| 8 | $4,851 |
| 9 | $4,100 |
| 10-12 | $3,280 |
| 13-15 | $2,597 |
| 16-18 | $2,187 |
The Final Table will kick off on Monday, August 12th at Noon local time, and levels will increase to sixty minutes in length until heads up play is reached, at which point blinds will convert to thirty minutes in length.
PokerNews will be here throughout the final two days of play to catch all the action, as we play down to a champion here at Ameristar Vicksburg!
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
652,000
242,000
|
242,000 |
|
380,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
315,000
-225,000
|
-225,000 |
|
296,000
186,000
|
186,000 |
|
256,000
36,000
|
36,000 |
|
227,000
102,000
|
102,000 |
|
198,000
-27,000
|
-27,000 |
|
||
|
116,000
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
|
115,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
74,000
-8,000
|
-8,000 |
|
72,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
The final thirteen players will play seven more hands before bagging and tagging for the night. Stay tuned for updated chip counts, as well as a full recap of the day's action.
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Dustin Stewart jammed for 47,500 from middle position, and Jonathan Hart three-bet shoved for 72,000 next to act. Corey Harrison four-bet shoved for 78,000 from the cutoff, and the rest of the field folded.
Dustin Stewart: 
Jonathan Hart: 
Corey Harrison: 
Hart held on the 
flop, but Harrison spiked a jack on the 
turn to leave Stewart dead and Hart looking for a king to survive. The 
river bricked off, and Harrison scored a double knockout just before the end of play.
At the same time Sley Sanchez took the last of David Lee's chips at the other table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
225,000
135,000
|
135,000 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
540,000
135,000
|
135,000 |
|
|
410,000
232,000
|
232,000 |
|
|
375,000
97,000
|
97,000 |
|
|
220,000
-30,000
|
-30,000 |
|
|
125,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
|
|
118,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
110,000
-40,000
|
-40,000 |
|
|
108,000
-22,000
|
-22,000 |
|
|
90,000
42,500
|
42,500 |
|
|
||
|
|
82,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
81,000
-57,000
|
-57,000 |
|
|
80,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
|
75,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
|
|
68,000
-42,000
|
-42,000 |
|
55,000
-25,500
|
-25,500 |
|
|
39,500
-15,500
|
-15,500 |
|
|
33,000
-82,000
|
-82,000 |
Level: 15
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
Level 14
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Jason Riesenberg three-bet shoved from the big blind for 75,000 after Marco Moran raised on the button. Moran, who had 66,000 to start the hand, quickly called.
Marco Moran: 
Jason Riesenberg: 
"It's a race!" Moran said.
Moran ended up losing the race after a 
board failed to improve his Big Slick, and he hit the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
150,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Level 14
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Rory O'Brien jammed for 33,500 into a pot of just 18,000 on a 
flop from the big blind, sending Dustin Stewart on the button into the tank. After a minute, he placed a call in the pot.
"That ain't good," O'Brien said as he winced.
Rory O'Brien: 
Dustin Stewart:
Stewart's pair of aces held on the 
turn and 
river to send O'Brien to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
110,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Level 14
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Kip Jones raised to 7,000 from the hijack, and David Brooks three-bet shoved for 33,500 in the cutoff. CT Hoffecker called on the button, and everyone else folded.
David Brooks: 
CT Hoffecker:
Brooks stood up before the 
flop could fall, and Hoffecker ended up with a full house after the 
turn and river, eliminating Brooks.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
250,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
Busted |