Since 2015, our Hold’em Live Updates team has been providing all the live tournament reporting from each Heartland Poker Tour Main Event across the country.
You can able to find the HPT Live Updates for each Main Event at HPTupdates.com.
All HPT Tour Stops across the country are on hold as a results of the nationwide COVID-19 response. We look forward to bringing more updates and activities from the HPT once businesses can reopen.
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HPT main events returning, no set dates
The Heartland Poker Tour is returning to the felt, although no dates or locations are set at this time, according to officials with its parent company, Penn National Gaming.
Eric Schippers, senior VP of public affairs for Penn, says there are no plans to permanently shut down HPT, nor have there ever been any such plans, despite multiple poker community rumors to the contrary.
“We had put everything on hold for now due to COVID,” said Shippers, noting there are no scheduled tournament dates as of now. “We are actively working on potential future plans. We do plan to resume it at some point in the future,” he added.
The HPTPoker.com website and its live blog are both offline, with all its social media accounts dormant and all HPT-specific personnel were terminated by last September. Actions such as these led many poker players and some media outlets to speculate the company was permanently disbanded, with Shippers denying such rumors.
“We have not permanently discontinued (HPT),” Said Shippers.
HPT had two regular staff for its past few years, Jeremy Smith and Korey Stewart. Smith, HPT’s tournament director, was recently hired by the Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) for a similar position. Stewart, HPT’s marketing manager, works at the Ameristar St. Charles (MO) poker room. His HPT offices were inside Ameristar St. Charles before Penn acquired HPT as part of its purchase of Pinnacle Gaming.
Smith and Stewart handled all day-to-day HPT operations, from securing locations and staffing, structure sheets, promotions and more. Shippers gave no indication how a future HPT is going to be staffed, nor any potential hiring timeline. (Note: Hold’em Media provided all HPT Main Event live updates for eight seasons before the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown took place.)
HPT began in 2005 in Fargo, N.D., with Todd Anderson and Greg Lang as owners, and Fred Bevill at the mic, joined soon by Chris Hanson. Jaymz Larson later joined the commentary team, accompanied at times by the likes of Maria Ho and others.
Thanks to the Wayback Machine, there’s access to an article from the High Plains Reader describing how Anderson and Lang took a shot at putting together a poker TV show in Fargo that became a nationwide tour.
HPT merged with Federated Sports + Gaming in 2011, Annie Duke and Jeffrey Pollock’s failed Epic Poker venture that ended in bankruptcy proceedings less than a year later. Pinnacle Entertainment, then-owners of the Ameristar and Boomtown casinos (among others), gained ownership of HPT and all other FS+G assets via those bankruptcy proceedings, overseeing HPT until it all of Pinnacle’s assets were acquired by Penn Gaming in 2018 for $2.8 billion total, including all casino properties and more.
HPT held hundreds of main events in its history and paid out more than $100 million in prize money. At one time a three-part televised tour shown on a variety of network television stations, more recently the tour was primarily a livestreamed main event with taped single-episodes shown on regional networks.
Players such as Greg Raymer, Ari Engel, Nick Pupillo, Allen Kessler and Aaron Johnson are former HPT players of the year. Craig Casino – nicknamed Mr. HPT – is the tour’s leading money winner, followed by Reginald ‘Shawn’ Roberts, Raymer, Pupillo, Alex Greenblatt, Cord Garcia, Aaron Massey, Nick Davidson, Josh Reichard and Engel in its All-Time Top-10 for earnings.
No Current Plans for HPT Tournaments in ’21
On a temporary shut-down since February, staff terminated in September, the Heartland Poker Tour still exists but there’s no plans at this time for any tournaments.
“We just have no idea right now, you get optimistic things (are turning around), and then (COVID) numbers start going back up again,” said Eric Schippers, Penn Gaming Senior Vice President of Public Affairs. Penn Gaming owns the HPT.
Tournament Director Jeremy Smith and Marketing Manager Korey Stewart, the two primary HPT staff members, were terminated at the beginning of September as no events were taking place and none were planned for the remainder of 2020.
Although the HPT website still has some upcoming events listed, none are currently scheduled, according to Schippers. Stewart maintained the website and monitored its social media accounts. There does not appear to be anyone handling those duties at this time.
Among the listed events is one Card Player Cruises event in 2021 – and two were originally planned. The CardPlayerCruise staff, however, announced last month they received word from Penn Gaming to no plan on either HPT cruise taking place in ’21.
The last HPT to complete in 2020 was a $1,650 at Hollywood St. Louis Casino in late February. Kevin Garosshen took that event down for a $131,184 payday.
We provided the live tournament updates for most of the HPT Main Events the past seven years. There’s no indication at this time whether we are going to be retained should HPT begin in 2021.
Bob Reiter Wins HPT Black Hawk Main Event
Bob Reiter needed nearly four hours of heads-up play before he could defeat Tan Hoang and claim the Heartland Poker Tour’s $1,650 Main Event Title at Gates Poker Room in Black Hawk, CO.
Reiter earns $157,614 for winning the 471-entry event, while Hoang ($96,354) collects runner-up honors for the second consecutive HPT Black Hawk Main Event.
You can find our wrap-up and all main event coverage at HPTupdates.com, our 6th season of providing HPT Main Event coverage.
Our 6th Season with HPT Begins in East Chicago
Season XVI for the Heartland Poker Tour kicks off with a trip to Ameristar East Chicago, the full series running Jan. 9-20 with the $1,650 Main Event taking place the final weekend.
We return for our Season VI of providing HPT Main Event tournament reporting, all the main event tournament reporting found at HPTupdates.com.
HPT’s season continues Feb. 5-17 at Gates Poker Room in Black Hawk, CO, the $1,650 Main Event running Feb. 13-17.
One weekend later is another $1,650 Main Event as HPT heads to Hollywood St. Louis for another return visit. The full series happens Feb. 13-24.
Check out HPTpoker.com for regular updates on upcoming series and Main Events.
Pupillo Earns HPT Player of Year
Nick Pupillo is the Season XV HPT Player of the Year, a title he wrapped up at the season championships but had pretty much locked up long before.
Pupillo won Event 2 in the season at Gates Poker Room in Black Hawk, CO. for a $194,478 score. A 16th-place finish in May at Ameristar East Chicago was followed by two final-table appearances – 7th back in Black Hawk in July and a runner-up finish in St. Louis just two weeks later.
Another East Chicago cash and a 13th at the third HPT Black Hawk stop in September gave Pupillo more than 300 season points and a big lead on the remainder of the field.
He earns $10,000 in HPT Main Event entries for Season XVI, along with hotel accommodations at the stops he chooses to use his entries. Pupillo’s Season XV HPT Earnings totaled $330,646.
Salazar Wins HPT Daytona Beach
Eric Salazar held off Michael Rosenberg – who doubled eight different times at the Final Table – to win the 2019 HPT Main Event at Daytona Beach Racing and Card Club.
Salazar earned a total of $101,976 in cash and prizes for the win, with Rosenberg taking home the runner-up prize of $60,797.
Take a look here at our recap and our full tournament coverage we post at HPTupdates.com for all HPT main events around the country.
202 begins our 6th season as the HPT live reporting team.
We’re in Daytona Beach with HPT This Weekend
One of our favorite reporting stops each year is when we join the Heartland Poker Tour crew in Florida for the $1,100 Main Event at Daytona Beach Racing and Card Club.
There’s three starting flights – Thursday, Friday and Saturday – with Day 2 on Sunday and a Livestreamed final table Monday afternoon.
We’re on hand – HoldemMediaDan at the keyboard – for all the poker action from the opening hand all the way until a winner is crowned – with updates posted at HPTupdates.com.
This brings us to the end of our fifth season providing tournament reporting for the HPT and we look forward to joining the crew for the 2020 Season XVI and its schedule coming soon.
Snead Captures HPT Pittsburgh Title
Calvin Snead put on a tremendous performance, winning the vast majority of big pots he played en route to winning the HPT $1,100 Pittsburgh Main Event Monday afternoon.
Snead defeated Greg Raymer on the first hand of heads-up play to claim the $64,580 first prize. Raymer collected $37,669 as runner-up.
The two-flight tournament drew a 266-entry field, a prize pool of $258,020 created, with 27 players cashing.
Here’s our final table recap and our full tournament coverage at HPTupdates.com
HPT Pittsburgh Final Table is Set
From a starting field of 266, the HPT Pittsburgh $1,100 Main Event is down to its final nine players aiming for the top prize of $64,580.
Greg Raymer and Mike O’Neill are among the final nine, a livestream on delay accompanying the Non-start final table.
Follow the livestream at Twitch.TV/HPTpoker and no-spoilers updates we’re posting at HPTupdates.com.
Snead Leads HPT Pittsburgh Day 2 Field
A day-long heater for Calvin Snead helped him bag the top stack after Day 1B of the HPT Pittsburgh Main Event. He moves on to Day 2 as the overall chipleader with 47 players left from the 266-entry field.
The top 27 make the money Sunday, with play continuing until the nine-handed final table is set.
Here’s the Day 2 Seat Assignments and all our Main Event coverage at HPTupdates.com.
Kridle Leads HPT Pittsburgh After Day 1A
Bill Kridle received a punt late on Day 1A of the HPT Pittsburgh Main Event, taking that stack on to Sunday’s Day 2 as the chipleader from this flight.
25 players advanced from the 116-entry starting field, Kridle’s 326,000 leads former HPT Pittsburgh champ Mike O’Neill (290,000) and the rest of the field.
Here’s all the Day 1A final chipcounts and our full main event tournament coverage at HPTupdates.com
We’re in Pittsburgh for HPT Main Event
We’re in Pittsburgh this weekend to provide tournament coverage of the Heartland Poker Tour $1,100 Main Event at Meadows Casino and Racetrack. There’s a $250,000 Guarantee on the main event.
This is our fifth season providing main event tournament coverage for the HPT at HPTupdates.com. We’re also headed to Daytona Beach in Late October for more HPT coverage.
Follow all our tournament coverage beginning Friday afternoon at HPTupdates.com
McVeigh Wins HPT Black Hawk
Jay McVeigh came back form 7BB – all in, and needing a river Ace to avoid a 9th-place finish – to win the September 2019 Heartland Poker Tour Main Event at Gates Poker Room in Black Hawk, CO.
McVeigh outlasted a 412-entry field to collect his largest career poker tournament prize of $137,876, defeating Tan Hoang heads-up for the title.
This was McVeigh’s 3rd career HPT final table, with a HPT Kansas City 7th in 2016 and a 6th in 2016.
Here’s our final table recap and our entire tournament coverage we posted at PHTupdates.com. This is our fifth season providing HPT with tournament reporting.
Final Table Set for HPT Black Hawk
Tan Hoang leads the final nine players coming back Monday at Noon to play for the $137,876 top prize in the HPT $1,650 Main Event at Gates Poker Room in Black Hawk, CO.
Hoang – at 3,875,000 – is more than 1.5 million clear of No. 2 Jason Meglich. Final Table action is livestreamed tomorrow at Twitch.tv/hptpoker and our no-spoilers reporting is at HPTupdates.com. Here’s final table chipcounts.
| Tan | Hoang | 3,875,000 |
| Jason | Meglich | 2,175,000 |
| Jeff | Banghart | 1,805,000 |
| John | Small | 1,415,000 |
| Glenda | McCall | 775,000 |
| David | Levy | 765,000 |
| Jason | Su | 660,000 |
| Corey | Williams | 450,000 |
| Jay | McVeigh | 445,000 |
Levy Leads Day 1B HPT Black Hawk
David Levy bags 424,000 to lead 33 players advancing to Day 2 out of today’s Day 1C in the HPT Black Hawk $1,650 Main Event.
David Levi bagged 105,000 – yes, that’s a Levy and a Levi is the same field. They also played at the same table for a while, and they are friends.
Here’s all the Day 1C chipcounts as we posted at HPTupdates.com. We are in our fifth season of providing tournament coverage for the HPT.
Su Tops HPT Black Hawk 1B Field
Set-over-set right at the end of the night moved Jason Su to top of the leaderboard as Day 1B closed in the HPT Black Hawk $1650 Main Event.
Su’s 381,000 leads the 22 players advancing to Sunday’s Day 1B, with Saturday’s final starting flight scheduled for a Noon start.
Here’s the final chipcounts for the 22 players from our tournament reporting at HPTupdates.com.
Frei Bags top HTP Day 1A Stack
Aaron Frei leads after Day 1A wraps up in the HPT $1,650 MainE vent at Gates Poker Room in Black Hawk, CO. Frei bagged a 408,000 stack to lead 16 players on to Sunday’s 11am Day 2 Restart.
There’s two more starting flights, Friday and Saturday at Noon.
Here’s the Day 1A recap we posted to HPTupdates.com, we’ve been doing HPT’s tournament reporting for five seasons now.
We’re at HPT Black Hawk This Weekend
Our Hold’em Media Live team is in Colorado this weekend, bringing daily tournament reporting on the $1,650 Heartland Poker Tour Main Event at Gates Poker Room.
The event features three starting flights (Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Sept. 19-21) with Day Sunday and the Livestream Final Table taking place Monday, Sept. 23 starting at Noon.
Black Hawk is one of the most popular stops each season on the HPT tour, with large prize pools and a beautiful area of the country to visit.
This is our fifth season providing HPT tournament reporting via HPTupdates.com.
Reichard Wins Another HPT Title
Josh Reichard was the top stack for much of Sunday’s Day 2 play in the HPT East Chicago Main Event. He started today’s final table as the No. 2 stack, grabbed the lead within 30 minutes and never looked back en route to a $186,812 cash and the victory.
Reichard also earns a $3,500 package to the Season XV HPT Championship where he’ll be looking for back-to-back wins, as he won the Season XIV title last November here at Ameristar East Chicago.
Take a look at our entire HPT East Chicago coverage at HPTupdates.com. We’ve handled the live reporting duties for the HPT since late 2015.
LiveStream from HPT East Chicago Final Table
Welcome to the LiveStram of the final table at the HPT East Chicago Main Event. Follow written updates – with no spoilers – at HPTupdates.com
Watch live video from HPTPoker on www.twitch.tvWelcome
Final Table Set for HPT East Chicago
Mike O’Neill, John Reichard and Brett Apter lead the final nine players as the HPT East Chicago Main Event final table is set for action Monday at Noon.
Here’s a look at the final table participants that we posted via our Live Updates at HPTupdates.com.
FOllow Monday’s LiveStream direct at Twitch.TV/HPTpoker
Sipiol Bags Top Day 1A HPT East Chicago Bag
Daniel Sipiol took over the chiplead from Ruslan Sladkov right as play wrapped up, posting the top chipcount from Day 1A in the HPT $1,650 East Chicago Main Event.
Sipoil bagged 367,000 as TopStack with Sladkov coming in at 291,000. Ed Sebesta (253,000), Brendan Shiller (216,000) and Brian Gabriel (213,000) round out the top three stacks from the 20 players bagging a stack tonight.
Follow our continuous coverage of the HPT East Chicago Main Event at HPTupdates.com
103 Entries for Day 1A HPT East Chicago
The first of three starting flights in the HPT East Chicago $1,650 Main Event drew a 103-entry field.
Among those who played this flight was former HPT main event champs Mike Shin, Chris Moon, Craig Casino, Jake Baumgartner, Alex Ziskin, Aaron Massey and Matt Shepsky.
Follow our continuous coverage pf the HPT East Chicago Main Event – through Monday’s crowing of a champion – at HPTupdates.com
HPT East Chicago Starts Today
Some of the largest prize pools in HPT history have come from stops at Ameristar East Chicago. The tour returns to East Chicago today for a Labor Day Weekend $1,650 Main Event.
The festivities kick off at 2pm with Day 1A, followed by Day 1B at 2pm Friday and the final starting flight – Day 1C – starting at Noon on Saturday. Day 2 begins Sunday at 11am, with the final table on Labor Day, starting Monday at noon.
Follow our continuous coverage of the HPT East Chicago Main Event at HPTupdates.com.
Labor Day Weekend in East Chicago with HPT
Join us Labor Day Weekend as we head to Ameristar East Chicago for the $1,650 Heartland Poker Tour Main Event.
This is our fifth season working as the tournament reporting staff for all HPT Main Event tournaments across the US. Our tournament updates post for each event at HPTupdates.com.
Remaining on our Season XV HPT travel schedule is
- Sept. 19-23, Gates Poker Room, Black Hawk, CO.
- Oct. 4-7, Meadows Casino, Pittsburgh, PA.
- Oct. 24-28, Daytona Beach Racing and Card Club, Daytona Beach FL.
- Nov. 23-26, Season XV Championship, Hollywood St. Louis, MO
- Season XVI kicks off Dec. 13-16 at the M Resort in Las Vegas.
Mike Shin Wins HPT St. Louis, Pupillo to No. 4 All-Time HPT Money List
Mike Shin defeated Nick Pupillo heads-up to claim the Heartland Poker Tour title Monday night at Hollywood Casino St. Louis. Shin earns $160,632 for the win, Pupillo taking home $98,195 for his runner-up finish.
The HPT/MSPT connection stays alive for another season with Shin’s victory. Shin moves to 3rd on the HPT Player of the Year leaderboard with the win, while he also holds the top spot currently on the MSPT Player of the Year leaderboard. Last year, Aaron Johnson won both the HPT and the MSPT Player of the Year titles (something he should have been honored for with a Breakout Performer of the Year or Performance of the Year nod).
Pupillo extends his HPT Player of the Year lead with his St. Louis finish, his third final table of the year – including back-to-back as he was 7th two weeks ago in Black Hawk. He also won in Black Hawk in February. Pupillo moves to No. 4 on the HPT All-Time Money List with this cash, just $412 behind Alex Greenblatt for the No. 3 spot on the list.
Check here for the event recap and the full main event coverage from us, our fifth year as the HPT live reporting team.
Live From HPT St. Louis FInal Table
Follow all the action today from the Heartland Poker Tour Main Event final table at Hollywood St. Louis. Mike Shin leads, with Josh Turner, Nick Pupillo, Robert Mitchell and more playing for more than $160,000 up top.
We are handling the live updates reporting at HPTupdates.com, where you can also follow along with the livestream.
Go direct to the livestream at twitch.tv/hptpoker.
Blythe Tops Day 1C HPT St. Louis
Rick Blythe continually chipped up for the six levels after dinner break, wrapping up tonight as the HPT St. Louis Day 1C main event chipleader.
Blythe – at 531,000 – is followed at the top of the Day 1C chipcount leaderboard in the $698,400 prize pool event by Jason Darland at 438,000 and Blair Hinkle at 395,000.
Check out our full HPT St. Louis Main Event reporting at HPTupdates.com.
Day 1B HPT St. Louis Goes to Bryan Johnson
Bryan Johnson used a big push the final two levels to wrap up play as the chipleader in Day 1B of the $500,000 Guaranteed HPT $1650 St. Louis Main Event.
Johnson – at 454,000 – is followed on the Day 1B Leaderboard by Lisa Morrow-McBride in 2nd with 437,000, Nick Pupillo in 3rd with 375,000 and Josh Turner 1/4th of an ante behind Pupillo at 374,000.
Follow our continuous coverage of the HPT St. Louis Main Event at HPTupdates.com.
Robert Mitchell Leads Day 1A HPT St. Louis FIeld
Robert Mitchell was the first player to amass a big stack today, and by the end of the night he was the one to bag the top mark in Day 1A of the $500,000 Guaranteed HPT St. Louis $1,650 Main Event.
Mitchell made a big late surge to reach 418,000 and hold the No. 1 spot among the seven players advancing to Day 2 on Sunday.
Follow our continuous coverage of the HPT St. Louis Main Event at HPTupdates.com.
We’re Live at HPT St. Louis
We are at Hollywood Casino in St. Louis this weekend, providing live coverage of the $500,000 Guaranteed Heartland Poker Tour $1,650 Main Event.
There’s three starting flights – Thursday, Friday and Saturday, with Day 2 Sunday and a Livestream final table Monday afternoon.
A 444-entry field created a prize pool of nearly $650,000 for the inaugural HPT Main Event at this location last April – when the guarantee was $300,000. Bill Byrnes earned just shy of $150k for the win here earlier in the year, holding off Keith Heine FTW.
Follow along with our coverage at HPTupdates.com, our 5th season of being the updates team for HPT main events nationwide.
O’Neill, Reichard Lead Day 1B HPT East Chicago
Poker players can be a superstitious lot, wearing the same hat, carrying the same card protector, always playing their #FavoriteHand every time, etc. For many in Day 1B of the HPT East Chicago Main Event, the number 13 was very bad, while two found the number their new favorite.
The final four levels of the night became, “Please don’t send me to Table 13,” time for most players, as Josh Reichard and Mike O’Neill (pictured) turned multiple stacks to dust.
Check out our tournament updates for the full list of Day 1B players advancing to Day 2.
We are the tournament reporting team for the HPT, covering all events since late 2015. Find all our coverage at HPTupdates.com.
Chris Moon Wins HPT East Chicago Main
Starting the 9-handed final table with 35 percent of the chips in play, Chris Moon orbited to victory in the Heartland Poker Tour $1,650 Main Event yesterday at Ameristar East Chicago.
Moon defeated Art Zverkhovskyy heads-up to take home the top prize of $187,399 – including a $3,500 package to the HPT Season XV Championships. Zverkhovskyy picked up $113,605 for his runner-up finish in the four-starting-flight 570-entry main event.
Moon eliminated five of his eight final-table opponents en route to his victory. Here’s our full wrap-up and all the main event coverage we provided at HPTupdates.com. We are in our fifth season of being the Live Updates team for all HPT Main Events across the US.
HPT East Chicago Main Event Final Table is Set
The final table is set for Noon tomorrow in the HPT East Chicago Main Event.
Check the link above for the final nine players in seat-position order with verified chipcounts included, beginning with Eric Salazar in Seat 1 with 760,000 chips.
Follow our continuous coverage of the HPT East Chicago Main Event at HPTupdates.com
Shiller Tops Day 2 HPT East Chicago Counts
Four starting flights are complete at the HPT East Chicago $1,650 Main Event and it is Brendan Shiller (518,000) sitting atop the chipcount leaderboard as 96 players return for day 2 from a starting field of 570 entries.
The field plays down today to the 9-handed final table that begins Tuesday at noon, with a LiveStream on Twitch and our Live Updates (with NO SPOILERS) on HPTupdates.com.
Follow all our updates for this and all HPT Main Events at HPTupdates.com.
Day 1D HPT East Chicago Goes to Shiller
Brendan Shiller torched the field in the final 90 minutes tonight to bag the top stack in the fourth and final starting flight in the HPT $1,650 East Chicago Main Event.
Shiller’s 518,000 stack is the largest bag of the 29 players advancing from today’s flight, and goes in to Monday’s Day 2 Restart as the overall top stack of the 96 remaining players.
Blake Whittington put on a late surge to bag a 365,000 stack, with Bret Martin’s 295,000 rounding out the top three. Former HPT East Chicago champs Nick Pupillo (281,000) and Jake Baumgartner (113,000) also found a Day2Bag today.
Follow our continuous coverage of the HPT East Chicago Main Event at HPTupdates.com.
Wolfe Tops Day 1C HPT East Chicago Field
Billy Wolfe pulled in the lion’s share of chips in Day 1C of the HPT $1,650 East Chicago Main Event, bagging a flight-leading 371,000 stack.
Joining in the Top-5 of stacks for the flight is former HPT Meadows Champ Mike O’Neill (315,000), Alan Krockey (280,000), Mike Shanahan (270,000) and former HPT East Chicago Champ Nick Davidson (239,000).
Follow our continuous coverage of the HPT East Chicago Main Event at HPTupdates.com.
Nadya Magnus Bags Top HPT East Chicago Day 1B Stack
Nadya Magnus quietly worked her way through most of Day 1B in the HPT $1,650 Main Event at Ameristar East Chicago – until the last 90 minutes, that is.
Magnus began amassing chips rapidly at that point, moving to the No. 2 spot on the leaderboard as Level 15 began. She added nearly 200,000 more when her Kings held against Jacks to reach more than 500,000, securing the top spot as Day 1B came to a close.
Her closing stack of 497,000 is 8BB more than the No. 2 stack of Mark Morris, who had a wild roller-coaster of a final few levels – hitting the 460k mark a few times, while also losing up to 200k of that stack on numerous occasions.
Follow our continuous coverage of the HPT East Chicago Main Event at HPTupdates.com.
Craig Casino Leads HPT East Chicago After Day 1A
Craig Casino went on a heater when it really counted – the final 30 minutes of the night – to bag the top stack in Day 1A of the four-flight HPT East Chicago $1,650 Main Event.
Casino – who barely avoided elimination late in the night – piled up the chips at the end to put a stack of 464,000 in his Day2Bag. Barry Schmiess (386,000) and Dan Hummer (290,000) round out the top-3 stacks on the night.
Follow our continuous coverage of the HPT East Chicago Main Event at HPTupdates.com.
Cramer Takes Inaugural HPT Columbus Main Event
Spenser Cramer – With $5,822 in career poker tournament earnings – held off a final table that included players with a combined $9.4 million in earnings to win the first-ever Heartland Poker Tour Main Event held at Hollywood Columbus Casino in Ohio.
Cramer defeated Ryan Wince heads-up in the $500,000 Guaranteed $1650 Main Event to earn $195k including a $3500 HPT Championship package. The final table included former WPT champ Kevin Eyster and two WSOP bracelet winners in Adam Friedman and Joey Couden.
The 588-entry field – including a 328-entry final flight – was an excellent showing for a new property hosting a HPT main event. Since the property and the HPT are both now owned by Penn Gaming, I expect to see HPT back at this location many times.
Check out our full Main Event coverage over at HPTupdates.com.
Big Turnout for HPT Columbus
A 588-entry field – including a 328-entry final flight – turned out for the $500,000 Guaranteed Heartland Poker Tour $1,650 Main Event at Hollywood Columbus in Ohio.
This is the first time HPT has gone to Columbus and the field size was impressive. Local players had been saying for weeks the field would be big, and it was.
The prize pool came in at $855,540 and the winner is going to take home just shy of $200,000.
Follow our updates throughout the Main Event at HPTupdates.com
Wagner Captures Wild HPT Pittsburgh Win
From a large lead to start the 9-handed final Table, Dan Wagner twice fell to just 2 BB, working back by doubling up eight different times on his way to winning the Heartland Poker Tour title Monday night at Meadows Casino outside Pittsburgh, PA.
Wagner doubled trough Antony McIe five different times during the heads-up match to determine the tournament winner. Wagner earned $76,115 and a $3,500 HPT Championship package, with McIe taking $48,215 as runner-up.
Check out our full wrap-up and full Main Event coverage at HPTupdates.com
Join Us for HPT Pittsburgh Main Event
We head back to Meadows Casino in Washington, PA – just outside Pittsburgh – for another Heartland Poker Tour $1,100 Main Event.
We were at Meadows two years ago for the Inaugural HPT Pittsburgh Main Event, Austin Wentling took that down at one of the most party-atmosphere-like final tables we’ve ever been at.
Follow along this weekend at HPTupdates.com as our own HoldemMedia_Dan brings the live updates coverage all the way to the final hand of the tournament Monday night.
Wood Wins Inaugural HPT Lawrenceburg Main
Back-to-back HPT Main Event final tables for Greg Wood, and he closes everyone else out this time, earning the victory at the Hollywood Lawrenceburg Casino in Indiana.
Wood – 9th two weeks earlier in St. Louis – defeated George Jansenn heads-up for his career-bet score of $119,101 and a $3,500 package to teh Season XV HPT Season Championship.
The poker room hosted its first-ever HPT Main Event, drawing a large 555-entry, field, creating a prize pool of $532,800.
Here’s the full main event coverage from Ryan Lucchesi.
HPT Lawrenceburg Coverage This Weekend
The Heartland Poker Tour makes its inaugural trip to Hollywood Lawrenceburg Casino this weekend for an $1,100 Main Event, and we’re there with full Main Event coverage from cards in the air until the final hand plays out.
Out fifth year of providing HPT Main Event coverage continues with Ryan Lucchesi at the keyboard this weekend.
Follow all of Ryan’s updates at HPTupdates.com
Byrnes Wins HPT St Louis
Bill Byrnes came out on top of a 444-entry field to earn the win at the Heartland Poker Tour $1,650 Main Event at Hollywood St. Louis Casino.
Byrnes held off Keith Heine heads-up, picking up Aces on the final hand for the win, earning $148,587, with Heine cashing for $91,735.
Here’s our recap from HoldemMedia_Dan on the final table and the tournament, along with all his HPT Main Event coverage from HPTupdates.com
HPT St. Louis Final Table Today
TimBurden built a massive stack late Sunday night, moving to Monday’s final table with almost 30 percent of all the chips in play at the heartland Poker Tour Main Event at Hollywood Casino St. Louis.
Kou Vang, Keith Heine and more join Burden to make a run at the $148,587 up top.
Follow our full coverage at HPTupdates.com.
We’re at HPT St Louis This Weekend
What is lining up to be a good-sized crowd is anticipated for this weekend’s Heartland Poker Tour $1650 Main Event at Hollywood St. Louis Casino.
The turnout for each preliminary event has been outstanding, including a Missouri state record field size for the opening $350 event, with nearly 1,300 entries. The Tag Team, Seniors and all the main event satellites have had big numbers as well.
We are here as the HPTupdates.com team, providing wall-to-wall event coverage right down to the final hand at the final table.
Follow all the action starting Friday at 3pm at HPTupdates.com
Nick Pupillo Wins HPT Black Hawk Main Event
From a Day 1 when he seemed in control the entire time, to chipleader to start the final table, Nick Pupillo earned his second career Heartland Poker Tour Main Event Title tonight, winning $194,487 as the HPT Black Hawk Champion.
The tournament at Gates Poker Room in Colorado drew a 588-entry field, the players creating a prize pool of more than $850,000 as Black Hawk continues to produce some of the largest tournaments each year for the HPT.
Here’s our tournament recap we wrote for HPTupdates.com, along with the full tournament reporting and photography we did for the weekend’s event.
Our next scheduled HPT Main Event where we’re providing tournament reporting is March 14-18 at Hollywood St. Louis.
HPT Black Hawk Final Table is Set
We’re at Gates Poker Room in Black Hawk, CO., providing the tournament reporting for the Heartland Poker Tour‘s $1,650 Main Event. From a starting field of 588 entries, the field is down to the LiveStream table of nine.
Here’s our HPTupdates.com look at the final table with the likes of Nick Pupillo and Shawn Roberts competing for the nearly $195,000 up top.
We’ve added the players by seat, with their chipcounts included, for you to see how the final table lays out. The LiveStream is schedule to begin Monday at Noon on Twitch.