His fourth top-10 finish in a Heartland Poker Tour Main Event wrapped up for Darryl Ronconi with a victory at Ameristar East Chicago for his career-best $175,482 cash.
Ronconi captured the January 2018 title by defeating Ryan Kulovitz heads-up FTW. The $108,401 cash for Kulovitz was not only his first HPT payout, it was his first-ever poker tournament cash.
The 544-entry tournament created a $783,360 prize pool.
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