Welcome To Day 1b of HPT Golden Gates Casino
The second of four initial flights at the Heartland Poker Tour Golden Gates Casino is set to begin today in beautiful Black Hawk, Colorado.
Yesterday’s Day 1a flight drew 82 entries with 17 players or an abnormally large figure of around 20 percent of the field advancing to Day 2. After nearly 12 hours inside the Golden Gates Poker Parlour, it was local rounder Greg Geller who bagged the chip lead with a stack of 336,000. Carlos Lopez was the only other player to bag a stack north of 300,000, finishing the day with 316,000.
Day 1b will see cards in the air at noon local time. Players will receive 30,000 starting stacks and play will continue until the completion of Level 15 at around 11:45 p.m. local time tonight. Levels are 40 minutes long with 15-minute breaks after every three levels. There will be a one-hour dinner break after Level 9. Registration will remain open through the dinner break until the beginning of Level 10
Today is second of four starting days with unlimited re-entry available through all remaining flights for those who find themselves eliminated from the tournament. All players who do survive and advance to Day 2 will return on Sunday at 11 a.m. to play into the money and down to the nationally-televised final table.
Stay tuned to PokerNews for updates on all the action throughout the duration of the tournament.