$1,650 Main Event | Heartland Poker Tour Golden Gates

09-23-2019 12:02 UTC-7

Williams Doubles Through McVeigh

HillKerby

Level 24 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Jay McVeigh and Corey Williams got stacks all in preflop with McVeigh in the cutoff and Williams in the big blind. Williams was the one at risk for his tournament life as the two found themselves in a coin flip situation.

Corey Williams:
Jay McVeigh:

Williams hit the flop as it came . The turn gave him two pair and the river filled him up to a full house, earning the double and leaving McVeigh short shortly after getting a double of his own.

Player	Chips	Progress
Corey Williams	825,000 405,000	405,000
Jay McVeigh	280,000 -420,000	-420,000

Tags: Corey Williams Jay McVeigh

09-23-2019 11:59 UTC-7

McVeigh Goes Greenstein To Avoid Being First Elimination

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HillKerby

Level 24 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

John Small opened to 65,000 from middle position and was called by Glenda McCall, who was on his left. Action then folded around to Jay McVeigh, who three-bet all in from the big blind for 295,000. He received action from Small, while McCall got out of the way and let the two turn up their cards for the runout.

Jay McVeigh:
John Small:

The two were off to the races with McVeigh needing to improve to stay alive. The flop came , leaving him still in need of help. The turn was of no avail, giving him one last chance to stay alive. The prettiest card in the deck came as the river fell , scoring the double for McVeigh to earn a double early on Day 3 and avoid becoming the ninth-place finisher for the time being.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Small	1,400,000 -300,000	-300,000
Glenda McCall	970,000 -65,000	-65,000
Jay McVeigh	700,000 255,000	255,000

Tags: Glenda McCall John Small

09-23-2019 11:56 UTC-7

Small Fires Twice

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HillKerby

Level 24 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

John Small opened to 65,000 from middle position and was called by Glenda McCall, who was on the button. Tan Hoang also came along, defending his big blind to see a flop of . Hoang checked to Small, who made a continuation-bet of 65,000. McCall folded and Hoang called.

Action went heads up to the turn and Hoang checked again. Small fired a second barrel for 130,000 and Hoang sent his cards to the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tan Hoang	3,440,000 -160,000	-160,000
John Small	1,700,000 285,000	285,000
Glenda McCall	1,035,000 -65,000	-65,000

Tags: Glenda McCall John Small Tan Hoang

09-23-2019 11:50 UTC-7

McCall Gets Value With Trips

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HillKerby

Level 24 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Tan Hoang opened to 75,000 from under the gun and saw action fold around to Glenda McCall, who called from the small blind. David Levy defended his big blind and action went three ways to the flop . McCall led out, betting 50,000. Levy folded to put action on Hoang, who called.

The turn came and McCall bet 100,000. Hoang made the call and the river fell . McCall fired a third time for another 50,000. Hoang quickly called.

McCall showed for trip jacks and Hoang mucked.

"I'm glad you didn't shove all in!" said Hoang as McCall stacked her chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tan Hoang	3,600,000 -275,000	-275,000
Glenda McCall	1,100,000 325,000	325,000
David Levy	810,000 -150,000	-150,000

Tags: David Levy Glenda McCall Tan Hoang

09-23-2019 11:44 UTC-7

Williams Gets Some Back for "All of New Mexico"

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HillKerby

Level 24 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Action folded around to Corey Williams, who went all in from the button for his last 345,000. Both players in the blinds folded and he took down the pot.

"Corey, anybody in the crowd watching you today?" asked Tournament Director Jeremy Smith as he collected his chips.

"All of New Mexico!" responded Williams. Day 3 is officially off and rolling.

Player	Chips	Progress
Corey Williams	420,000 60,000	60,000

Tags: Corey Williams Jeremy Smith

09-23-2019 11:40 UTC-7

Small Pots To Start the Day

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HillKerby

Level 24 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

There have been a few small pots to start the day. In one recent edition, David Levy opened to 60,000 from middle position and was called by Corey Williams, who defended his big blind.

The flop came [kch2c] and Williams checked to Levy, who made a continuation-bet of 105,000. Williams folded and Levy took down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Levy	960,000 195,000	195,000
Corey Williams	360,000 -90,000	-90,000

Tags: Corey Williams David Levy

09-23-2019 11:33 UTC-7

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09-23-2019 11:32 UTC-7

Play Underway

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HillKerby

Level 24 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Play is underway on Day 3 here at the Golden Gates Poker Parlour. Follow along here as well as the live stream on HPT's Twitch channel.

Level: 24

Blinds: 15,000/30,000

Ante: 30,000

09-23-2019 09:26 UTC-7

Welcome To Day 3 of HPT Golden Gates

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It took three starting flights and two full days of poker to make it this far. Over that time, 412 entries came to Black Hawk, Colorado with the hopes of becoming the next HPT champion. Nine players now remain, and are set return to the felt with their eyes on $137,876.

Welcome back to PokerNews coverage of Day 3 of the Heartland Poker Tour Golden Gates $1,650 Main Event. The final table has been set and the show is about to begin. Headlining the chip counts after a late Day 2 surge is Tan Hoang, who enters the day with 3.875 million as the only player with over 100 big blinds worth of chips to start the day.

Hoang is well ahead of his next-closest competitor. Roberg Meglich (2.175 million) comes into the day second in chips. Meglich is followed in the counts by Jeff Banghart (1.805 million). Banghart is perhaps the most accomplished player in the field, with over $1 million in live earnings, and it is likely he hopes to use that experience to his advantage under the bright lights when cards go in the air.

Two of the three Day 1 chip leaders are also still alive. Day 1c (and overall Day 1) chip leader David Levy (765,000) and Day 1b chip leader Jason Su (660,000) both enter the day amid a group of five players that all have under 26 big-blind stacks.

The final table is set to begin at noon local time upstairs in the Poker Overflow Room, and stack sizes are primed for action after what ended up being two hours of ten-handed play to end Day 2. Blinds are set to resume with 33:12 on the clock in Level 24 (15,000/30,000/30,000). Levels will last one hour in length until heads-up play begins, at which point they will be reduced to 30 minutes each until the eventual champion claims the HPT trophy and first-place prize of $137,876.

PokerNews will be providing accompanying final-table coverage with the live stream for the final table, which will be on a 30-minute delay. The live stream can be found at the Heartland Poker Tour’s Twitch channel.

HPT Golden Gates Final Table

Seat	Player	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	John Small	1,415,000	47
2	Glenda McCall	775,000	26
3	David Levy	765,000	26
4	Tan Hoang	3,875,000	129
5	Jay McVeigh	445,000	15
6	Robert Meglich	2,175,000	73
7	Jeff Banghart	1,805,000	60
8	Corey Williams	450,000	15
9	Jason Su	660,000	22

Tags: David Levy Jason Su Jeff Banghart Tan Hoang