Heartland Poker Tour Golden Gates

$1,650 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

Heartland Poker Tour Golden Gates

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a3
Prize
$137,876
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,650
Entries
412
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
120,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
102
Players Left
16

Aces Good To Frei Again

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Fred Ertl raised to 8,000 from under the gun and was three-bet to 27,000 by Aaron Frei out of the hijack Steve Wilkie cold-called from the cutoff and all remaining players behind folded, including Ertl.

The flop came {k-Spades}{10-Spades}{8-Hearts} and Frei made a continuation-bet of 27,000. Wilkie called.

Frei checked the turn {k-Hearts} and called a bet of 40,000 from Wilkie. The river then came {4-Spades} and Frei check-called another 40,000 from Wilkie.

WIlkie tabled {a-Hearts}{9-Hearts} for an ace on top of the board's pair of kings, having turned a flush draw and failed to complete. Frei then showed {a-Spades}{a-Diamonds} and took down the pot with aces up, winning what was the largest pot of the night to date and vaulting up to take a sizeable chip lead with just over an hour of play left in the day.

Meanwhile, Robert Goldstein was eliminated on the other table by Tan Hoang after shoving around 18 big blinds from middle position with {a-}{j-}, running into Hoang's {a-}{k-} and not improving to become the 20th place finisher on Day 1a.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Aaron Frei us
Aaron Frei
438,000
259,000
259,000
Profile photo of Fred Ertl us
Fred Ertl
269,000
51,000
51,000
Profile photo of Tan Hoang us
Tan Hoang
260,000
128,500
128,500
Profile photo of Steve Wilkie gb
Steve Wilkie
82,000
-158,000
-158,000
Profile photo of Robert Goldstein us
Robert Goldstein
Busted

Tags: Aaron FreiFred ErtlSteve Wilkie