Welcome To Day 2 of HPT Golden Gates
Welcome back to beautiful Black Hawk Colorado for Day 2 of the Heartland Poker Tour Golden Gates $1,650 Main Event. Three starting flights produced 412 entries, with 71 advancing to Day 2 action over the last three days. Now, it’s finally time for the field to combine and play together under one roof.
Of the 71 to return, 45 will earn themselves a payday. That mean the bubble will loom early in the day, with a subsequent first-level payout earning $3,297. Players will then climb the rungs of the payout ladder with their sights set on the top prize of $137,876.
David Levy (424,000) will take the most chips into play on Day 2 after bagging the chip lead on Day 1c Saturday evening. Day 1a chip leader Aaron Frei (408,000) is the only other player to enter play with over 400,000.
Plenty of formidable opponents remain and come into the day with above-average chip stacks. Danny Gonzales (306,000), Nick Pupillo (254,000), Greg Jennings (245,000), Kane Lai (242,000), and Spencer Champlin (227,000) are just a few bunched together with healthy stacks among the Day 2 roster.
Others such as Dapo Ajayi (81,000), Ronnie Lamb (77,000), Ben Keeline (72,000), and Chris Moon (55,000) are also still in contention, though they will have a bit more work cut out for them when cards go into the air.
Day 2 is scheduled for an 11 a.m. start time. Levels will last 60 minutes each with play resuming at the beginning of Level 16 (2,000/5,000/5,000). There will be 15-minute breaks every two hours and a 60-minute dinner break after the sixth hour of play on the day, with play continuing until the final nine are reached.
Who will make it to the final table? Stay tuned to PokerNews and find out.