Level 8 is officially underway and the tournament clock reads 92 total entries. The 100-entry mark is threatening as there is still another 75 minutes of play left in addition to the one-hour dinner break, meaning there is still over two hours left for players to join.
Heartland Poker Tour Golden Gates
Level: 8
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
There was around 20,000 in the pot from preflop action and stacks had already gotten in on a flop of . Aaron Frei was in the small blind and at risk for his tournament life after receiving action from Robert Meglich, who was under the gun.
Aaron Frei:
Robert Meglich:
Meglich had found himself having flopped top two pair, only to be up against Frei's top set. Nonetheless, he still had life after the turn gave him nine outs to the nut flush. However, the river was clean for Frei and secured him the double.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Aaron Frei |
74,000
38,900
|
38,900 |
Robert Meglich |
56,600
-29,400
|
-29,400 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Charles Eberhardt
|
96,100
41,400
|
41,400 |
Robert Meglich |
86,000
43,000
|
43,000 |
Ben Jensen |
59,900
28,800
|
28,800 |
|
||
Mike Itoafa |
44,500
18,200
|
18,200 |
Khoa Nguyen |
40,600
-28,100
|
-28,100 |
Pat Pineda |
40,500
7,300
|
7,300 |
Rich Monroe
|
40,500
40,500
|
40,500 |
Aaron Frei |
35,100
4,100
|
4,100 |
Dave Hampel
|
34,600
-5,400
|
-5,400 |
Noomis Jones |
34,200
4,200
|
4,200 |
Austin Peck |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Ben Keeline |
12,900
-7,700
|
-7,700 |
A player limped in from under the gun and action folded around to Danny Gonzales, who was on the button and raised to 6,000. Andreas Ramadanis three-bet to 18,000 from the small blind and the big blind called all in for less, totaling around 13,000. The original limper folded and Gonzales went into the tank, eventually announcing he was all in. Action was then back on Ramadanis, who took a while before reluctantly letting his hand go.
Danny Gonzales:
All-In Player:
"I was worried you had aces or kings," said the all-in player. The under-the-gun player then said he folded an ace. Ramadanis chimed in, saying he folded ace-king. If both players were telling the truth, Gonzales was in need of fading the case ace as well as flush and Broadway outs to score the knockout. He would do just that as the board came , sending his opponent to the rail and vaulting him to nearly three starting stacks along the way.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Danny Gonzales |
88,500
37,000
|
37,000 |
Andreas Ramadanis |
64,500
12,900
|
12,900 |
The HPT Golden Gates September, 2018 champion Wendy Freedman has been seen in her seat after the resumption of the tournament from the second break of the day. Freedman topped last year's field of 496 entries for a first-place prize of $167,696.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Wendy Freedman | 30,000 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Fred Ertl |
146,700
16,200
|
16,200 |
John Beauprez |
127,500
101,800
|
101,800 |
|
||
Spencer Champlin |
68,000
4,800
|
4,800 |
Tan Hoang |
58,500
14,300
|
14,300 |
Nelson Resendiz |
55,000
25,700
|
25,700 |
Andrew Peragallo |
53,800
10,400
|
10,400 |
Ryan Dodson |
51,200
24,200
|
24,200 |
Nate Zoller |
50,100
10,900
|
10,900 |
Chris Moon |
40,400
-14,700
|
-14,700 |
Zach Gutierrez |
40,400
25,400
|
25,400 |
David Lewis |
14,200
-7,600
|
-7,600 |
Austin Peck | Busted | |
Raymond Ressin
|
Busted | |
Doug Swinger | Busted |
Level: 7
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
Players are on their second 15-minute break of the day.