2019 Heartland Poker Tour East Chicago

Main Event
Day: 3
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Event Info

2019 Heartland Poker Tour East Chicago

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a♥10♠
Prize
$183,899
Event Info
Prize Pool
$820,800
Entries
570
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
80,000
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Dennis Ng Eliminated in 8th Place ($20,433)

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

Four players saw a flop of {6-Clubs}{a-Spades}{8-Spades}, with Dennis Ng raising to 75,000. Ng bet 160,000 with {a-Diamonds}{q-Hearts} and Chris Moon in the small blind check-raised with {8-Hearts}{8-Clubs}. Ng moved all in for 1.5 million and Moon quickly called with his set. The turn was a {5-Diamonds} leaving Ng drawing dead to the meaningless {k-Spades} river.

Player Chips Progress
Chris Moon us
Chris Moon 		7,800,000
1,605,000
 1,605,000
Dennis Ng us
Dennis Ng 		Busted

Tags: Chris MoonDennis Ng

O'Neill Doubles Through Elfelt

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

Craig Casino opened for 80,000 with {k-Hearts}{j-Hearts} in middle position, Paul Elfelt three-bet to 265,000 with {10-Hearts}{10-Diamonds} and Mike O'Neill woke up with {q-Spades}{q-Clubs} and jammed in the small blind for 955,000. Casino folded but Elfelt called and the board ran out {5-Hearts}{7-Spades}{7-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}{a-Clubs}.

Player Chips Progress
Mike O'Neill us
Mike O'Neill 		2,100,000
1,130,000
 1,130,000
Paul Elfelt us
Paul Elfelt 		520,000
-745,000
 -745,000

Tags: Craig CasinoMike O'NeillPaul Elfelt

Bret Martin Eliminated in 9th Place ($16,346)

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

In the cutoff, Bret Martin shoved for 440,000 with {a-Clubs}{5-Clubs}. Dennis Ng woke up with {10-Hearts}{10-Diamonds} and called on the button. The blinds mucked and the dealer ran out a board of {q-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}{8-Spades}{j-Spades}, leaving Martin in need of an ace or queen. The river was a {4-Hearts} though and Martin was first out at the final table.

Player Chips Progress
Dennis Ng us
Dennis Ng 		1,500,000
500,000
 500,000
Bret Martin us
Bret Martin 		Busted

Tags: Bret MartinDennis Ng

Level: 24

Blinds: 15,000/30,000

Ante: 30,000

Welcome to Day 3 of 2019 HPT Ameristar East Chicago Main Event

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Chris Moon
Chris Moon

Nine players remain and one will win $183,899 and a $3,500 Heartland Poker Tour Championship package. It's time for the final day and the final table of HPT Ameristar East Chicago.

From 570 entries, just these nine remain, and a look at the chip counts tells it all when it comes to the landscape of the final table. It's Chris Moon in the driver's seat and Moon by a country mile. Nobody is even all that close to his monstrous stack of 200-plus big blinds.

HPT Ameristar East Chicago Final Table

SeatPlayerStack
1Eric Salazar760,000
2Craig Casino2,750,000
3Bret Martin545,000
4Dennis Ng1,000,000
5Paul Elfelt1,265,000
6Artem Zverkhovskyy2,160,000
7Mike O'Neill970,000
8Chris Moon6,195,000
9Bryant Miller1,470,000

Plenty of accomplished competition does remain, though. Mike O'Neill and Craig Casino, for example, are no strangers to the HPT spotlight, each having at least one HPT title in the bag. And Eric Salazar, while he does have one of the shortest stacks, has been one of the most successful players grinding the WSOP Circuit this season.

The streamed and televised final table is set for a noon kickoff, although the stream won't come online for a little while after that, closer to 12:30 local time. There's still 52 minutes left in Level 24 (15,000/30,000/30,000). Play will continue with one-hour levels until heads-up time, at which point they are cut to half an hour.

Stay tuned to PokerNews to find out who grabs the trophy, or catch the stream at the HPT Twitch channel.

Main Event

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