PHOTO/SOURCE: HPTPOKER.com
After a successful Pro-Am event at the Epic Poker League series at the Palms last week, the Heartland Poker Tour is in Verona (outside Syracuse), New York for it's latest tour stop.
A total of 443 runners all put up $1,650 on Saturday in order to try and grab a piece of the Heartland.
We had some big names in poker attend the event including: Kevmath, Lacey Jones, Dennis Phillips, Bernard Lee, Darvin Moon, Todd Terry, Bryan Piccioli and Ari Engel.
The plan is to play down to the final table tonight but, after seeing a Dennis Phillips tweet, there still seems to be 74 players remaining - they have yet to even hit the money! - could end up being a very long night at the Turning Stone!
Here is Phillips' (@Dennis_Phillips) tweet:
Lost huge pot end of level 16...down to 130k now! 74 players remain, paying 60
PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT
Heartland Poker Tour Turning Stone
HPT Turning Stone NLH Main Event
August 12-14, 2011
Turning Stone Resort Casino | New York State
Buy-in: $1,650 | Prizepool (estimated) : $730,950 | Entries: 443
PTS AT STAKE:
HPT Turning Stone Winner 35
Runner-Up 18
3rd place 10
4th place 8
5th place 5
thanks to the winner for leaving a whopping $500 dealer tip on his $158k win, and the 2nd place guy for his generous $79 tip on his $88k payout! Cheap cheap cheap! Talk about stingy!
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