HPT COLORADO: RONLOV WINS BIGGEST TOURNEY IN HEARTLAND HISTORY

Steen Ronlov made history earlier today - winning the biggest ever Heartland Poker Tour Main Event, securing the victory at HPT Colorado at the Golden Gates Casino in Black Hawk.

It was a amazing by the Heartland Poker Tour and the good people at the Golden Gates - only 20 tables are available in the poker room - and yet, they figured out a way to let 820 players enter the event!

Congratulations to Ronlov, the Heartland Poker Tour and the staff at the Golden Gates Casino in Black Hawk, Colorado on another successful event ... did we mention another 1M+ prizepool in Colorado!

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FT PAYOUTS (USD) Steen Ronlov $270,905 Michael McCloud $151,721 Wesley Myers $98,274 Julian Melancon $80,048 Michael Bonetto $63,792 Franklin Pfeifer $49,260 NEXT TOUR STOP Heartland Minnesota Canterbury Park Card Casino April 19-29, 2012

PTPR PREMIER EVENT Heartland Poker Tour Colorado HPT Colorado NLH Main Event April 18-23, 2012 Golden Gates Casino | Colorado Buy-in: $1,650 | Prizepool: $1,231,500 Entries: 820 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION STEEN RONLOV 108 MICHAEL MCLOUD 68 WESLEY MYERS 43 JULIAN MELANCON 33 MICHAEL BONETTO 26 FRANKLIN PFEIFER 18 GILBERT GEORGE 16 DIMITRIOS ANDRIANAKOS 13 ALEX DEFEKCE 13

HPT COLORADO: 67-YEAR OLD RONLOV LEADS THE FINAL TABLE SIX IN COLORADO

After a monster field of 820 players - that needed four Day 1 flights in order to fit everyone in the 20-table card room! - our final table of six is set and we will find out who will replace Phil Collins as the latest winner on the Heartland Poker Tour!

Colorado native Steen Ronlov is the overnight chip leader, Ronlov is a 67-year old retiree looking to win himself over 270K with a victory.

FINAL TABLE CHIP COUNTS
Steen Ronlov 5,855,000
Julian Melancon 4,200,000
Wes Meyers 3,780,000
Michael McLeod 3,310,000
Mike Benetto 2,175,000
Fran Pfeifer 1,530,000

HPTPOKER.com will have live-stream coverage of the final table starting at 1:30PM Mountain time.

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FT PAYOUTS (USD) 1 - $270,905 2 - $151,721 3- $98,274 4 - $80,048 5- $63,792 6- $49,260 LIVE COVERAGE HPT LIVE STREAM NEXT TOUR STOP Heartland Minnesota Canterbury Park Card Casino April 19-29, 2012

PTPR PREMIER EVENT Heartland Poker Tour Colorado HPT Colorado NLH Main Event April 18-23, 2012 Golden Gates Casino | Colorado Buy-in: $1,650 | Prizepool: $1,231,500 Entries: 820 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION Steen Ronlov 5,855,000 Julian Melancon 4,200,000 Wes Meyers 3,780,000 Michael McLeod 3,310,000 Mike Benetto 2,175,000 Fran Pfeifer 1,530,000