Heartland Poker Tour Golden Gates

$1,650 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

Heartland Poker Tour Golden Gates

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a3
Prize
$137,876
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,650
Entries
412
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
120,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
102
Players Left
16

Moon and Ertl Chop One; Stybaniewicz KO'd

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Chris Moon raised to 2,800 from under the gun and was called by a player in middle position. Action then folded around to Fred Ertl, who called out of the small blind. Zach Gutierrez defended his big blind and the four saw a flop of {10-Hearts}{a-Clubs}{q-Spades}.

Ertl was first to act and led out, betting 3,500. Gutierrez folded and Moon raised to 12,300. Action folded back to Ertl, who appeared to ask if Moon was all in. The dealer appeared to confirm that Moon was not; nonetheless, Ertl called and seemed surprised when Moon moved his hands to display that he still had chips remaining.

The turn came {q-Clubs} and Ertl led out again for another 6,500. Moon postured for a bit and called. The river came {9-Clubs} and Ertl fired again, betting 15,000. Moon thought for around a minute and went all in for a total of 16,500. Ertl called the remaining 1,500.

Chris Moon: {a-Hearts}{10-Clubs}
Fred Ertl: {a-Spades}{5-Spades}

Moon's flopped top two pair was counterfeited by the pair of queens that came on board, giving both players aces up with a ten kicker to chop.

Ertl told Moon afterward that he probably would have folded to the raise initially had he realized Moon was not all in. Nonetheless, the two found a chop and got ready to do battle.

While the hand was occurring, Krzysztof Stybaniewicz was seen leaving the tournament area. His hand was in the process of being mucked, though Tan Hoang's winning hand of {a-}{q-} was visible on a board of {6-}{4-}{a-}{6-}{7-} before the dealer gathered all the cards to begin to shuffle for the next hand.

Player Chips Progress
Fred Ertl us
Fred Ertl
222,000
3,000
3,000
Zach Gutierrez us
Zach Gutierrez
115,000
4,600
4,600
Tan Hoang us
Tan Hoang
114,000
25,000
25,000
Chris Moon us
Chris Moon
41,500
11,500
11,500

Tags: Chris MoonFred ErtlKrzysztof StybaniewiczZach Gutierrez