Heartland Poker Tour Indiana
- Heartland Poker Tour. Heartland Poker Tour is an internationally syndicated television program airing 52 weeks each year and a U.S.-based.
- More than $16 million and counting. That’s the prize money that has been awarded to poker enthusiasts from the Region and all around the Midwest during Heartland Poker Tour tournaments.
- 2013 Heartland Poker Tour - Indiana - Main Event - Poker tournament results, including winners and their payouts and winnings.
More than $16 million and counting. That’s the prize money that has been awarded to poker enthusiasts from the Region and all around the Midwest during Heartland Poker Tour tournaments.
| The Heartland Poker Tour | |
|---|---|
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of seasons | 9 |
| No. of episodes | 230 |
| Production | |
| Production location | North Dakota |
| Running time | 43 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original release | June 26, 2005 – present |
Heartland Poker Tour (HPT) is an internationally syndicatedtelevision program airing 52 weeks each year and a U.S.-based poker tour. Created by friends Greg Lang and Todd Anderson in 2005, HPT promotes the tagline 'Real People, Unreal Money.' Originally developed to be a regional TV show airing in the Midwest, syndication expanded as the appetite for televised poker grew.[1] HPT now airs weekly on hundreds of stations across the United States, Europe, the Caribbean, and the Middle East. DirecTV and DISH Network carry the program on multiple stations in the U.S.
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By the end of their sixth season in 2010, HPT produced over 150 hour-long episodes. Two one-hour episodes are filmed at each stop on the U.S. tour in casinos located in states such as Colorado, Nevada, Minnesota, Iowa, Oklahoma, Indiana, and Michigan. Commentators Fred Bevill and Chris Hanson analyzed play of the final six contestants in the Main Event for the episodes during Seasons 1 through 8. Starting in Season 9, Maria Ho replaced Chris Hanson and the final table format was increased to nine players, up from six. To enter the main event, poker enthusiasts either buy directly in or win their way through the qualifying system for a fraction of the investment of the widely celebrated World Series of Poker, which commands buy ins up to $50,000. HPT's main event is typically a $1650 buy in, although it can vary by venue.[2] Prize money is awarded to the top 10% of the field or 30 places, whichever is greater. HPT tournaments follow rules established by the Tournament Directors Association for Texas hold 'em poker.
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In January 2009, HPT announced a relationship with the nonprofit group Disabled American Veterans (DAV) to raise funds and awareness for the cause. One percent of every prize pool goes to support DAV programs, where applicable under state gaming laws.[1] HPT also coordinates celebrity charity poker tournaments to raise additional funds. DAV Public Service Announcements (PSAs) air in HPT episodes weekly.
In January 2010, HPT made headlines in the poker community when the company chartered four private jets to fly two hundred poker enthusiasts to Las Vegas, Nevada for the Season VI launch of the tour. The event attracted celebrities like actor Lou Diamond Phillips and poker pro Dennis Phillips and sold out Red Rock Casino Resort Spa.[2]
In March 2010, HPT signed 2009 WSOP runner up Darvin Moon to represent the brand as Tour Ambassador.[3] Moon became a fan favorite among HPT's tour regulars when he declined an invitation for the November Nine taping in 2010 to play an HPT stop in Iowa. A last minute replacement for an ill Scotty Nguyen, Moon bonded with HPT’s crew and players.[4]
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- ^ ab'All is Fair in Love and Poker: Heartland Poker Tour Feature High Plains Reader'. Hpr1.com. Archived from the original on 2012-03-16. Retrieved 2012-05-22.
- ^ ab'Poker for the Average Joe - Business - ReviewJournal.com'. Lvrj.com. 2010-01-14. Retrieved 2012-05-22.
- ^'Darvin Moon Signs with Heartland Poker Tour'. Pokernewsdaily.com. 2011-03-13. Retrieved 2012-05-22.
- ^Robinson, Scarlet. 'Darvin Moon Declines WSOP Invite to November Nine'. Pokerati.com. Pokerati.com. Retrieved May 3, 2011.
- http://www.lvrj.com/business/poker-for-the-average-joe-814533 82.html
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It's still a few days from the full moon, but a different sort of Moon shined brightly at Heartland Poker Tour Ameristar East Chicago $1,650 Main Event.
Chris Moon topped a field of 570 to take down a career-best $183,899 and a $3,500 HPT Championship package. It's the first live tournament win for Moon, who said it's been over a decade in the making.
'I've been trying to win a live tournament since I was like 18 years old,' said the Michigan man. 'So, this is a dream come true, truly.'
Moon utterly dominated the final 10 levels or so of play, as he rolled into the final day with a massive chip lead and a stack of more than 200 big blinds. If victory seemed predetermined to many observers who took a glance at the standings, which showed Moon holding more than double the chips of nearest competitor Craig Casino, it didn't feel that way to Moon.
Back in 2015, Moon made the final table of HPT Mount Pleasant in his home state of Michigan. There, he narrowly missed out on a title as he lost heads-up, taking a $101,823 consolation prize. He also had another final table in this same event in 2017, winding up with an eighth-place finish.
'I've been here before and came up short,' Moon acknowledged. 'I was just trying to play my hands and my ranges as good as I could.'
Fortunately for Moon, there were plenty of big hands to play and he frequently found himself near the top of said ranges.
After staying relatively quiet during the first couple of levels, which saw a flurry of fast eliminations, Moon got busier when the table was shorter-handed. He busted short stacks Bryant Miller — aces over king-queen suited — and Craig Casino — ace-queen over king-queen — in the space of a few minutes to whittle it down to three.
Casino, while settling for a fourth-place finish, added to his HPT-leading cash total of over $800,000.
Moon had about two-thirds of the chips but three-handed play would see his momentum slowed a bit. Eric Salazar and Artem Zverkhovskyy hung in for over an hour before the latter busted the former, putting Moon heads up for the title in commanding position.
However, Zverkhovskyy did get a little momentum when he coolered Moon for an early double with a straight over aces up. Moon quickly regained control though and sealed things with dominating ace-ten against ace-five all in preflop, after which he celebrated with some feeling, flexing and stalking away from the table.
He then turned to embrace Zverkhovskyy, a Chicago-area regular who can be found playing in most of the tours that run through the area.
Both players said they plan to put the money they won to use over the summer with a heavy poker schedule.
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'Can't wait to see what the future holds,' a grinning Moon said.