The $2,000 no-limit hold’em Heartland Poker Tour main event will begin on Friday, Nov. 21 at 6 p.m., and it is the featured event of the HPT Championship Open hosted by the Majestic Star Casino in Gary, Indiana. This is the last stop on the 2008 HPT schedule, the fourth for the tour and its television show. This is the 16th stop on the tour for this season. The fourth season on the HPT saw record tournament fields and prize pools as this unique tour made poker champions out of amateur players that had won their way into tour main events through numerous levels of satellites tournaments. Those satellites were still running at press time, and they will continue to do so until the main event begins tomorrow night at 6 p.m. CST.
Here is a look at the schedule for the championship event.
Friday, Nov. 21, 6 p.m.: Day 1 — Flight A
Saturday, Nov. 22, 9 a.m.: Day 1 — Flight B
Saturday, Nov. 22, 5 p.m.: Day 1 — Flight C
Sunday, Nov. 23, 11 a.m.: Day 2
Monday, Nov. 24, 11 a.m.: Final table
NOTE: The HPT main event is a Card Player Player of the Year tournament.
2007 HPT Championship Open Main Event
Number of Entries: 344
Buy-in: $2,500
Total Prize Pool: $835,200
First-Place Prize: $233,016
Places Paid: 34
Final-Table Results:
1: Leon Morford — $233,016
2: Christopher Brand — $116,508
3: Jason Glass — $74,898
4: Richard McMahan — $56,714
5: Thomas Stambaugh — $45,771
6: Nicholas Woolworth — $39,530
Season Four Champions:
NOTE: Unless mentioned otherwise, the no-limit hold’em main event at each stop has a $1,500 buy-in.
Columbus, Minnesota: Corey Fromm — $97,000
Tama, Iowa: Jason Joerling — $82,227
Detroit, Michigan: Pat Meeks — $162,792
Verona, New York ($5,000 main event): Chris Dombrowski — $90,773
Blackhawk, Colorado: Andreas Ramadanis — $174,780
Onamia, Minnesota: Mary Jo Belcore-Zogman — $85,724
Mount Pleasant, Michigan: David Peters — $130,178
Gary, Indiana ($2,500 main event): Shane Sigsbee — $206,273
Verona, New York: Daniel Smith — $101,960
Detroit, Michigan: Bob Buxman — $214,230
Gary, Indiana ($2,200 main event): James Multcher — $180,030
Harris, Michigan: Ken Brodhagen — $32,012
Blackhawk, Colorado: Mike Thulson — $180,810
Tama, Iowa: Jesse Green — $80,664
Onamia, Minnesota: Dustin Hamers — $74,642
Check back late on Monday for a report from the final table.
