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Raymer also busted on Day One while Cada coasted to fourth place for $43,710.Ĭada fought hard all day, riding a roller coaster with big dips from the top of the counts to the bottom.

Cada’s 2009 WSOP runner-up, Darvin Moon, made his return to Soaring Eagle but didn’t see Day Two.

Two world champions were in the field: HPT Player of the Year Greg “FossilMan” Raymer and Michigan native Joe Cada. In the end, Donald Stocz and Jerrick Gumila went out in 29 th and 28 th place respectively, each collecting $4,040. Late in day two, past champ Eric Stocz cheered on his dad next to Jerry Gumila who cheered on his son. Stan Jablonski, Bruce Swart, and Elliot Hedben all came close to getting back in front of HPT’s cameras but walked away with a few thousand dollars instead. Familiar faces filled the spacious event center including “Cowboy” Mike Harris, Dash Dudley, and Craig Casino, none of whom cashed despite deep runs. The Main Event field was 20% bigger than the same event two years ago. The structure is one of many upgrades to HPT since their last visit to Soaring Eagle in 2011 and the players approved. “HPT has been great,” he said, “They probably have one of the best structures out there for poker tours.”

The weekend of play earned him $96,031 and earned HPT a new fan. Medina, a 23-year-old professional player from Jackson, Michigan, had a good payday too. When Tom Medina moved all-in pre-flop with jack-nine against Steele’s ace-seven, Steele learned a whole new meaning of “fun.” His cards held up making him HPT’s latest champion and $155k richer. The heads-up match started with essentially dead even chip stacks but it was all Steele from there. The good times continued as he found himself playing heads up for $155,636. He had already gotten through all but eight players in the field of 462 at Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort. Mount Pleasant, MI - Just before play began Monday at Heartland Poker Tour’s nationally-televised Final Table, 37-year-old Pat Steele said he was “going to have a lot of fun here.” That he did.

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