Black Hawk, CO (July24, 2018) – Ben Brown collected $159,131 Monday afternoon afterdefeating a field of 763 entrants in the HeartlandPoker Tour (HPT) Main Event from Golden Gates Casino & Poker Parlour.This was the largest score of the Grand Junction man’s career on the felt.
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“Honestly, I just ran really well,” said Brown after the win. “I’mkind of speechless right now.”
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The defining point of the tournament came early in the day whenthe two biggest stacks at the table collided in a hand. Brown won a 10-millionchip pot off of Evergreen’s Chris Tryba with pocket kings over pocket queens. Thathand awarded Brown nearly half the chips in the pot and he never looked back.
In the end, Rich Dixon was the final player standing betweenBrown and the title. Brown had more than a five to one chip lead and heads upplay only lasted a few hands. This was Dixon’s second appearance at a televisedHPT final table. The Cheyenne, Wyoming man collected $98,509 for his runner-upfinish.
“I’m feeling great,” Dixon said. “It was a lot of fun today.”
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Salesman Eric Klemann played his way to a third-place finishMonday for a $64,538 payday. The Denver man plans to use his newfound winningsas a down payment on a new home.
Perhaps the most recognizable face on the HPT circuit is that ofCraig “The Legend” Casino. The Winfield, Illinois man has more accolades to hisname than any other player in the tour's history. Monday was Casino’s twelfth timeplaying under the bright lights of an HPT final table. He has 31 career casheswith HPT and is also the tour’s all-time money leader.
Casino battled his way through the day before finding himself shortstacked with four players left. He put the last of his chips into the middlewith queen-ten only to be called by Dixon’s pocket jacks. The board ran cleanfor Dixon and Casino was eliminated in fourth place for $44,629.
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Local poker player Aaron Frei needed to finish in the top two toscore the largest cash of his career. Unfortunately for him, it wasn’t meant tobe. Frei went all in with ace-jack and got called by Dixon’s pocket eights. Theflop brought some excitement with two aces, but the third card to fall was aneight, giving Dixon a full house. Frei’s hand would not improve and he was sentto the rail in fifth place with $32,565.
Landscaper Andrew Van Maanen had $0 in career earnings cominginto the day. He was smiling ear to ear the whole weekend, even when Klemannknocked him out of the tournament in sixth place. Van Maanen took home $25,016.
Chris Tryba began the day as the chip leader and was poised tomake a deep run until his pocket queens ran into Brown’s pocket kings in thehand described earlier. Tryba was eliminated shortly thereafter in seventhplace. He’ll take home $20,649 for his efforts.
Monday’s eighth-place finisher was Kevin Nettlesfrom Pottstown, Pennsylvania. Nettles would earn $17,245 for that finish. BrianLeitch was the first player of the day to get knocked out. Leitch, a retireefrom nearby Golden, added $13,840 to his earnings total for the ninth-placefinish.