HPT Ameristar East Chicago Final Table is Set; O'Neill and Reichard Looking For Another Title

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HPT Ameristar East Chicago Final Table is Set; O'Neill and Reichard Looking For Another Title

After a flurry of eliminations put a furious finish to Day 2, the final table of the Heartland Poker Tour Ameristar East Chicago $1,650 Main Event is set. Mike O'Neill (lead photo) is pacing the way in front of the competition after bagging almost one-third of the chips in play.

With over $300,000 in cashes, O'Neill certainly isn't lacking experience as eight of his eleven career-cashes come from HPT events. He'll look to add another HPT trophy to his collection after his first-place finish at HPT Meadows last year taking home $93,340.

He's certainly put himself in a fantastic position to break through with a win. O'Neill will enter the final table toting just shy of 5 million, almost 2 million more than second-place positioned Josh Reichard.

Aside from Reichard's 2,820,000 in chips, no other player eclipsed the 2 million mark, but eight of the nine players all hold over 1 million in chips with Michael Koh falling just shy of the million-mark with 970,000.

HPT Ameristar East Chicago Final Table

SeatPlayerCounbtryChip Count
1Eddie BlumenthalUnited States1,105,000
2Michael KohUnited States970,000
3Josh ReichardUnited States2,820,000
4Kevin AlbersUnited States1,455,000
5Mike O'NeillUnited States4,920,000
6Henry ZouUnited States1,270,000
7David McDermottUnited States1,775,000
8Nikola BudzakoskiUnited States1,380,000
9Brett ApterUnited States1,710,000

The last nine players compete on the streamed and televised final table starting Monday, Sept. 2 at noon, with the stream coming in on a slight delay. There's $186,812 plus an HPT Championship Package worth $3,500 on the line, with everyone having $16,605 locked up.

HPT Ameristar East Chicago Final Table Payouts

PlacePrize Money
1$186,812
2$115,406
3$75,637
4$52,555
5$38.192
6$29,640
7$24,908
8$20,757
9$16,605

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