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Tuesday, May 15, 2018

Alex Ziskin - East Chicago Champion - $201,391


Alex Ziskin used a Big Stack to his advantage throughout the day, cracking the Aces of Mike Kamenjarin on the final heads-up hand to take the HPT East Chicago title and with it a $201,391 cash  - along with a $3,500 package to the November HPT Season Championships at Ameristar East Chicago.

Ziskin was the dominant stack for much of the final table play, up to as much as 11 million early of the 18 million total in play. He eliminated both reigning HPT Belterra champ Aaron Johnson (8th, $22,377) and Niel Mittelman (7th, $26,852) in a single hand to establish that dominant stack. Johnson made his fourth final table in four months with his 8th-place finish.

Stacks leveled out by the time play was 3-handed with Kamenjarin and Ben Castle, with each of the three players having 50 or more BB. Three-handed play lasted more than three hours as Castle twice doubled through Ziskin in this timeframe, and Ziskin once through Castle.

Ziskin eliminated Castle (3rd, $81,540) a few hands after doubling-up through Castle, setting up the heads-up match where he held a 70/30 advantage to begin play.

Kamenjarin was unable to cut substantially in to that stack the first 75 minutes of HU play, but caught two doubles-up to take the chiplead for a few hands. Ziskin came back, grabbed the lead then cracked the Aces of Kamenjarin with Queen_Six, flopping two pair and rivering a full house for the win.

Castle and Johnson started Day 2 play well back of the chipleaders, starting out 93rd and 95th of the 109 players making Day 2. Kamenjarin and 5th place Mike Shin were the only two players who started Day 2 in the top-10 in chips to make the final table.

Michael Schlegel finished 4th while Tony Aldridge - in his first-ever tournament of any type - took 6th. Other notables who cashed in the 624-entry Main Event was Michael Wang (23rd), Robert Geith (25th), Jason Dewitt (27th), Michael Esquivel (40th), Reginald 'Shawn' Roberts (44th), Jason Ramos (48th), Al Hencheck (56th), Ben Ponzio (58th) Garrett Riley (60th) and Aaron Massey (62nd).

Among those who came to play the main event but did not cash was Keven Stammen, Ralph Massey, Craig Casino, Roger Campbell, Greg Raymer, Darrell Haywood, Joe Kuether, Gary Herstein, Kevin Saul, Matt Shepsky, Sameer Al-Dbhany and Nick Davidson.

Here are all the payouts from the May 2018 HPT East Chicago Main Event.


5/10-15/18HPT Main Event
$1,650Buy-in
624Entries
$898,560Prize Pool
63Places Paid
*= 1st placeAlso gets $3500Champs Package
PlaceNameCityPayout
1AlexZiskinVernon Hills, IL$201,391*
2MichaelKamenjarinChicago, IL$124,413
3BenCastleWest. Spgs., IL$81,540
4MichaelSchlegelBatavia, IL$56,657
5Myung 'Mike'ShinMt. Pleasant, IL$41,173
6James 'Tony'AldridgePrinceton, IN$31,954
7NielMittelmanChicago, IL$26,852
8AaronJohnsonRed Wing, MN$22,377
9BrendanShillerChicago, IL$17,901
10DonaldDukate$13,784
11AhmadZughayarChicago, IL$13,784
12JoeKuetherLas Vegas, NV$13,784
13ChristopherMoonSterling Hts, MI$10,293
14DavidMcGowanChicago, IL$10,293
15ChristopherWeberChicago, IL$10,293
16GaryLiebovitzNorthbrook, IL$7,877
17CaseyBlakeleyAthens, IL$7,877
18SamiShurbajiDyer, IN$7,877
19MatthewRadcliffeWesterville, PA$5,907
20JohnSimonNaperville, IL$5,907
21KenKomberecMenomonee Falls, MI$5,907
22PerryErnestLisle, IN$5,907
23MichaelWangLivingston, NJ$5,907
24DavidWeissChicago, IL$5,907
25RobertGeithIndianapolis, IN$5,907
26CarterMyersBreckenridge, MI$5,907
27JasonDewittSan Diego, CA$5,907
28ChristopherUnderwoodMooresville, IN$4,923
29JoeHackMokena, IL$4,923
30StevenClarkWarren, MI$4,923
31AlanAqelOrland Park, IL$4,923
32FaridJattinMiami, FL$4,923
33ShivaDudaniChicago, IL$4,923
34GregoryWilsonStreamwood, IL$4,923
35PaulBianchiChicago, IL$4,923
36ToddIvensHinsdale, IL$4,923
37ArthurHarbChicago, IL$4,117
38RyanScullyAurora, IL$4,117
39DrakeBronkRoscoe, IL$4,117
40MichaelEsquivelClarendon Hts, IL$4,117
41DavidYinglingCape Girardeau, MO$4,117
42ScottBohlmanLemont, IL$4,117
43Reginald 'Shawn'RobertsOzark, MO$4,117
44DavidMcDermottFlossmoor, IL$4,117
45MarkVan KeirsbilckEdmond, OK$4,117
46AndrewMacenisDarien, IL$3,491
47StevenPedlowOrland Park, IL$3,491
48JasonRamosCarol Stream, IL$3,491
49RajDhanekulaDallas, TX$3,491
50BenGriseIndianapolis, IN$3,491
51TracyGarrettDeMotte, IN$3,491
52AlanKrockeyChicago, IL$3,491
53RIchardRosasChicago, IL$3,491
54PerryStoneBloomfield, IN$3,491
55SandeepSikandIndianapolis, IN$3,222
56AlexanderHencheckLoveland, OH$3,222
57LarryBielfussWest Allis, WI$3,222
58BenPonzioChicago, IL$3,222
59RobertKochIndianapolis, IN$3,222
60GarrettRileyQuincy, IL$3,222
61JamesMaahsChicago, IL$3,222
62AaronMasseyChicago, IL$3,222
63PeterCowlesSeattle, WA$3,222

-- Dan Ross, Hold'em Live Updates

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