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Monday, September 24, 2018

WENDY FREEDMAN - HPT BLACK HAWK CHAMPION


Wendy Freedman becomes the first woman to win a @HPTPoker title in more than five years, going wire-to-wire at the final table to earn the @Gates_Poker championship and the $167,696 first-place prize.

Freedman held the lead for all but 11 hands at the final table, keeping constant pressure on all challengers throughout play. She eliminated five of her eight challengers at the final table en route to her victory, going set-over-set to knock off Mark Morris heads-up and secure the title.

With this cash, Freedman surpasses $1 million in career earnings. She also joins Teresa Hemingway as the two women to win the HPT Black Hawk title. Hemingway - the most-recent woman to win a HPT - did so in March 2013.

Morris came to Black Hawk with Jake Baumgartner, who two weeks ago won the HPT Main Event in East Chicago. Baumgartner mincashed and is 3rd in the season-long HPT Player of the Year race. With his runner-up, Morris moves in to the Top-20, with Daytona Beach and the Season Championship at East Chicago still on the HPT season 14 schedule.

Paul Richardson picked up his second final-table finish in 8 days, finishing 3rd for $67,504 just 8 days after a WSOPC Thunder Valley 4th place $50k cash. Corey Zedo improved on his HPT-career-best 5th place (Daytona Beach) finish by taking 4th here for $47,247, while September 2017 HPT Black Hawk champ Alex Greenblatt made a run at being a two-time HPT champ, ending in 5th place.

Both Reginald 'Shawn' Roberts (7th) and Matt Bond (28th) moved in to the Top-15 in the POY race with their cashes at Black Hawk. Others who made the money included Greg Geller (12th) Ben Keeline (21st) Cord Garcia (27th) Maxwell Young (36th) Chris Tryba (41st) Danny Gonzales (42nd) and Matt Livingston (43rd).

Here's the final results.


9/19-24/18HPT
$1,650Main Event
496Entries
$729,120Prize Pool
54Places Paid
PLACENAMECITYPAYOUT
1WendyFreedmanLas Vegas, NV$167,696
2MarkMorrisSpring Lake, MI$102,514
3PaulRichardsonSan Ramon, CA$67,954
4AlexGreenblattSanta Clara, CA$47,247
5CoreyZedoDenver, CO$35,362
6ChrisBarrettComm. City, CO$27,342
7ReginaldRobertsNixa, MO$22,238
8RichardAlsupMinneapolis, MN$18,228
9CarlOmanVancouver, WA$14,582
10JacobBurnettHouston, TX$11,812
11JeffBaxterOakland, OR$11,812
12GregGeller$11,812
13MihaiItoafaLittleton, CO$8,822
14CarlosAguirreDenver, CO$8,822
15MichaelWilliamsonSeattle, WA$8,822
16TonyPiazza$6,781
17JacksonWhiteHouston, TX$6,781
18DerrickMontanon/a$6,781
19CalebShumardPueblo, CO$5,177
20JohnMenapaceRock Springs, WY$5,177
21BenjaminKeelineLongmont, CO$5,177
22MarkTekavecAurora, CO$5,177
23JarredSimmerHigh. Ranch, CO$5,177
24LukasVolmanGrand Junct., CO$5,177
25NilsBardsleyDenver, CO$5,177
26DannyPhamDenver, CO$5,177
27LanceGarciaKaty, TX$5,177
28JustinBondDallas, TX$4,229
29Bobby SanoubaneAurora, CO$4,229
30AndrewHongDenver, CO$4,229
31DarekSpringEngelwood, CO$4,229
32BradleyBeetzHollister, CA$4,229
33ChristopherLathamGraham, TX$4,229
34JosephLandazziDes Plaines, IL$4,229
35BryanJohnsonEdwards, CO$4,229
36MaxwellYoungN. Palm Beach, FL$4,229
37HughRoweDenver, CO$3,427
38JamesFriskFt. Pierce, FL$3,427
39TruongNguyenArvada, CO$3,427
40CoreyDoddPlantation, FL$3,427
41ChristopherTrybaEvergreen, CO$3,427
42DannyGonzalesDenver, CO$3,427
43MatthewLivingstonWindsor, CO$3,427
44Bobby GarciaDenver, CO$3,427
45DavidOlsonDenver, CO$3,427
46MarioMedinaColo Springs, CO$3,135
47BradyOstermanMesa, AZ$3,135
48ChristopherOcksriderAlbuquerque, NM$3,135
49SamuelSpiwakDenver, CO$3,135
50ThomasGabrielBoulder, CO$3,135
51PaulHolderCrawford, CO$3,135
52HeinzSchuterKiel, Germany$3,135
53JacobBaumgartnerSpring Lake, MI$3,135
54EricSmithWindsor, CO$3,135

-- Dan Ross, Hold'em Live Updates

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