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Heartland Poker Tour

No Limit Hold'em
March 8, 2008
Meskwaki Casino
Tournament Schedule
Buy-In $1,650
Prize Pool $311,850
Entries 189
Report Available

Place Name Prize
1 Jesse Green (Harcourt, IA, USA) $80,664
2 Mark Cornelius (Ceder Falls, IA, USA) $40,332
3 Patricia Schroeder (Norfolk, NE, USA) $24,199
4 Daniel Quade AKA "Quads420" (St Paul, MN, USA) $18,822
5 Dave Westrum (Delano, MN, USA) $16,133
6 Lawrence Barbetta (Wayzetta, MN, USA) $13,444
7 Cale Logsden (Solon, IA, USA) $9,411
8 Michael Anderson (Mora, MN, USA) $8,066
9 Zach Mohn (Ames, IA, USA) $6,722
10 Edward Nassif (Ames, IA, USA) $5,378
11 Bradley Smith (Thornhill, ON, Canada) $4,571
12 Stephannie Childs (Kansas City, MO, USA) $4,033
13 Dave Kolsrud (Cedar Rapids, IA, USA) $3,495
14 Mike Halley (Denver, CO, USA) $2,958
15 David Grandstaff (Des Moines, IA, USA) $2,689
16 Ray Babb (Soldiers Grove, WI, USA) $2,285
17 Gregory Gervis (Forest Lake, MN, USA) $2,285
18 Allen Calhoun (Charles City, IA, USA) $2,285
19 Derek Gardner (Romeoville, IL, USA) $2,285
20 Jared Kenworthy (Independence, MO, USA) $2,285
21 Chris Pierce (Fargo, ND, USA) $1,828
22 Dennis Dubey (Menominee, MI, USA) $1,828
23 James Mutchler (Brighton, CO, USA) $1,828
24 Michael Urbain (Longmount, CO, USA) $1,828
25 Jason Bender (Hills, IA, USA) $1,828
26 Tim Godfrey (Faribault, MN, USA) $1,479
27 James Godfrey AKA "Poker Jimmy" (Killington, VT, USA) $1,479
28 John Walsh (Epworth, IA, USA) $1,479
29 Vong Long (Des Monies, IA, USA) $1,479
30 Travis Janko (Mount Vernon, IA, USA) $1,479

Tournament Report

Heartland Poker Tour Stopped into the Meskwaki Bingo Casino Hotel Crowing a New Champion

TAMA, IOWA-MARCH 11, 2008--The Heartland Poker Tour's fourth season continued onto the Meskwaki Bingo Casino Hotel in Tama, Iowa over the weekend. There were189 total main event players. Over 700 players played in the HPT qualifiers for the opportunity to have a seat in the main event. Jesse Green, a local farmer, won the HPT title and a large first prize of $80,664.

Jesse Green was supposed to be in Cancun, Mexico. Instead, he decided to spend his vacation near his home town playing in the Heartland Poker Tournament at Meskwaki Bingo Casino Hotel in Tama Iowa.

'This was really awesome,' said Green, 23, a local farmer from Harcourt Iowa. 'And it was especially great that my dad could be here to watch the whole thing.'

Green went on to describe how, while growing up on the farm and trapped indoors due to the weather, his father and brother would play seven card stud.
'I owe it all to my dad, he taught me the game,' said Green.

Green outlasted a main event field of 189 players, earning the championship and a first place prize of $80,664, plus a champions package of $3000.

It didn't come easy. With his Dad watching from the front row, Green entered the final table as the chip leader, but quickly found himself playing the role of underdog. The trip to victory was nothing short of a roller coaster for Green who at one point found himself with a mere handful of chips, completely dominated by the remaining players. After some fortunate flops and some raw aggression, Green clawed his way back into contention, finally taking down the championship when his pocket deuces held up on the final hand, in the wee hours of the Iowa morning.

Next on the HPT schedule is a return trip to Golden Gates Casino in Black Hawk, Colorado, home of one of the largest tournaments on the HPT schedule. Qualifiers for the Black Hawk, Colorado begin March 29th.

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