Casey Carroll Wins Heartland Poker Tour Ameristar East Chicago for $174,469

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The Heartland Poker Tour’s stop at Ameristar East Chicago is always one of the biggest on the tour, and it drew 541 runners over the weekend for the $1,650 Main Event. Casey Carroll continued a string of recent success on the HPT by winning the event for $174,469, beating a final table that included World Poker Tour champ Andy Hwang.

Carroll’s two biggest previous cashes, for $28,200 and $10,586, respectively, came when he won a preliminary HPT event last November and got 10th in this very tournament last September.

Final Table Results

Of the 63 players to cash in the event, a few were notable names, including Aditya Prasetyo (59th), Craig Casino (39th), Allen “Chainsaw” Kessler (36th), Greg Raymer (30th), Ryan Van Sanford (26th), Joe Kuether (19th), and Aaron Massey (16th).

According to the live updates, Hwang hit a two-outer with eights against nines to bust Hao Sun in 10th late on the penultimate day.

He took a small lead into the …

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