AUTHOR: Jerry "Jet" Whittaker
TITLE: Biggest Heartland Poker Tour Event Ever
DATE: 7:59 AM
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Gary, Indiana was the location of what turned out to be the largest field <br>and prize pool ever for the Heartland Poker Tour, sporting a prize pool of <br>$503,440. The $2,700 buy in event took place on March 24-25 and drew 208 <br>players and 841 people who played the qualifiers. In the end it was Jimmy <br>&quot;Vegas&quot; Kroll who won first place and nearly $141,000. He started as the <br>short stack at the final table but managed to double up before going heads <br>up against Gio Magat from Chicago, who took second place and over $70,000.
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