Colorado Poker Tourney Largest Ever

The latest installment of the Heartland Poker Tour wrapped up recently with five locals at the final table, one of whom emerged as the winner in Black Hawk, Colorado. The HPT event, which started at the beginning of the month, wrapped up on October 13th with the largest prize pool and attendance in Colorado poker tournament history. Unique to the HPT format, no players were allowed to buy into the main event, but rather had to qualify via earlier events. The final table victors and their prizes were:1st - Michael Haggard, $129,7802nd - Steven Klaus, $64,8903rd - Michael Banducci, $41,7154th - Jonathan Lima, $32,4455th - Oliver Schlemko, $27,8106th - Vernon Waite, $23,175