Jesse Green Wins at Heartland Poker Tour

Jesse Green Wins at Heartland Poker Tour

Posted on March 14, 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.

2008 - Meskwaki Bingo Casino Hotel--Tama, IA--Final table March 9
Total Main Event Players – 189
Total Prize pool - $271,881
Total Qualifier Players – 728

1st Place – Jesse Green, Harcourt IA $80,664 (plus $3000 champions package)

2nd Place – Mark Cornelius, 42, Cedar Falls IA - $40,332

3rd Place – Patricia Schroeder, 46, Norfolk NE - $24,199

4th Place – Daniel Quade, 25, St. Cloud MN - $18,822

5th Place – Dave Westrum, 55, DeLano MN - $16,133

6th Place – Lawrence Barbetta, 45, Wayzata MN - $13,444

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