DeepStacks/Hill Partner, Chow Wins HPT

DeepStacks and William Hill Sign Partnership

William Hill announced a partnership with DeepStacks Poker Tour. The online poker site is available to players outside of the US and will offer satellites to the inaugural DeepStacks Poker Tour Veneto Poker Carnivale series in Panama. Satellites begin on September 1, and the tournament is scheduled to take place November 6-11, featuring a $1,250 buy-in Main Event with a $200K guarantee, as well as a $3,000 NLHE High Roller tournament.

Players can participate in a three-stage satellite program in order to win the $4,000 prize packages to Panama. The first stage is a $2.40+.20 satellite, which awards seats into the second stage of a $22+2 SNG. Winners receive seats into the third stage satellite – or players can buy-in for $200+$20 – to win the package.

DeepStacks CEO Chris Torina hopes to offer these types of online satellites for more international stops going forward.

Chow Wins HPT Majestic Star

The Heartland Poker Tour just wrapped its latest stop at the Majestic Star Casino & Hotel in Gary, Indiana. The Main Event of the stop was the $1,650 NLHE tournament that attracted 520 players to create a prize pool of $745,800. The top 54 players were paid from that amount. The numbers showed a 38% increase from last year.

The final table played out on August 18, and it was poker player Bob Chow who outlasted the field to emerge victorious and claim the title.

1^st place: Bob Chow ($171,534)

2^nd place: Vu Huang ($104,859)

3^rd place: Bruce Knee ($69,509)

4^th place: Darryl Ronconi ($48,328)

5^th place: Joe Wilson ($36,171)

6^th place: David Gutfreund ($27,968)

7^th place: Mike Deis ($18,645)

8^th place: Thomas Schrepfer ($18,645)

9^th place: Murat Muftari ($14,916)