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  1. Nov 04, 2019  They used to have an Awesome poker room downstairs at racetrack level, it was awesome for bigger tournaments and even the cash games seemed more comfortable. Now that the poker room is upstairs it feels cramped, small, like your stepping over people. Very uncomfortable! Its a shame because The Meadows used to be my favorite poker room.
  2. Oct 31, 2017. The Meadows Racetrack & Casino Poker Room. Headliners. The Meadows Race Track. Additionally, at the Meadows, you will find restaurants that will serve you ready meals. However, if you really want a certain menu, you can make an order. It will be ready within minutes.
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Washington, Pennsylvania (March26, 2018) – The popular poker tour and television show Heartland Poker Tour (HPT) has wrappedanother successful series in the Pittsburgh market. The $1,100 Main Event atMeadows Racetrack and Casino drew a total of 422 entries, building a prize poolof $409,340. In the end it was purchasing manager Michael O’Neill that came out on top with the victory, earninghimself $93,340 in the process.

Michael Friberg John Kane was on a hell of a winning streak. On July 3, 2009, he walked alone into the high-limit room at the Silverton Casino in Las Vegas and sat down at a video poker machine.

“It was tough. Itwas a good battle. Hard fought,” said O’Neill as he began to smile. “It’s goingto make my 5-hour drive a little easier.”

The Royal Oak, Michigan man started the day as the chip leaderand went coast to coast for the win, though at one point he had the smalleststack at the table. O’Neill has racked up nearly $300k in earnings on the felt,including three previous cashes with HPT. This, however, was the biggestaccomplishment of his poker career to date.

“I love playing HPT,” the new champsaid. “From the structure to the phenomenal staff and all of the players thatyou get to play with.”

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Thetournament came down to O’Neill and high school teacher Frank Guerra. Ona 10♣ 6♠7♥flop, Guerra made a bold move and pushed his last 3.12 million in chips intothe middle with ace-queen, going all-in. O’Neill sniffed out the bluff and madethe superb call with his 8♦6♣.The turn brought a king leaving Guerra drawing to an ace, queen, or jack tokeep his hopes alive. The 3♦ came on the river and it was allover.

Guerra more than doubled his previous largest poker score withthe runner-up finish. He collected $57,629 for the feat. He’ll use the funds topay off his children’s college tuition expenses.

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Somewhat shorthanded in relation tothe blinds, David Costain made hislast stand by going all-in with K♠6♣. The eventualchamp, O’Neill, made the call with his pocket sevens. The board failed toproduce a king and Costain, from St. Clairsville, Ohio, was sent to the rail inthird place with $38,352 for his weekend’s worth of work.

Pro poker player NickImmekus has seen much success on the felt over the years, amassing over $800,000in career earnings on the felt. He padded his resume on Monday by finishing infourth and cashing for $26,583 in his first HPT event.

Much like Immekus, Kenmore, New York’s Mark Roberts made the most of his first experience playing an HPTevent. Roberts won his way into the $1,100 Main Event earlier in the weekthrough a $410 qualifier. He managed to parlay that investment into afifth-place finish, good for $20,089. Roberts says he plans to put the winningsto use by entering more poker tournaments.

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Local poker player Keith Morrow has been on a bit of aheater since the year began. The Pittsburgh man has already logged twovictories this year and was looking for his third on Monday. Alas, it wasn’tmeant to be as Morrow’s K♣J♠ failed tooutdraw Guerra’s A♦9♣. Morrow earned $15,625 for sixth place.

Dave Serkoch, a self-employed contractor, kept the mood light-hearted earlyin the day with his humorous table talk. Unfortunately for Serkoch, his time atthe table was short-lived. The McKees Rock native was knocked out early byImmekus. Serkoch’s seventh-place finish garnered him $12,987 which he plans touse to purchase gifts for his family.

Cleveland’s Chris Lichthad a great run over the weekend to earn a spot at the final table. Due topersonal matters, Licht was unable to participate on Monday and was blindedout. A chef by trade, Licht finished in eighth place with $10,755.

Dean Schultz didn’t have much to work with when the day began. The Stow,Ohio man got his last three big blinds in on the second hand of the day and wassent to the exit by Roberts. Schultz, a real estate investor, earned $9,091 forninth place.

From here, HPT heads west for a 10-day series inLas Vegas. That event kicks off Thursday and all the details can be found at HPTpoker.com.

After over 11 hours of play, Terrence Mattison has outlasted a field of 450 to take down the $500 HPT Mini Series Main Event at The Meadows Casino outside of Pittsburgh. Mattison earns $42,821 for the win.
Mattison came into the day 18th out of 43 players with 217,000 chips. By the end, he had collected all 9M chips in play. The unofficial final table of 10 players started around 3:30pm. It looked like the day could be over by late afternoon.
Instead, we witnessed a marathon final table that lasted well over six hours. The final three players battled for nearly three hours before Bobby Noel went out in third place.
Mattison and his final opponent, Ricky Ali, got the last of the chips into the middle on a 8dQhAd9h board with Ali's 8h5h trailing Mattison's Ah7h. The river 10s sealed the win for Mattison.
According to our research, this is Mattison's first major tournament cash. He certainly made it one worth celebrating.
Next up for HPT is a Mini Series October 17-21 in Vicksburg, Mississippi. From there, the tour will head to Daytona Beach, Florida for a televised series at Daytona Beach Racing and Card Club. All of the details, including schedules and hotel offers, are available at HPTpoker.com.