The Heartland Poker Tour Golden Gates Casino & Poker Parlour in Black Hawk, Colorado attracted 721 entrants to its $1,650 Main Event, which created a $1,059,870 prize pool. It marked the ninth consecutive million dollar prize pool at the stop.
The prize pool was distributed to the top 81 finishers, and among the notables to cash were Chris Tryba, Eddy Sabat, Stan Jablonski, David Gutfreund, Reginald "Shawn" Roberts, Kevin Eyster and Ross Bybee each cashed in the event.