The first HPT Season 8 Champ Joey Chaldaud (Photo courtesy of the HPT)

The World Poker Tour’s trip to Florida dominated the poker headlines this week, but they were not the only tour to pay a visit to the Sunshine State. The Heartland Poker Tour kicked off its eighth season with a trip to Daytona Beach last week. We’ve got the highlights from the big debut and other tournament news from around the world in this edition of Tournament Tracker.

The Daytona Beach event featured a $1,650 buy-in and a new re-entry component on the HPT. The addition of re-entries resulted in a 277-entry field and a prize pool of more than $400,000. Notables like Tiffany Michelle, Maria Ho, and Darvin Moon were in the field, but it was 20 year-old Joey Chaldaud who took the title along with a $105,177 payday.

The European Master of Poker event in Prague drew similar numbers for a similar buy-in event. Nils Jarefjall topped the 224-person field and picked up over €50,000 for his efforts.

Back in the States, East Coasters shifted their attention from Borgata to Foxwoods for the Foxwoods February Mega Stack Challenge. The Main Event of that series drew 362 runners with Andrew St Hilaire defeating Daryl Jace heads-up for the nearly $92,000 payday.

Over on the other coast, the LA Poker Classic keeps rolling along. The big buy-in events are coming up next week, but this week did see a $150 buy-in event with a tidy prize pool. Thanks to eight starting flights, the $150 Double Stack Turbo Event generated a prize pool of $607,500. The tournament ended in a three-way deal that ensured a payday of at least $70,000 for official winner Adam Springer, Joshua Haddy, and Inhpounh Vongvone.

Next week, you can expect more results from LAPC as well as the official results from the Fallsview Poker Classic up in Canada. Until then, here are the final table results of the aforementioned events:

HPT Daytona Beach $1,650 buy-in Main Event
Prize Pool: $408,450
Entrants: 277

1st: Joey Chalbaud – $105,177
2nd: Enos Smith – $59,225
3rd: Tony Lay – $37,782
4th: Troy Wallace – $32,676
5th: Barry Hutter – $25,120
6th: Michael McDonald – $20,423

European Masters of Poker Prague €1,000 buy-in Main Event
Prize Pool: €223,612
Entrants: 224

1st: Nils Jarefjall – €52,277
2nd: Pim van Wieringen – €41,963
3rd: Martin Safarik – €23,560
4th: Kevin Spillane – €14,320
5th: Pavel Byma – €11,080
6th: Roman Ondrusek – €9,000
7th: Sven Bahnsen – €7,850
8th: Con O’Sullivan – €6,690
9th: Martin Dragun – €5,540

Foxwoods $1,200 February Mega Stack Challenge
Prize Pool: $382,742
Entrants: 362

1st: Andrew St Hilaire – $91,859
2nd: Daryl Jace – $49,373
3rd: Theodoros Adalis – $32,342
4th: Suzanne Dines – $25,261
5th: Todd Mitchell – $20,668
6th: Adam Hui – $16,458
7th: Jean Joseph – $12,630
8th: Christopher MacNeil – $10,143
9th: Jimmy Alimonos – $8,061

LA Poker Classic $150 Double Stack Turbo Event
Prize Pool: $607,500
Entrants: 4,830

1st: Adam Springer – $81,550*
2nd: Joshua Haddy – $70,000*
3rd: Inhpounh Vongvone – $82,000*
4th: Samir Khalileh – $32,040
5th: Rupesh Pattni – $22,890
6th: Ron Nguyen – $17,800
7th: Cesar Arevalo – $13,220
8th: Makram Merhom – $10,170
9th: Gulam Mostapa – $7,630
*denotes three-way deal

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