Isle Open Championship (Day 1A): Hastings Hoping To Best His Event #15 Result

2017 Isle Open | Event #21
$1,500 No Limit Hold'em Isle Open Championship| $500,000 GTD
Level 3 (Blinds 100/200/25)
Total Day 1A Entries: 50

Brian Hastings (Ithaca, NY) fell just one spot short of his first Isle Poker major trophy, but he back in the field today, looking to position himself for an opportunity to get his hands on the championship hardware.

Just three days ago, Brian Hastings (Ithaca, NY) was returning for Day 3 of Event #15 ($1,100 No Limit Hold'em | $150,000 GTD), one of four players vying for the title.  Hastings would eventually find himself heads-up with Noel Atherley (Lantana, FL), and after declining offers for a chop, finished runner-up ($30,128).  

Hastings came into the heads-up portion of the tournament at a severe disadvantage, down almost three-to-one in chips.  Brian was able to bring things close to even, but it was Atherley's tournament to win, eliminating each of his opponents on way to the trophy win.  The $30,128 that Hastings earned for second place was his second largest tournament cash this year, behind his fourth place finish in the WSOP Circuit $1,675 Main Event at Hard Rock Hollywood ($88,004).

Brian joined the field just as Level 2 started, and continues the list of notables in this Day 1A field:

Joseph Duchman

Jennifer Parker

Robert Kessler

Alan Saltzman

Michael Maresca

Daren Stabinski

Erik Christensen

David Gelley

Nancy Thomas