Regional Main Event
Day 2 Started
Hollywood Poker Open Season 3 Columbus Regional Main Event
Regional Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Hollywood Poker Open Season 3 Columbus Regional Main Event
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$294,000
Entries
294
Level
29
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
5,000
Swartz Leads Final 46 into Day 2 of HPO Columbus
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Welcome to Day 2 of the HPO Columbus Main Event. With 152 entries on Saturday and 142 entries on Sunday, the Columbus regional stop for Season 3 generated a whopping prize pool of $294,000, nearly thrice the guarantee.
Daniel Swartz comes into Day 2 as the chip leader, having accumulated a massive stack of 350,000 on Saturday’s Day 1a. Swartz will have some tough competition as tour regular Doug Holland took the Day 1b chip lead late in level 14 when his pocket aces held in a big pot against pocket queens. Holland is stacked at 283,500 and is followed closely by another tour regular, Ken Moore (266,500).
Other notables that advanced to Day 2 with big stacks are Ross Gottlieb (240,000), Danny Warchol (204,000) and Iverson Cotton Snuffer (183,500). Tour grinders Nick Pupillo and Nick Guagenti bagged a more modest 123,000 and 119,000 respectively, but the favorable structure should allow for plenty of play for them.
A total of 46 runners advanced and a good bunch will go home empty-handed, with payments going to the top 27. The top prize is $70,560 in cash + a seat in June’s HPO $2,500 Championship Main Event at the M Resort in Las Vegas.
The chase for the title starts at 12:15 p.m. local time, so stay tuned as we will bring you live reporting down to the finish.
Level: 15`
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 500
Burchwell Applies Early Pressure
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
Connor Burchwell raised to 7,000 from under the gun and Daniel Swartz called from the cutoff. The flop came 
and Burchwell check-raised to 22,000 after a bet of 8,000 from Swartz. Swartz quickly mucked and Burchwell gathered the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
362,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
178,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
Wild Hand Punishes Holland
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
Jeremy West raised to 10,000 from early position and Gary Tsui raised to 32,000 from right behind. Jason Lee was next and he shoved all in for 121,500. Doug Holland quickly pushed his big stack all in and West found a fold with just about 10 big blinds behind, later claiming pocket queens.
Tsui got out of the way and Lee tabled 
and was racing against the 
of Holland. The flop of 
put Holland ahead and the 
turn kept him there. The 
river exalted Lee and the huge pot was his.
West was patting himself on the back for the tight fold, but busted on the very next hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
290,000
154,500
|
154,500 |
|
226,000
-22,500
|
-22,500 |
|
122,000
-161,500
|
-161,500 |
|
Busted |
Level: 16
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 500
Dr. Ross is the New Chip Leader
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Ross Gottlieb recently eliminated an opponent where his pocket queens defeated ace-queen for a 300k pot. Gottlieb, an actual Doctor of Veterinary Medicine* took umbrage with our previous use of quotes when referring to him as doctor. With our apologies, Ross will be shown the utmost respect going forward.
*not a real doctor
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
566,000
326,000
|
326,000 |
Warchol's Three Bet Takes It
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Danny Warchol raised to 10,000 from early position and Trent Baker made the call from middle position. The flop came 
and Warchol continued for 10,000. Baker threw out a raise to 22,000 and Warchol thought for a moment before sliding out a raise to 46,000.
Baker let it go and Warchol is climbing.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
470,000
266,000
|
266,000 |
|
|
94,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
Warchol Again
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Danny Warchol is cruising early on Day 2, having just eliminated Matthew Riebel after Riebel moved all in after a flop of 
. Warchol made the call with 
and Riebel couldn't find any help for his pocket nines.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
565,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
|
|
Busted |
That's Jacked Up!
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
We caught the tail end of an all-in situation between Ross Gottlieb and Jason Lee, where Lee had gotten it all in after flopping a set of jacks. Gottlieb called with queens but couldn't catch up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
385,000
-181,000
|
-181,000 |
|
|
385,000
95,000
|
95,000 |