$1,115 Regional Main Event
Day 1a Started
Hollywood Poker Open Season 4 Columbus Regional Main Event
$1,115 Regional Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Hollywood Poker Open Season 4 Columbus Regional Main Event
Buy-in
$1,000
Entries
249
Level
27
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000
HPO Columbus Regional Main Event Is Here
Season 4 of the Hollywood Poker Open is coming down the home stretch with just two more regional main events before the Championship Event in Las Vegas.
Today marks the start of HPO's Columbus Regional Main Event. At 11:15 local time, the first of the days 14 levels begins. The regional main event comes at the end of a seven-event schedule at the Hollywood Casino in Columbus. The winner of the Columbus Main Event will win their seat in the $2,500 HPO Championship Event at the M Resort and Spa in Las Vegas.
The defending HPO Columbus Champion is Daniel Swartz, who took home $70,560 and a seat to last year's championship event. He lives in Ohio, and it shouldn't be a surprise if he shows up to defend his title. Joining him will be Mr. Chris Moneymaker, former WSOP Main Event Champion and the HPO Ambassador. Moneymaker has two HPO Main Event cashes already this season, and just missed cashing at the HPO St. Louis Main Event in March. After entering the tournament at the dinner break on Day 1a, Moneymaker built a massive stack before getting aces cracked at the end of the evening. The loss of that hand put him in the middle of the pack and he was unable to cash his third HPO Regional Main of the season. He is expected to be in the first flight today, and has already been playing some of the side events leading up to today's Main Event.
Bruce Perry is also expected to show up to take a shot at his third straight HPO Main Event cash. He and Moneymaker are friends and have a bit of a rivalry when it comes to deep runs in these events. Perry finished second in the HPO Toledo Main and followed that up with a tenth place finish at HPO St. Louis. The two players are sure to create some fireworks in their quest to win the HPO Columbus Main Event, but also to outlast the other.
There will be two Day 1 flights, today and tomorrow at 11:15 local time. Players will play 14 50-minute levels before bagging for Day 2. Stay tuned to pokernews.com for all the updates and photos from the field as the Hollywood Poker Open finds its next champion.
Level: 1
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
Cards in the Air
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
The HPO Columbus Regional Main Event is underway.
Familiar Faces and Former Champions
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
A couple of Season 3 HPO Champions are in the starting flight.
Charles Maxcy has one HPO title under his belt and is looking to add another. Maxcy won HPO Toledo in 2015 for $69,120. According to his Hendon Mob profile, the win is one of only two cashes. The other was for a first place finish in a side event at the HPO Toledo this year.
Josh Lowing's HPO title was at HPO Lawrenceburg in 2015 for $33,907. Lowing has over $140,000 in career earnings, with the HPO Lawrenceberg win being his only first place finish.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
20,000 | |
|
20,000 |
Clubs Miss for Lowing, Gollahon Calls Down with Top Pair
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Raymond Gollahon took a little chunk of Josh Lowing's stack early in level one. After five players saw the 
flop for 200 a piece, the action checked to Lowing on the button.
Lowing bet 275 and Gollahon called from the small blind. The remaining players folded, leaving the two heads up to the 
on the turn. Gollahon checked again and Lowing bet 575. Gollahon called.
The river was the 
and Gollahon checked for a third time. Lowing paused for a second, then fired a third time, this time making it 1,050 to showdown. Gollahon quickly called and Lowing showed 
for a missed flush draw. Gollahon showed 
for top pair and won the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
22,500 | |
|
|
17,500 | -2,500 |
Guagenti Looking to Break $800,000 Career Earnings
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Nick Guagenti is among the Day 1a players. He sits at $754,000 in lifetime earnings and a top two finish here will likely put him over the $800,000 mark.
Guagenti is an Ohio native, and currently 20th on the all-time Ohio money list.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
20,000 | 20,000 |
A Few Photos from the Field During Level 1
More Counts
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
20,000 | |
|
20,000 |
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