Main Event
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2019 Heartland Poker Tour Hollywood Casino Columbus
Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2019 Heartland Poker Tour Hollywood Casino Columbus
Buy-in
$1,650
Prize Pool
$855,540
Entries
588
Level
31
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
160,000
Who Will Walk Away with the $191,723 Top Prize in the HPT Columbus?
The Heartland Poker Tour (HPT) Hollywood Casino Columbus began with 588 entries, but today just nine return to battle it out for the title and $191,723 first-place prize.
Leading the pack is Abdul Amer, who is no stranger to poker in Ohio. Last year he topped a 581-entry field to win the $1,100 MSPT Cleveland Poker Open at JACK Cleveland Casino for $118,350.
Others returning to action are World Series of Poker bracelet winners Adam Friedman and Joey Couden and World Poker Tour champ Kevin “1$sickDisea$E” Eyster. Interestingly, Amer is friends with Friedman, who finished third in the aforementioned MSPT Cleveland.
Here's how things stack up:
Final Table Lineup
| Seat | Player | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mandeep Sah | 2,985,000 |
| 2 | Spenser Cramer | 1,265,000 |
| 3 | Thila Narayanan | 1,180,000 |
| 4 | Kevin Eyster | 1,205,000 |
| 5 | Joey Couden | 2,075,000 |
| 6 | Abdul Amer | 4,295,000 |
| 7 | Jeff Hart | 1,485,000 |
| 8 | Ryan Wince | 1,480,000 |
| 9 | Adam Friedman | 1,66o,000 |
The final nine players will return at Noon on Monday to play down to a winner with 23:50 remaining in Level 25 (20,000/40,000/40,000). The action will not only be lived reported here on PokerNews but also live streamed worldwide. It’ll also be filmed for television, which marks the first time Ohio will have held a nationally televised poker tournament.
Stay tuned to see who emerges victorious in the HPT Hollywood Casino St. Louis Main Event!
Level: 25
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 40,000
Final Table Begins With Quad Aces
Level 25
: 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Adam Friedman raised with 
to 90,000 from middle position. It folded around to Joey Couden in the big blind who made the call with 
.
The flop got an amused reaction from the crowd as it came 
. Couden checked it over to Friedman who decided to make a bet of 60,000 and Couden quickly folded.
Friedman showed his quads to the table with a smile and collected the first pot of the final table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,900,000 | -175,000 |
|
1,750,000 | 90,000 |
All In Chop
Level 25
: 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Kevin Eyster raised to 100,000 from the cutoff with the 
and was called by Jeff Hart from the big blind who also held big slick with the 
.
The flop came 
. Eyster continued with a 150,000 bet which was called by Hart. The turn was the to pair both players. Eyster checked and Hart followed with a bet of 185,000 which Eyster called.
The river was the to improve each hand. Eyster shoved all in and Hart considered it for a few moments before making the call.
Both players revealed their ace king to a few disappointed groans from the fans and the pot was chopped up.
Cramer Doubles Up Early
Level 25
: 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Madeep Sah limped from the small blind and Spencer Cramer raised to 160,000. Sah limp-raised it to 800,000 and Cramer moved all in for his remaining stack of 1.55M. Sah made the call putting Spencer a risk.
Sah:
Cramer: 
The board ran out 
, and Cramer's set of queens held to double him up early in the final table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,310,000 | 2,310,000 |
|
685,000 | -2,300,000 |
Friedman Takes Nice Pot
Level 25
: 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Adam Friedman raised to 110,000 from early position with the 
. Spenser Cramer picked up in early position and decided to make the smooth call. In the big blind, Joey Couden also held and came along with the call.
The flop was 
. With top pair, Friedman led out with 125,000 into the three-way pot and got a call from Cramer who had the nut flush draw. Couden got out of the way.
Action slowed on the turn 
with two checks and the river 
. Both players checked it down.
Friedman showed the winning top pair and took down a nice pot of over 700,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,000,000 | 1,735,000 |
|
|
2,400,000 | 650,000 |
Level: 26
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 50,000
Wince Doubles Up
Level 26
: 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Abdul Amer raised to 125,000 under the gun and Jeff Hart, who was in early position, made the call. Ryan Wince was in middle position and went all in for his remaining stack of 1.03 million. Amer reraised all in and Hart folded the 
face up letting the other two players go heads up.
Amer:
Wince:
The board ran out 
and Wince's queens doubled him up to 2.06M in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,100,000 | -1,195,000 |
|
2,060,000 | 580,000 |
Updated Chip Counts (full)
Level 26
: 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,200,000 | 100,000 |
|
|
3,100,000 | 100,000 |
|
|
2,700,000 | 640,000 |
|
|
2,300,000 | -100,000 |
|
|
1,700,000 | -200,000 |
|
1,400,000 | -85,000 |
|
1,300,000 | 120,000 |
|
|
1,200,000 | 515,000 |
|
720,000 | -485,000 |