2019 Heartland Poker Tour Hollywood Casino Columbus

Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2019 Heartland Poker Tour Hollywood Casino Columbus

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aa
Prize
$191,723
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,650
Prize Pool
$855,540
Entries
588
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
160,000

Thurman Pips Big Pot with Kicker

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante
Keith Thurman
Keith Thurman

Keith Thurman was involved in a three-way pot with the board reading {10-Clubs}{a-Diamonds}{5-Spades} with about 25,000 in the middle already. The turn was the {5-Clubs}. Seat 3 bet 6,000 and picked up a call from Seat 4 and from Keith Thurman.

The river was the {6-Clubs}. It checked all the way around. Seat 3 showed {a-}{q-} but Thurman had him pipped with the {a-}{k-} to take down the hefty pot.

Player Chips Progress
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Keith Thurman
105,000
75,000
75,000

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Level: 7

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

Foertmeyer with a Nice Double Up

Level 6 : 200/500, 500 ante

A middle-position player made it 1,300 and Dan Foertmeyer called. The button reraised the pot to 9,500 and the player in the middle position tanked before folding.

Foertmeyer then went all in and got snap-called quickly from the button whp turned over {q-}{q-}. Foertmeyer then showed him the {a-}{a-}.

The board ran out {k-Spades}{j-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}{6-Spades} and Foertmeyer doubled up to 72,500.

Player Chips Progress
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Dan Foertmeyer
72,500
72,500
72,500

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Friedman Forces a Fold

Level 6 : 200/500, 500 ante

A four-way hand with a decent size pot was developing as the board read {10-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{7-Clubs}{k-Spades}. Patrick Phillips led out with a 5,000 bet, Barbara Walston got out of the way, Adam Friedman called and Ricky Hendrickson also folded.

The river was the {j-Clubs}. Phillips again bet 5,000 and Friedman immediately raised to 20,000. Phillips nearly turned over his cards thinking that Friedman had only called but once he realized it was a raise went into the tank to consider it. After thinking for a while he folded, allowing Friedman to scoop the pot.

Player Chips Progress
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Adam Friedman
80,000
5,000
5,000
WSOP 5X Winner

Tags: Adam FriedmanBarbara WalstonPatrick PhillipsRicky Hendrickson

Here's What's in Store for Season XV of the HPT

Level 6 : 200/500, 500 ante
HPT logo and cards
HPT logo and cards

Season XV of the Heartland Poker Tour (HPT) is shaping up to be a big one with stops at the Hollywood Casinos in St. Louis and the Cincinnati area (Lawrenceburg, Indiana), The Meadows Racetrack and Casino in Pittsburgh, and Ameristar East Chicago. What's more, the PokerNews Live Reporting Team plans to be at each of them to capture all the action.

“HPT is excited to have PokerNews providing additional event coverage in 2019,” said Korey Stewart, HPT Marketing Manager. “Season XV is shaping up to be another record-breaking year for the tour. We’ve already added several new venues to the schedule and we’re hoping to announce a few more new additions soon. There will be plenty of opportunities for poker enthusiasts across the country to take a shot at winning life-changing money at nationally televised final tables. We’re looking forward to having an industry leader like PokerNews there to report on it every step of the way.”

Here’s a look at the current Season XV schedule with more stops expected to be announced in the near future. For more information, visit hptpoker.com and follow them on Twitter @HPTPoker.

Remaining HPT Season XV Schedule

Series DatesVenueLocationMain Event Buy-In
April 18-29Hollywood Casino ColumbusColumbus, Ohio$1,650
May 2-14Ameristar East ChicagoGary, Indiana$1,650
July 10-22Golden Gates Casino & Poker ParlourBlack Hawk, CO$1,100
July 25 - August 5Hollywood St. LouisSt. Louis, MO$1,650
August 1-12Ameristar VicksburgVicksburg, Mississippi$1,100
August 22-September 2Ameristar East ChicagoGary, Indiana$1,650
September 26 - October 7The Meadows CasinoPittsburgh, PA$1,100
October 17-28Daytona Beach Racing & Card ClubDaytona Beach, Florida$1,100

Gary Hays Named HPT Columbus Monster Stack Opener Champ

Level 6 : 200/500, 500 ante
Gary Hays - Monster Stack champ
Gary Hays - Monster Stack champ

The Heartland Poker Tour (HPT) Hollywood Casino Columbus actually began last weekend with a $350 buy-in Monster Stack Opener, which more than doubled its $100K GTD by attracted 755 runners and creating a prize pool of $226,500.

That was distributed amongst the top 76 players including Lorie Bodfield (60th - $830), Jayson Hastings (40th - $1,050), Clinton Goodman (26th - $1,427), Jason Ingram (18th - $1,835), Glenn Haynes (15th – $2,469), Jerry Miller (7th - $6,319), and Derrick Brown (5th - $9,966).

The final four players wound up striking a deal that saw local player Gary Hays crowned champions for $37,222.

Here’s a look at the final table payouts:

PlacePlayerHometownPrize
1Gary HaysColumbus, OH$37,222*
2John ZanderColumbus, OH$27,000*
3Cory SteezeHuber Heights, OH$27,000*
4David PaynterLucasville, OH$21,000*
5Derrick BrownMt. Clemens, MI$9,966
6Thomas CruseSandusky, OH$7,656
7Jerry MillerNappanee, IN$6,319
8Andrew NotenbaumColumbus, OH$5,277
9D.J. SicklerLewis Center, OH$4,236

Denotes four-way deal.

Tags: Gary Hays

Level: 6

Blinds: 200/500

Ante: 500

One for Phillips

Level 5 : 200/400, 400 ante

Barbra Walston made it 1,200, Adam Friedman made the call in the hijack position and Patrick Phillips in the small blind made the call. The flop came {6-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}{j-Hearts} and Phillips led for 5k, Walston called and Friedman folded.

The {5-Diamonds}, was dealt on the turn and Phillips made it 5k again and Walston called.

The river was the {3-Diamonds}, Phillips made it 5k again and Walston made him showdown with a call.

Phillips turned over the {j-Clubs}{k-Diamonds} and took down the pot as Walston mucked her hand.

Player Chips Progress
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Parick Phillips
80,000
80,000
80,000
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Barbra Walston
43,000
13,000
13,000

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Richards Eliminates Player

Level 5 : 200/400, 400 ante

Kwynn Richards got a nice boost to his stack after he eliminated a player. The board had run out {8-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}{3-Spades}{10-Diamonds}{j-Spades} and with a large pot already in the middle, Richards moved all in to force his opponent in Seat 4 to call off his remaining stack.

Seat 4 did make the call and Richards revealed the {q-Hearts}{10-Spades} which was the winner as Seat 4 mucked his hand while all of his remaining chips went over to Richards.

Player Chips Progress
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Kwynn Richards
45,000
45,000
45,000

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