Four More Hands
The tournament staff just announced the remaining 14 players will play four more hands before bagging and tagging for the night. Stay tuned for a list of chip counts along with a recap of the Day 1a action.
The tournament staff just announced the remaining 14 players will play four more hands before bagging and tagging for the night. Stay tuned for a list of chip counts along with a recap of the Day 1a action.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Brian Frye |
537,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
Abdul Amer |
469,500
19,500
|
19,500 |
Nick Guagenti | 433,500 | |
|
||
Keith Thurman |
260,000
160,000
|
160,000 |
Vitaliy Neymar
|
220,500
220,500
|
220,500 |
Kwynn Richards |
217,500
17,500
|
17,500 |
Darwin Smith |
180,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
Anthony Kelly | 174,500 | |
Greg Ruckel | 160,500 | |
Patrick Phillips
|
130,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
Ryan Kalb
|
122,000 | |
Matthew Radcliffe |
96,500
21,500
|
21,500 |
Fred Li |
74,800
-25,200
|
-25,200 |
Scott Dehm |
14,000
-61,000
|
-61,000 |
On the Heartland Poker Tour’s first-ever visit to Hollywood Casino Columbus, 103 runners took part in the first of three starting flights in the $1,650 HPT Main Event. After 15 levels of play on Day 1a, just 14 remained with Brian Frye and his stack of 537,000 leading the pack.
Others to bag big stacks were Abdul Amer (469,500) and arguably one of the biggest names in the field in Nick Guagenti, who currently sits 20th on Ohio’s all-time money list with more than $1 million in tournament earnings. He made it through with 433,500. Rounding out the top five were Keith Thurman (260,000) and Vitaliy Neymar (220,500).
Others to advance to Sunday’s Day 2 were Kwynn Richards (217,500), Anthony Kelly (174,500), Ryan Kalb (122,000), Matt Radcliffe (96,500), and Scott Dehm (14,000), who left with two and a half hours to go an saw his 100K stack whittled down by the blinds and antes.
Among those to fire and fall on 1a were Henry Zhou, Iverson Snuffer, Michael Hahn, Mike Sabbia, Justin Boggs, Bryant Miller, WSOP bracelet winner Adam Friedman, and Caleb King.
For Snuffer, he busted in Level 10 (600/1,200/1,200) after flopping a set of tens only to discover his opponent had flopped a set of jacks. He indicated he’ll return on Friday for the 1b flight.
Day 1b will take place at Noon on Friday followed by 1c on Saturday at the same time. The PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be on hand to capture all the action from both flights, so be sure to tune in all weekend for all the HPT action you can handle.
Main Event
Day 1a Completed