Main Event
Day 1b Completed
2019 Heartland Poker Tour Hollywood Casino Columbus
Main Event
Day: 1b
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
Adam Friedman Bags Monster Lead Among 20 Day 1b Survivors
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
On the Heartland Poker Tour’s first-ever visit to Hollywood Casino Columbus, 157 runners took part in the second of three flights in the $1,650 HPT Main Event. Along with 103 from Day 1a it brought the field to 260 entries so far with Day 1c still remaining. After 15 levels of play on Day 1b, just 20 remained with Adam Friedman and his stack of 807,000 leading the pack.
Friedman is a very well known poker player with over $2.5 million in live cashes including an HPT title and WSOP bracelet. He’s been tough all day building a monster chip lead, including getting involved in a hand with Greg Raymer. The 2004 WSOP champ got his chips in the last level of the night holding ace-jack against Friedman’s pocket eights. The snowman held and Raymer hit the rail.
In another hand Friedman held pocket kings and cracked the aces of Anthony Carbone for a 240,000 pot.
Others to advance to Sunday’s Day 2 were Stephen Song (307,500), Craig Casino (448,000) , Caleb King (191,000) and Mike Morgan (340,000).
Some players to play 1b but fail to advance were Iverson Snuffer, Adam Asbury, Josh Stephens, Ronald Bell and Jeffrey Hart.
Day 1c will take place at Noon on Saturday followed by Day 2 on Sunday at 11:00 am. The PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be on hand to capture all the action, so be sure to tune in all weekend for all the HPT action you can handle.
End of Day 1b Chip Counts (full)
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
807,000 | 27,000 |
|
448,000 | 98,000 |
|
|
340,000 | 340,000 |
|
326,500 | 226,500 |
|
307,500 | 67,500 |
|
268,000 | 144,000 |
|
|
255,000 | 255,000 |
|
227,500 | 77,500 |
|
|
208,000 | 208,000 |
|
191,000 | 21,000 |
|
185,000 | 185,000 |
|
|
171,500 | 171,500 |
|
162,500 | 162,500 |
|
155,500 | 155,500 |
|
|
155,000 | |
|
134,000 | 74,000 |
|
126,000 | -14,000 |
|
75,000 | -55,000 |
|
69,500 | 69,500 |
|
1 | 1 |
Bagging and Tagging
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
The remaining players are now bagging and tagging on Day 1b. Stay tuned for a list of survivors with chip counts along with a recap of the day's action.
King Eliminates Williams
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Riding a short stack Lavann Williams shoved all in for his remaining 33,900. Caleb King thought for a moment before making the call.
Williams showed 
which was up against the 
of King. The board ran out 
giving the pot to King on the turn and eliminating Williams.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
170,000 | -130,000 |
Friedman Continues to Roll with Fossilman Elimination
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Two World Series of Poker bracelet winners just collided and only one survived.
Chip leader Adam Friedman raised to 10,000 from early position and 2004 WSOP Main Event champ and four-time 2012 HPT winner Greg Raymer three-bet jammed for 80,300 from the small blind. Friedman thought for a bit and then dropped in some calling chips.
Friedman: 
Raymer: 
It was a flip but Raymer needed to improve to stay alive. Unfortunately for him, that proved easier said than done as the board ran out 
to give Friedman a winning two pair.
As is his custom, Raymer signed a fossil and sent it over to the man who eliminated him.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
780,000 | 120,000 |
|
Busted |
Madison Wins Consecutive Hands
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Bryant Madison was heads up with Caleb King on the flop that read 
. Madison bet 13,000 and King called. The turn was the . Both players checked.
The river was the 
. Madison bet 12,000 and King called again. Madison turned over 
which King could not beat and Madison pulled in the pot.
--
The very next hand with the board reading , Madison was contemplating whether to call his opponent's 25,000 river bet. After a few moments he made the call and showed the winning hand with 
.
These two hands helped Madison boost his stack to a formidable size.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
205,000 | 205,000 |
Level: 15
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
Reddy vs Song
Level 14
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
In the middle position Stephen Song made it 6,000 and Sam Reddy raised all in. Song made the call putting Reddy at risk for his tournament life.
Reddy: 
Song: 
The board ran out 
giving Reddy a set and a nice double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
110,000 | 110,000 |
Friedman Bad Beats Carbone to Vault Over 650K
Level 14
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
A cooler hand just played out over at Table 26. It happened when a preflop raising war saw Anthony Carbone get his stack of approximately 120,000 in the middle against Adam Friedman. Interestingly the two had history from earlier in the year when the former finished in second place in the MSPT JACK Cleveland and the latter third.
Carbone:
Friedman: 
It was a cooler for Friedman but turned into a bad beat for Carbone when the 
flop gave his foe top set.
Neither the turn nor 
river helped Carbone and he made a sudden exit in the penultimate level of the night while Friedman added to his chip lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
660,000 | 60,000 |
|
Busted |