Main Event Day 1b | 2019 Heartland Poker Tour Hollywood Casino Columbus

04-26-2019 23:21 UTC-4

Madison Wins Consecutive Hands

Jeff McMillan

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.
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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
Bryant Madison	205,000 205,000	205,000

Tags: Bryant Madison Caleb King

04-26-2019 23:28 UTC-4

Friedman Continues to Roll with Fossilman Elimination

Chad Holloway

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
Adam Friedman	780,000 120,000	120,000

Greg Raymer	Busted

Tags: Greg Raymer Adam Friedman

04-26-2019 23:34 UTC-4

King Eliminates Williams

Jeff McMillan

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
Caleb King	170,000 -130,000	-130,000

Tags: Caleb King Lavann Williams

04-26-2019 23:41 UTC-4

Bagging and Tagging

Chad Holloway

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.

04-26-2019 23:50 UTC-4

End of Day 1b Chip Counts (full)

Jeff McMillan

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Adam Friedman	807,000 27,000	27,000

Craig Casino	448,000 98,000	98,000
Mike Morgan	340,000 340,000	340,000
Richard Russo	326,500 226,500	226,500
Stephen Song	307,500 67,500	67,500

Michael Rossitto	268,000 144,000	144,000
Josia Santos	255,000 255,000	255,000
Ron Bell	227,500 77,500	77,500
Brant Madison	208,000 208,000	208,000
Caleb King	191,000 21,000	21,000
Daniel Wagner	185,000 185,000	185,000
Braynt Miller	171,500 171,500	171,500
Jared Palmer	162,500 162,500	162,500
Aron Dermer	155,500 155,500	155,500
Kyle Hapner	155,000
John Sacha	134,000 74,000	74,000
Brent Ballentine	126,000 -14,000	-14,000
Jeremy Kocher	75,000 -55,000	-55,000
Nicholas Zautra	69,500 69,500	69,500
Mark Wahba	1 1	1

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04-27-2019 00:02 UTC-4

Adam Friedman Bags Monster Lead Among 20 Day 1b Survivors

Leo_Contreras

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.

Tags: Adam Friedman

Main Event

Day 1b Completed