Main Event
Day 1c Completed
Main Event
Day 1c Completed
Day 1c of the $1,650 HPT Main Event saw a staggering 328 entries enter the field to combine with the 103 from Day 1a and the 157 from 1b to make 588 total entries for the tournament. That high total creates a prize pool of $855,540 with 63 players guaranteed the money with a min-cash being worth $3,067. The winner is slated to take home an astounding $191,723 top prize.
At the end of the day the chip leader was Mike Comisso with 513,000. His large stack is still some distance behind Day 1b chip leader Adam Friedman, who bagged an outrageous 807,000, and it also trails Day 1a chip leader Brian Frye, who sits at 537,000.
Among the 59 players to advance to Sunday’s Day 2 include 2018 Bracelet winner Joey Couden (370,000), Randy Froehlich (475,500), Andy Spears (314,000), Ben Grise (384,500) and Ryan Rogers (285,000).
Some notable players who will not be playing Day 2 after busting 1c are four-time HPT Champion Greg Raymer, Hae Yim, Karam Dhillon, current HPT POY points leader Greg Wood, David "The Maven" Gutfreund, and Igor Ioffe.
Those moving on will combine with the survivors of Day 1a/b to create an exciting Day 2 which will begin at 11 a.m. on Sunday with 94 players returning to action. The start of the day average stack will be 187,650 with play beginning at level 16 with blinds at 2500/5000/5000.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Mike Comisso | 513,000 | 513,000 |
Randy Froehlich
|
475,500 | 225,500 |
Ben Grise | 384,500 | 159,500 |
Joey Couden
|
370,000 | 80,000 |
Jeff Hart | 334,500 | -500 |
Greg Ritter | 323,500 | 323,500 |
Andy Spears | 314,000 | 174,000 |
Kevin Eyster
|
314,000 | 114,000 |
Mike Sabbia | 304,000 | 304,000 |
Ryan Wince | 303,500 | 3,500 |
Ryan Rogers | 285,000 | 240,000 |
Greg Yeager | 262,000 | 222,000 |
Kyle McCalla
|
241,000 | |
Reginald Roberts | 239,500 | 239,500 |
Jerry Miller | 233,500 | 148,500 |
John Dollinger | 229,000 | 10,000 |
Michael Rullo | 217,500 | 147,500 |
Brandon Wetzel | 186,500 | 121,500 |
Akihiko Ura | 175,500 | |
Harpreet Padda | 172,000 | 12,000 |
Mandeep Sah | 168,500 | 168,500 |
Frank Lagodich | 168,000 | -17,000 |
Bob Randall
|
165,000 | 45,000 |
Keven Stammen
|
162,500 | 131,500 |
Jordan Miller | 161,500 |
The remaining Day 1c players are now bagging and tagging for the night. Stay tuned for a list of survivors with chip counts, a recap of the action, and the Day 2 seat draw.
Ryan Wince in middle position raised to 10,000 and the big blind made the call. The flop was the and it was checked by both players.
The turn was the and the big blind bet 7,000. Wince made the call.
The river was the and both players checked. Wince turned over and the big blind mucked.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Ryan Wince | 300,000 | 300,000 |
The player in the hijack moved all in for 41,600 and John Dollinger called out of the small blind.
Dollinger:
Hijack:
Dollinger had the better ace and was awarded the pot after it ran out to give him a straight.
"Shoutout to my family in Ohio," Dollinger said as he stacked the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
John Dollinger | 219,000 | 99,000 |
The board read and Seat 2 was facing a tough decision from Howard Calderon who had shoved all in for about 66,000.
After a few moments the clock was called by a player at the table not involved in the hand.
"That was only like 40 seconds," remarked Seat 2 as the floor came over and the dealer explained the situation.
The countdown was not needed as Seat 2 made the call shortly after and turned over which was in the lead versus Calderon's .
The turn was an innocuous but the river was not so innocuous as the fell to save Calderon with the winning set of nines.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Howard Calderon | 155,000 | 155,000 |
Jeff Hart raised to 8,000 in the cutoff and Blake Robinson moved all in for 50,000 in the hijack position. Hart quickly called.
Hart: [AhAs}
Robinson:
The board ran out as Hart's aces held to eliminate Robison.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jeff Hart | 335,000 | 110,000 |
Blake Robinson
|
Busted |
Level: 15
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
The player in the hijack position raised it to 6,000. Harpreet Padda called from the small blind and the big blind came along to see a flop. It came and it was checked around.
The turn came the and the hijack bet again, this time for 8,000. Padda made the call to see a river.
The river was the and both players checked. The small blind showed the and Padda showed for the flush and took down the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Harpreet Padda | 160,000 | 160,000 |