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Shawn Roberts bet 4,300 and Lydia Waltonbaugh made the call.
The river was the
, and both players checked. Lydia showed ![]()
giving her two pair and Roberts mucked.
On the board of ![]()
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Shawn Roberts bet 4,300 and Lydia Waltonbaugh made the call.
The river was the
, and both players checked. Lydia showed ![]()
giving her two pair and Roberts mucked.
A player in Seat 1 had moved all in preflop for 32,500. Brandon Wetzel flat called. Ben Grise asked Wetzel how much he had behind before also making the flat call to create a huge pot.
Wetzel and Grise would check it down as the board ran out ![]()
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. The player in Seat 1 showed the ![]()
and Wetzel showed the ![]()
. But Grise had them both beat with the ![]()
as the flush came home on the river.
With his tournament over, Seat 1 walked away and Grise stacked his winnings into one of the largest stacks in the room.
The pot was limped from the early position, the cutoff, the small blind, and Jeff Hart checked his option in the big blind. The flop was ![]()
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, and the pot was checked around.
The turn was the
, and Hart made it 2,500 to go. It was folded around to the small blind who made the call.
The river was the
, both players checked, and Hart turned over the ![]()
. The small blind mucked and now Hart is among the top of the chip leaders here on Day 1c.
Level: 11
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 1,600
The board read ![]()
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. Brandon Wetzel led out with a bet of about 8,000 and was raised by Nick Davidson to about 24,000. Wetzel thought for a long time while playing with his chips and eyeing Davidson before eventually putting in the call.
The turn was the
. Both players checked coyly to head the to river which came the
and the action again went check-check.
Wetzel turned over the ![]()
as Davidson mucked to give Wetzel a sizable pot.
The HPT Hollywood Casino Columbus surpassed expectations by attracting 588 entries (103 on Day 1a, 157 on 1b, and 328 on 1c) over three starting flights. That created an $855,540 prize pool (the second-largest in Ohio history) that will be distributed to the top 63 players with a min-cash being worth $3,067.
The eventual winner is slated to walk away with a $191,723 top prize while the runner-up will also secure a six-figure payday. Here's a look at the final table payouts.
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $191,723 |
| 2 | $118,434 |
| 3 | $77,621 |
| 4 | $53,934 |
| 5 | $39,194 |
| 6 | $30,418 |
| 7 | $25,561 |
| 8 | $21,301 |
| 9 | $17,041 |
John Dwyer raised to 2,500 from the cutoff and it folded around to the big blind who called. The flop came ![]()
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, and the big blind checked. Dwyer made a continuation bet of 2,700 and got called again from the big blind.
The turn came the
, the big blind checked and Dwyer made it another 4,100. The big blind called.
The river was the
, and this time Dwyer made it 7,800 putting his opponent in bad position if he made the call because he was low on chips. After a brief tank the big blind called and Dwyer showed him the ![]()
and the big blind mucked.
This $1,650 buy-in Main Event is just one tournament in the HPT Columbus, which started last weekend. There have been several side events including Event #4: $200 NLH Bounty ($50 Bounty), a tournament that attracted 151 entries and created a $17,063 prize pool.
That was paid out to the top 18 players including Anthony Bellar (16th - $273), Sean Donato (12th - $410), Steven Perkins (8th - $606), and Bryant Madison (5th - $956).
The final four players struck a deal that saw the top three walk away with the same money but with Zachary Chin being crowned the champ
Here’s a look at how the final table wound up:
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zachary Chin | Caroll, OH | $2,831* |
| 2 | Corey Becker | Maumee, OH | $2,831* |
| 3 | Jonathan Betts | Grove City, OH | $2,830* |
| 4 | William French | Blacklick, OH | $2,000* |
| 5 | Bryant Madison | Columbus, OH | $956 |
| 6 | Donal Salleroli | Philadelphia, PA | $785 |
| 7 | James Estep | South Salem, OH | $691 |
| 8 | Steven Perkins | Hillard, OH | $606 |
| 9 | Patricia Yeory | Miamisburg, OH | $512 |
*Denotes three-way deal
Shortly after the dinner break Scott Dehm moved all in preflop and was met with one caller who had a shorter stack.
Dehm showed ![]()
and his opponent showed ![]()
. The flop put a stranglehold on the hand for Dehm as it came ![]()
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.
The
on the turn provided his opponent with a glimmer of hope but that was quickly put out when a
hit the river confirming his bust out and giving Dehm a nice after dinner boost.