Main Event Day 2 | 2019 Heartland Poker Tour Hollywood Casino Columbus

04-28-2019 20:41 UTC-4

Updated Chip Counts from Table 24

Chad Holloway

Level 23 : 12,000/24,000, 24,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Mandeep Sah	1,600,000 472,000	472,000
Adam Friedman	1,320,000 220,000	220,000

Thila Narayanan	1,100,000 -170,000	-170,000
Bryant Miller	860,000 -490,000	-490,000
Joey Couden	700,000 -70,000	-70,000

Hal Rotholz	650,000 -200,000	-200,000
Brady Churches	620,000 -120,000	-120,000
Nick Guagenti	550,000 -50,000	-50,000

Brian Frye	500,000 -30,000	-30,000

Level: 23

Blinds: 12,000/24,000

Ante: 24,000

04-28-2019 20:10 UTC-4

Time for Another Break

Chad Holloway

Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

The final 18 players are now on another 15-minute break.

04-28-2019 20:10 UTC-4

Narayanan Busts Ritter in 19th

Jeff McMillan

Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Greg Ritter pushed all in for his remaining 571,000 and was quickly called by Thila Narayanan.

Ritter showed the while Narayanan tabled the .

The board ran out clean for Narayanan when it came .

Ritter finished in 19th place for $5,623.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thila Narayanan	1,270,000
Greg Ritter	Busted

Tags: Greg Ritter Thila Narayanan

04-28-2019 20:04 UTC-4

Wagner Eliminated in 20th Place

Leo_Contreras

Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Abdul Amer raised to 45,000 in the cutoff and Daniel Wagner moved all in for 254,000 from the small blind. Amer made the call to put Wagner at risk for his tournament life.

Amer:
Wagner:

The board ran , and Amer's pair of sevens was enough to eliminate Wagner in 20th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Abdul Amer	1,660,000 1,367,000	1,367,000
Daniel Wagner	Busted

Tags: Abdul Amer Daniel Wagner

04-28-2019 19:51 UTC-4

Couden Takes Down Big Pot

Jeff McMillan

Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

On the turn with the board reading and a pot of already about 200,000 in the middle, Hal Rotholz bet 35,000. Joey Couden raised to 118,000 and Rotholz went deep into the tank.

After contemplating for a a couple of minutes he put in the call to grow the already large pot. The river was the . Rotholz checked and Couden checked behind.

Rotholz showed while Couden revealed that he had flopped it with the . Couden collected the large pot to vault himself up in the chip counts.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hal Rotholz	850,000 -324,000	-324,000
Joey Couden	770,000 -55,000	-55,000

Tags: Hal Rotholz Joey Couden

04-28-2019 19:33 UTC-4

Comisso and Miller Hit the Rail

Chad Holloway

Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Shortly after Day 1c chip leader Mike Comisso took his leave from the tournament - the result of losing a flip with ace-queen to pocket tens - Jerry Miller followed him out the door.

It happened when Nick Guagenti moved all in from the cutoff and Miller called off for 216,000 out of the small blind.

Miller:
Guagenti:

It was a flip but Miller needed to improve to stay alive. Unfortunately for him that proved easier said than done as the board ran out an unhelpful .

Miller earned $5,623 for his 21st-place finish.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nick Guagenti	600,000 280,000	280,000

Mike Comisso	Busted
Jerry Miller	Busted

Tags: Jerry Miller Mike Comisso Nick Guagenti

04-28-2019 19:25 UTC-4

Caleb King Eliminated

Leo_Contreras

Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Joey Couden raised to 46,000 in middle position and Caleb King on the button went all in for 192,000. Brady Churches reraised for all in from the small blind. Couden folded and King called and was at risk for his tournament life.

Churches:
King:

The board ran , and Churches jacks held. King was eliminated in 23rd place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brady Churches	740,000 430,000	430,000
Caleb King	Busted

Tags: Brady Churches Caleb King Joey Couden

04-28-2019 19:09 UTC-4

King Triples Up

Jeff McMillan

Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Caleb King moved all in with his shortened stack and gathered two callers, Mike Comisso and Mandeep Sah.

Comisso and Sah would check down the rest of the hand and at the end the board read . Comisso turned over , Sah had and King turned over which was the winner after the ten hit on the river.

The triple up helped boost King's stack back up with 23 players remaining.

Player	Chips	Progress
Caleb King	200,000 -40,000	-40,000

Tags: Caleb King

04-28-2019 19:07 UTC-4

Rotholz Doubles Up

Leo_Contreras

Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Mike Comisso limped in middle position and Hal Rotholz raised to 32,000. Caleb King in the small blind raised to 152,000 and player in Comisso folded. Rotholz reraised all in 587,000, putting him at risk for his tournament life and King called.

Rotholz:
King:

The board ran and Rotholz's pocket jacks held to double him up with three tables left in the tournament.