Level: 21
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 16,000
2019 Heartland Poker Tour Hollywood Casino Columbus
Main Event
Day: 2
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
Time for the Dinner Break
Level 20
: 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
The remaining players are now on their 60-minute dinner break. Cards will be back in the air at 6 p.m. local time.
Ritter vs Friedman
Level 20
: 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Adam Friedman raised to 27,000 from the cutoff position and Greg Ritter made the call. The flop came the 
, and Ritter checked. Friedman bet 25,000 and Ritter called.
The turn came the 
and it was checked around.
The river was the 
, and Ritter bet 100,000, Friedman reluctantly made the call. Ritter showed the 
for the set of eights and Friedman mucked the 
in frustration.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,020,000
370,000
|
370,000 |
|
||
|
520,000
249,000
|
249,000 |
Rotholz Eliminates McIntyre
Level 20
: 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Jesse McIntyre raised 28,000 in the hijack position, the small blind called and Hal Rotholz moved all in. McIntrye made the call.
Rotholz: 
McIntyre: 
The board read 
, and Rotholz pocket nines held to eliminate McIntyre in 32nd place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
700,000
520,000
|
520,000 |
|
Busted |
Hart Surges to Top Thanks to Double Elimination; Casino Falls
Level 20
: 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
A monster pot just went down at Table 26. The preflop details escaped us but we do know that Randy Froehlich was all in for 150,000 against both Craig Casino and Jeff Hart. Additionally, Casino was all in for 240,000 more than that against Hart in a side pot.
Hart: 
Casino: 
Froehlich:
Casino, the HPT's all-time money leader, was out in front while Froehlich needed some major help. Instead, it was Hart who got lucky when the 
flop delivered him an ace.
The turn gave both Froehlich and Casino some more outs, but they both missed when the 
bricked on the river. Froelich hit the rail in 36th place for $4,686 while Casino finished in 35th for the same amount.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,200,000
892,000
|
892,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
Eyster Makes River Call
Level 20
: 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
On the turn the board read 
. Keith Thurman had bet 75,000 over to Kevin Eyster who put in the call.
The river fell the . Eyster checked and Thurman put in a bet of 115,000. Eyster took his time and thought through the hand before throwing in the call.
Thurman showed the . Eyster flipped over the winning hand with the 
, continuing his positive momentum as we near the dinner break
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
800,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
||
|
280,000
-160,000
|
-160,000 |
Neymar Busts After Running Into Aces
Level 20
: 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Vitaliy Neymar moved all in for 189,000 from the cutoff and Brady Churches called off for 181,000 from the small blind.
Neymar: 
Churches:
The 
flop gave Churches a set, and Neymar was left drawing dead on the turn. The meaningless 
was run out on the river and Neymar sent over all but 8,000 of his chips.
He went bust two hands later in 38th place for $3,919.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
400,000
190,000
|
190,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Frye Eliminates Two Players Back to Back
Level 20
: 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
On the button Brian Frye raised to 32,000 and Derrick Rose moved all in for his remaining 116,000. Frye made the call after a brief tank.
Frye: 
Rose: 
The board ran out 
, and Frye's sevens eliminated Rose in 40th place.
On the very next hand he also eliminated Andy Spears in 39th place when his kings held again .
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
960,000
260,000
|
260,000 |
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Eyster's Kings Take Big Pot
Level 20
: 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
A large pot of at least 250,000 was already in the middle on the river on a board that read 
. Both Kevin Eyster and Hal Rotholz took their time before checking on the river.
Rotholz showed 
for second pair but Eyster showed him 
for the winning hand and he pulled in the big pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
700,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
|
||
Comisso Wins Huge Pot Through Guagenti
Level 20
: 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
On a board that read 
Mike Comisso made a bet of 75,000 which Nick Guagenti raised all in for about 330,000.
Comisso snap called and turned over for the full house while Guagenti showed . The river was not a king as it came the 
to give Comisso a huge boost to his stack and left Guagenti on the short end.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
750,000
440,000
|
440,000 |
|
160,000
-365,000
|
-365,000 |
|
|
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