Swartz Leads Final 46 into Day 2 of HPO Columbus
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Welcome to Day 2 of the HPO Columbus Main Event. With 152 entries on Saturday and 142 entries on Sunday, the Columbus regional stop for Season 3 generated a whopping prize pool of $294,000, nearly thrice the guarantee.
Daniel Swartz comes into Day 2 as the chip leader, having accumulated a massive stack of 350,000 on Saturday’s Day 1a. Swartz will have some tough competition as tour regular Doug Holland took the Day 1b chip lead late in level 14 when his pocket aces held in a big pot against pocket queens. Holland is stacked at 283,500 and is followed closely by another tour regular, Ken Moore (266,500).
Other notables that advanced to Day 2 with big stacks are Ross Gottlieb (240,000), Danny Warchol (204,000) and Iverson Cotton Snuffer (183,500). Tour grinders Nick Pupillo and Nick Guagenti bagged a more modest 123,000 and 119,000 respectively, but the favorable structure should allow for plenty of play for them.
A total of 46 runners advanced and a good bunch will go home empty-handed, with payments going to the top 27. The top prize is $70,560 in cash + a seat in June’s HPO $2,500 Championship Main Event at the M Resort in Las Vegas.
The chase for the title starts at 12:15 p.m. local time, so stay tuned as we will bring you live reporting down to the finish.