Let the March to the HPT Hollywood Casino Columbus Final Table Begin!
The $1,650 HPT Hollywood Casino Columbus Main Event attracted 588 entrants over three starting flights, and today 94 of them will return for Day 2 action. The top 63 will earn a piece of the $855,540 prize pool with a min-cash being worth $3,067. The winner is slated to take home an astounding $191,723 top prize.
Today the plan is to play down to the final table of nine. Those players will then return tomorrow to play down to a winner on a live-streamed final table that will also be filmed for a television broadcast. It'll mark the TV debut of poker in Ohio.
World Series of Poker bracelet winner Adam Friedman begins the day as chip leader with a massive 807,000, which he bagged in the Day 1b flight. Day 1a chip leader Brian Frye (537,000) and 1c chip leader Mike Comisso (513,000) also return with big stacks.
Others returning to action 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).
The PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be here all day capturing the action once cards get in the air at 11 a.m. local time. Stay tuned for all the latest and greatest straight from the tournament floor of the HPT Hollywood Casino Columbus.