2019 Heartland Poker Tour Hollywood Casino Columbus

Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info

2019 Heartland Poker Tour Hollywood Casino Columbus

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aa
Prize
$191,723
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,650
Prize Pool
$855,540
Entries
588
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
160,000

Friedman Takes Huge Pot From Rossitto

Level 13 : 1,200/2,400, 2,400 ante
Adam Friedman in Day 1a action
Adam Friedman in Day 1a action

A huge pot was in progress with already over 100,000 in the pot as the board read {q-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}{a-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}.

On the turn Michael Rossitto thought for a while before checking to Friedman who also took his time before pushing all in for his remaining stack. Rossitto sighed but put in the call after a moment.

Friedman quickly turned over the {k-Clubs}{10-Spades} for the nut straight leaving Rossitto's {a-Hearts}{q-Diamonds} drawing very thin. The river was the {9-Clubs} which was no help to Rossitto.

The dealer counted out Friedman's all-in shove which was 174,900. Leaving Rossitto down significantly from his earlier high and launching Friedman into the chip lead.

Player Chips Progress
Adam Friedman us
Adam Friedman
480,000
315,000
315,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 5X Winner
Michael Rossitto us
Michael Rossitto
120,000
-220,000
-220,000

Tags: Adam FriedmanMichael Rossitto

Dollinger Knocks Out Two

Level 13 : 1,200/2,400, 2,400 ante
John Dollinger
John Dollinger

Two players, including Dan Hummer, were seen walking away from the table.

They appeared to be the victims of John Dollinger who was stacking the two chip stacks into his own.

While we missed the hand this gives us a good excuse to give an update on Dollinger's stack.

Player Chips Progress
John Dollinger us
John Dollinger
160,000
-16,000
-16,000
Dan Hummer us
Dan Hummer
Busted

Tags: Dan HummerJohn Dollinger

Level: 14

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 3,000

Casino Adds to His Stack

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

A pot of about 60,000 was in the middle with a board that read {4-Hearts}{6-Spades}{5-Hearts}{a-Spades}{5-Clubs}. Craig Casino bet 47,000 on the river putting his opponent into a tough situation. His opponent thought for about a minute before cutting out the chips to make the call.

Casino showed the {2-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds} for trip fives which was the winner as his opponent mucked his hand. Casino continues his surge among the chip leaders.

Player Chips Progress
Craig Casino us
Craig Casino
350,000
80,000
80,000

Tags: Craig Casino

Ballentine Boats Up to Double Up

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

We missed the preflop action play out but we do know it resulted in Brent Ballentine getting his stack of 64,600 all in preflop in a race situation.

Ballentine: {10-Spades}{10-Hearts}
Opponent: {a-Diamonds}{k-Clubs}

Ballentine was looking to hold but did better than that by flopping top set on the {5-Spades}{9-Clubs}{10-Clubs} flop. The {9-Hearts} turn secured him the double with a full boat and he was pushed the pot after the {3-Hearts} was run out on the river.

Player Chips Progress
Brent Ballentine us
Brent Ballentine
140,000

Tags: Brent Ballentine

Friedman Builds on his Chip Lead

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

The cutoff raised to 3,000 and Adam Friedman in the hijack reraised for 8,500, and the cutoff made the call. The flop came, {j-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}{k-Spades} the cutoff checked, and Friedman made a continuation bet of 8,000. He was called again by the big blind.

The turn was the {6-Spades}, the cutoff checked, and Friedman fired for 16,000. The cutoff called.

The river was the {9-Diamonds} and both players checked, Friedman showed {k-Clubs}{q-Hearts} and his opponent mucked.

Player Chips Progress
Adam Friedman us
Adam Friedman
600,000
120,000
120,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 5X Winner

Tags: Adam Friedman

Friedman Bad Beats Carbone to Vault Over 650K

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Adam Friedman
Adam Friedman

A cooler hand just played out over at Table 26. It happened when a preflop raising war saw Anthony Carbone get his stack of approximately 120,000 in the middle against Adam Friedman. Interestingly the two had history from earlier in the year when the former finished in second place in the MSPT JACK Cleveland and the latter third.

Carbone: {a-Spades}{a-Clubs}
Friedman: {k-Hearts}{k-Spades}

It was a cooler for Friedman but turned into a bad beat for Carbone when the {10-Spades}{k-Clubs}{2-Clubs} flop gave his foe top set.

Neither the {4-Hearts} turn nor {6-Spades} river helped Carbone and he made a sudden exit in the penultimate level of the night while Friedman added to his chip lead.

Player Chips Progress
Adam Friedman us
Adam Friedman
660,000
60,000
60,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 5X Winner
Anthony Carbone us
Anthony Carbone
Busted

Tags: Adam Friedman

Reddy vs Song

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

In the middle position Stephen Song made it 6,000 and Sam Reddy raised all in. Song made the call putting Reddy at risk for his tournament life.

Reddy: {q-}{q-}
Song: {k-}{k-}

The board ran out {10-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}{q-Spades}{3-Spades}{4-Hearts} giving Reddy a set and a nice double up.

Player Chips Progress
Sam Reddy us
Sam Reddy
110,000
110,000
110,000

Tags: Sam ReddyStephen Song

Level: 15

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 4,000