Main Event Day 1c | 2019 Heartland Poker Tour Hollywood Casino Columbus

04-27-2019 19:51 UTC-4

Dwyer Extends his Chip Lead

Leo_Contreras

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

John Dwyer raised to 2,500 from the cutoff and it folded around to the big blind who called. The flop came , and the big blind checked. Dwyer made a continuation bet of 2,700 and got called again from the big blind.

The turn came the , the big blind checked and Dwyer made it another 4,100. The big blind called.

The river was the , and this time Dwyer made it 7,800 putting his opponent in bad position if he made the call because he was low on chips. After a brief tank the big blind called and Dwyer showed him the and the big blind mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Dwyer	244,000 69,000	69,000

Tags: John Dwyer

04-27-2019 20:05 UTC-4

Prize Pool and Payout Information

Chad Holloway

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

The HPT Hollywood Casino Columbus surpassed expectations by attracting 588 entries (103 on Day 1a, 157 on 1b, and 328 on 1c) over three starting flights. That created an $855,540 prize pool (the second-largest in Ohio history) that will be distributed to the top 63 players with a min-cash being worth $3,067.

The eventual winner is slated to walk away with a $191,723 top prize while the runner-up will also secure a six-figure payday. Here's a look at the final table payouts.

Place	Prize
1	$191,723
2	$118,434
3	$77,621
4	$53,934
5	$39,194
6	$30,418
7	$25,561
8	$21,301
9	$17,041

04-27-2019 20:08 UTC-4

Wetzel Takes From Davidson

Jeff McMillan

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

The board read . Brandon Wetzel led out with a bet of about 8,000 and was raised by Nick Davidson to about 24,000. Wetzel thought for a long time while playing with his chips and eyeing Davidson before eventually putting in the call.

The turn was the . Both players checked coyly to head the to river which came the and the action again went check-check.

Wetzel turned over the as Davidson mucked to give Wetzel a sizable pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brandon Wetzel	90,000 90,000	90,000

Tags: Brandon Wetzel Nick Davidson

Level: 11

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 1,600

04-27-2019 20:23 UTC-4

Hart with a Big Stack

Leo_Contreras

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

The pot was limped from the early position, the cutoff, the small blind, and Jeff Hart checked his option in the big blind. The flop was , and the pot was checked around.

The turn was the , and Hart made it 2,500 to go. It was folded around to the small blind who made the call.

The river was the , both players checked, and Hart turned over the . The small blind mucked and now Hart is among the top of the chip leaders here on Day 1c.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeff Hart	225,000 225,000	225,000

Tags: Jeff Hart

04-27-2019 20:25 UTC-4

A Round of Chip Counts

Chad Holloway

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Randy Froehlich	325,000
Michael Pempin	220,000
Kevin Eyster	200,000 105,000	105,000

Scott Dehm	195,000 75,000	75,000
Frank Lagodich	185,000 168,000	168,000
Andy Spears	140,000 85,000	85,000
Clint Landman	120,000 45,000	45,000
David Gutfreund	90,000 41,000	41,000
Hitesh Patel	60,000 -40,000	-40,000
Henry Zou	60,000 22,500	22,500
Cody Brinn	50,000 -5,000	-5,000
Bill Byrnes	35,000 35,000	35,000
Greg Raymer	35,000 10,000	10,000

Keven Stammen	31,000 -34,000	-34,000

Ravi Raghavan	24,500 3,500	3,500

Karam Dhillon	Busted

04-27-2019 20:25 UTC-4

Grise Grows Chip Stack

Jeff McMillan

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

A player in Seat 1 had moved all in preflop for 32,500. Brandon Wetzel flat called. Ben Grise asked Wetzel how much he had behind before also making the flat call to create a huge pot.

Wetzel and Grise would check it down as the board ran out . The player in Seat 1 showed the and Wetzel showed the . But Grise had them both beat with the as the flush came home on the river.