Break Time
Level 15
: 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
The final eight players have agreed to cut their 10-minute break in half, meaning play will resume in five minutes.
2021 Colorado Poker Championship
$3,000 High Roller
Day: 1
Hart Runs Into Aces
Level 15
: 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Al Hart open-jammed for 40,000 in early position and was called by Thomas Fuller on his direct left. All remaining players folded.
Al Hart: 
Thomas Fuller: 
Hart was drawing dead by the turn as the runout 
came and spelled the end of his tournament life with a ninth-place finish.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
420,000
53,000
|
53,000 |
|
Busted |
Fuller Applies Pressure
Level 15
: 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Jason Dennis opened the action with a raise to 12,000 under the gun and was called by both Michael Giardina in early position and Eddy Konarske in middle position. Thomas Fuller then three-bet to 50,000 on the button, with only Giardina calling to take action heads up to the flop 
.
Fuller saw Giardina check-call his continuation-bet of 40,000 to bring the turn 
on board, where Giardina checked again.
"All in," said Fuller, effectively putting Giardina to a decision for his last 130,000. Such a decision proved to be an easy one, as Giardina quickly let his hand go and Fuller took down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
367,000
123,000
|
123,000 |
|
322,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
|
147,000
-13,000
|
-13,000 |
|
130,000
-100,000
|
-100,000 |
Sanoubane Finds a Little Breathing Room
Level 15
: 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Bobby Sanoubane went all in for 23,000 in middle position and action folded around the table to Thomas Fuller, who was in the big blind and called.
Bobby Sanoubane: 
Thomas Fuller: 
The flop 
left Sanoubane in front but gave him four more gutshot straight outs to sweat. The turn 
and river 
completed the runout, ultimately improving Sanoubane to top pair and scoring him the double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
244,000
-13,000
|
-13,000 |
|
54,000
31,000
|
31,000 |
"It's What I Do Best"
Level 15
: 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Jason Dennis open-jammed for 75,000 on the button, exclaiming, "It's what I do best," to result in laughter around the table. Bobby Sanoubane re-jammed in the small blind.
Jason Dennis: 
Bobby Sanoubane: 
Dennis was on his way out as the flop 
and turn came, but the river 
was one of the three cards left in the deck to keep him alive.
"It's what I do best," he said again with a smile after the king hit. Meanwhile, Sanoubane now finds himself down to just 23,000 and in need of a serious spin to pull back into contention after bein knocked down to four-and-a-half blinds.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
160,000
64,000
|
64,000 |
|
|
23,000
-84,000
|
-84,000 |
"You Always Show Me"
Level 15
: 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Michael Giardina opened to 13,000 in early position and received three calls behind from Sherman Wu in the hijack, Thomas Fuller on the button, and Steve Wilkie in the small blind.
The flop came 
and Wilkie checked to Giardina, who continuation-bet 16,000. Wu and Fuller folded, with Wilkie calling thereafter to take action heads up to the turn .
"All in," Wilkie announced, pushing forward his stack of 80,000.
"You always show me," said Giardina tabling 
. Wilkie returned the favor with 
.
"Nice hand," Giardina added. "I knew you had it."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
257,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
230,000
-26,000
|
-26,000 |
|
205,000
-25,000
|
-25,000 |
|
164,000
64,000
|
64,000 |
Giardina Gets a Big Double
Level 15
: 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Sherman Wu opened to 12,000 under the gun and was called by both Rocco Palumbo in the hijack and Michael Giardina in the small blind. The flop came 
and Giardina checked to Wu, who made a continuation-bet of 13,000. Palumbo folded and Giardina check-raised to 29,000.
"How much do you have left?" asked Wu. Giardina pushed his stack forward so that it was visible to his opponent, who then announced he was all in. Giardina called.
Michael Giardina: 
Sherman Wu: 
"Holy shit," said tablemate Eddy Konarske after seeing Giardina call correctly with a pair of treys and a gutshot. Giardina faded the six outer on both the turn and river 
and scored a huge double, taking him above a quarter-million as nine-handed play continues.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
256,000
131,000
|
131,000 |
|
|
230,000
-128,000
|
-128,000 |
|
|
95,000
-25,000
|
-25,000 |
Level: 15
Blinds: 3,000/5,000
Ante: 5,000
Updated Counts
Level 14
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
358,000
57,000
|
57,000 |
|
|
337,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
|
247,000 | |
|
|
125,000
38,000
|
38,000 |
|
|
120,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
|
107,000
-19,000
|
-19,000 |
|
|
100,000
-141,000
|
-141,000 |
|
|
96,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
|
|
53,000
-59,000
|
-59,000 |
Greenstein Keeps Palumbo Alive
Level 14
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Rocco Palumbo open-jammed for 54,000 in the cutoff and saw Michael Giardina re-shove in the small blind, receiving no further action thereafter.
Rocco Palumbo:
Michael Giardina: 
The flop 
gave Palumbo another out to stay alive with the turn bringing three more possible chop outs. Much to his favor, the river came instead to give him a better full house and double through Giardina as a result.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
116,000
54,000
|
54,000 |
|
|
87,000
-35,000
|
-35,000 |