2021 Colorado Poker Championship

$3,000 High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info

2021 Colorado Poker Championship

Event Info
Buy-in
$3,000
Entries
39
Players Left
4
Average Chip Stack
390,000
Total Chips
1,560,000
Level Info
Level
19
Blinds
6,000 / 12,000
Ante
12,000

Wilkie Doubles with a Full House

Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante
Steve Wilkie
Steve Wilkie

Vincent Griboski opened the action with a raise to 2,600 in early position and Steve Le Peau three-bet to 6,000 in the hijack. Steve Wilkie cold-called in the cutoff and Griboski came along as well.

The three saw the flop come {j-Clubs}{8-Spades}{9-Hearts} and Griboski checked to Le Peau, who went all in for about 28,000. Wilkie called all in for less and Griboski folded.

Steve Wilkie: {9-Spades}{9-Clubs}
Steve Le Peau: {10-Spades}{10-Clubs}

Wilkie's set of jacks was ahead of Le Peau's pair of tens and open-ended straight draw, the latter of which became moot as the turn {j-Diamonds} gave Wilkie a full house. Le Peau was then left with one shot at hitting a jack or a ten for the knockout, and neither came on the river {8-Hearts} to earn Wilkie the double and a bit more.

Player Chips Progress
Steve Wilkie gb
Steve Wilkie
59,800 42,100
Vincent Griboski us
Vincent Griboski
36,000 -5,100
Steve Le Peau us
Steve Le Peau
8,500 -27,500

Tags: Steve Le PeauSteve WilkieVincent Griboski

Field up to 31

Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante
2021 CPC Main Event Winner Jason Dennis
2021 CPC Main Event Winner Jason Dennis

John Beauprez and Zachary Reinbold were eliminated from the tournament in the opening minutes of Level 7, with CPC Main Event Champion Jason Dennis taking Beauprez's seat at Table 6.

Beauprez then fired for a second time, taking Reinbold's vacant seat on Table 8. Thirty-one entries have now been recorded with 24 players still in action.

Player Chips Progress
Jason Dennis us
Jason Dennis
40,000 40,000
John Beauprez us
John Beauprez
WSOP 1X Winner
40,000 14,500
Zachary Reinbold us
Zachary Reinbold
Busted

Tags: John BeauprezZachary Reinbold

Chip Counts from Break

Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante
Player Chips Progress
Eddy Konarske us
Eddy Konarske
123,500 5,700
Sherman Wu us
Sherman Wu
87,100 47,100
Dan Mingus us
Dan Mingus
82,900 3,000
Kane Lai us
Kane Lai
70,300 30,300
Michael Giardina us
Michael Giardina
67,200 19,500
Al Hart us
Al Hart
66,000 2,200
Matt Livingston us
Matt Livingston
65,700 -600
Todd Sprague us
Todd Sprague
60,600 -1,800
Roman Mai us
Roman Mai
54,200 -12,800
Thomas Fuller us
Thomas Fuller
52,000 -10,700
Salim Wahdan us
Salim Wahdan
49,200 3,700
Josh Williamson us
Josh Williamson
48,400 -15,600
Vincent Griboski us
Vincent Griboski
41,100 1,700
Jay Jesse us
Jay Jesse
38,700 3,500
Jason Welch us
Jason Welch
36,200 -5,100
Steve Le Peau us
Steve Le Peau
36,000 1,000
Rich Dixon us
Rich Dixon
31,200 -5,300
Aaron Frei us
Aaron Frei
28,000 800
Bobby Sanoubane us
Bobby Sanoubane
26,000 -17,700
John Beauprez us
John Beauprez
WSOP 1X Winner
25,500 -19,600
Zachary Reinbold us
Zachary Reinbold
19,100 -16,200
Steve Wilkie gb
Steve Wilkie
17,700 -8,400
Josh Saltz us
Josh Saltz
14,100 1,300
Ben Keeline us
Ben Keeline
6,500 -6,500

Level: 7

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

Break Time

Level 6 : 300/600, 600 ante

The tournament has reached its second 10-minute break of the day with 24 players remaining from 29 entries.

Livingston Barrels

Level 6 : 300/600, 600 ante
Matt Livingston
Matt Livingston

Roman Mai raised to 1,200 in the hijack and received calls from both Aaron Frei in the cutoff and Rich Dixon in the small blind. Matt Livingston then three-bet to 3,500 in the big blind and both Mai and Frei called, with Dixon folding to take three-way action to the streets.

Livingston fired a continuation-bet of 5,000 on the flop {9-Hearts}{2-Clubs}{q-Hearts} and Mai folded. Frei then called and the turn came {5-Clubs}, with Livingston sliding out more than Frei's remaining 27,200 to put him to a decision for his remaining chips.

About 20 seconds went by and Frei folded, earning Livingston the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Roman Mai us
Roman Mai
67,000 -13,300
Matt Livingston us
Matt Livingston
66,300 4,100
Rich Dixon us
Rich Dixon
36,500 12,100
Aaron Frei us
Aaron Frei
27,200 -18,900

Tags: Aaron FreiMatt LivingstonRich DixonRoman Mai

Wilkie Doubles Through Jesse

Level 6 : 300/600, 600 ante
Steve Wilkie
Steve Wilkie

Jay Jesse raised to 1,600 in early position and Steve Wilkie re-jammed on the button for 12,300. Jesse called once it became his turn to do so.

Steve Wilkie: {a-Hearts}{q-Hearts}
Jay Jesse: {a-Diamonds}{j-Spades}

Wilkie's ace had Jesse's dominated but he picked up a sweat to a chop as the flop came {10-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{10-Spades}. However, a running {5-Hearts}{k-Spades} fell cleanly behind to leave Wilkie's queen kicker to make the difference and score him the easy double.

Player Chips Progress
Jay Jesse us
Jay Jesse
35,200 -12,800
Steve Wilkie gb
Steve Wilkie
26,100 -35,900

Tags: Jay JesseSteve Wilkie

More Action from Table 8

Level 6 : 300/600, 600 ante
Al Hart
Al Hart

Hand #1: Al Hart raised to 3,000 in middle position over an early-position limp from Eddy Konarske and as called by Zachary Reinbold in the cutoff, Michael Giardina on the button and Josh Saltz in the big blind. Konarske also called, taking five to a flop of {6-Spades}{6-Hearts}{5-Spades}.

Action checked to Reinbold and he bet 5,200, receiving calls from Giardina and Hart.

"That's not what I expected," said Reinbold after two players called, and all three remaining players checked through the turn {k-Clubs} and river {5-Hearts} to take the hand to showdown.

Hart tabled {a-Diamonds}{a-Hearts} and his aces wound up best, earning him the pot.

Hand #2: On the next hand, Ben Keeline open-jammed for 5,900 on the button and Josh Saltz re-jammed for around 18,000 in the small blind, getting no action behind.

Ben Keeline: {j-Clubs}{9-Hearts}
Josh Saltz: {a-Spades}{j-Spades}

"It's okay," said Keeline. "There are a lot of nines in the deck," he added. He would need none, instead flopping a straight on {7-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{10-Spades} and fading the backdoor Broadway draw that Saltz picked up while {k-Spades}{a-Clubs} finished the runout.

"Well, that wasn't fair. But I enjoyed it," said Keeline with a laugh as his stack was matched by Saltz and the pot was shipped his way.

Player Chips Progress
Al Hart us
Al Hart
63,800 20,300
Michael Giardina us
Michael Giardina
47,700 -14,900
Zachary Reinbold us
Zachary Reinbold
35,300 -9,500
Ben Keeline us
Ben Keeline
13,000 2,300
Josh Saltz us
Josh Saltz
12,800 -16,600

Tags: Al HartBen KeelineEddy KonarskeJosh SaltzMichael GiardinaZachary Reinbold

Reinbold Active Early; Teel Ousted by Fuller

Level 6 : 300/600, 600 ante
Zachary Reinbold
Zachary Reinbold

Hand #1: Al Hart opened to 1,200 in the hijack and received a call from Salim Wahdan in the cutoff. Zachary Reinbold three-bet to 4,200 on the button and was called by only Wahdan.

Action went heads up to a flop of {6-Spades}{j-Hearts}{2-Clubs} and Wahdan checked to Reinbold, who made a continuation-bet of 3,000. Wahdan called and the turn came {k-Spades}. Wahdan checked again and Reinbold fired a second barrel of 7,500, which got a quick fold from Wahdan to earn him the pot.

Hand #2: On the very next hand, Eddy Konarske raised to 1,600 in early position and Reinbold three-bet to 4,200 in the cutoff. Michael Giardina cold-called on the button and Konarske called as well, taking three-way action to a flop of {7-Spades}{3-Spades}{2-Hearts}. Konarske checked and Reinbold continuation-bet 4,200.

Giardina quickly slid in a raise to 15,000 and both players wasted no time folding, earning him the pot.

Meanwhile, Jay Teel was just eliminated from an adjacent table after getting his stack of around 12,000 into the middle preflop with two eights against the pocket tens of Thomas Fuller. Kane Lai has taken Teel's seat, leaving 24 players still in play with 29 entries now having been recorded.

Player Chips Progress
Eddy Konarske us
Eddy Konarske
117,800 3,200
Thomas Fuller us
Thomas Fuller
62,700 12,300
Michael Giardina us
Michael Giardina
62,600 22,000
Salim Wahdan us
Salim Wahdan
45,500 -9,200
Zachary Reinbold us
Zachary Reinbold
44,800 4,800
Al Hart us
Al Hart
43,500 19,100
Kane Lai us
Kane Lai
40,000 5,400
Jay Teel us
Jay Teel
Busted

Tags: Al HartEddy KonarskeJay TeelKane LaiMichael GiardinaSalim WahdanThomas FullerZachary Reinbold

Level: 6

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600