Take 10
Level 3
: 200/300, 300 ante
Players are on their first 10-minute break of the day.
2021 Colorado Poker Championship
$3,000 High Roller
Day: 1
Dixon Shows a Flush
Level 3
: 200/300, 300 ante
Rich Dixon limped in early position and Jay Teel pumped it up to 1,200 in the hijack. Action folded back to Dixon and he called.
Action checked through to the river of a completed board 
, where Dixon fired out 2,400 and Teel quickly called.
Dixon showed 
for a flush.
"(It's) Good," announced Teel, sending his cards to the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
37,500 | -2,500 |
|
16,100 | 2,900 |
Three Full Tables
Level 3
: 200/300, 300 ante
The field has now grown to 26 just past the midway point in Level 3, with Bobby Sanoubane, John Beauprez, and Ben Keeline finding their ways into the three vacant seats remaining in the tournament over the course of the last few minutes.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
40,000 | |
|
40,000 | |
|
40,000 |
Nut Flush Gives Giardina a Stack This Time
Level 3
: 200/300, 300 ante
After running an ace-high flush into a straight flush, Michael Giardina found himself in a three-handed pot on his new table with 3,400 in the middle and a board reading 
. Steven Rule was first to act in early position and bet 1,600, with both Giardina in middle position and Kane Lai in the hijack finding calls
Three-way action continued to the turn 
, Rule and Giardina checked again. Lai bet 5,200 and Rule folded, with Giardina calling behind to take action heads up to the river . Giardina checked again and Lai bet 11,600.
"All in," said Giardina, announcing a check-shove after a few moments in the tank. Lai immediately called.
Michael Giardina: 
Kane Lai: 
Giardina had made his second nut flush in the first two hours of the day, and this time found himself besting Lai's second nuts to take his stack and send Lai to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
75,300 | 35,300 |
|
|
40,000 | 40,000 |
|
22,200 | -17,200 |
|
Busted |
Jesse Goes for the Double Check-Raise
Level 3
: 200/300, 300 ante
Steve Wilkie raised to 800 in the hijack and was called by Jay Jesse in the small blind. The flop dropped 
and Jesse checked to Wilkie, who continuation-bet 1,500. Jesse check-raised to 4,000 and Wilkie called.
The turn came 
and Jesse slowed down momentarily, checking to Wilkie once more. Wilkie bet 5,500 and Jesse check-shoved for 15,400. Wilkie quickly folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
37,500 | -22,500 |
|
28,100 | 6,900 |
Saltz Joins the Party
Level 3
: 200/300, 300 ante
Josh Saltz has just entered the Bally's Black Hawk Poker Parlour and confirmed with PokerNews he is firing on a discount, having gotten into last night's satellite at the last minute and won his seat that way.
Saltz finished in eighth place during the series-long CPC Points Leader Board, effectively finding himself one in-the-money finish shy of a top-five positioning that would have earned him a free seat into the event. However, such a finish did not stop him from finding his way into the tournament, where he hopes to display another strong showing after a recent seventh in the CPC $1,450 Main Event for $13,625.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
40,000 | 40,000 |
Level: 3
Blinds: 200/300
Ante: 300
Mingus Makes a Flush; Giardina Coolered in First Elimination of the Day
Level 2
: 100/200, 200 ante
Around 4,000 was in the middle on a board reading 
with four players holding cards. Steve Le Peau checked in the big blind and Dan Mingus bet 2,200 in middle position. Jay Jesse folded in the cutoff and then Vincent Griboski called on the button. Le Peau folded, taking action heads up to the river where Mingus bet. another 4,200 and Griboski found a call.
Mingus showed , hitting a flush on the river to take down the pot.
On an adjacent table, Michael Giardina got his stack in with the nut flush on an unpaired board against Todd Sprague, who woke up with a straight flush and eliminated Giardina.
Thomas Fuller was then balanced onto Table 6, with Rich Dixon also entering the tournament and taking his seat at the same table. Giardina then re-entered moments later and was seated at Table 8.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
68,400 | 20,700 |
|
61,600 | 10,100 |
|
|
40,000 | |
|
|
40,000 | 40,000 |
|
37,700 | -7,800 |
|
36,200 | -3,800 |
|
|
21,200 | -18,800 |
River Saves Wahdan from Losing More
Level 2
: 100/200, 200 ante
There was 3,700 in the middle from preflop action with five going to a flop of 
, which checked through to 
. Eddy Konarske checked in the small blind and Al Hart followed suit in the big blind, sending action onto the under-the-gun Salim Wahdan. Wahdan bet 2,600 and saw Steven Rule fold in middle position before Josh Williamson called on the button. Konarske and Hart both folded behind.
Action was then heads up to the river 
, where Wahdan's fist connected with the felt. Williamsonput out a bet of 4,000.
"God damnit. I checked myself to death, didn't I?!" said Wahdan. He deliberated a bit more and eventually announced he would find a disciplined fold.
Williamson showed 
for the flopped full house and Wahdan exclaimed the river saved him and that he folded pocket tens.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
50,600 | 10,600 |
|
|
48,600 | 8,600 |
|
|
39,400 | -600 |
|
27,500 | -12,500 |
|
23,500 | -16,500 |
Field Up to 20
Level 2
: 100/200, 200 ante
Sammy Aweida, Thomas Fuller, Steven Rule, and Kane Lai have all entered in the recent minutes, taking the field up to 20 across three tables. Here's a look at the current table arrangement.
| Table | Seat | Player |
|---|---|---|
| 6 | 1 | Aaron Frei |
| 6 | 2 | (empty) |
| 6 | 3 | (empty) |
| 6 | 4 | Matt Livingston |
| 6 | 5 | Jay Teel |
| 6 | 6 | Michael Giardina |
| 6 | 7 | Todd Sprague |
| 6 | 8 | Roman Mai |
| 8 | 1 | Thomas Fuller |
| 8 | 2 | Josh Williamson |
| 8 | 3 | Eddy Konarske |
| 8 | 4 | Al Hart |
| 8 | 5 | Salim Wahdan |
| 8 | 6 | Steven Rule |
| 8 | 7 | (empty) |
| 8 | 8 | Kane Lai |
| 9 | 1 | Steve LePeau |
| 9 | 2 | Steve Wilkie |
| 9 | 3 | Dan Mingus |
| 9 | 4 | (empty) |
| 9 | 5 | Sammy Aweida |
| 9 | 6 | Jay Jesse |
| 9 | 7 | Vincent Griboski |
| 9 | 8 | Jason Welch |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
40,000 | 40,000 |
|
40,000 | 40,000 |
|
|
40,000 | 40,000 |
|
|
40,000 | 40,000 |