$3,000 High Roller | 2021 Colorado Poker Championship

09-29-2021 18:09 UTC-6

Table	Seat	Player
6	1	Steve Wilkie
6	2	John Beauprez
6	3	Rich Dixon
6	4	Al Hart
6	5	Eddy Konarske
6	6	Jason Dennis
6	7	Todd Sprague
6	8	Matt Livingston

9	1	Michael Giardina
9	2	Josh Saltz
9	3	Thomas Fuller
9	4	Bobby Sanoubane
9	5	Sherman Wu
9	6	Roman Mai
9	7	Rocco Palumbo (CO)
9	8	Jason Welch

Keeline Caged by Kings

HillKerby

Level 10 : 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Immediately after returning from the dinner break, action folded to Steve Wilkie on the button and he opened to 5,500. Ben Keeline re-jammed for 51,500 in the small blind and Wilkie called after Rich Dixon folded ace-queen in the big blind.

Ben Keeline:
Steve Wilkie:

The case queen was nowhere to be found as the board ran out and Keeline's queens were trampled by Wilkie's cowboys as a result.

Player	Chips	Progress
Steve Wilkie	121,000 54,500	54,500
Ben Keeline	Busted

Tags: Ben Keeline Rich Dixon Steve Wilkie

09-29-2021 18:04 UTC-6

Registration Closes

HillKerby

Level 10 : 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Rocco Palumbo was the final entrant of the 2021 CPC $3,00 High Roller, doing so on dinner break to take the field up to 39 with 17 players in contention.

Prize pool information will be posted upon its release.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rocco Palumbo (CO)	40,000

Level: 10

Blinds: 1,000/1,500

Ante: 1,500

09-29-2021 17:35 UTC-6

Chip Counts on Dinner

HillKerby

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Al Hart	243,500 39,000	39,000
Sherman Wu	199,000 28,000	28,000
Eddy Konarske	170,500 -24,000	-24,000
Jason Welch	144,500 28,700	28,700
Thomas Fuller	105,500 53,500	53,500
Jason Dennis	98,500 58,500	58,500
Matt Livingston	87,000 21,300	21,300
Roman Mai	83,500 29,300	29,300
Steve Wilkie	66,500 66,500	66,500
Todd Sprague	59,500 -1,100	-1,100
Bobby Sanoubane	58,500 -5,700	-5,700
Rich Dixon	53,500 22,300	22,300
Ben Keeline	51,500 11,500	11,500
John Beauprez	36,500 -3,500	-3,500

Michael Giardina	35,000 -5,000	-5,000
Josh Saltz	26,500 -8,500	-8,500

09-29-2021 17:21 UTC-6

Dinner Break - Last Chance To Register

HillKerby

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Players are on a 40-minute dinner break, set to close at 6:01 p.m. local time. Registration will remain open until then.

In the meantime, Vincent Griboski, Dan Mingus and Kane Lai were eliminated prior to the break, the latter of which was knocked out with ace-seven to the pocket jacks of Ben Keeline. Sixteen players now remain from 38 entries.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dan Mingus	Busted
Kane Lai	Busted
Vincent Griboski	Busted

Tags: Ben Keeline Dan Mingus Kane Lai

09-29-2021 17:15 UTC-6

Griboski Saves His Tournament Life

HillKerby

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Jason Welch raised to 3,100 under the gun and received calls from Dan Mingus in the cutoff, Sherman Wu in the small blind, and Vincent Griboski in the big blind. All four players checked .

The turn came and Wu checked again. Griboski bet 9,000 and Welch called, with Mingus and Wu folding behind to take action to the river . Griboski checked and Welch bet 8,000, which Griboski called.

Welch showed for the rivered full house, with Griboski showing a second-best flopped flush .

"You probably weren't going anywhere, were you?" asked Griboski after the hand. Welch confirmed he was not after having flopped the set.

"So I probably saved my tournament life playing it that way," Griboski added.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sherman Wu	171,000 85,000	85,000
Jason Welch	115,800 79,600	79,600
Bobby Sanoubane	64,200 10,200	10,200
Josh Saltz	35,000 -3,000	-3,000
Dan Mingus	35,000 -47,900	-47,900
Vincent Griboski	11,600 -24,400	-24,400

Tags: Dan Mingus Jason Welch Sherman Wu Vincent Griboski

09-29-2021 17:04 UTC-6

Hart Over 200K

HillKerby

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Al Hart opened in the hijack and saw Michael Giardina three-bet jam for around 20,000 on the button. Hart called.

Michael Giardina: [as9s
Al Hart:

Hart's hooks held through the runout and he scored the pot and the knockout, bringing him over 200,000 in the process. Moments later, Jay Jesse was also eliminated while both Giardina and John Beauprez re-entered, bringing the field up to 37 entries with 18 players currently remaining.

Player	Chips	Progress
Al Hart	204,500 138,500	138,500
Michael Giardina	40,000 -39,000	-39,000
John Beauprez	40,000

Jay Jesse	Busted

Tags: Al Hart Jay Jesse John Beauprez Michael Giardina

09-29-2021 16:54 UTC-6

Three More Toasted

HillKerby

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Jason Welch saw action fold to him on the button and limped. Steve Wilkie completed his small blind and Josh Saltz checked his option in the big blind, taking action three ways to a flop of .

First to act, Wilkie jammed for 7,500 and Saltz called with Welch folding behind.

Steve Wilkie:
Josh Saltz:

Saltz connected with the turn , hitting a straight and leaving Wilkie in need of finding one of the three remaining tens in the deck to chop and stay alive. Instead, the river completed the runout to earn Saltz the pot and the knockout.

Moments later, Aaron Frei was also eliminated while Salim Wahdan also was knocked out with his stack seen being shipped to Al Hart.

Player	Chips	Progress
Josh Saltz	38,000 -2,000	-2,000
Salim Wahdan	Busted
Steve Wilkie	Busted
Aaron Frei	Busted

Tags: Aaron Frei Al Hart Jason Welch Josh Saltz Salim Wahdan Steve Wilkie

09-29-2021 16:46 UTC-6

Beauprez Runs Into a Bigger Pair

HillKerby

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

As time expired in the previous level, John Beauprez was seen making his way from the tournament area after having been eliminated from the tournament by Michael Giardina. According to the table, Beauprez was down to 11,900 and re-jammed on the button over an open, only to see Michael Giardina re-jam in the small blind to isolate.

John Beauprez:
Michael Giardina: