2021 Colorado Poker Championship

$1,450 Main Event
Day: 1a
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Event Info
2021 Colorado Poker Championship
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a♠j♣
Prize
$89,534
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,450
Prize Pool
$389,276
Total Entries
307
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
70
Players Left
8
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Palumbo Over 400K

Hill Kerby
Hill Kerby
Level 13 : 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante
Rocco Palumbo
Rocco Palumbo

Rocco Palumbo had chipped up to more than 350,000 before opening in middle position and calling a three-bet to 23,000 from Brian Leitch in the big blind. Leitch committed his remaining 40,000 on the flop {q-Spades}{2-Hearts}{8-Spades} and Palumbo called.

Brian Leitch: {9-Spades}{9-Clubs}
Rocco Palumbo: {8-Hearts}{7-Hearts}

"That sucks," said Palumbo after seeing Leitch pip him. "I hit, too," he added as the turn {10-Clubs} brought one card between Leitch and a double. Unfortunately for Leitch, that final card came {8-Clubs} and proved to be the last card of his tournament.

"Just the way my night's gone," said Leitch with a smile after finding himself eliminated. Fourteen players now remain.

Tags: Brian LeitchRocco Palumbo

Fortini Falls; Thieme Follows

Hill Kerby
Hill Kerby
Level 13 : 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante
Lawrence Brink
Lawrence Brink

Hand #1: Taylor Fortini found himself with crumbs after ceding a double to the pocket eights of Shannon Hudson and open-jammed his remaining chips on the button, receiving an isolation-raise from Lawrence Brink to give him a shot at a double.

Taylor Fortini: {a-Spades}{6-Diamonds}
Lawrence Brink: {a-Diamonds}{j-Spades}

Fortini was unable to find one of the three remaining sixes in the deck as the runout {k-Spades}{10-Hearts}{2-Spades}{8-Hearts}{3-Spades} left Brink's jack kicker on top to earn him the pot and the knockout.

Hand #2: One hand later, Brian Thieme was seen vacating his seat at the very same table as Mike Wheeler was collecting the pot that did him in. Wheeler filled in the details, saying there was a limped pot preflop that saw {a-Hearts}{k-Hearts}{10-} come on board.

Thieme checked to Wheeler, who bet and saw Thieme check-jam. Wheeler called.

Brian Thieme: {q-Spades}{j-Spades}
Mike Wheeler: {q-Hearts}{3-Hearts}

"And I hit a flush on the river," said Wheeler, who now finds himself with a stack of 170,500.

Tags: Brian ThiemeLawrence BrinkMike WheelerTaylor Fortini

Updated Counts from Break

Hill Kerby
Hill Kerby
Level 13 : 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante

Level: 13

Blinds: 2,000/3,000

Ante: 3,000

Final Break of the Night

Hill Kerby
Hill Kerby
Level 12 : 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

The remaining 17 players are on their final 10-minute break of the night. Two more levels will be played upon returning unless 10 eliminations occur before that time.

Leitch Gets a Triple

Hill Kerby
Hill Kerby
Level 12 : 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
Brian Leitch
Brian Leitch

Steve Wilkie open-limped under the gun and saw Sherman Wu follow suit in the hijack. as action folded around to Brian Leitch in the big blind.

"All right, let's do this!" said Leitch as he went all in for 23,000. Both Wilkie and Wu called and then checked the flop {10-Hearts}{a-Clubs}{4-Diamonds} to bring the turn {4-Hearts}, where Wilkie reached for chips.

"Don't do it!" pleaded Wu unsuccessfully as Wilkie bet 20,000. Wu called and then action checked through the river {q-Clubs} to take the hand to showdown.

Brian Leitch: {a-Spades}{7-Hearts}
Steve Wilkie: {10-Spades}{9-Diamonds}
Sherman Wu: {j-Hearts}{8-Hearts}

Leitch's ace was best and scored him the triple just before the final break of the night with Wilkie taking the side pot and leaving Wu with just a handful of blinds left in his stack.

Tags: Brian LeitchSherman WuSteve Wilkie

"How About Kings?!"

Hill Kerby
Hill Kerby
Level 12 : 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
Donna Gadd
Donna Gadd

Donna Gadd opened to 10,000 on the button and Steve Wilkie three-bet to 30,000 in the big blind. Gadd quickly called.

"Wow! No Hesitation!" said Wilkie as the flop came {q-Hearts}{8-Hearts}{7-Clubs}. "Check," he added. Gadd quickly slid forward all of her chips.

"You hit that bloody queen, didn't you?!" Wilkie exclaimed. "Can I get a count?"

The dealer broke down Gadd's stack and totaled it to be 92,000 as Wilkie stood up to further ponder his decision.

"If you have ace-queen, I'm ahead. If you have pocket queens, I'm dead. Well, not dead - I put you on pocket queens before the flop, too!" continued Wilkie. "Would you do that with ace-queen? You might."

Eventually, Wilkie found a call: "Show me the queens!" he said as he tabled {k-Hearts}{k-Spades}.

Gadd let out a roar of laughter, showing {k-Diamonds}{k-Clubs} of her own: "How about Kings?!" she said, bringing about even more laughter from both players. The runout {6-Hearts}{10-Clubs} brought about the chop, with both players laughing their way through congratulating one another on a nice hand before chopping the pot.

Moments later, Wilkie was seen collecting the stack of Greg Geller with his ace-queen still displayed to beat Geller's king-jack and eliminate Geller from the tournament. Geller's elimination brings the field down to 18 players with two full tables remaining in play.

Tags: Donna GaddGreg GellerSteve Wilkie

Fortini Lays the Trap

Hill Kerby
Hill Kerby
Level 12 : 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
Taylor Fortini
Taylor Fortini

Taylor Fortini opened to 5,500 in the hijack and was called by Chris Quackenbush, who was on the button. The flop came {8-Spades}{9-Spades}{a-Clubs} and Fortini checked to Quackenbush, who bet 5,000. Fortini called.

The turn came {3-Diamonds} and Fortini checked again. Quackenbush fired out another 11,000 and Fortini check-jammed for 46,500. Quackenbush announced a call.

Taylor Fortini: {9-Hearts}{9-Clubs}
Chris Quackenbush: {a-Hearts}{q-Hearts}

"Nice hand," ceded Quackenbush upon seeing his top pair was up against a set. The river {2-Diamonds} made the hand official and the double was shipped Fortini's way.

Tags: Chris QuackenbushTaylor Fortini

Sanoubane Leads CPC Points Leader Board Entering Main Event

Hill Kerby
Hill Kerby
Level 12 : 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
Bobby Sanoubane
Bobby Sanoubane

The Bally's Black Hawk Colorado Poker Championship has been running since Wednesday, September 8 with 20 events having played to their completion prior to the $1,450 Main Event running all weekend. A series-long leader board is in effect and will award the top five finishers seats to the $3,000 High Roller Event on Wednesday, September 29, also set to be covered by PokerNews.

In addition to the High Roller seats, the outright winner of the points leader board will also earn $10,000 for a World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event entry this upcoming November.

As of September 22, Bobby Sanoubane finds himself in pole position, barely ahead of Jason Welch. Stay tuned as the Main Event continues, as it will be sure to have implications when all is said and done.

PlacePlayerTotal Points
1Bobby Sanoubane353
2Jason Welch350
3Sammy Aweida273
4Aaron Frei223
5Salim Wahdan168
6Dwane Collard160
7Mansour Alipourfard150
8Andrew Stevens148
9Josh Saltz148
10Christopher Brand140
11Dimitriose Andrianakos135
12Phil Gioia125
13Ross Lantzy125
14Al Hart123
15Andrew Miller123
16Jonathan McCray123
17Francesco Campanile120

Tags: Bobby SanoubaneJason Welch

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,500/2,500

Ante: 2,500

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