2021 Colorado Poker Championship

$1,450 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2021 Colorado Poker Championship

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aj
Prize
$89,534
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,450
Prize Pool
$389,276
Entries
307
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
70
Players Left
8

Chip Counts After Break

Level 4 : 200/400, 400 ante
Player Chips Progress
Zach Gutierrez us
Zach Gutierrez
60,200
33,100
33,100
Mike Wheeler
Mike Wheeler
58,100
9,100
9,100
Steve Wilkie gb
Steve Wilkie
57,900
-4,100
-4,100
Roman Mai us
Roman Mai
52,100
52,100
52,100
Norm Tanner us
Norm Tanner
48,700
13,000
13,000
Rocco Palumbo (CO) us
Rocco Palumbo (CO)
47,600
8,000
8,000
Ted Shenefelt us
Ted Shenefelt
42,100
-21,000
-21,000
Chris Quackenbush us
Chris Quackenbush
39,400
9,400
9,400
Brian Leitch us
Brian Leitch
37,900
7,900
7,900
Thomas Fuller us
Thomas Fuller
33,800
-2,200
-2,200
Sammy Aweida us
Sammy Aweida
32,400
2,400
2,400
Andrew Miller us
Andrew Miller
30,500
16,700
16,700
Scott Horvath us
Scott Horvath
30,000
Phil Gioia us
Phil Gioia
29,300
1,000
1,000
Greg Geller us
Greg Geller
29,300
-700
-700
Rich Monroe us
Rich Monroe
25,500
-2,100
-2,100
Barry Faecher us
Barry Faecher
22,400
-7,600
-7,600
Matt Livingston us
Matt Livingston
21,100
-8,900
-8,900
Jason Welch us
Jason Welch
19,800
-6,800
-6,800

Gutierrez Gets Value with Top Set

Level 4 : 200/400, 400 ante
Zach Gutierrez
Zach Gutierrez

Around 10,000 was in the middle on a board reading {k-Spades}{10-Clubs}{j-Spades}{7-Hearts} and action was heads up between Greg Geller in middle position and Zach Gutierrez, who was in the cutoff. Geller check-called a bet of 3,500 from Gutierrez and the river {2-Hearts} completed the board.

Geller checked again and Gutierrez fired out 10,000. Geller thought for a few minutes and then tossed his two remaining T5,000 chips onto the felt to make the call.

Gutierrez tabled {k-Diamonds}{k-Hearts} for top set and it proved to be good for the pot as Geller quickly pushed his cards forward from the one-seat to muck them.

Player Chips Progress
Zach Gutierrez us
Zach Gutierrez
77,800
17,600
17,600
Greg Geller us
Greg Geller
9,800
-19,500
-19,500

Tags: Greg GellerZach Gutierrez

Monroe Gets a Dub

Level 4 : 200/400, 400 ante
Rich Monroe
Rich Monroe

Around 13,000 was in the middle from preflop action in a heads-up pot between an early-position player and Rich Monroe, who was in the cutoff. The flop came {6-Clubs}{j-Clubs}{j-Diamonds} and both players checked.

The turn was {5-Clubs} and the player in early position bet 6,300. Monroe called. The river fell {9-Clubs} and the early-position player looked back at his holdings before announcing a check. Monroe then looked over across the table to his opponent, eyeing a stack that the player revealed to be 17,000.

"Seventeen thousand, huh?" said Monroe. "I don't have that much," he said, sliding his remaining chips forward.

"I call," said the early-position player reluctantly. "Do you have the nuts?" he asked, showing {q-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}, and Monroe confirmed the news as he tabled {a-Clubs}{k-Hearts} for the best hanad.

"How much is it?" asked Monroe's opponent. The stack was totaled to be 9,700, which the player paid off. "Good hand, sir," he added.

Player Chips Progress
Rich Monroe us
Rich Monroe
39,000
13,500
13,500

Tags: Rich Monroe

Wheeler Gets Some More from Fuller

Level 4 : 200/400, 400 ante
Mike Wheeler
Mike Wheeler

Mike Wheeler raised to 1,200 under the gun and was called by a player in early position. Thomas Fuller also called in middle position and the three players saw a flop of {10-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{a-Diamonds}. Wheeler continuation-bet 3,200, the early-position player folded, and Wheeler called.

Action was then heads up to the turn {4-Spades}, where both players checked. The river then fell {4-Diamonds} and Wheeler fired out 6,500. Fuller went into the tank for about 90 seconds and before firmly setting calling chips onto the felt.

"I have trip fours," said Wheeler as he showed {4-Hearts}{3-Hearts}. Fuller let out a groan and shot his cards forward from the five-seat, sliding across the felt before hitting the dealer tray with an audible thud. The dealer then shipped the pot Wheeler's way.

Player Chips Progress
Mike Wheeler
Mike Wheeler
76,000
17,900
17,900
Thomas Fuller us
Thomas Fuller
18,600
-15,200
-15,200

Tags: Mike WheelerThomas Fuller

Level: 5

Blinds: 300/500

Ante: 500

Liu Eliminates Hartner

Level 5 : 300/500, 500 ante
Sheng Liu
Sheng Liu

The under-the-gun Brian Hartner got his last 10,000 or so all in on a flop of {3-Spades}{8-Diamonds}{5-Spades} against Sheng Liu, who was on the button.

Brian Hartner: {k-Spades}{10-Spades}
Sheng Liu: {5-Clubs}{3-Hearts}

"Black," requested Hartner before the turn. Instead, it fell {5-Hearts} to boat up Liu and leave Hartner drawing dead to the river {7-Spades}, which completed his no-good flush draw and sent him to the rail as a result.

Player Chips Progress
Sheng Liu cn
Sheng Liu
52,200
52,200
52,200
Brian Hartner us
Brian Hartner
Busted

Tags: Brian HartnerSheng Liu

Keeline Leads the Whole Way

Level 5 : 300/500, 500 ante
Ben Keeline
Ben Keeline

Dimitrios Adrianakos open-limped in the hijack and action went three handed to a flop of {4-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds} after the small blind completed and Ben Keeline checked his option in the big blind. The small blind checked and Keeline bet 800, with both players calling.

Three-handed action continued to the turn {3-Spades}, where the small blind checked once more. Keeline tossed out 5,700 and Adrianakos verbally confirmed the amount before calling. The small blind quickly folded.

The river fell {6-Spades} and Keeline reached for chips once more, firing another 18,000 into the middle. Adrianakos took about three seconds and then flicked his cards forward across the felt.

Player Chips Progress
Ben Keeline us
Ben Keeline
45,000
45,000
45,000
Dimitrios Adrianakos us
Dimitrios Adrianakos
42,800
42,800
42,800

Tags: Ben KeelineDimitrios Adrianakos

Faecher Flips Well

Level 5 : 300/500, 500 ante
Barry Faecher
Barry Faecher

Barry Faecher opened on the button and was three-bet to 3,600 by Mike Wheeler in the big blind. Faecher four-bet jammed for 19,400 and Wheeler called, sending the two off to the races.

Barry Faecher: {8-Clubs}{8-Spades}
Mike Wheeler: {a-Diamonds}{k-Spades}

The flop {q-Hearts}{7-Clubs}{9-Spades} left Faecher out in front but he picked up three more outs to sweat after the turn {9-Hearts} hit the board. The board did wind up double pairing on the river {7-Spades}, but it was not enough for Faecher's hand to be bested and he scored the double as a result.

Player Chips Progress
Barry Faecher us
Barry Faecher
39,600
17,200
17,200
Mike Wheeler
Mike Wheeler
31,400
-44,600
-44,600

Tags: Barry FaecherMike Wheeler

Updated Chip Counts

Level 5 : 300/500, 500 ante
Player Chips Progress
Zach Gutierrez us
Zach Gutierrez
93,300
15,500
15,500
Sherman Wu us
Sherman Wu
93,200
93,200
93,200
Roman Mai us
Roman Mai
91,600
39,500
39,500
Phil Gioia us
Phil Gioia
49,000
19,700
19,700
Ben Keeline us
Ben Keeline
48,400
3,400
3,400
Rocco Palumbo (CO) us
Rocco Palumbo (CO)
47,000
-600
-600
Brian Leitch us
Brian Leitch
44,300
6,400
6,400
Sheng Liu cn
Sheng Liu
43,000
-9,200
-9,200
Dimitrios Adrianakos us
Dimitrios Adrianakos
40,400
-2,400
-2,400
Chris Quackenbush us
Chris Quackenbush
40,400
1,000
1,000
Steve Wilkie gb
Steve Wilkie
34,600
12,600
12,600
Rich Monroe us
Rich Monroe
33,700
-5,300
-5,300
Sammy Aweida us
Sammy Aweida
32,500
100
100
Norm Tanner us
Norm Tanner
29,000
-19,700
-19,700
Matt Livingston us
Matt Livingston
18,500
-2,600
-2,600
Thomas Fuller us
Thomas Fuller
17,500
-1,100
-1,100
Jason Welch us
Jason Welch
16,000
-3,800
-3,800
Ted Shenefelt us
Ted Shenefelt
14,500
-27,600
-27,600
Scott Horvath us
Scott Horvath
Busted
Andrew Miller us
Andrew Miller
Busted
Greg Geller us
Greg Geller
Busted

Level: 6

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600