$1,450 Main Event Day 1a | 2021 Colorado Poker Championship

09-23-2021 16:11 UTC-7

Chip Counts From Half the Room

Hill Kerby

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Quackenbush	146,000 105,600	105,600
Rocco Palumbo (CO)	96,300 9,100	9,100
Barry Faecher	93,500 53,900	53,900
Matt Livingston	65,000 46,500	46,500
Chad Stoffel	62,400 13,600	13,600
Mike Wheeler	40,000 8,200	8,200
Rich Monroe	39,700 6,000	6,000
Jason Welch	23,000 7,000	7,000
Thomas Fuller	17,300 200	200
Norm Tanner	Busted
Phil Gioia	Busted

Level: 8

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

09-23-2021 16:01 UTC-7

Horvath Chips Up

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Hill Kerby

Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante

Ted Shenefelt open-limped in early position and saw Scott Horvath raise to 2,800 one seat over. Steve Wilkie called on the button as action made its way back to Shenefelt, who wanted no piece of a multiway postflop situation and quickly let his hand go as a result.

Action checked through the flop and the turn came . Horvath fired out 3,500 and received a call from Wilkie, bringing the river where Horvath bet another 7,000.

Wilkie picked up his cards to look at them, flicked them, and then sent onto the table face up to give up contention of the hand and earn Horvath the pot sans showdown.

Player	Chips	Progress
Scott Horvath	91,000 91,000	91,000
Steve Wilkie	43,600 31,400	31,400
Ted Shenefelt	30,300 15,800	15,800

Tags: Scott Horvath Steve Wilkie Ted Shenefelt

09-23-2021 15:53 UTC-7

Keeline Wakes Up With Aces

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Hill Kerby

Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante

Sherman Wu raised to 2,000 in early position and was called by a player on his direct left. Roman Mai called in the hijack as well before Ben Keeline three-bet to 9,600 in the small blind. Wu then four-bet to 17,200 and the player on his left five-bet jammed.

"How much is that?" asked Keeline. The dealer counted a total of 24,700 and Keeline matched it with Wu verbalizing a call behind.

Both players checked the flop and the turn came . Keeline reached for a stack of chips and set it onto the felt, prompting Wu to ask for a count that was totaled to 36,000. Wu folded.

"Am I dead?" asked the all-in player as he showed . Keeline tabled .

"I'm not dead!" exclaimed the player, seeing he had one shot at a two outer to stay alive. Unfortunately for him, it did not fall as the river completed the runout and scored Keeline the pot of roughly 75,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sherman Wu	127,000 33,800	33,800
Ben Keeline	118,000 69,600	69,600
Roman Mai	75,100 16,500	16,500

Tags: Ben Keeline Roman Mai Sherman Wu

09-23-2021 15:42 UTC-7

Wheeler Finds Too Many Outs to Miss

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Hill Kerby

Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante

Mike Wheeler was involved in a heads-up pot with a little over 11,000 in the middle on a flop reading . His opponent checked in early position and he shoved for 18,400 in the hijack. After some time, his opponent found a call.

Mike Wheeler:
Early Position:

"Twelve outs times two," said Wheeler as he tabled his hand. He then repeated it as the turn left him with one shot at staying alive. The river fell in his favor, completing the flush and earning a celebratory fist pump as a result.

"It was actually 11 outs," said the player on Wheeler's left with a smile due to Wheeler's opponent holding a jack.

"Eleven, yes," confirmed Wheeler as the pot was shipped his way.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Wheeler	48,200 16,800	16,800

Tags: Mike Wheeler

09-23-2021 15:36 UTC-7

Stoffel Calls Correctly

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Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante

Brian Leitch opened to 2,000 under the gun and saw action fold around to Chad Stoffel, who was on the button and called. Both Rocco Palumbo and Norm Tanner also called in the blinds and the four players saw a flop of . Action checked to Stoffel on the button and he bet 6,000. Only Palumbo called.

Both players checked the turn and the river came . Palumbo made a bet of 3,500 and Stoffel thought for a few moments before setting one black chip down onto the felt to signify a call.

Palumbo tabled for jacks up and Stoffel showed for a better two pair to earn himself the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rocco Palumbo (CO)	87,200 10,000	10,000
Chad Stoffel	48,800 48,800	48,800
Brian Leitch	24,400 19,900	19,900
Norm Tanner	19,700 9,300	9,300

Tags: Brian Leitch Chad Stoffel Matthew Palumbo Norm Tanner

09-23-2021 15:28 UTC-7

Field Reaches Sixty

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Hill Kerby

Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante

The tournament clock now displays a total of 60 entries at the beginning of Level 7. Registration will remain open until approximately 7 p.m. local time at the beginning of Level 10, and that number is expected to continue growing until that time.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jorden Helstern	30,000

Level: 7

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

09-23-2021 15:12 UTC-7

Break Time

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Level 6 : 300/600, 600 ante

Players are on another 10-minute break.

09-23-2021 15:07 UTC-7

Brink and Geller Hit Six Figures

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Level 6 : 300/600, 600 ante

All of the chips went into the middle preflop between an all-in player in middle position and Lawrence Brink, who had a covering stack on the button.

All-In Player:
Lawrence Brink:

The all-in player found four more outs to Broadway after the flop and the turn gave him three more counterfeit outs. However, the river failed to hit any of it and Brink scored the pot and the knockout as a result, taking him over 100K in the process.

Greg Geller was also seen at a new seat after being eliminated on his first bullet of the day. He has already chipped up over 100,000 as well, making him one of the top stacks in the room.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lawrence Brink	105,000 105,000	105,000
Greg Geller	103,000 103,000	103,000

Tags: Greg Geller Lawrence Brink