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

Level: 8

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

Horvath Chips Up

Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante
Scott Horvath
Scott Horvath

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 {j-Diamonds}{a-Clubs}{10-Diamonds} and the turn came {6-Spades}. Horvath fired out 3,500 and received a call from Wilkie, bringing the river {9-Diamonds} where Horvath bet another 7,000.

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

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

Tags: Scott HorvathSteve WilkieTed Shenefelt

Keeline Wakes Up With Aces

Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante
Ben Keeline
Ben Keeline

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 {5-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}{q-Diamonds} and the turn came {j-Clubs}. 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 {10-Spades}{10-Clubs}. Keeline tabled {a-Spades}{a-Clubs}.

"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 {6-Hearts} completed the runout and scored Keeline the pot of roughly 75,000.

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

Tags: Ben KeelineRoman MaiSherman Wu

Wheeler Finds Too Many Outs to Miss

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 {10-Hearts}{a-Clubs}{k-Clubs}. 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: {q-Clubs}{2-Clubs}
Early Position: {k-Hearts}{j-Hearts}

"Twelve outs times two," said Wheeler as he tabled his hand. He then repeated it as the turn {8-Hearts} left him with one shot at staying alive. The river {4-Clubs} 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
Mike Wheeler
48,200 16,800

Tags: Mike Wheeler

Stoffel Calls Correctly

Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante
Chad Stoffel
Chad Stoffel

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 {2-Hearts}{k-Clubs}{j-Clubs}. Action checked to Stoffel on the button and he bet 6,000. Only Palumbo called.

Both players checked the turn {2-Clubs} and the river came {5-Hearts}. 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 {q-Spades}{j-Spades} for jacks up and Stoffel showed {k-Spades}{10-Spades} for a better two pair to earn himself the pot.

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

Tags: Brian LeitchChad StoffelMatthew PalumboNorm Tanner

Field Reaches Sixty

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 us
Jorden Helstern
30,000

Level: 7

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

Brink and Geller Hit Six Figures

Level 6 : 300/600, 600 ante
Lawrence Brink
Lawrence Brink

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: {a-Hearts}{q-Hearts}
Lawrence Brink: {6-Spades}{6-Hearts}

The all-in player found four more outs to Broadway after the flop {k-Diamonds}{3-Spades}{10-Spades} and the turn {k-Clubs} gave him three more counterfeit outs. However, the river {7-Clubs} 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 us
Lawrence Brink
105,000 105,000
Greg Geller us
Greg Geller
103,000 103,000

Tags: Greg GellerLawrence Brink

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