$1,450 Main Event
Day 1a Started
2021 Colorado Poker Championship
$1,450 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1a
2021 Colorado Poker Championship
Buy-in
$1,450
Prize Pool
$389,276
Entries
307
Level
27
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000
Entries
70
Players Left
8
Welcome To Day 1a of the 2021 Colorado Poker Championship $1,450 Main Event
After 20 prelims have played to their completion over two weeks' time, Bally's Black Hawk's flagship poker series, the Colorado Poker Championship (CPC) has reached the $1,450 Main Event.
Play will kick off on Thursday at noon with Day 1a, the first of three starting flights that will run through Saturday. The event is set to run over three days, with the field combining on Sunday for Day 2 to play down to the final table, which will take place Monday and declare this year's only CPC Main Event champion. The eventual winner will also be the first to claim a CPC title in over two years, with Steve Wilkie and Nate Zoller chopping the most recent August 2019 version for $60,114 apiece.
Cards will fly at noon local time with players receiving starting stacks of 30,000. Blinds begin at 100/100 with a big-blind ante in place from the start and 40-minute levels on Day 1. There will be 10-minute breaks at the completion of every three levels, or two hours of play, with a 40-minute dinner break at the conclusion of Level 9 (600/1,200/1,200) at approximately 6:20 p.m.
Unlimited re-entries are available through the dinner break, closing at the beginning of Level 10 (1,000/1,500/1,500) at approximately 7 p.m. local time. Play will conclude at the end of Level 14 (2,000/4,000/4,000) unless 12% of the field remains prior to that time. The tournament is also not a best-stack-forward event, meaning all players who find a bag at the end of the night must take that stack into Day 2 unless they wish to forfeit their chips and try again in a subsequent flight.
WSOP Main Event Seat Up for Grabs
Another highlight to the CPC is its series-long points race, which is set to award five seats to the $3,000 CPC High Roller on Wednesday, September 29 (also covered by PokerNews) to the top points finishers. Additionally, the winner of the points leader board will also earn themselves $10,000 for a World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event entry.
As of September 21, Jason Welch leads the way with a total of 350 points, with Bobby Sanoubane, Sammy Aweida, Aaron Frei, and Salim Wahdan also in prime position for High Roller seats. However, plenty of familiar faces can be found lurking in the shadows, such as Josh Saltz, Ross Lantzy, and Al Hart, and nobody's spot is truly safe as a big Main Event turnout could shake up the landscape entirely.
A look at the leader board entering Day 1a is as follows:
| Place | Player | Total Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jason Welch | 350 |
| 2 | Bobby Sanoubane | 328 |
| 3 | Sammy Aweida | 273 |
| 4 | Aaron Frei | 168 |
| 5 | Salim Wahdan | 168 |
| 6 | Dwane Collard | 160 |
| 7 | Mansour Alipourfard | 150 |
| 8 | Andrew Stevens | 148 |
| 9 | Christopher Brand | 140 |
| 10 | Josh Saltz | 138 |
| 11 | Dimitriose Andrianakos | 135 |
| 12 | Ross Lantzy | 125 |
| 13 | Al Hart | 123 |
| 14 | Andrew Miller | 123 |
| 15 | Jonathan McCray | 123 |
| 16 | Francesco Campanile | 120 |
| 17 | Michael Fallis | 113 |
PokerNews will be providing bookend coverage of the CPC Main Event, so be sure to follow along and stay up to date on the action.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 100
"Let's Get the Cards in the Air!"
Level 1
: 100/100, 100 ante
Pre-tournament announcements have been made and the CPC $1,450 Main Event is officially underway with blinds of 100/100 and a big-blind ante of 100. Eighteen players are in their seats across three tables to begin the day and the field is expected to grow throughout the next seven hours that late registration will remain open.
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Level 1
: 100/100, 100 ante
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Early Arrivals
Level 1
: 100/100, 100 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
Miller Leads the River
Level 1
: 100/100, 100 ante
Rich Monroe pumped it up to 400 in the hijack and saw a few folds ensue before Andrew Miller defended his big blind. The flop came 
and Miller checked to Monroe, who continuation-bet 600. Miller quickly called.
The turn was 
and Miller checked again. Monroe fired out another 1,500 and Miller quickly called once more.
The river fell 
and Miller reached for chips. He tossed out 4,000, with the dealer announcing the amount as Monroe found himself with a decision to make. He opted to fold and Miller took down the pot as a result.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
32,200 | 32,200 |
|
|
27,600 | -2,400 |
Palumbo Gets River Value
Level 1
: 100/100, 100 ante
More than 5,000 was in the middle on a completed board of 
with heads-up action between Rocco Palumbo in the cutoff and another player who checked to him under the gun. Palumbo made a bet of 4,500 and his opponent called.
Palumbo showed 
for top pair, top kicker, earning a nod of approval from his opponent before the player sent his cards to the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
39,600 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
Three Full Tables
Level 2
: 100/200, 200 ante
The field has now grown to 28 as Level 2 has begun, with the likes of Thomas Fuller, Brian Leitch, and Steve Wilkie all having joined since play began.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |