2021 Colorado Poker Championship

$1,450 Main Event
Day: 1b
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 1b
Entries
121
Players Left
18

Ramadanis Takes Liberto's Stack

Level 3 : 200/300, 300 ante
Andreas Ramadanis
Andreas Ramadanis

Under the gun raised to 1,200 and received calls from Andreas Ramadanis in early position and Aaron Thomas in middle position. Justin Liberto was on the button and re-jammed for 6,900.

The original raiser and Ramadanis both called, with Thomas folding behind to take heads-up action postflop for the side pot. The flop came {j-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}{q-Spades} and the original raiser checked. Ramadanis bet 3,100 and was called. The turn was {5-Spades} and the original raiser check-folded to another 5,100 from Ramadanis.

Justin Liberto: {9-Spades}{9-Clubs}
Andreas Ramadanis: {a-Spades}{q-Diamonds}

Ramadanis' queens were out in front of Liberto's nines and Liberto failed to hit a set or connect with his backdoor gutshot straight draw on the river to bring about his elimination. He tapped the felt and wished the table good luck before making his way from the tournament area.

Player Chips Progress
Andreas Ramadanis us
Andreas Ramadanis
91,000
31,400
31,400
Justin Liberto us
Justin Liberto
Busted
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Aaron ThomasAndreas RamadanisJustin Liberto

Ambaye Active Early With a Stack

Level 1 : 100/100, 100 ante
Yohannes Ambaye, pictured in another event
Yohannes Ambaye, pictured in another event

Yohannes Ambaye was one of the players in his seat when play began with his sights set on another strong finish after taking ninth place in the $1,110 MSPT Main Event here at Bally's Black Hawk last month. He is off to a fast start, too, collecting the stack of the player on his immediate right in the opening hands of the afternoon.

He since gave a little back, though, calling an open from the small blind to 600 against Benjamin Williams, who was in the cutoff. The flop ame {4-Diamonds}{q-Clubs}{7-Spades} and Ambaye check-raised Williams' continuation-bet of 500, making it 2,200 to go. Williams called and both players checked the turn {8-Hearts}.

The river was {7-Hearts} and Ambaye fired out another 3,400, with Williams confirming the amount before announcing a call. Ambaye showed {a-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds} and Williams turned over {k-Spades}{q-Hearts} to take down the pot with his two pair, queens and sevens.

Player Chips Progress
Yohannes Ambaye us
Yohannes Ambaye
57,000
27,000
27,000
Benjamin Williams us
Benjamin Williams
34,500
34,500
34,500

Tags: Benjamin WilliamsYohannes Ambaye

Welcome To Day 1b of the 2021 Colorado Poker Championship $1,450 Main Event

Bally's Black Hawk
Bally's Black Hawk

Welcome to PokerNews coverage of Day 1b of the Bally's Black Hawk 2021 Colorado Poker Championship (CPC) $1,450 Main Event, set to begin Friday at noon local time.

Players will be making their way up the mountain for the second starting flight of three for the event, one that drew 70 entries on Thursday's Day 1a. In that flight, a pair of players in Rocco Palumbo (554,500) and Steve Wilkie (506,000) lapped the rest of the field from the eight that advanced when 12% remained just seven minutes prior to the scheduled end to the day.

Starting stacks are once again 30,000 apiece with blinds of 100/100/100 to start the day. Day 1 levels last 40 minutes before increasing to one hour in length for Days 2 and 3, and 10-minute breaks will take place at the completion of every three levels (two hours) of play. There will also be a 40-minute dinner break at the end of Level 9 (600/1,200/1,200) with late registration closing at its completion once Level 10 (1,000/1,500/1,500) begins.

Unlimited re-entries are available throughout the entire tournament, provided registration is open. However, the event is not a best-stack-forward event, meaning all players to advance must forfeit their stacks should they wish to come back and fire again on Saturday's final flight. Lastly, Day 1a's seven-minute-early stopping point will now become the end of Day 1b unless the field falls to 12% even earlier.

Chips are sure to fly from start to finish, so keep it here at PokerNews for frequent updates on the action all day long.

Tags: Rocco PalumboSteve Wilkie