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

09-24-2021 10:11 UTC-6

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

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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 Palumbo Steve Wilkie

09-24-2021 12:28 UTC-6

Ambaye Active Early With a Stack

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Level 1 : 100/100, 100 ante

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 and Ambaye check-raised Williams' continuation-bet of 500, making it 2,200 to go. Williams called and both players checked the turn .

The river was and Ambaye fired out another 3,400, with Williams confirming the amount before announcing a call. Ambaye showed and Williams turned over to take down the pot with his two pair, queens and sevens.

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

Tags: Benjamin Williams Yohannes Ambaye

09-24-2021 13:53 UTC-6

Ramadanis Takes Liberto's Stack

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Level 3 : 200/300, 300 ante

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 and the original raiser checked. Ramadanis bet 3,100 and was called. The turn was and the original raiser check-folded to another 5,100 from Ramadanis.

Justin Liberto:
Andreas Ramadanis:

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	91,000 31,400	31,400
Justin Liberto	Busted

Tags: Aaron Thomas Andreas Ramadanis Justin Liberto

09-24-2021 14:38 UTC-6

Hoch Flops the Nuts

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Level 4 : 200/400, 400 ante

Dimitrios Adrianakos opened to 1,100 and received a call in middle position as action folded around to the button, where Aaron Thomas also called. Both blinds also came along, the latter of which was Paul Hoch, and the five saw a flop of .

Action checked to Adrianakos and he made a continuation-bet of 6,000. Middle position folded, Thomas called, and the small blind folded before Hoch announced a check-raise all in.

"A call is announced," said the dealer immediately thereafter as Adrianakos verbalized his action to send action back onto Thomas. Thomas went into the tank for over a minute, stating at one point that he had outs, and eventually folded.

Paul Hoch:
Dimitrios Adrianakos:

Hoch's flopped nuts needed only to fade running outs to Adrianakos' overpair, and he did that with ease as left Adrianakos dead to the river en route to the double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Hoch	64,100 64,100	64,100
Aaron Thomas	37,300 -17,700	-17,700
Dimitrios Adrianakos	36,200 36,200	36,200

Tags: Aaron Thomas Dimitrios Adrianakos Paul Hoch

09-24-2021 15:30 UTC-6

Johnson Wins a Massive One

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Level 5 : 300/500, 500 ante

Dapo Ajayi opened the action with a raise to 1,000 in early position and received a call from Peter Johnson in middle position. Aaron Frei three-bet to 5,000 in the cutoff and Jim Morrison cold-called in the big blind. Ajayi also called and then Johnson announced an raise to 10,000, doing so by mistake and prompting a five-bet to 16,000.

Morrison called all in for less, and Ajayi and Johnson also called to give Morrison a shot at quadrupling his stack while the other three continued to the flop .

"Check," said Ajayi, first to act. Johnson then shoved all in for 36,200, sending Frei into the tank for over a minute before finding a call. Ajayi then deliberated whether or not to put his remaining chips into the middle, eventually opting not to do so.

Jim Morrison:
Peter Johnson:
Aaron Frei:

Johnson's set of fours was out in front and improved further to a full house on the turn . However, the card also gave Frei six outs to improve to a bigger full house, leaving Johnson with a sweat to the river. Fortunately for him, completed the runout and a total pot of more than 130,000 was shipped his way.

Player	Chips	Progress
Peter Johnson	133,500 89,500	89,500
Aaron Frei	49,200 -46,800	-46,800
Dapo Ajayi	14,000 500	500
Jim Morrison	Busted

Tags: Aaron Frei Dapo Ajayi Jim Morrison Peter Johnson

09-24-2021 16:01 UTC-6

Wright With a Six-Figure Stack

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Level 6 : 300/600, 600 ante

Keith Wright saw action fold to him in the cutoff and opened to 1,700, receiving a call from the player on the button. Josh Saltz three-bet to 4,800 in the small blind and only Wright called, taking action heads up to the flop .

Saltz checked to Wright, who fired out a bet of 4,000. Saltz looked down to his stack and counted what he had remaining, taking a few moments and finding a fold.

"I'll show you one, just 'cuz," said Wright as he tabled for a set.

"Nice hand," said Saltz.

"I showed you out of respect," Wright added.

"Preesh," Saltz responded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Keith Wright	106,100 81,400	81,400
Josh Saltz	17,100 -10,200	-10,200

Tags: Josh Saltz Keith Wright

09-24-2021 16:52 UTC-6

Liberto Doubles Through Gutierrez

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Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante

A completed board of was displayed with heads-up action between Zach Gutierrez in the cutoff and Justin Liberto, who was on the cutoff. Gutierrez had checked and action was back upon him, facing a jam from Liberto for 16,400. Eventually, he found a call.

Liberto showed and the dealer announced his full house, quickly scooping up Gutierrez's cards in the mix before sending Liberto the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Justin Liberto	54,800 28,800	28,800

Zach Gutierrez	3,800 -26,700	-26,700

Tags: Justin Liberto Zach Gutierrez

09-24-2021 17:55 UTC-6

The Ladies Love Andrew Miller

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Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Under the gun raised to 4,000 and saw a player in middle position re-jam for 22,700. Andrew Miller shoved over the top from the hijack as well, and all remaining players folded.

All-In Player:
Andrew Miller:

No ace came on a runout of and Miller scored the pot and the knockout as a result, taking his stack

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Miller	65,000

Tags: Andrew Miller

09-24-2021 19:31 UTC-6

Parker Showers Two To Add To His Towers

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Level 10 : 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Noomis Jones open-jammed for 14,500 under the gun and Edwin Parker called, next to act. Another player re-jammed for 38,000 in middle position and Parker matched the difference after about 15 seconds of thought.

Noomis Jones:
Middle Position:
Edwin Parker:

"One jack," requested Jones as he stood up and retrieved his backpack from the back of his seat. Instead, Parker connected with the flop to take away two of Jones' outs.

The middle-position player remained in front though, primed for more than a double as the turn came on board. The river then fell to give Parker aces up, spelling elimination for both other players involved in the hand.

Parker had been seen with a tower of chips totaling around 200K prior to the hand and now has more than a quarter-million, making him the largest stack in the room with less than 10 minutes remaining in Level 10.

Player	Chips	Progress
Edwin Parker	275,000 275,000	275,000
Noomis Jones	Busted

Tags: Edwin Parker Noomis Jones

09-24-2021 20:29 UTC-6

Parker Backs Into a Flush for a Stack

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Level 12 : 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

All of the chips got into the middle on a flop of with Brian Wienhoff at risk for his tournament life in the hijack against Edwin Parker, who was in the big blind.