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

09-24-2021 21:38 UTC-6

Miller Loses a Coin Flip To Bust

HillKerby

Level 13 : 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante

Mike Kenny raised in middle position to 12,000 over an under-the-gun limp from Rich Dixon. Andrew Miller re-jammed on the button for around 40,000 and action folded back to Kenny, who called.

Andrew Miller:
Mike Kenny:

Miller was unable to hold through a runout of , as the turn gave Kenny a pair of aces to send Miller to the rail. Jason Welch was also eliminated from an adjacent table recently, with the pair of eliminations bringing the field down to 20.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rich Dixon	184,000	2,000
Mike Kenny	183,000	13,000
Andrew Miller	Busted
Jason Welch	Busted

Tags: Andrew Miller Mike Kenny Rich Dixon

09-24-2021 21:29 UTC-6

Burns Doubles Through Parker

HillKerby

Level 13 : 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante

A short-stacked Scott Burns open-jammed in the small blind and saw Edwin Parker call in the big blind.

Scott Burns:
Edwin Parker:

Burns needed to win the coin flip to stay alive and found help on the flop . The turn and river fell safely behind to complete the runout and the double was shipped his way.

Player	Chips	Progress
Edwin Parker	470,000	-25,000
Scott Burns	50,000	27,000

Tags: Edwin Parker Scott Burns

09-24-2021 21:20 UTC-6

Updated Counts After Break (full)

HillKerby

Level 13 : 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Edwin Parker	495,000	207,000
Eric Smidinger	373,000	38,000
Jorden Helstern	352,000	6,000
Al Hart	211,000	28,500
Robert Falanga	202,000	202,000
Dan Mingus	200,000	15,000
Rich Dixon	182,000	13,000
Josh Saltz	175,000	82,000
Mike Kenny	170,000	11,500
Jason Remshardt	170,000	-93,000
Jason Johnson	159,000	159,000
Justin Liberto	150,000	-7,000
Svetlana Martie	141,500	49,000
Bobby Garcia	135,000	-107,000
Ian Pelz	106,000	31,000
Peter Johnson	88,000	15,500
Aaron Frei	81,500	-21,500
Christian Larsen	73,500	73,500
Phil Cummings	56,000	56,000
Andrew Miller	40,000	-4,000
Jason Welch	32,500	-92,500
Scott Burns	23,000	23,000

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Level: 13

Blinds: 2,000/3,000

Ante: 3,000

09-24-2021 21:00 UTC-6

Last Break of the Night

HillKerby

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

The 22 remaining players are on their final 10-minute break of the night.

09-24-2021 20:58 UTC-6

Kenny Shoots One Down

HillKerby

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

Mike Kenny was in the small blind and found himself facing an open-jam for 46,500 from the cutoff. He was happy to participate.

All-In Player:
Mike Kenny:

A ten in the window of provided a small sweat, but running left his bullets best and sent his opponent to the showers.

Twenty-two players now remain, with Keith Wright and John Smith also having been eliminated earlier in the level.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Kenny	158,500	158,500
Keith Wright	Busted
John Smith (CO)	Busted

Tags: Mike Kenny

09-24-2021 20:53 UTC-6

Johnson Stays Alive

HillKerby

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

Rich Dixon open-limped in middle position and saw Bobby Garcia limp behind in the cutoff. Svetlana Martie completed her small blind and Peter Johnson checked his option in the big blind, taking action four ways to a flop of .

Martie checked and then Johnson jammed all in for 30,000. Dixon found a call and both players behind folded.

Peter Johnson:
Rich Dixon:

"I never thought he'd do that with a four," said Dixon after seeing Johnson's hand. Drawing slim, the turn gave him the most amount of outs possible to send Johnson packing. The river then came , improving both players with Dixon's nut flush remaining second best to Johnson's full house.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bobby Garcia	242,000	17,000
Rich Dixon	169,000	38,000
Svetlana Martie	92,500	49,500
Peter Johnson	72,500	53,000

Tags: Bobby Garcia Peter Johnson Rich Dixon Svetlana Martie

09-24-2021 20:40 UTC-6

Sanoubane Leads CPC Points Leader Board Entering Main Event

HillKerby

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

The Bally's Black Hawk Colorado Poker Championship has been running since Wednesday, September 8 with 20 events having played to their completion prior to the $1,450 Main Event running all weekend. A series-long leader board is in effect and will award the top five finishers seats to the $3,000 High Roller Event on Wednesday, September 29, also set to be covered by PokerNews.

In addition to the High Roller seats, the outright winner of the points leader board will also earn $10,000 for a World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event entry this upcoming November.

As of September 22, Bobby Sanoubane finds himself in pole position, barely ahead of Jason Welch. Stay tuned as the Main Event continues, as it will be sure to have implications when all is said and done.

Place	Player	Total Points
1	Bobby Sanoubane	353
2	Jason Welch	350
3	Sammy Aweida	273
4	Aaron Frei	223
5	Salim Wahdan	168
6	Dwane Collard	160
7	Mansour Alipourfard	150
8	Andrew Stevens	148
9	Josh Saltz	148
10	Christopher Brand	140
11	Dimitriose Andrianakos	135
12	Phil Gioia	125
13	Ross Lantzy	125
14	Al Hart	123
15	Andrew Miller	123
16	Jonathan McCray	123
17	Francesco Campanile	120

09-24-2021 20:29 UTC-6

Parker Backs Into a Flush for a Stack

HillKerby

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.

Brian Wienhoff:
Edwin Parker:

Wienhoff was way out in front but running gave Parker a flush to beat his top two pair.

"That's a flush, sir," confirmed Wienhoff as the hand completed. "You got me."

Player	Chips	Progress
Edwin Parker	288,000	140,000
Brian Wienhoff	Busted

Tags: Brian Wienhoff Edwin Parker

09-24-2021 20:22 UTC-6

Three Tables Remain

HillKerby

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

Three tables now remain in play as a handful of eliminations have just occurred, including the likes of Dana Deitz, Andreas Ramadanis, and Vincent Moscati.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dana Deitz	Busted
Andreas Ramadanis	Busted
Vincent Moscati	Busted

Tags: Andreas Ramadanis Dana Deitz Vincent Moscati