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

Sep 24, 2021

Miller Loses a Coin Flip To Bust

Hill Kerby

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.

Tags: Andrew Miller Mike Kenny Rich Dixon

Sep 24, 2021

Burns Doubles Through Parker

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Hill Kerby

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.

Tags: Edwin Parker Scott Burns

Sep 24, 2021

Updated Counts After Break (full)

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Hill Kerby

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

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Level: 13

Blinds: 2,000/3,000

Ante: 3,000

Sep 24, 2021

Last Break of the Night

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Hill Kerby

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

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

Sep 24, 2021

Kenny Shoots One Down

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Hill Kerby

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.

Tags: Mike Kenny

Sep 24, 2021

Johnson Stays Alive

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Hill Kerby

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.

Tags: Bobby Garcia Peter Johnson Rich Dixon Svetlana Martie

Sep 24, 2021

Sanoubane Leads CPC Points Leader Board Entering Main Event

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Hill Kerby

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

Sep 24, 2021

Parker Backs Into a Flush for a Stack

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Hill Kerby

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."

Tags: Brian Wienhoff Edwin Parker

Sep 24, 2021

Three Tables Remain

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Hill Kerby

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.

Tags: Andreas Ramadanis Dana Deitz Vincent Moscati