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

09-24-2021 14:18 UTC-6

Pictures from Day 1b of the 2021 Colorado Poker Championship $1,450 Main Event

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09-24-2021 14:27 UTC-6

Welch Puts His Opponent to the Test

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Level 4 : 200/400, 400 ante

Around 15,000 was in the middle on a board reading with heads-up action between the hijack and Jason Welch, who was on the button.

"Eight thousand," announced the hijack as he threw out a bet for the same amount.

"All in," responded Welch without much delay, putting his opponent to a decision for his remaining 12,000. The hijack went into the tank for close to a minute and then sent his cards forward along the felt to earn Welch the pot.

Meanwhile, Justin Liberto has re-entered and received a new stack of 30K.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Welch	56,000 28,400	28,400
Justin Liberto	30,000 30,000	30,000

Tags: Jason Welch

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 14:48 UTC-6

Ladies Treat Frei Well

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Level 4 : 200/400, 400 ante

Multiple all-ins and a call were overheard coming from Table 13 on a board reading . Mike Wheeler was in the big blind and had both players covered, competing for both pots with Aaron Frei in the cutoff while a third player had his eyes set on a triple from middle position.

Middle Position:
Aaron Frei:
Mike Wheeler:

Frei needed to fade clubs and aces to scoop and did just that as the turn and river completed the runout to bring him just shy of 100K as Level 4 looks to come to a close.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aaron Frei	96,000 68,300	68,300
Mike Wheeler	7,500 -34,500	-34,500

Tags: Aaron Frei Mike Wheeler

Level: 5

Blinds: 300/500

Ante: 500

09-24-2021 15:00 UTC-6

A Round of Chip Counts

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Level 5 : 300/500, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Welch	52,500 -3,500	-3,500
Barb Visher	37,300 37,300	37,300
Bobby Sanoubane	33,600
Josh Saltz	27,300 27,300	27,300
Ross Lantzy	26,200 -3,800	-3,800
Teresa Hemingway	25,000 -4,600	-4,600
Keith Wright	24,700 24,700	24,700
Dana Deitz	18,500 -10,600	-10,600
Corey Zedo	18,400 18,400	18,400
Dapo Ajayi	13,500 -21,000	-21,000
Benjamin Williams	13,000 -21,500	-21,500
Yohannes Ambaye	Busted

09-24-2021 15:09 UTC-6

Gutierrez Forces Everybody Out

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Level 5 : 300/500, 500 ante

Andrew Miller limped under the gun and Zach Gutierrez limped behind, one seat over. Justin Liberto was next to act and pumped it up to 2,300, receiving calls from the hijack and small blind as well as Miller. Gutierrez then limp-jammed for around 26,000.

Action folded back to Miller, who thought out loud for about 20 seconds before saying, "Okay, I'm gonna fold. But I wanna see."

Gutierrez jovially nodded and tabled after Miller sent his cards to the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Justin Liberto	41,400 11,400	11,400

Zach Gutierrez	36,300 -6,000	-6,000
Andrew Miller	21,000 -9,600	-9,600

Tags: Andrew Miller Justin Liberto Zach Gutierrez

09-24-2021 15:21 UTC-6

More Counts from Around the Room

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Level 5 : 300/500, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jorden Helstern	88,500 62,300	62,300
Aaron Thomas	48,400 11,100	11,100
Peter Johnson	44,000 21,200	21,200
Daniel Sandoval	41,500 26,400	26,400
Andreas Ramadanis	38,300 -52,700	-52,700
Thomas Fuller	35,800 -12,400	-12,400
Jason Vanstrom	35,200 11,500	11,500
Ian Pelz	32,500
Tim West	30,300 -7,300	-7,300
Ben Keeline	24,000 -2,000	-2,000
Yohannes Ambaye	23,000 23,000	23,000
Jim Morrison	13,800 -30,200	-30,200
Benjamin Williams	Busted
Mike Wheeler	Busted

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.