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

Collins on Two Starting Stacks

Level 6 : 300/600, 600 ante

Greg Collins saw his starting stack of 30,000 dip as low as 6,000 in the first hour of the afternoon before getting back to around 20,000, something he was overheard saying felt "like a million."

Collins just caught up with PokerNews to confirm he had tripled his prior stack, which was a little below 20K at the time. He since took down another pot, and now has double what he started with after spending over three hours grinding a lesser stack size.

Player Chips Progress
Greg Collins us
Greg Collins
59,200
41,200
41,200

Tags: Greg Collins

"That's What I Get for Playing that Shit"

Level 6 : 300/600, 600 ante
John Smith
John Smith

An all in and call were overheard as a preflop raising war resulted in John Smith's stack of 41,300 getting into the middle under the gun against Peter Johnson, who was in the cutoff.

John Smith: {k-Spades}{k-Hearts}
Peter Johnson: {a-Spades}{a-Clubs}

The flop came {8-Hearts}{9-Hearts}{9-Spades} to leave Johnson out in front, with Smith picking up a backdoor heart draw to go along with his two outs to a set. The turn {3-Hearts} came behind it.

"Wow," said tablemate Dapo Ajayi as he realized the backdoor possibility was real. It then completed on the river {10-Hearts} to improve Smith to a flush and best Johnson's aces.

"Wow," Smith said after the runout completed. "That's what I get for playing that shit," he added in a joking manner.

Player Chips Progress
John Smith (CO) us
John Smith (CO)
84,100
Peter Johnson us
Peter Johnson
37,000
-96,500
-96,500

Tags: Dapo AjayiJohn SmithPeter Johnson

Wright With a Six-Figure Stack

Level 6 : 300/600, 600 ante
Keith Wright
Keith Wright

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 {10-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}.

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 {10-Clubs}{10-Hearts} for a set.

"Nice hand," said Saltz.

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

"Preesh," Saltz responded.

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

Tags: Josh SaltzKeith Wright

Liberto Wins With Third Pair

Level 6 : 300/600, 600 ante
Justin Liberto
Justin Liberto

Jason Welch raised to 1,700 in middle position and received a call from Justin Liberto, who defended his big blind.

The flop came {10-Spades}{5-Hearts}{q-Clubs} and Liberto checked to Welch, who continuation-bet 2,200. Liberto called, and action proceeded to check through the turn {9-Hearts} and river {3-Spades} to take the hand to showdown.

"You have a nine?" asked Welch as Liberto turned over {k-Diamonds}{9-Spades} from across the table. "I have sevens," he added, showing a second-best {7-Spades}{7-Diamonds} before the pot was shipped to Liberto.

Player Chips Progress
Jason Welch us
Jason Welch
75,500
23,000
23,000
Justin Liberto us
Justin Liberto
33,200
7,000
7,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Jason WelchJustin Liberto

Level: 7

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

Chip Counts After Break

Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante
Player Chips Progress
Keith Wright us
Keith Wright
85,000
-21,100
-21,100
Jorden Helstern us
Jorden Helstern
77,100
-11,400
-11,400
Ian Pelz us
Ian Pelz
68,700
36,200
36,200
Rich Dixon us
Rich Dixon
68,000
Ben Jensen us
Ben Jensen
64,200
Jim Morrison us
Jim Morrison
32,200
32,200
32,200
Andrew Miller us
Andrew Miller
31,200
10,200
10,200
Teresa Hemingway us
Teresa Hemingway
30,400
5,400
5,400
Jason Vanstrom us
Jason Vanstrom
25,200
-10,000
-10,000
Ross Lantzy us
Ross Lantzy
23,700
-2,500
-2,500
Ben Keeline us
Ben Keeline
11,000
-13,000
-13,000
Josh Saltz us
Josh Saltz
9,000
-8,100
-8,100
Barb Visher us
Barb Visher
Busted

Another Bunch of Counts

Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante
Player Chips Progress
Aaron Frei us
Aaron Frei
89,500
40,300
40,300
John Smith (CO) us
John Smith (CO)
71,000
-13,100
-13,100
Andreas Ramadanis us
Andreas Ramadanis
63,000
24,700
24,700
Corey Zedo us
Corey Zedo
62,600
44,200
44,200
Jason Welch us
Jason Welch
54,500
-21,000
-21,000
Aaron Thomas us
Aaron Thomas
51,500
3,100
3,100
Bobby Sanoubane us
Bobby Sanoubane
51,300
17,700
17,700
Al Hart us
Al Hart
49,300
43,800
43,800
Paul Hoch us
Paul Hoch
48,000
-16,100
-16,100
Thomas Fuller us
Thomas Fuller
43,600
7,800
7,800
Greg Collins us
Greg Collins
42,500
-16,700
-16,700
Dimitrios Adrianakos us
Dimitrios Adrianakos
41,700
5,500
5,500
Yohannes Ambaye us
Yohannes Ambaye
35,500
12,500
12,500
Peter Johnson us
Peter Johnson
32,200
-4,800
-4,800
Zach Gutierrez us
Zach Gutierrez
30,500
-5,800
-5,800
Justin Liberto us
Justin Liberto
26,000
-7,200
-7,200
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 1X Winner
Daniel Sandoval us
Daniel Sandoval
18,600
-22,900
-22,900
Dana Deitz us
Dana Deitz
18,400
-100
-100
Tim West us
Tim West
12,300
-18,000
-18,000
Ryan Dodson us
Ryan Dodson
11,400
11,400
11,400
StakeKings

Liberto Doubles Through Gutierrez

Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante
Justin Liberto
Justin Liberto

A completed board of {6-Hearts}{k-Hearts}{q-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}{5-Spades} 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 {k-Diamonds}{k-Spades} 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 us
Justin Liberto
54,800
28,800
28,800
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 1X Winner
Zach Gutierrez us
Zach Gutierrez
3,800
-26,700
-26,700

Tags: Justin LibertoZach Gutierrez