$1,450 Main Event
Day 1c Completed
2021 Colorado Poker Championship
$1,450 Main Event
Day: 1c
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1c
2021 Colorado Poker Championship
Buy-in
$1,450
Prize Pool
$389,276
Entries
307
Level
27
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000
Entries
116
Players Left
21
Vanstrom Captures Day 1c Chip Lead of the 2021 Colorado Poker Championship $1,450 Main Event
Level 14
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
The Bally's Black Hawk 2021 Colorado Poker Championship $1,450 Main Event drew 116 entries on Day 1c, the third and final flight of the tournament to bring the total number of entries up to 307. When play concluded at the end of the night, 21 players remained and added their names to Sunday's Day 2 roster alongside the 26 who advanced from the event's first two flights.
Jason Vanstrom (305,000) finished the day atop the counts, chipping up to just shy of that amount with four levels of play still remaining on the night. Nobody else caught him as the field largely remained bunched together through the final two-plus hours of the night. Tracy Allgeier (289,500) came the closest to doing so, exhibiting an impressive showing of his own after dipping well below starting stack during the opening levels of play.
Other notables to advance included Ryan Dodson (201,000), Phil Gioia (157,500), Matt Livingston (151,000), Vincent Moscati (138,500), and Ben Keeline (92,000).
The top two players on the CPC points leader board in Bobby Sanoubane and Jason Welch both failed to make it through the day, leaving the potential for those further down to overtake them. Corey Zedo, Danny Gonzales, Matt Johnston also were among those to fall short of a bag.
A total of 47 players will return to Sunday's Day 2, which will begin at 11 a.m. local time, one hour earlier than Day 1's noon start. The top 31 places will make it into the money, with plenty of room for play all day long as levels increase to one hour in length. There is no scheduled end time for Day 2, as play will conclude when the final table of nine is reached before playing down to a winner on Monday.
PokerNews will be back at it when cards go in the air. See you in the morning.
End of Day 1c Chip Counts
Level 14
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
After several players appeared to contend for the end-of-day chip lead with nobody pulling away, the dust has settled with Jason Vanstrom leading the pack as the only player to finish above 300K.
Complete chip counts from all 21 to advance have been posted below. Stay tuned for a recap of the day's action.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
305,000 | 45,000 |
|
289,500 | 69,000 |
|
244,000 | -14,000 |
|
223,500 | -3,500 |
|
213,500 | 61,500 |
|
207,000 | 27,000 |
|
201,000 | 41,000 |
|
183,000 | 49,000 |
|
170,000 | 22,000 |
|
|
162,000 | -14,000 |
|
157,500 | 14,500 |
|
151,000 | -31,000 |
|
145,000 | 37,500 |
|
138,500 | 80,500 |
|
114,000 | 38,000 |
|
103,500 | -19,000 |
|
|
103,000 | -42,500 |
|
99,000 | -66,000 |
|
96,000 | -1,000 |
|
92,000 | -6,000 |
|
82,000 | 31,000 |
Play Concludes
Level 14
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
The final two hands were played in the blink of an eye on all three remaining tables and the 21 to advance are all in the process of bagging and tagging. Full counts and an end-of-day recap will be posted shortly.
Two More Hands
Level 14
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
The tournament clock has been stopped with 17:35 remaining in the level and two more hand will be played on the remaining three tables.
Just before the clock was stopped, Svetlana Martie was eliminated. Twenty-one players now remain across three tables.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Maher Gets the Best of Holland
Level 14
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Hand #1: Sean Maher open-jammed for 92,500 under the gun and Maxx Holland gave him action one seat over. All remaining players folded.
Sean Maher: 
Maxx Holland: 
Holland picked up four more outs on 
but running 
left Maher on top to secure the double.
Hand #2: On the very next hand, Holland open-jammed for his last 29,500 under the gun and action folded around to Maher in the big blind, who looked at his two cards and then dropped a chip onto the felt to signify a call.
Maxx Holland: 
Sean Maher: 
Holland's night came to an end as the board ran out [a6dac7hjcad], giving Maher trips to take the rest of Holland's stack.
Nick Marchitti was also eliminated from another table shortly thereafter, with the pair of knockouts bringing the field down to 22.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
227,000 | 97,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Dennis Survives
Level 14
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Jason Dennis open-jammed for 45,500 under the gun and action folded around to Tracy Allgeier in the big blind, who thought for a bit and then made the call.
Jason Dennis: 
Tracy Allgeier: 
Dennis was in a coin-flip situation for his tournament life and needed to hold avoid being sent home early. The flop 
gave him a set, but he still had four outs to fade. The turn 
and river came cleanly in his favor and he scored the dub with nines full.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
220,500 | |
|
|
97,000 |
Sanoubane Leads CPC Points Leader Board Entering Main Event
Level 14
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 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 |
Level: 14
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
Keeline Doubles Through Aweida
Level 13
: 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante
Ben Keeline raised to 6,000 under the gun and was three-bet to 18,000 by Sammy Aweida in the hijack. Action made its way back to Keeline and he four-bet jammed for 46,500 with Aweida immediately calling.
Ben Keeline: 
Sammy Aweida: 
Keeline saw no ladies come on a runout of 
and scored the dub at Aweida's expense. Immediately after Keeline doubled, Mike Kester was eliminated from an adjacent table and Keeline was moved in order to balance with 24 remaining.
"You're gonna hit and run like that?" said Matt Livingston with a smile as Keeline headed to his new seat.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
260,000 | -30,000 |
|
|
182,000 | 67,000 |
|
|
175,000 | 39,000 |
|
|
160,000 | 88,000 |
|
|
148,000 | -6,000 |
|
|
130,000 | -70,000 |
|
|
107,500 | -31,500 |
|
|
98,000 | 50,000 |
|
|
54,500 | -12,000 |
|
|
Busted |