2021 Colorado Poker Championship
All of the chips got into the middle with the big blind's stack of 53,000 at risk against Dwane Collard's covering 63,500 from the hijack.
All-In Player: ![]()
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Dwane Collard: ![]()
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Collard connected with the flop ![]()
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and it was smooth sailing from there on out as the turn
and river
completed the runout.
Sergio Ruiz opened to 12,000 in early position and action folded around to Maxx Holland in the big blind, who re-jammed for 74,500 effective. Ruiz called.
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The runout ![]()
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gave Ruiz a set on the flop and had Holland drawing dead on the turn to score what wound up to be an easy double.
Vincent Moscati raised to 6,000 in middle position and Dwane Collard three-bet to 18,000 in the hijack. Mike Kester cold four-bet jammed for 34,500 in the cutoff and action folded back to Moscati, who went into the tank for a bit before finding a fold. Collard then called, sending the two off to the races.
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Five blanks rolled off on the runout to leave Kester's ducks on top and score him the double and a bit more.
Level: 13
Blinds: 2,000/3,000
Ante: 3,000
The 27 remaining players are on their final 10-minute break of the night.
Matt Livingston and Ben Keeline just played a hand for stacks in which Livingston opened to 6,500 on the button and Ben Keeline re-jammed in the big blind for 55,000 effective. Livingston called.
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and a dry runout left the situation unchanged, earning Livingston the dub at Keeline's expense.
Official numbers are in for the Bally's Black Hawk 2021 Colorado Poker Championship $1,450 Main Event. A total of 307 entries generated a prize pool of $389,276 that will be distributed to the top 31 finishers of the tournament.
A first-level payout will be good for $3,542 with payouts increasing from there at regular intervals. The eventual champion will claim the top prize of $89,534. Full prize pool information can be found in the Payouts Tab above.
Action folded around to Kevin Kurtz, who was on the button and opened to 7,000. Dwane Collard called in the small blind and Mike Kester defended his big blind, taking three-way action to the streets.
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and Kester raised to 20,000, nearly one-third of his remaining stack. Kurtz quickly got out of the way thereafter.
"All in," said Collard with action back upon him. Kester thought for about 15 seconds and then let his hand go.
Twenty-nine players now remain across four tables of play. Updated counts from around the room have been provided below.