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

09-25-2021 20:40 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Jay Teel	258,000 258,000	258,000
Tracy Allgeier	231,500 11,500	11,500
Steven Rule	180,000 67,000	67,000
Von Muse	176,000
Stephen Driggers	165,000 17,000	17,000
Tyler Potts	152,000 10,000	10,000
Tony Clapes	145,500
Phil Gioia	143,000 89,000	89,000
Peter Everett	134,000 134,000	134,000
Nick Marchitti	76,000 17,000	17,000
Kevin Kurtz	76,000 5,000	5,000
Vincent Moscati	58,000 43,500	43,500
Hassan Tahsildar	51,000 106,000	106,000
Jason Dennis	47,000

Collard's Turn To Win a Flip

Hill Kerby

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

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:
Dwane Collard:

Collard connected with the flop and it was smooth sailing from there on out as the turn and river completed the runout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dwane Collard	122,500 4,500	4,500

Tags: Dwane Collard

09-25-2021 20:27 UTC-7

Ruiz Lands on the Right Side of the Coin

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Hill Kerby

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

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.

Sergio Ruiz:
Maxx Holland:

The runout 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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sergio Ruiz	154,000 154,000	154,000
Maxx Holland	136,000 56,000	56,000

Tags: Maxx Holland Sergio Ruiz

09-25-2021 20:19 UTC-7

Kester Stays Alive

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Hill Kerby

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

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.

Mike Kester:
Dwane Collard:

Five blanks rolled off on the runout to leave Kester's ducks on top and score him the double and a bit more.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dwane Collard	127,000 48,000	48,000
Vincent Moscati	101,500 16,500	16,500
Mike Kester	83,000 41,500	41,500

Tags: Dwane Collard Mike Kester Vincent Moscati

Level: 13

Blinds: 2,000/3,000

Ante: 3,000

09-25-2021 20:01 UTC-7

Last Break of the Evening

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Hill Kerby

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

The 27 remaining players are on their final 10-minute break of the night.

09-25-2021 19:57 UTC-7

Keeline Runs Into a Bigger Ace

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Hill Kerby

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

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.

Livingston's was ahead of Keeline's and a dry runout left the situation unchanged, earning Livingston the dub at Keeline's expense.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matt Livingston	115,000 41,000	41,000
Ben Keeline	48,000 116,000	116,000

Tags: Ben Keeline Matt Livingston

09-25-2021 19:48 UTC-7

Prize Pool Information Released!

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Hill Kerby

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

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.

09-25-2021 19:44 UTC-7

Collard Ships It In

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Hill Kerby

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

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.

Collard led out for 6,000 on 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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dwane Collard	175,000 3,000	3,000
Kevin Kurtz	71,000 20,000	20,000
Mike Kester	41,500 43,500	43,500

Tags: Dwane Collard Kevin Kurtz Mike Kester

09-25-2021 19:34 UTC-7

Updated Counts

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Hill Kerby

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

Twenty-nine players now remain across four tables of play. Updated counts from around the room have been provided below.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sean Maher	200,000 148,000	148,000
Dwane Collard	172,000 98,500	98,500
Tyler Potts	162,000 16,000	16,000
Stephen Driggers	148,000 2,000	2,000
Steven Rule	113,000 113,000	113,000
Kevin Kurtz	91,000 43,500	43,500
Vincent Moscati	85,000 65,000	65,000
Mike Kester	85,000 65,000	65,000
Svetlana Martie	66,500 35,500	35,500
Phil Gioia	54,000 54,000	54,000
Corey Zedo	Busted