2021 Colorado Poker Championship
A little over 10,000 was in the middle on a completed board of ![]()
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and action was heads up between Danny Gonzales in the big blind and an opponent on the button. Gonzales bet 15,000, sending his opponent into the tank for over two minutes.
"I'm almost there," said the player on the button.
"Take your time, buddy," said Gonzales, looking up to the player.
"I have the second nuts," the player responded. "The question is, do you have a flush?"
"I've got to fold," said the player, showing ![]()
for the straight. The table laughed light-heartedly, expecting to see
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"What I meant was, I have the nuts if he didn't have a flush," the player corrected.
"Do you want to see?" asked Gonzales to his opponent, who declined to result in Gonzales sending his cards to the dealer face-down in exchange for the pot.
Day 1c now has 101 entries midway through Level 6. Updated counts from around the room have been provided below.
A small pile of chips was in the middle with three-handed action on a flop of ![]()
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. The small blind led out for 2,000 and the big blind folded, sending action onto Paul Hoch in early position. Hoch called.
The small blind bet another 2,000 on the turn
and Hoch called again, bringing the river
. The small blind then checked, prompting Hoch to make a bet of 800. Such a bet proved to be more than the small blind wished to call, and Hoch took down the pot without showdown.
Level: 6
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
Alan Lichtenberger raised to 2,100 in the hijack and the player on the button three-bet to 10,500. Lichtenberger took a few moments and then four-bet jammed for 13,700, with his opponent calling off the rest.
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Lichtenberger picked up a sweat on the turn of a runout ![]()
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, but ultimately saw his ace remain best to score him the double.
Over 8,000 was in the middle on a flop reading ![]()
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and action was on Daniel Bowden in middle position. Bowden had a bet of 6,000 already on the felt and was facing a check-jam from Mike Kester, who was in the big blind, for 20,900. Kester found a call.
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"Very nice hand," said Bowden upon seeing Kester's straight. The turn
rendered Bowden's hand drawing dead and the river
made the hand official with Kester's flopped straight earning him the dub.
Elenna Martinez found herself down to 9,100 and open-jammed under the gun. A player in early position called and then Sammy Aweida re-jammed, forcing the early-position player to relinquish his hand.
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Martinez found herself with a shot at a triple but needed to find a five in order to get it. No help came as the board ran out ![]()
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to leave Aweida's queens best and earn him the pot and the knockout.
After entering the tournament midway through Level 4, Aweida is already above 100K, confirming with PokerNews that he immediately woke up with two kings to knock out a short stack once he sat down. He then found a full double after getting stacks in on a board reading ![]()
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Tyler Potts opened the action with a raise to 1,200 in early position and received a call from Pat Pineda in the hijack. Greg Geller also called in the small blind, as did Matt Johnston in the big blind.
All four players checked ![]()
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and the turn came
. Geller bet 3,300 and Johnston called. Potts reached for calling chips and tossed them in the middle as well, with Pineda letting his hand go to take action three ways to the river
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Geller checked and Johnston bet 6,000. Potts then called and Geller went into the tank for over a minute before finding a call as well.
"Somebody show me a winner," said the dealer, and Potts was the first to table his hand ![]()
. Neither Geller nor Johnston had better, and the two each sent their cards to the muck.
"Nice hand, man, said Pineda as the dealer shipped Potts the pot.
Level: 5
Blinds: 300/500
Ante: 500