2021 Colorado Poker Championship

$1,450 Main Event
Day: 1c
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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 1c
Entries
116
Players Left
21
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Chip Counts Before Break

Level 6 : 300/600, 600 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Jason Welch us
Jason Welch
114,000
23,600
23,600
Profile photo of Vincent Moscati us
Vincent Moscati
92,700
42,500
42,500
Profile photo of Mike Kester us
Mike Kester
86,000
33,800
33,800
Profile photo of Jason Vanstrom us
Jason Vanstrom
77,800
800
800
Profile photo of Kevin Kurtz us
Kevin Kurtz
77,000
5,500
5,500
Profile photo of Tyler Potts us
Tyler Potts
62,000
10,800
10,800
Profile photo of Corey Zedo us
Corey Zedo
43,600
9,400
9,400
Profile photo of Daniel Bowden us
Daniel Bowden
40,600
11,600
11,600
Profile photo of Samuel Uhlmann us
Samuel Uhlmann
39,000
9,000
9,000
Profile photo of Pat Pineda us
Pat Pineda
38,200
7,600
7,600
Profile photo of Matt Livingston us
Matt Livingston
33,500
4,000
4,000
Profile photo of Abraham Savitz us
Abraham Savitz
27,000
13,400
13,400
Profile photo of Salim Wahdan us
Salim Wahdan
26,700
18,300
18,300
Profile photo of Justin Monk us
Justin Monk
26,600
5,100
5,100
Profile photo of Alan Lichtenberger us
Alan Lichtenberger
26,200
2,700
2,700
Profile photo of Tracy Allgeier us
Tracy Allgeier
24,700
8,300
8,300
Profile photo of Matt Johnston us
Matt Johnston
20,000
3,500
3,500
Jaka Coaching
Profile photo of Paul Hoch us
Paul Hoch
15,400
7,100
7,100
Profile photo of Greg Geller us
Greg Geller
Busted
Profile photo of Caleb Meyer us
Caleb Meyer
Busted
Profile photo of Bobby Sanoubane us
Bobby Sanoubane
Busted

Gonzales Gets a Fold of the "Second Nuts"

Level 6 : 300/600, 600 ante
Danny Gonzales
Danny Gonzales

A little over 10,000 was in the middle on a completed board of {2-Clubs}{8-Clubs}{3-Clubs}{4-Clubs}{q-Hearts} 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 {6-Spades}{5-Spades} for the straight. The table laughed light-heartedly, expecting to see {k-Clubs}.

"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.

Player Chips Progress
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Danny Gonzales
46,400
46,400
46,400

Tags: Danny Gonzales

Field Breaks 100

Level 6 : 300/600, 600 ante

Day 1c now has 101 entries midway through Level 6. Updated counts from around the room have been provided below.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Ethan Cahn us
Ethan Cahn
105,000
16,800
16,800
Profile photo of Sammy Aweida us
Sammy Aweida
96,100
10,200
10,200
Profile photo of Steve Harvey us
Steve Harvey
62,600
37,600
37,600
Profile photo of Jason Blount us
Jason Blount
50,800
16,700
16,700
Profile photo of Ryan Dodson us
Ryan Dodson
45,800
24,800
24,800
Profile photo of Nick Marchitti us
Nick Marchitti
44,800
200
200
Profile photo of Hassan Tahsildar us
Hassan Tahsildar
34,000
Profile photo of George Medina us
George Medina
33,100
11,500
11,500
Profile photo of Samuel Uhlmann us
Samuel Uhlmann
30,000
30,000
30,000
Profile photo of Phil Gioia us
Phil Gioia
29,600
8,300
8,300
Profile photo of Ronnie Lamb us
Ronnie Lamb
22,000
3,400
3,400
Profile photo of Ben Keeline
Ben Keeline
20,000
20,000
20,000
Profile photo of Nader Wahdan us
Nader Wahdan
8,800
700
700

Hoch Needs No Showdown

Level 6 : 300/600, 600 ante
Paul Hoch
Paul Hoch

A small pile of chips was in the middle with three-handed action on a flop of {q-Spades}{8-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}. 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 {2-Hearts} and Hoch called again, bringing the river {j-Hearts}. 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.

Player Chips Progress
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Paul Hoch
22,500
3,200
3,200

Tags: Paul Hoch

Level: 6

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

Lichtenberger Doubles

Level 5 : 300/500, 500 ante

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.

Alan Lichtenberger: {a-Spades}{10-Hearts}
Opponent: {j-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}

Lichtenberger picked up a sweat on the turn of a runout {9-Clubs}{6-Hearts}{6-Spades}{q-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}, but ultimately saw his ace remain best to score him the double.

Player Chips Progress
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Alan Lichtenberger
28,900

Tags: Alan Lichtenberger

Kester Makes a "Very Nice Hand"

Level 5 : 300/500, 500 ante
Mike Kester
Mike Kester

Over 8,000 was in the middle on a flop reading {5-Diamonds}{6-Spades}{7-Clubs} 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.

Mike Kester: {9-Hearts}{8-Hearts}
Daniel Bowden: {j-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}

"Very nice hand," said Bowden upon seeing Kester's straight. The turn {k-Clubs} rendered Bowden's hand drawing dead and the river {10-Clubs} made the hand official with Kester's flopped straight earning him the dub.

Player Chips Progress
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Mike Kester
52,200
52,200
52,200
Profile photo of Daniel Bowden us
Daniel Bowden
52,200
24,800
24,800

Tags: Daniel BowdenMike Kester

Aweida Catches Heat Early

Level 5 : 300/500, 500 ante
Sammy Aweida
Sammy Aweida

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.

Elenna Martinez: {5-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}
Sammy Aweida: {q-Spades}{q-Clubs}

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 {7-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{3-Hearts}{a-Hearts}{10-Diamonds} 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 {8-}{9-}{j-}{10-} with {k-}{q-} against his opponent's {q-}{10-}.

Player Chips Progress
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Sammy Aweida
106,300
76,300
76,300
Profile photo of Elenna Martinez us
Elenna Martinez
Busted

Tags: Elenna MartinezSammy Aweida

Spades Take It At Showdown

Level 5 : 300/500, 500 ante
Tyler Potts
Tyler Potts

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 {k-Clubs}{5-Spades}{q-Clubs} and the turn came {3-Spades}. 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 {9-Spades}.

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 {q-Spades}{9-Spades}. 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.

Player Chips Progress
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Tyler Potts
72,800
34,800
34,800
Profile photo of Pat Pineda us
Pat Pineda
45,800
200
200
Profile photo of Matt Johnston us
Matt Johnston
23,500
6,500
6,500
Jaka Coaching
Profile photo of Greg Geller us
Greg Geller
15,900
17,600
17,600

Tags: Greg GellerMatt JohnstonPat PinedaTyler Potts

Level: 5

Blinds: 300/500

Ante: 500