2021 Colorado Poker Championship

$1,450 Main Event
Day: 1c
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

Chip Counts Before Break

Level 6 : 300/600, 600 ante
Player Chips Progress
Jason Welch us
Jason Welch
114,000 23,600
Vincent Moscati us
Vincent Moscati
92,700 42,500
Mike Kester us
Mike Kester
86,000 33,800
Jason Vanstrom us
Jason Vanstrom
77,800 800
Kevin Kurtz us
Kevin Kurtz
77,000 -5,500
Tyler Potts us
Tyler Potts
62,000 -10,800
Corey Zedo us
Corey Zedo
43,600 -9,400
Daniel Bowden us
Daniel Bowden
40,600 -11,600
Samuel Uhlmann us
Samuel Uhlmann
39,000 9,000
Pat Pineda us
Pat Pineda
38,200 -7,600
Matt Livingston us
Matt Livingston
33,500 4,000
Abraham Savitz us
Abraham Savitz
27,000 -13,400
Salim Wahdan us
Salim Wahdan
26,700 -18,300
Justin Monk us
Justin Monk
26,600 5,100
Alan Lichtenberger us
Alan Lichtenberger
26,200 -2,700
Tracy Allgeier us
Tracy Allgeier
24,700 8,300
Matt Johnston us
Matt Johnston
20,000 -3,500
Paul Hoch us
Paul Hoch
15,400 -7,100
Greg Geller us
Greg Geller
Busted
Caleb Meyer us
Caleb Meyer
Busted
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
Danny Gonzales us
Danny Gonzales
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
Ethan Cahn us
Ethan Cahn
105,000 -16,800
Sammy Aweida us
Sammy Aweida
96,100 -10,200
Steve Harvey us
Steve Harvey
62,600 37,600
Jason Blount us
Jason Blount
50,800 16,700
Ryan Dodson us
Ryan Dodson
45,800 24,800
Nick Marchitti us
Nick Marchitti
44,800 200
Hassan Tahsildar us
Hassan Tahsildar
34,000
George Medina us
George Medina
33,100 11,500
Samuel Uhlmann us
Samuel Uhlmann
30,000 30,000
Phil Gioia us
Phil Gioia
29,600 -8,300
Ronnie Lamb us
Ronnie Lamb
22,000 3,400
Ben Keeline us
Ben Keeline
20,000 20,000
Nader Wahdan us
Nader Wahdan
8,800 -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
Paul Hoch us
Paul Hoch
22,500 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
Alan Lichtenberger us
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
Mike Kester us
Mike Kester
52,200 52,200
Daniel Bowden us
Daniel Bowden
52,200 -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
Sammy Aweida us
Sammy Aweida
106,300 76,300
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
Tyler Potts us
Tyler Potts
72,800 34,800
Pat Pineda us
Pat Pineda
45,800 200
Matt Johnston us
Matt Johnston
23,500 -6,500
Greg Geller us
Greg Geller
15,900 -17,600

Tags: Greg GellerMatt JohnstonPat PinedaTyler Potts

Level: 5

Blinds: 300/500

Ante: 500