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

09-25-2021 20:10 UTC-6

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Vanstrom	290,000 186,000	186,000
Maxx Holland	192,000 4,000	4,000
Ben Keeline	164,000 -22,000	-22,000
Hassan Tahsildar	157,000 111,000	111,000
Sammy Aweida	139,000 43,700	43,700
Matt Livingston	74,000 19,300	19,300
Ryan Dodson	72,000 11,000	11,000

Nick Marchitti	59,000 -58,000	-58,000
Nader Wahdan	Busted
Jason Blount	Busted

Driggers KO's Konarske

HillKerby

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

All of the chips got into the middle on a flop reading between Eddy Konarske in the small blind and Stephen Driggers, who was on the button.

Eddy Konarske:
Stephen Driggers:

Konarske needed to hit running Broadway outs or running diamonds to stay alive, both of which became an impossibility on the turn . The river made the hand official and the pot was shipped to Driggers as Konarske was eliminated from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stephen Driggers	150,000 150,000	150,000
Eddy Konarske	Busted

Tags: Eddy Konarske Stephen Driggers

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,500/2,500

Ante: 2,500

09-25-2021 20:29 UTC-6

Allgeier Showers a Shorty

HillKerby

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

Tracy Allgeier opened to 6,000 on the button and received a call from the small blind. The big blind re-jammed for 20,000 and Allgeier confirmed the amount before putting in chips to call. The small blind then folded, letting the two have at it.

All-In Player:
Tracy Allgeier:

Barry Greenstein paid Allgeier an unnecessary visit on the runout to give him two pair, aces and treys and earn him the pot and the knockout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tracy Allgeier	220,000 60,000	60,000

Tags: Tracy Allgeier

09-25-2021 20:34 UTC-6

Updated Counts

HillKerby

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

09-25-2021 20:44 UTC-6

Collard Ships It In

HillKerby

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 20:48 UTC-6

Prize Pool Information Released!

HillKerby

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 20:57 UTC-6

Keeline Runs Into a Bigger Ace

HillKerby

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.