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

09-25-2021 21:19 UTC-6

Kester Stays Alive

HillKerby

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

09-25-2021 21:27 UTC-6

Ruiz Lands on the Right Side of the Coin

HillKerby

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 21:32 UTC-6

Collard's Turn To Win a Flip

HillKerby

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 21:40 UTC-6

Updated Counts

HillKerby

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

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

09-25-2021 21:45 UTC-6

Keeline Doubles Through Aweida

HillKerby

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

Ben Keeline raised to 6,000 under the gun and was three-bet to 18,000 by Sammy Aweida in the hijack. Action made its way back to Keeline and he four-bet jammed for 46,500 with Aweida immediately calling.

Ben Keeline:
Sammy Aweida:

Keeline saw no ladies come on a runout of and scored the dub at Aweida's expense. Immediately after Keeline doubled, Mike Kester was eliminated from an adjacent table and Keeline was moved in order to balance with 24 remaining.

"You're gonna hit and run like that?" said Matt Livingston with a smile as Keeline headed to his new seat.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Vanstrom	260,000 -30,000	-30,000
Matt Livingston	182,000 67,000	67,000
Maxx Holland	175,000 39,000	39,000
Ryan Dodson	160,000 88,000	88,000

Sergio Ruiz	148,000 -6,000	-6,000
Sean Maher	130,000 -70,000	-70,000
Sammy Aweida	107,500 -31,500	-31,500
Ben Keeline	98,000 50,000	50,000
Svetlana Martie	54,500 -12,000	-12,000
Mike Kester	Busted

Tags: Ben Keeline Sammy Aweida

Level: 14

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 4,000

09-25-2021 21:55 UTC-6

Sanoubane Leads CPC Points Leader Board Entering Main Event

HillKerby

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

The Bally's Black Hawk Colorado Poker Championship has been running since Wednesday, September 8 with 20 events having played to their completion prior to the $1,450 Main Event running all weekend. A series-long leader board is in effect and will award the top five finishers seats to the $3,000 High Roller Event on Wednesday, September 29, also set to be covered by PokerNews.

In addition to the High Roller seats, the outright winner of the points leader board will also earn $10,000 for a World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event entry this upcoming November.

As of September 22, Bobby Sanoubane finds himself in pole position, barely ahead of Jason Welch. Stay tuned as the Main Event continues, as it will be sure to have implications when all is said and done.

Place	Player	Total Points
1	Bobby Sanoubane	353
2	Jason Welch	350
3	Sammy Aweida	273
4	Aaron Frei	223
5	Salim Wahdan	168
6	Dwane Collard	160
7	Mansour Alipourfard	150
8	Andrew Stevens	148
9	Josh Saltz	148
10	Christopher Brand	140
11	Dimitriose Andrianakos	135
12	Phil Gioia	125
13	Ross Lantzy	125
14	Al Hart	123
15	Andrew Miller	123
16	Jonathan McCray	123
17	Francesco Campanile	120

09-25-2021 22:03 UTC-6

Dennis Survives

HillKerby

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Jason Dennis open-jammed for 45,500 under the gun and action folded around to Tracy Allgeier in the big blind, who thought for a bit and then made the call.

Jason Dennis:
Tracy Allgeier:

Dennis was in a coin-flip situation for his tournament life and needed to hold avoid being sent home early. The flop gave him a set, but he still had four outs to fade. The turn and river came cleanly in his favor and he scored the dub with nines full.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tracy Allgeier	220,500
Jason Dennis	97,000

Tags: Jason Dennis Tracy Allgeier

09-25-2021 22:12 UTC-6

Maher Gets the Best of Holland

HillKerby

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Hand #1: Sean Maher open-jammed for 92,500 under the gun and Maxx Holland gave him action one seat over. All remaining players folded.

Sean Maher:
Maxx Holland:

Holland picked up four more outs on but running left Maher on top to secure the double.

Hand #2: On the very next hand, Holland open-jammed for his last 29,500 under the gun and action folded around to Maher in the big blind, who looked at his two cards and then dropped a chip onto the felt to signify a call.

Maxx Holland:
Sean Maher:

Holland's night came to an end as the board ran out [a6dac7hjcad], giving Maher trips to take the rest of Holland's stack.

Nick Marchitti was also eliminated from another table shortly thereafter, with the pair of knockouts bringing the field down to 22.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sean Maher	227,000 97,000	97,000
Maxx Holland	Busted
Nick Marchitti	Busted

Tags: Maxx Holland Nick Marchitti Sean Maher

09-25-2021 22:16 UTC-6

Two More Hands

HillKerby

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

The tournament clock has been stopped with 17:35 remaining in the level and two more hand will be played on the remaining three tables.

Just before the clock was stopped, Svetlana Martie was eliminated. Twenty-one players now remain across three tables.

Player	Chips	Progress
Svetlana Martie	Busted