2021 Colorado Poker Championship

$1,450 Main Event
Day: 2
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 2
Entries
47
Players Left
2
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Potts Fades Elimination

Level 16 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Tyler Potts open-jammed for 25,000 under the gun and Phil Gioia called in the hijack.

Tyler Potts: {a-Diamonds}{q-Spades}
Phil Gioia: {k-Clubs}{8-Clubs}

The board ran out {5-Spades}{9-Hearts}{j-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}, giving Potts queens up and scoring him the double to take him back to a 10-big-blind stack.

Vincent Moscati was less fortunate, hitting the rail just before Potts' double.

Player Chips Progress
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Phil Gioia
393,000
19,000
19,000
Profile photo of Tyler Potts us
Tyler Potts
65,000
40,000
40,000
Profile photo of Vincent Moscati us
Vincent Moscati
Busted

Tags: Phil GioiaTyler Potts

Updated Chip Counts - Four Tables Remain

Level 16 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

The short-stacked Peter Everett was just eliminated from the tournament, bringing the field down to 36 players across four full tables. Another round of chip counts has been posted below as just five eliminations are needed to reach the money.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Steve Wilkie gb
Steve Wilkie
890,000
50,000
50,000
Profile photo of Rocco Palumbo (CO) us
Rocco Palumbo (CO)
495,000
95,000
95,000
Profile photo of Phil Gioia us
Phil Gioia
412,000
254,500
254,500
Profile photo of Jay Teel us
Jay Teel
320,000
76,000
76,000
Profile photo of Dan Mingus us
Dan Mingus
280,000
107,000
107,000
Profile photo of Jason Dennis us
Jason Dennis
273,000
42,000
42,000
Profile photo of Justin Liberto us
Justin Liberto
272,000
137,500
137,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Jorden Helstern us
Jorden Helstern
267,000
1,500
1,500
Profile photo of Robert Falanga us
Robert Falanga
260,000
3,500
3,500
Profile photo of Chris Quackenbush us
Chris Quackenbush
244,000
3,000
3,000
Profile photo of Lawrence Brink us
Lawrence Brink
205,000
47,000
47,000
Profile photo of Hassan Tahsildar us
Hassan Tahsildar
147,000
65,000
65,000
Profile photo of Chad Stoffel us
Chad Stoffel
127,000
7,000
7,000
Profile photo of Vincent Moscati us
Vincent Moscati
84,000
54,500
54,500
Profile photo of Ben Keeline
Ben Keeline
80,000
55,000
55,000
Profile photo of Tyler Potts us
Tyler Potts
25,000
188,500
188,500
Profile photo of Peter Everett us
Peter Everett
Busted

Updated Chip Counts

Level 16 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Eric Smidinger us
Eric Smidinger
565,000
109,000
109,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Mike Kenny us
Mike Kenny
558,000
12,000
12,000
Profile photo of Jason Remshardt us
Jason Remshardt
350,000
178,000
178,000
Jaka Coaching
Profile photo of Dwane Collard us
Dwane Collard
340,000
65,000
65,000
Profile photo of Matt Livingston us
Matt Livingston
275,000
5,000
5,000
Profile photo of Al Hart us
Al Hart
270,000
117,500
117,500
Profile photo of Sean Maher us
Sean Maher
215,000
8,500
8,500
Profile photo of Christian Larsen us
Christian Larsen
195,000
99,500
99,500
Profile photo of Donna Gadd us
Donna Gadd
180,000
32,000
32,000
Profile photo of Michael Hinde us
Michael Hinde
140,000
95,000
95,000
Profile photo of Tracy Allgeier us
Tracy Allgeier
140,000
149,500
149,500
Profile photo of Rich Dixon us
Rich Dixon
140,000
46,000
46,000
Profile photo of Tony Clapes us
Tony Clapes
127,000
24,000
24,000
Profile photo of Stephen Driggers us
Stephen Driggers
106,000
7,000
7,000
Profile photo of Peter Everett us
Peter Everett
40,000
143,000
143,000

Level: 16

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 6,000

Action on Table 15

Level 15 : 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Hand #1: Steve Rule raised to 13,000 in the cutoff and Jason Vanstrom three-bet to 33,000 in the small blind. Rule called and the two went to a flop of {10-Clubs}{3-Clubs}{2-Clubs}. Vanstrom continuation-bet 23,000 and Rule called.

Vanstrom fired a second barrel of 64,000 on the turn {10-Spades} and Rule called once more, bringing the river {9-Spades} where both players checked to take the hand to showdown.

Rule turned over {7-Diamonds}{7-Clubs} after checking behind and Vanstrom topped it with {k-Spades}{k-Clubs} to earn him the pot with kings up.

Hand #2: On the very next hand, Steve Wilkie open-limped under the gun and Rule raised to 11,000 in middle position. Jason Johnson called in the big blind and Wilkie came along as well.

Johnson led out for 16,000 on {j-Diamonds}{5-Spades}{3-Hearts} and Wilkie raised to 55,000. Rule folded and Johnson jammed for around 15,000 more. Wilkie made the call and Johnson was in bad shape.

Jason Johnson: {q-Spades}{j-Spades}
Steve Wilkie: {j-Clubs}{3-Clubs}

Johnson's top pair was up against Wilkie's two pair. He failed to improve further as the turn {4-Diamonds} and the river {k-Hearts} completed the runout and was eliminated by Wilkie, who now has about 840,000 with 37 players remaining.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Steve Wilkie gb
Steve Wilkie
840,000
85,000
85,000
Profile photo of Edwin Parker us
Edwin Parker
563,000
89,500
89,500
Profile photo of Jason Vanstrom us
Jason Vanstrom
435,000
130,000
130,000
Profile photo of Scott Burns us
Scott Burns
230,000
115,000
115,000
Profile photo of Josh Saltz us
Josh Saltz
200,000
65,000
65,000
Profile photo of Sergio Ruiz us
Sergio Ruiz
170,000
Profile photo of Steven Rule us
Steven Rule
108,000
99,000
99,000
Profile photo of Jason Johnson us
Jason Johnson
Busted

Tags: Jason JohnsonJason VanstromSteve RuleSteve Wilkie

Keeline Doubles, Aweida and Dodson Ousted

Level 15 : 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Ben Keeline
Ben Keeline

Rocco Palumbo opened in middle position and action folded around to Ben Keeline, who re-jammed for 65,000 in the big blind. Palumbo called.

Ben Keeline: {a-Hearts}{q-Hearts}
Rocco Palumbo: {9-Diamonds}{7-Spades}

Palumbo hit top pair on {3-Hearts}{8-Clubs}{9-Spades} but Keeline picked up additional outs on the turn {j-Clubs}. His backdoor gutter completed on the river {10-Diamonds} and he stayed alive, scoring the double as a result.

"Crazy turn," said Palumbo with a smile as he sent the requisite amount Keeline's way.

Moments earlier, Ryan Dodson was eliminated by Jason Dennis on the same table after Dodson open-jammed on the button and Dennis called in the big blind.

Ryan Dodson: {q-}{10-}
Jason Dennis: {a-}{a-}

Dennis flopped a set and improved to a full house on the turn, leaving Dodson drawing dead to the river to end his afternoon.

Sammy Aweida was also eliminated at the same time on an adjacent table, and 38 players now remain. Seven more eliminations are needed for the tournament to make it into the money.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Rocco Palumbo (CO) us
Rocco Palumbo (CO)
590,000
75,000
75,000
Profile photo of Jason Dennis us
Jason Dennis
315,000
219,000
219,000
Profile photo of Ben Keeline
Ben Keeline
135,000
43,000
43,000
Profile photo of Ryan Dodson us
Ryan Dodson
Busted
Profile photo of Sammy Aweida us
Sammy Aweida
Busted

Tags: Ben KeelineJason DennisRocco PalumboRyan DodsonSammy Aweida

Pelz Flipped Out of the Tournament

Level 15 : 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Ian Pelz was just eliminated from the tournament, confirming the details with PokerNews on his way out. Pelz was down to 45,000 after starting the day as one of the shortest stacks in the tournament and got his stack in preflop against Matt Livingston, one seat to his right.

Pelz had ace-king suited and found himself up against the pocket deuces of Livingston. Pelz found no help on the runout.

Player Chips Progress
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Matt Livingston
280,000
129,000
129,000
Profile photo of Ian Pelz us
Ian Pelz
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Ian PelzMatt Livingston

Mai and Kurtz Bite the Dust

Level 15 : 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Roman Mai on Day 1
Roman Mai on Day 1

Roman Mai open-jammed for 88,000 in the hijack and received a call from Robert Falanga in the big blind.

Roman Mai: {q-Spades}{j-Clubs}
Robert Falanga: {j-Spades}{j-Diamonds}

Mai picked up four more outs to Broadway on {6-Diamonds}{a-Clubs}{10-Diamonds} but was left hanging as {10-Hearts}{5-Diamonds} completed the runout.

As the runout was happening, Kevin Kurtz was also seen vacating his seat at an adjacent table, bringing the field down to 41.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Robert Falanga us
Robert Falanga
263,500
135,500
135,500
Profile photo of Kevin Kurtz us
Kevin Kurtz
Busted
Profile photo of Roman Mai us
Roman Mai
Busted

Tags: Kevin KurtzRobert FalangaRoman Mai