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

Dennis Takes One Down

Level 25 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

Jason Dennis raised to 100,000 on the button and Justin Liberto three-bet to 385,000 in the big blind. Dennis called and the flop came {q-Hearts}{q-Spades}{9-Clubs}. Liberto continuation-bet 130,000 and Dennis called.

Liberto checked the turn {6-Diamonds} and Dennis reached for chips, grabbing 425,000 and putting it into the middle. Liberto looked back at his two cards and then sent them to the muck.

Player Chips Progress
Justin Liberto us
Justin Liberto
WSOP 1X Winner
6,235,000 -800,000
Jason Dennis us
Jason Dennis
2,975,000 800,000

Tags: Jason DennisJustin Liberto

Liberto Hits the River

Level 25 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

Jason Dennis opened to 100,000 on the button and Justin Liberto defended his big blind. Both players checked the flop {5-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}{5-Spades} and the turn came {9-Hearts}. Liberto bet 150,000 and Dennis called.

The turn was {k-Spades} and Liberto checked to Dennis, who put out a bet of 350,000 and was immediately called.

Dennis showed {q-Diamonds} with what looked to be {a-} underneath it, to which Liberto tabled {k-Hearts}{4-Diamonds} to earn the pot with kings and fives.

Player Chips Progress
Justin Liberto us
Justin Liberto
WSOP 1X Winner
7,035,000 325,000
Jason Dennis us
Jason Dennis
2,175,000 -325,000

Tags: Jason DennisJustin Liberto

"Have the Ace of Diamonds, One Time!"

Level 25 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

Jason Dennis opened to 100,000 on the button and Justin Liberto defended his big blind.

Liberto check-called 100,000 on {10-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds} and another 350,000 on {3-Spades}. The river came {9-Diamonds} and Liberto checked again, with Dennis announcing a bet of 600,000. After around a minute of thought, Liberto folded.

"Have the ace of diamonds, one time!" said Dennis with a smile as he flipped over {7-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds} for the rivered straight flush.

On the next hand, Dennis gave a bit back as Liberto made a straight and found value on the river to take stack sizes to their current totals.

Player Chips Progress
Justin Liberto us
Justin Liberto
WSOP 1X Winner
6,710,000 -90,000
Jason Dennis us
Jason Dennis
2,500,000 -135,000

Tags: Jason DennisJustin Liberto

Steve Wilkie Eliminated in 3rd Place ($38,344)

Level 25 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
Steve Wilkie
Steve Wilkie

Steve Wilkie opened to 150,000 on the button and Justin Liberto three-bet to 435,000 in the small blind. Wilkie called.

The dealer fanned a flop of {9-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}{a-Clubs} and Liberto made a continuation-bet of 225,000. Wilkie called.

Liberto then slid out a stack of purple 100K-chips on the turn {8-Hearts} and Wilkie announced he was all in. Liberto had already bet enough to cover and the two players tabled their hands.

Steve Wilkie: {q-Hearts}{j-Hearts}
Justin Liberto: {a-Spades}{k-Spades}

Liberto's top pair, top kicker was ahead but WIlkie had outs to a flush and straight in addition to his pair of jacks going to the river. Unfortunately for Wilkie, it fell a dry {5-Clubs} and he was eliminated in third place as a result. Wilkie wished Liberto a nice hand and made his way from the table after doing so.

Meanwhile, heads-up play between Justin Liberto and Jason Dennis has now begun with Liberto holding more than a two-to-one chip advantage to begin the match.

Player Chips Progress
Justin Liberto us
Justin Liberto
WSOP 1X Winner
6,800,000 1,250,000
Steve Wilkie gb
Steve Wilkie
Busted

Tags: Jason DennisJustin LibertoSteve Wilkie

Dwane Collard Eliminated in 4th Place ($27,055)

Level 25 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
Dwane Collard
Dwane Collard

Justin Liberto opened to 100,000 in the cutoff and Dwane Collard re-jammed on the button for around 800,000. Liberto called.

Dwane Collard: {k-Diamonds}{j-Spades}
Justin Liberto: {k-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}

Collard was in trouble and found himself drawing dead by the turn of a runout {a-Clubs}{j-Clubs}{7-Clubs}{9-Clubs}{9-Spades} as Liberto made the nut flush and eliminated Collard in fourth place, earning $27,055 for his showing.

Player Chips Progress
Justin Liberto us
Justin Liberto
WSOP 1X Winner
5,550,000 1,050,000
Dwane Collard us
Dwane Collard
Busted

Tags: Dwane CollardJustin Liberto

Collard Under Seven Figures

Level 25 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

Justin Liberto opened to 100,000 in the cutoff and received a call from Dwane Collard on the button. Action went heads up to a flop of {10-Spades}{5-Clubs}{8-Hearts} and Liberto made continuation-bet that Collard called.

Action checked through the turn {2-Clubs}, bringing the river {5-Spades}. Liberto bet 215,000 and Collard thought for a bit before confirming the amount and putting out chips to call.

Liberto tabled {10-Clubs}{4-Clubs} for a flopped top pair that became tens up on the river and Collard mucked.

Player Chips Progress
Justin Liberto us
Justin Liberto
WSOP 1X Winner
4,500,000 390,000
Dwane Collard us
Dwane Collard
850,000 -300,000

Tags: Dwane CollardJustin Liberto

Dennis Makes Broadway on the End

Level 25 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
Jason Dennis
Jason Dennis

Jason Dennis raised to 100,000 in the cutoff and Dwane Collard defended his big blind, taking action heads up to a flop of {10-Diamonds}{7-Spades}{q-Diamonds}. Both players checked.

The turn came {10-Hearts} and Collard bet 80,000. Dennis called and the river fell {j-Spades}. Collard checked, Dennis bet 375,000, and Collard found a call.

Dennis tabled {a-Clubs}{k-Clubs} for Broadway and Collard sent his cards to the muck, earning Dennis the pot to take him over 2.5 million and put him second in the counts with four still remaining.

Player Chips Progress
Jason Dennis us
Jason Dennis
2,635,000 760,000
Dwane Collard us
Dwane Collard
1,150,000 -800,000

Tags: Dwane CollardJason Dennis

No Flush, No Problem

Level 25 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
Justin Liberto
Justin Liberto

Dwane Collard opened to 100,000 in the cutoff and was called by Justin Liberto, defending his big blind. The flop came {5-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}{q-Hearts} and Liberto checked to Collard, who continuation-bet 80,000. Liberto called.

The turn came {j-Spades} and Liberto checked again. Collard fired a second barrel for 190,000 and Liberto called again, bringing the river {8-Spades} where both players checked to take the hand to showdown.

Liberto showed {8-Hearts}{3-Hearts}, pairing his eight after failing to complete his flopped flush draw, and Collard sent his cards to the muck.

Player Chips Progress
Justin Liberto us
Justin Liberto
WSOP 1X Winner
4,110,000 285,000
Dwane Collard us
Dwane Collard
1,950,000 -450,000

Tags: Dwane CollardJustin Liberto

Collard Out-Kicks Wilkie

Level 25 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

Dwane Collard opened in the cutoff and received a call from Steve Wilkie in the small blind. Wilkie check-called Collard's continuation-bet on a flop of {9-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds} to bring the turn {q-Clubs}. WIlkie check-called another 150,000 and both players checked the river {8-Clubs} to take the hand to showdown.

"You're good," said Wilkie. "I've got a nine," he added as he tabled {k-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}. Collard showed {a-Diamonds}{9-Clubs} for third pair with the ace kicker and took down the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Dwane Collard us
Dwane Collard
2,400,000 475,000
Steve Wilkie gb
Steve Wilkie
1,275,000 -475,000

Tags: Dwane CollardSteve Wilkie