$2,500 High Roller | August 2019 Colorado Poker Championship

08-28-2019 13:04 UTC-7

Chip Counts From Table 6

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Level 6 : 250/500, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Corey Zedo	75,225 34,050	34,050
Thomas Heine	44,850 2,625	2,625
Brian Leitch	40,625 1,900	1,900
William Yarosh	40,425 1,575	1,575
Mitch Lekarczyk	39,900 100	100
Matt Livingston	27,600 21,925	21,925
Kevin Kurtz	22,250 17,750	17,750
Steve Le Peau	16,800 14,675	14,675

08-28-2019 12:55 UTC-7

Sanoubane and Ajayi Join the Party

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Level 6 : 250/500, 500 ante

Dapo Ajayi has been seen in the field after being out of town this past weekend for the $1,100 Main Event. Bobby Sanoubane also just entered the tournament, coming into the day after a third-place finish this past Monday evening in the Main Event for $31,210.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bobby Sanoubane	40,000
Dapo Ajayi	31,650

Tags: Bobby Sanoubane Dapo Ajayi

08-28-2019 12:47 UTC-7

Pupillo Toasted

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Level 6 : 250/500, 500 ante

In less than an hour of play since joining the tournament, Nick Pupillo found himself down to his last 2,800 and shoved from middle position. Action folded around to Mansour Alipourfard, who was in the big blind and threw in chips to call.

Nick Pupillo:
Mansour Alipourfard:

Pupillo found himself needing to hit one of the three eights in the deck to fade elimination and was unable to do so as the board ran out .

Player	Chips	Progress
Mansour Alipourfard	69,500 6,500	6,500
Nick Pupillo	Busted

Tags: Mansour Alipourfard Nick Pupillo

Level: 6

Blinds: 250/500

Ante: 500

08-28-2019 12:37 UTC-7

Macias Misses Flush, Backs Into Straight

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Level 5 : 200/400, 400 ante

Nate Zoller opened to 1,100 from middle position and received calls from Behrouz Keshtavar on the button and Erik Macias out of the small blind. The flop came and action checked to Zoller, who put out a continuation-bet of 2,500.

Macias check-called another bet of 4,000 on the turn and the river fell . Both players checked through to showdown.

Macias tabled .

"What is that, a straight?" said Zoller. The dealer confirmed. "Runner runner, huh? That's sick," Zoller added.

"I had a flush draw on the flop, too," said Macias. "Nice check behind."

"I know," Zoller said in response to the flush draw. "I was putting you on spades the whole way.".

"Then why didn't you bet?" Macias questioned.

"That was the perfect spot for you to bet!" Zoller answered.

"That was the perfect spot for me to check-raise!" said Macias as the dealer finished pitching the cards for the next hand and the two got back to business.

Player	Chips	Progress
Behrouz Keshtavar	76,400 37,850	37,850
Erik Macias	39,100 900	900
Nate Zoller	26,750 10,900	10,900

Tags: Behrouz Keshtavar Nate Zoller Erik Macias

08-28-2019 12:31 UTC-7

Wilkie Pushes Everybody Out

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Level 5 : 200/400, 400 ante

Steve Wilkie saw action folded to him in the hijack and limped in. Jim Morrison limped behind him from the cutoff and Jon Cohen completed from the small blind. Ronnie Lamb checked his option and the four players saw a flop of . Cohen was first to act and led out for 800. Lamb folded and both Wilkie and Morrison called.

With three players left, the turn came and Cohen bet another 2,000. Wilkie put in a raise to 9,000 and got folds from Morrison and Cohen to take down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jon Cohen	56,425 16,425	16,425

Mitch Lekarczyk	40,000 40,000	40,000
Ronnie Lamb	39,850 150	150
Steve Wilkie	35,300 4,700	4,700
Jim Morrison	31,700 8,300	8,300
Krzysztof Stybaniewicz	Busted

Tags: Jim Morrison Jon Cohen Ronnie Lamb Steve Wilkie

08-28-2019 12:21 UTC-7

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08-28-2019 12:06 UTC-7

Cohen, Pineda, Pupillo Join

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Level 5 : 200/400, 400 ante

Jon Cohen, Pat Pineda, and Nick Pupillo have joined the field to bring the total number of entries up to 33. Cohen comes in off a sixth-place finish in the Colorado Poker Championship $1,100 Main Event for $12,804.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jon Cohen	40,000 40,000	40,000

Pat Pineda	40,000 40,000	40,000

Tags: Jon Cohen Pat Pineda Nick Pupillo

Level: 5

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 400

08-28-2019 11:52 UTC-7

Martinez Gets Value With Bullets

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Level 4 : 100/200, 200 ante

Krzysztof Stybaniewicz raised to 900 from middle position and was three-bet to 2,700 by Anthony Martinez, who was in the big blind. Stybaniewicz called and the flop came . Martinez fired a continuation-bet of 4,000 into the middle and Stybaniewicz called.

Martinez continued on the turn , betting another 6,000. Stybaniewicz called. The river fell and Martinez fired a third barrel, putting out another 10,000. Stybaniewicz called once more.