August 2019 Colorado Poker Championship

$1,100 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

August 2019 Colorado Poker Championship

Event Info
Buy-in
$1,100
Entries
330
Players Left
2
Average Chip Stack
4,950,000
Total Chips
9,900,000
Level Info
Level
34
Blinds
125,000 / 250,000
Ante
125,000

Verbeck Doubles Through Seale

Level 9 : 400/800, 800 ante
Joel Verbeck
Joel Verbeck

Preflop action saw several players with chips in front of them in a raised pot before Joel Verbeck, who also had chips invested at this point, announced he was all in from middle position. Richard Seale gave him action from the button and the two turned up their hands.

Richard Seale: {a-Diamonds}{q-Clubs}
Joel Verbeck: {a-Clubs}{k-Clubs}

Verbeck was in fantastic shape to double up and was able to do so as the runout came {8-Spades}{j-Spades}{7-Clubs}{9-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}.

Player Chips Progress
Richard Seale us
Richard Seale
56,500
-41,500
-41,500
Joel Verbeck us
Joel Verbeck
48,400
11,400
11,400

Tags: Joel VerbeckRichard Seale

Bybee Check-Raises Flop

Level 9 : 400/800, 800 ante

Evan Shaughnessy opened to 2,200 from under the gun and action folded around to David Bybee, who called from the small blind. The big blind defended and the three saw a flop of {3-Clubs}{q-Clubs}{7-Clubs}.

Action checked to Shaughnessy, who made a continuation-bet of 2,800. Bybee check-raised to 6,000. The big blind looked back at her cards before sending them to the muck and Shaughnessy took a few moments before folding as well, resulting in the pot being sent Bybee's way.

Player Chips Progress
David Bybee us
David Bybee
65,500
16,500
16,500
Evan Shaughnessy us
Evan Shaughnessy
61,000
34,000
34,000

Tags: David BybeeEvan Shaughnessy

Martie Flushes Out Top Two

Level 9 : 400/800, 800 ante

Action was three handed on a flop of {k-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}{q-Clubs} with around 7,500 in the pot. The big blind checked, as did Svetlana Martie in the cutoff. The player on the button checked as well.

The turn fell {j-Diamonds} and the big blind bet 3,000. Martie put in a raise to 14,000 and the player on the button folded. The big blind went into the tank for over a minute before putting in the rest of his chips, totaling about 17,000. Martie called.

Svetlana Martie: {10-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}
Big Blind: {k-Spades}{q-Hearts}

The big blind found his top two pair had run into Martie's flush and was in need of filling up in order to stay alive. The river came clean and Martie's flush held as the pot was sent her way.

Player Chips Progress
Svetlana Martie us
Svetlana Martie
50,200
21,100
21,100

Tags: Svetlana Martie

Level: 9

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

Kurtz Over Six Figures

Level 8 : 300/600, 600 ante

There was over 10,000 in the pot on a board of {4-Spades}{5-Clubs}{7-Spades}{4-Hearts} in a heads-up pot between the big blind and his opponent, Kevin Kurtz, who was in early position.

The big blind fired on the turn for 7,000 and Kurtz called. The river came {q-Clubs} and the big blind fired again for 8,000. Kurtz thought for about 30 seconds and tossed in calling chips.

"You're good," said the big blind. "I missed."

Kurtz tabled {9-Hearts}{9-Clubs} and the big blind mucked.

"Open-ended," he added as Kurtz raked in his chips, bringing his stack to over six figures in the process.

Player Chips Progress
Kevin Kurtz us
Kevin Kurtz
104,200
37,200
37,200

Tags: Kevin Kurtz

Kim Shows the Bluff

Level 8 : 300/600, 600 ante

David Kim opened to 1,350 from early position and received a call from the player on his left in middle position. The two went heads up to a flop of {4-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}{a-Hearts} and Kim fired a continuation-bet of 1,600. His opponent called.

The turn fell {5-Clubs} and Kim checked. His opponent bet 2,050 and Kim check-raised to 6,500. His opponent thought for a few seconds and put in chips to call.

The river came {k-Spades} and Kim put out another bet of 12,000, around half of his opponent's remaining stack. The player in middle position went into the tank for close to two minutes, looking back at his cards a couple times before reluctantly folding as if he wanted to show the laydown he was making.

Kim then checked his own cards and proceeded to table {j-Hearts}{9-Hearts} for nothing more than jack high as the dealer sent the pot his way.

Player Chips Progress
David Kim us
David Kim
96,700
17,700
17,700

Tags: David Kim

Peragallo Three-Bet Jams Flop

Level 8 : 300/600, 600 ante
Andrew Peragallo
Andrew Peragallo

There was 2,600 in the pot from preflop action in a heads up pot between Andrew Peragallo in early position and the player in the big blind. The flop came {9-Diamonds}{3-Spades}{j-Diamonds} and the big blind checked. Peragallo made a bet of 1,200 and the big blind check-raised to 5,000.

Peragallo pushed forward his stack of red, T5,000 chips to put his opponent all in. After a few moments, he received a fold and took down the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Andrew Peragallo us
Andrew Peragallo
64,500

Tags: Andrew Peragallo

Level: 8

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

More Chip Counts

Level 7 : 250/500, 500 ante
Player Chips Progress
Barb Visher us
Barb Visher
138,000
80,100
80,100
Rich Monroe us
Rich Monroe
115,000
115,000
115,000
Wendy Freedman us
Wendy Freedman
73,000
20,600
20,600
Andrew Peragallo us
Andrew Peragallo
64,500
26,500
26,500
David Bybee us
David Bybee
49,000
-15,000
-15,000
Jeff Granowsky us
Jeff Granowsky
46,000
1,400
1,400
Will Givens us
Will Givens
43,500
-32,500
-32,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Lekid Chounlamany us
Lekid Chounlamany
34,000
2,000
2,000
Pat Pineda us
Pat Pineda
31,000
31,000
31,000
Svetlana Martie us
Svetlana Martie
29,100
29,100
29,100
Mitch Lekarczyk us
Mitch Lekarczyk
28,000
-34,400
-34,400
Brian Leitch us
Brian Leitch
23,600
-10,700
-10,700
Al Hart us
Al Hart
21,200
21,200
21,200
Ben Jensen us
Ben Jensen
Busted
Nate Zoller us
Nate Zoller
Busted
Ki Kong us
Ki Kong
Busted
Harjit Sandhu us
Harjit Sandhu
Busted

Kurtz Cracks Queens

Level 7 : 250/500, 500 ante
Kevin Kurtz
Kevin Kurtz

Kevin Kurtz opened from the hijack to 1,000 and was three-bet by the small blind to 3,000. Kurtz confirmed the amount and announced a call.

The flop fell {4-Diamonds}{7-Spades}{10-Clubs} and the small blind fired a continuation-bet of 3,200. Kurtz called. The turn came {5-Diamonds} and the small blind continued for another 6,000. Kurtz put in a raise to 12,1000 and the small blind asked to see his remaining chips of around 15,100 before going all in for slightly less. Kurtz quickly called.

Kevin Kurtz: {4-Spades}{4-Clubs}
Small Blind: {q-Spades}{q-Diamonds}

The river ran out clean as the small blind tapped the table to congratulate Kurtz on a nice hand and proceeded to wish everybody good luck while getting up from his seat.

Player Chips Progress
Kevin Kurtz us
Kevin Kurtz
67,000
66,300
66,300

Tags: Kevin Kurtz

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