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

Kim Gets a Knockout

Level 5 : 150/300, 300 ante

David Kim put in a raise to 1,000 from the button over an early-position limp and the player in the big blind announced he was all in for what was around 6,000. Kim quickly called.

David Kim: {k-Spades}{k-Clubs}
Big Blind: {a-Hearts}{10-Hearts}

The big blind found himself dominated as the dealer brought a flop of {8-Clubs}{10-Clubs}{7-Clubs}. He then found himself with top pair to give himself a few extra outs, though the monotone flop took some away by giving Kim a flush draw. The turn {q-Spades} was no help and the river {k-Diamonds} sealed the deal as the pot was sent Kim's way and his opponent got up and left the tournament area.

Player Chips Progress
David Kim us
David Kim
52,000
5,300
5,300

Tags: David Kim

Visher Gets Value on River

Level 5 : 150/300, 300 ante

The dealer was raking in 4,500 each from preflop action between Barb Visher in early position and her opponent in the cutoff. The flop came {a-Spades}{3-Clubs}{9-Clubs} and Visher checked. Her opponent bet 3,500 and she made the call.

The turn came {3-Spades} and both players checked. The river fell {6-Diamonds} and Visher put forward one red, T5,000 chip. Her opponent thought for a few seconds and tossed in one chip to make a call.

Visher tabled {a-Hearts}{j-Hearts} and her opponent mucked, exchanging the chip he dropped onto the felt to call for the proper denomination chip to pay off the bet as Visher collected her newly-earned chips.

Player Chips Progress
Barb Visher us
Barb Visher
39,000
-4,000
-4,000

Tags: Barb Visher

Seale Puts Geller To the Test

Level 5 : 150/300, 300 ante

Richard Seale limped from under the gun and the player to his left raised to 900. Greg Geller was in middle position and three-bet to 2,000. He received four calls from the hijack, the player on the button, Seale, and the original raiser.

The flop came {a-Clubs}{j-Hearts}{7-Clubs} and action checked to Geller, who bet 6,000. Only Seale called.

The dealer brought the turn {3-Diamonds} and Seale said, "I'm all in," as he put forward a stack of about 35,000. Geller thought for a bit and let his hand go.

On the following hand, Geller opened to 1,000 from early position and again received four calls, one of which was Seale defending his big blind. All five players checked through the runout of {q-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}{4-Spades}{q-Clubs} and a slew of cards were tabled. In the end, Geller was the only one with an ace in his hand and it was good to take down the pot and get a few chips back on the double-paired board.

Player Chips Progress
Richard Seale us
Richard Seale
93,000
12,500
12,500
Greg Geller us
Greg Geller
33,000
6,000
6,000

Tags: Richard SealeGreg Geller

Level: 5

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 300

Seale Sends One Home

Level 4 : 150/300, 0 ante
Richard Seale
Richard Seale

There was over 16,000 in the pot on a board of {8-Hearts}{9-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}{k-Spades} and Richard Seale announced he was all in, effectively putting his opponent in the cutoff to the test for the last of his chips. He received a call and hands were tabled.

Richard Seale: {10-Clubs}{9-Hearts}
Opponent: {a-Spades}{10-Spades}

Seale found himself needing to fade an ace or a king to earn the pot and the knockout. The river came {9-Spades} to give him an unnecessary full house and he raked in the pot to make him one of the largest stacks in the room.

Player Chips Progress
Richard Seale us
Richard Seale
80,500
80,500
80,500

Tags: Richard Seale

Chounlamany Gets Value With Flush

Level 4 : 150/300, 0 ante
Lekid Chounlamany
Lekid Chounlamany

There was around 3,600 in the pot as the dealer announced that there were five players to a flop of {4-Clubs}{q-Clubs}{k-Clubs}. Those five players were Andrew Peragallo in the small blind, the big blind, Wendy Freedman in middle position, Lekid Chounlamany in the hijack, and the player on the button.

Action checked through the flop and turn as the dealer burned and turned the river to bring a full board of {4-Clubs}{q-Clubs}{k-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}. The river saw three checks and Chounlamany made a bet of 1,000. Only the button called.

Chounlamany tabled {a-Diamonds}{10-Clubs} for a flush and the player on the button mucked, resulting in the pot being sent his way.

Player Chips Progress
Wendy Freedman us
Wendy Freedman
52,400
21,400
21,400
Andrew Peragallo us
Andrew Peragallo
38,000
Lekid Chounlamany us
Lekid Chounlamany
32,000
32,000
32,000

Tags: Andrew PeragalloLekid ChounlamanyWendy Freedman

Kim Wins With Turn Raise

Level 4 : 150/300, 0 ante

Kevin Kurtz opened the action with a raise to 900 from under the gun. David Kim called from the cutoff, as did both the small blind and Larry Blazer, who defended his big blind.

The flop fell {3-Diamonds}{3-Spades}{6-Spades} and both blinds checked to Kurtz, who made a continuation-bet of 1,600. Kim called and the two blinds folded.

The turn was {4-Diamonds} and Kurtz continued with a second barrel for 2,000. Kim put in a raise to 5,200 and Kurtz thought for a bit before letting his hand go.

Player Chips Progress
Kevin Kurtz us
Kevin Kurtz
48,000
-6,000
-6,000
David Kim us
David Kim
46,700
Larry Blazer us
Larry Blazer
28,500
-700
-700

Tags: David KimKevin KurtzLarry Blazer

Chip Counts After Break

Level 4 : 150/300, 0 ante
Player Chips Progress
Steve Patch us
Steve Patch
92,000
29,000
29,000
Nick Pupillo us
Nick Pupillo
89,000
59,000
59,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 1X Winner
Tom Hanna us
Tom Hanna
55,000
55,000
55,000
Kevin Kurtz us
Kevin Kurtz
54,000
24,000
24,000
Matt Livingston us
Matt Livingston
45,800
-10,200
-10,200
Philip Cummings us
Philip Cummings
43,800
7,800
7,800
Barb Visher us
Barb Visher
43,000
43,000
43,000
David Bybee us
David Bybee
40,000
10,000
10,000
Andrew Peragallo us
Andrew Peragallo
38,000
38,000
38,000
Joel Verbeck us
Joel Verbeck
36,700
5,500
5,500
Ben Jensen us
Ben Jensen
36,000
6,000
6,000
Brian Leitch us
Brian Leitch
34,300
1,800
1,800
Wendy Freedman us
Wendy Freedman
31,000
1,000
1,000
Evan Shaughnessy us
Evan Shaughnessy
30,200
16,200
16,200
Larry Blazer us
Larry Blazer
29,200
-800
-800
Greg Geller us
Greg Geller
27,000
-3,000
-3,000
Noomis Jones us
Noomis Jones
16,500
16,500
16,500
Ki Kong us
Ki Kong
13,500
-16,500
-16,500
Nate Zoller us
Nate Zoller
13,000
-14,800
-14,800
Stephen Zipprich us
Stephen Zipprich
9,000
-21,000
-21,000
Al Hart us
Al Hart
7,400
-22,600
-22,600
Harjit Sandhu us
Harjit Sandhu
5,900
-24,100
-24,100

Level: 4

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 0