$1,100 Main Event
Day 1a Started
$1,100 Main Event
Day 1a Started
The month of August has been full of action inside the Golden Gates Casino and Poker Parlour as the August 2019 Colorado Poker Championship has conducted 18 preliminary events over the last two weeks that have drawn impressive field sizes, showing the nation what poker is all about in this part of the country. Thursday will see the first of three starting flights of the $1,100 Main Event as Day 1a is set to get underway at noon local time.
The Colorado Poker Championship series runs three times each year: the most recent Main Event was this past March, which saw Mike Itoafa best a field of 205 entries to win a first-place prize of $33,125. Itoafa also happens to be the defending champion of last summer’s Main Event, where he took home $49,679 when he topped a field of 264 entries.
This year’s Main Event was originally scheduled with two starting flights, though a third was added due to popular demand. Also at stake are 10 seats to the $2,500 High Roller event on Wednesday, August 28 for those top finishers in the series-long points leader board. The winner of the Main Event will earn 200 points towards their total and any player making the final table will earn at least 40, meaning every single entrant into the Main Event has a shot at a free entry into the High Roller. Here is a look at the leader board as of August 21.
Position | Player | Total Points |
---|---|---|
1 | Mitch Lekarczyk | 263 |
2 | Behrouz Keshtavar | 259 |
3 | Erik Macias | 250 |
4 | Mansour Alipourfard | 215 |
5 | Nathaniel Zoller | 203 |
6 | Corey Zedo | 175 |
7 | Rich Dixon | 173 |
8 | James Callanan | 150 |
9 | William Givens | 150 |
10 | William Yarosh | 133 |
For the Main Event, players will receive 30,000 in starting chips with blinds beginning at 50/100. Levels will last 40 minutes each to start, with 15-minute breaks at the completion of every three levels and a 45-minute dinner break after Level 9. The big-blind ante kicks in starting Level 5 and late registration will be open until the end of the dinner break at approximately 7:15 p.m. local time.
What makes this structure special is that levels will increase to 60 minutes in length after the final break of the day, following Level 12. Thus, the final two hours of play for the evening will consist of only two levels, with players bagging their chips to end Day 1a after Level 14 (1,200/2,400/2,400). Play will also be nine-handed throughout the entirety of the tournament.
PokerNews will be on site providing coverage of the action for the rest of the series. Stay tuned to catch it all.
Level: 1
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
The tournament director's familiar instruction has been announced and Day 1a of the CPC Main Event is officially underway.
Here are a few familiar faces among the 26 entries already in their seats to start play today.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Al Hart |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Steve Patch
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Ben Jensen |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Greg Geller |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Joel Verbeck |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Stephen Zipprich |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Larry Blazer |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Matt Livingston |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Evan Shaughnessy |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
There was around 3,200 in a heads-up pot between Matt Livingston in the cutoff and Evan Shaughnessy on the button on the turn with a board of .
Livingston had a bet of 2,000 in front of him and action was back on him after Shaughnessy raised to 6,000. After a few moments, he made the call.
The river came and Livingston checked. Shaughnessy made another bet of 7,000 and Livingston called.
Shaughnessy tabled for top pair, top kicker and Livingston turned over for a set of threes. Shaughnessy lifted his cards up in the air as if he were about to forcefully fling them to the middle. He then held them suspended for a moment before gently tossing them forward onto the felt as Livingston collected the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Matt Livingston |
46,500
16,500
|
16,500 |
Evan Shaughnessy |
14,000
-16,000
|
-16,000 |
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Philip Cumming opened to 250 from under the gun and was called by Ben Jensen on the button. The big blind defended to take action three ways to a flop of . The big blind and Cumming both checked, putting action on Jensen, who bet 400. The big blind folded and Cumming called.
The turn came and Cumming checked to Jensen again. Jensen fired 700 and Cumming made the call. The river was and Cumming checked once more.
"I have ace-seven," said Jensen as he checked behind, announcing his top pair. Cumming tabled for a flopped two pair and took down the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Philip Cummings |
36,000
36,000
|
36,000 |
Ben Jensen |
27,500
-2,500
|
-2,500 |
Ben Jensen was seen getting up from his seat as a massive pot was being sent Steve Patch's way. Patch had his winning hand of still tabled on a board of and when asked about the hand, said that Jensen had .
The two had both flopped full houses and got stacks in with Jensen needing to hit the final deuce in the deck on the runout to stay alive, which he was unable to do. With the pot, Patch finds himself an early double, sitting atop the leaderboard as Level 1 comes to a close.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Steve Patch
|
63,000
33,000
|
33,000 |
Ben Jensen | Busted |
Level: 2
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0