$1,100 Main Event Day 1b | August 2019 Colorado Poker Championship

08-23-2019 12:06 UTC-6

Familiar Faces

HillKerby

Level 1 : 50/100, 0 ante

Twenty-nine entries are listed on the clock across five tables as play is underway and there are already a handful of recognizable players in the field. With more expected to come throughout the day, today's heat will likely be another one full of action.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stephen Zipprich	30,000 30,000	30,000
Aaron Frei	30,000
David Perlman	30,000
Mohammad Sharif	30,000
Anthony Piazza	30,000
Chris Tryba	30,000

Joel Verbeck	30,000 30,000	30,000
Jose Barrios	30,000
Greg Geller	30,000 30,000	30,000
Andy Tinkle	30,000
Igor Balaban	30,000

08-23-2019 12:02 UTC-6

Play Underway

HillKerby

Level 1 : 50/100, 0 ante

"Dealers, get the cards in the air! Fifty-One Hundred! Button in the nine seat!" said tournament director, Patrick Roy to indicate the beginning of Day 1b at the Colorado Poker Championship Main Event.

Tags: Patrick Roy

Level: 1

Blinds: 50/100

Ante: 0

08-23-2019 10:52 UTC-6

Welcome to Day 1b of the August 2019 Colorado Poker Championship Main Event

HillKerby

Golden Gates Casino Black Hawk, Colorado

The August 2019 Colorado Poker Championship $1,100 Main Event resumes today with the second of three initial flights inside the Golden Gates Casino and Poker Parlour.

Yesterday’s Day 1a flight drew 81 entries with 15 players paving the way to Sunday’s Day 2. The day lasted nearly 12 hours in total and upon its completion, Wendy Freedman found herself with a massive chip lead.

In the last level of the night, Freedman found herself near the top of the leader board before getting a full double up with a full house to Will Givens’ straight, who was the chip leader at the time. She then busted him and continued to build from there, finishing the day putting 597,500 chips into a bag, more than double that of second-place’s Al Hart (265,000).

Day 1b boasts the same fantastic structure as the first heat, with 30,000 in chips and 40-minute levels to start. There will be 15-minute breaks at the completion of every three levels and a 45-minute dinner break after Level 9. After the final break, levels will increase to one hour in length for the last two hours and two levels of the night.

Unlimited re-entries are available until the end of the dinner break following Level 9. Any players who are not fortunate enough to advance today will also have the option to return tomorrow for the final flight of the tournament. From there, the field will combine on Sunday at 11 a.m. for Day 2.

Cards are set to fly at noon local time. PokerNews will be on the floor bringing you updates all tournament long.

Tags: Al Hart Wendy Freedman Will Givens

$1,100 Main Event

Day 1b Started