$1,100 Main Event
Day 1b Started
August 2019 Colorado Poker Championship
$1,100 Main Event
Day: 1b
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Welcome to Day 1b of the August 2019 Colorado Poker Championship Main Event
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.
Level: 1
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
Play Underway
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.
Familiar Faces
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 |
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30,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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30,000 | |
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30,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
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Balaban Folds Out Geller
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
There was 1,350 in the pot from preflop action as the dealer fanned a flop of 
. Igor Balaban was in the small blind and announced a bet of 900. Greg Geller, who was in the big blind, confirmed the amount before tossing in an oversized chip to call. The third and final player in the hand was under the gun and folded.
The turn fell 
and Balaban continued for another 1,700. Geller folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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29,600
-400
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-400 |
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28,600
-1,400
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-1,400 |
Zipprich Four-Bets Preflop
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Stephen Zipprich opened to 300 from early position and received a call from Aaron Frei in the hijack. The player on the button three-bet to 1,300.
Action folded back to Zipprich and he put in a four-bet to 3,800. Frei quickly folded and the player on the button found himself with a decision to make. He thought it over for a bit and pushed his cards forward to the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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33,400
3,400
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3,400 |
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26,500
-3,500
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-3,500 |
Perlman Gets Lucky To Miss His Flush Draw
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Aaron Frei opened the action to 300 and received calls from David Perlman on the button as well as both players in the blinds. The flop came 
and action checked to Frei. He made a continuation-bet for 800 and Perlman called. The two blinds folded and action proceeded heads up.
The turn came 
and Frei fired another barrel for 2,300. Perlman stuck around, bringing the river 
. Both players quickly checked.
Frei tabled 
for ace-king high and a missed nut-flush draw. Perlman showed 
for a missed queen-high flush draw that had flopped top pair. His pair of queens proved to be good and he took down the pot as the two talked about how lucky he was that a third diamond did not hit on the river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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33,300
3,300
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3,300 |
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23,100
-3,400
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-3,400 |
More Early Runners
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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41,200
41,200
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41,200 |
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32,300 | |
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30,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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19,600
19,600
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19,600 |