Jesse and Stiverson Bag Top Stacks at Day 1c of the Colorado Poker Championship Main Event
The third and final flight of the 2019 Colorado Poker Championship $1,100 Main Event is officially in the books after 10 full hours of play on Saturday night. The day started with 160 entries, bringing the three-day total to 360, and saw 29 players remaining when it was time to put chips in bags.
Leading the way are Jay Jesse (425,000) and Tanner Stiverson (412,000). Jesse was seen with a stack in the 200,000s during the last level of the night and continued to chip up from there until play finished. Stiverson had a large stack throughout the day, chipping up to nearly three starting stacks shortly after the second break. He continued to build as the day went on, consistently trending up towards his resting total for the evening. The two find themselves in second- and third place, respectively in the combined chip counts behind Wendy Freedman (597,500)
Rounding out the top five in chips are Bobby Sanoubane (336,500), Patrick Suzuki (294,000), and Johnathan Dempsey (241,500). Other notable players to advance include Nick Pupillo (147,000), Ruth Graham (140,500), and defending champion Mike Itoafa (85,000).
There were plenty who were not fortunate enough to advance throughout one or more heats of play, such as Tim West, Chris Tryba, Sammy Aweida, Ryan Dodson, and Rich Dixon.
In total, 61 players will return for Day 2 on Sunday at 11 a.m. local time. Blinds will resume at the beginning of Level 15, with blinds of 1,500/3,000 and a 3,000 big-blind ante. All levels will be one hour in length for the day, with play scheduled to continue until a final table of nine is reached.
Thirty-six will make it into the money along the way, with a first-level payout of $2,401. The eventual champion will take home $73,621 for his or her efforts. Come back to PokerNews to see which nine remain after another full day of battle on the felt.
. There was 23,500 in the pot prior to action and Stephen Zipprich had Ryan Simoneau at risk for his tournament life from the hijack and button, respectively. 
to ensure the double, resulting in Simoneau finding himself back over 150,000 nearing the end of play for the evening.
-rainbow. 
. Wilkie continued, betting 25,000 and Zedo stuck around. 
and Zedo took about a minute before announcing he was all in for a total of 42,300. Wilkie called.
and he locked up the double at Wilkie's expense.
and action checked to Sweeney, who announced a bet of 6,000.
gave both players trips to give Sweeney more outs to a chop, and the river fell 
to give him the full house, besting Gonzales' trips and sending him to the rail in the process.
. Pupillo checked again and his opponent checked behind.
