2021 Colorado Poker Championship

$3,000 High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info

2021 Colorado Poker Championship

Event Info
Buy-in
$3,000
Entries
39
Players Left
4
Average Chip Stack
390,000
Total Chips
1,560,000
Level Info
Level
19
Blinds
6,000 / 12,000
Ante
12,000

Fuller Needs No Showdown

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Eddy Konarske raised to 11,000 in early position and received a call from Thomas Fuller in the hijack. Action went heads up to a flop of {j-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}{4-Hearts} and Konarske checked. Fuller bet 15,000 and Konarske called, bringing the turn {a-Hearts}.

Konarske checked again and Fuller reached for chips, grabbing 42,000 and putting them onto the felt. Konarske quickly folded.

Player Chips Progress
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Eddy Konarske
334,000
8,000
8,000
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Thomas Fuller
247,000
73,000
73,000

Tags: Eddy KonarskeThomas Fuller

Wu Alleges a Straight

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Bobby Sanoubane opened the action with a raise to 9,000 in the cutoff and Sherman Wu called defending his big blind. Wu checked to Sanoubane on {q-Hearts}{k-Spades}{j-Hearts} and Sanoubane continuation-bet 6,000. Wu called.

The turn came {6-Clubs} and Wu check-called another 10,000, bringing the river {3-Clubs}. Wu led out for 20,000 and Sanoubane confirmed the amount before sliding in his stack for an all-in raise. Wu asked for a count, which was totaled to be 50,000, and then went into the tank for a bit.

"Straight no good, huh?" said Wu. "I had a straight," he added, turning over {9-Hearts} and pushing his cards to the muck. Sanoubane then exchanged his cards for the pot without showing.

Player Chips Progress
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Sherman Wu
301,000
-60,000
-60,000
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Bobby Sanoubane
126,000
35,000
35,000

Tags: Bobby SanoubaneSherman Wu

Flush Beats Straight

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Eddy Konarske pumped it up to 9,000 in early position and action folded around to the big blind, where Jason Dennis defended. Both players checked the flop {7-Diamonds}{5-Spades}{6-Spades}.

The turn came {9-Spades} and Dennis led out for 10,000. Konarske called and the river fell {a-Clubs}. Dennis checked, Konarske bet 18,000, and Dennis called.

Dennis showed {8-Clubs}{8-Hearts} for a turned straight, which was topped by Konarske's turned flush with {q-Spades}{10-Spades}.

Player Chips Progress
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Eddy Konarske
326,000
96,000
96,000
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Jason Dennis
116,000
-9,000
-9,000

Tags: Eddy KonarskeJason Dennis

Level: 14

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 4,000

Wu Raises the River

Level 13 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Sherman Wu
Sherman Wu

Steve Wilkie open-limped in early position and action folded around to Michael Giardina, who limped on the button. Eddy Konarske completed his small blind and Sherman Wu checked his option in the big blind, taking action four ways to a flop of {3-Spades}{5-Hearts}{a-Clubs}. Action checked to Giardina and he bet 6,000, with Konarske and Wu calling before Wilkie bowed out.

All three players checked the turn {7-Clubs} and the river came {6-Spades}. Konarske fired out a bet of 16,000 and Wu thought for a bit and then raised to 42,000. He received quick folds from both Giardina and Konarske and took down the pot.

Player Chips Progress
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Sherman Wu
361,000
42,000
42,000
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Steve Wilkie
241,000
101,000
101,000
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Eddy Konarske
230,000
-42,000
-42,000
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Michael Giardina
122,000
-37,000
-37,000

Tags: Eddy KonarskeMichael GiardinaSherman WuSteve Wilkie

Sanoubane Takes One on the River

Level 13 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Bobby Sanoubane
Bobby Sanoubane

Eddy Konarske raised to 7,000 under the gun and action folded around to Rocco Palumbo, who called on the button. Bobby Sanoubane also called, defending his big blind to take three-handed action to the flop {5-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}{6-Clubs}. Action checked to Palumbo and he bet 6,000, with Sanoubane calling and Konarske foldin.

Action was then heads up to the turn {a-Clubs}, where both players checked and the river fell {9-Spades}. Sanoubane put out a bet of 20,000, one-third of his stack and around one-third of Palumbo's. Palumbo went into the tank for about a minute and then let his hand go, earning Sanoubane the pot.

Player Chips Progress
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Eddy Konarske
272,000
-23,000
-23,000
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Bobby Sanoubane
91,000
12,000
12,000
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Rocco Palumbo (CO)
62,000
-34,000
-34,000

Tags: Bobby SanoubaneEddy KonarskeRocco Palumbo

Fuller Draws First Blood

Level 13 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Thomas Fuller
Thomas Fuller

Michael Giardina opened to 7,000 on the button and received calls from Sherman Wu on the button and Thomas Fuller, who defended his big blind. The flop came {8-Spades}{j-Hearts}{2-Hearts} and action checked to Giardina, who continuation-bet 11,000. Wu folded, sending action to Fuller who thought for a bit before putting in a check-raise to 40,000.

Giardina thought for about 15 seconds and then sent his cards to the muck, earning Fuller the pot with his flop check-raise.

Player Chips Progress
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Sherman Wu
319,000
50,000
50,000
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Thomas Fuller
174,000
-18,000
-18,000
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Michael Giardina
159,000
-58,000
-58,000

Tags: Michael GiardinaSherman WuThomas Fuller

Final Table Seat Draw

Level 13 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
SeatPlayer
1Eddy Konarske
2Sherman Wu
3Al Hart
4Thomas Fuller
5Steve Wilkie
6Rocco Palumbo (CO)
7Jason Dennis
8Bobby Sanoubane
9Michael Giardina

Final Table of Nine Is Reached

Level 13 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Roman Mai
Roman Mai

Bobby Sanoubane saw action fold to him on the button and he shoved all in, with Roman Mai calling all in for less in the big blind.

Roman Mai: {4-Hearts}{4-Clubs}
Bobby Sanoubane: {9-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}

Mai was drawing dead by the turn of a runout {k-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}{6-Clubs}{9-Hearts}{q-Clubs}, giving Sanoubane a set of nines en route to the pot and the knockout.

A final table seat draw will be posted shortly, with five eliminations still needing to occur for play to reach the money.

Player Chips Progress
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Bobby Sanoubane
79,000
28,000
28,000
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Roman Mai
Busted

Tags: Bobby SanoubaneRoman Mai

Hart Holds for the Knockout

Level 13 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Todd Sprague
Todd Sprague

Al Hart opened to 6,000 under the gun and saw Todd Sprague re-jam for 42,000 on the button. Hart called.

Todd Sprague: {j-Clubs}{10-Spades}
Al Hart: {a-Hearts}{j-Spades}

"Well, I have one live card," stated Sprague after seeing Hart's holdings. He lost his three outs but picked up four new ones on a flop of {9-Spades}{7-Diamonds}{a-Diamonds} as Hart flopped top pair, which remained best as the turn {5-Spades} and river {3-Hearts} completed the runout to bring about Sprague's eliminaton.

Player Chips Progress
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Al Hart
112,000
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Todd Sprague
Busted

Tags: Al HartTodd Sprague