Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Eddy Konarske |
295,000
-6,000
|
-6,000 |
Sherman Wu
|
269,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
Michael Giardina |
217,000
62,000
|
62,000 |
Thomas Fuller |
192,000
-9,000
|
-9,000 |
Steve Wilkie |
140,000
-28,000
|
-28,000 |
Jason Dennis |
125,000
89,500
|
89,500 |
Rocco Palumbo (CO) |
96,000
-1,000
|
-1,000 |
Al Hart |
66,000
-2,500
|
-2,500 |
Todd Sprague |
56,000
-34,000
|
-34,000 |
Bobby Sanoubane |
51,000
-18,000
|
-18,000 |
Roman Mai |
48,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
2021 Colorado Poker Championship
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
The 11 remaining players are on another 10-minute break.
Michael Giardina opened to 11,000 under the gun and Steve Wilkie called in the hijack. Al Hart also called in the cutoff and then Eddy Konarske three-bet to 26,000 on the button.
Giardina came over the top, four-bet jamming for 101,500 and sending Wilkie into the tank. He eventually folded, announcing he folded ace-king once Hart and Konarske also folded behind.
"It would have been way behind!" said Giardina as he collected his newly earned chips, increasing his stack by nearly 50% without needing to see a flop to do so.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Eddy Konarske |
301,000
-28,000
|
-28,000 |
Steve Wilkie |
168,000
-55,000
|
-55,000 |
Michael Giardina |
155,000
38,500
|
38,500 |
Al Hart |
68,500
-8,000
|
-8,000 |
All of the chips went into the middle preflop with Rocco Palumbo all in from the hijack at a five-handed for 46,500. Roman Mai was his opponent, giving action from the big blind.
Rocco Palumbo:
Roman Mai:
Palumbo's kings scored him the double after a runout of , bringing him back near 100K and leaving Mai with 26,000, one of the shortest stacks among the 11 still remaining.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Rocco Palumbo (CO) |
97,000
37,500
|
37,500 |
Roman Mai |
26,000
-63,000
|
-63,000 |
Bobby Sanoubane re-jammed for 32,000 in the small blind over a cutoff-open from Rocco Palumbo. Palumbo called.
Bobby Sanoubane:
Rocco Palumbo:
The runout brought the nuts for a different game, ultimately giving Sanoubane a wheel in this one and scoring him the double at Palumbo's expense.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Bobby Sanoubane |
69,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Rocco Palumbo (CO) |
59,500
-40,500
|
-40,500 |
Jason Dennis raised to 7,000 under the gun and was called by Steve Wilkie on the button. Action went heads up to a flop of and Dennis continuation-bet 5,000. Wilkie called.
The turn came and Dennis checked. Wilkie bet 10,000 and Dennis called, bringing the river where both players checked through to showdown.
"I've got an ace," said Wilkie after checking.
"Prove it," said the dealer.
"The ace of hearts!" exclaimed Wilkie, tabling and , one after the other. Dennis looked up and across the table at WIlkie with a little smile and sent his cards to the muck.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Steve Wilkie |
223,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
Jason Dennis |
35,500
-23,000
|
-23,000 |
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,500/2,500
Ante: 2,500
Rocco Palumbo opened to 4,000 in the cutoff and Thomas Fuller called on the button. Sherman Wu defended his big blind as well, taking multiway action to a flop of . All three players checked.
The turn came and Wu led out for 11,000. Both Palumbo and Fuller called and the river fell . Wu checked and Palumbo bet 21,000, sending Fuller into the tank for a bit before he folded. Wu then folded behind, showing as he sent his cards to the muck.
After the hand, Fuller asked Palumbo if he would have went with his hand had Fuller re-popped him, to which Palumbo looked up and shook his head affirmatively.
"I'm glad I didn't," said Fuller.
Moments earlier, Jason Welch was eliminated from the same table to bring the field down to 11, with Fuller confirming Welch got his stack into the middle preflop with two jacks against Fuller's pocket queens, the latter of which held.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Sherman Wu
|
242,000
42,000
|
42,000 |
Thomas Fuller |
201,000
63,500
|
63,500 |
Rocco Palumbo (CO) |
100,000
32,500
|
32,500 |
Jason Welch | Busted |