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

Giardina Doubles; Dixon Busts

Level 10 : 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Rich Dixon
Rich Dixon

Al Hart raised to 4,000 under the gun and saw Michael Giardina re-jam on the button. Action folded back to Hart.

"Can I get a count, please?" asked Hart.

"Of course you can!" replied the dealer, cutting out Giardina's stack and announcing it to be 35,500. Hart immediately called, dropping a stack of chips onto the felt as he did so.

Michael Giardina: {q-Hearts}{10-Hearts}
Al Hart: {a-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}

Both players found plenty to sweat on the flop {7-Hearts}{a-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}, with Hart flopping top pair and Giardina flopping a flush draw. Giardina paired his queen on {q-Diamonds}, also giving Hart the nut flush draw alongside it. The river then fell {q-Clubs}, giving Giardina trips and scoring him the double.

Moments earlier, Rich Dixon was eliminated from the tournament after jamming with {a-Clubs}{j-} over a limp from Steve Wilkie, who called with {6-}{6-}.

Wilkie once again hit a set on the flop {q-Clubs}{j-Clubs}{6-Clubs} but Dixon was still plenty alive with the nut flush draw. He then picked up a backdoor gutshot to Broadway on the turn {10-}, but a blank river left him high and dry and he fell to Wilkie as a result.

Player Chips Progress
Al Hart us
Al Hart
215,000
-28,500
-28,500
Steve Wilkie gb
Steve Wilkie
214,000
18,000
18,000
Michael Giardina us
Michael Giardina
75,000
40,000
40,000
Rich Dixon us
Rich Dixon
Busted

Tags: Al HartMichael GiardinaRich DixonSteve Wilkie