2021 Colorado Poker Championship

$1,450 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2021 Colorado Poker Championship

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aj
Prize
$89,534
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,450
Prize Pool
$389,276
Entries
307
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
70
Players Left
8

Fortini Falls; Thieme Follows

Level 13 : 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante
Lawrence Brink
Lawrence Brink

Hand #1: Taylor Fortini found himself with crumbs after ceding a double to the pocket eights of Shannon Hudson and open-jammed his remaining chips on the button, receiving an isolation-raise from Lawrence Brink to give him a shot at a double.

Taylor Fortini: {a-Spades}{6-Diamonds}
Lawrence Brink: {a-Diamonds}{j-Spades}

Fortini was unable to find one of the three remaining sixes in the deck as the runout {k-Spades}{10-Hearts}{2-Spades}{8-Hearts}{3-Spades} left Brink's jack kicker on top to earn him the pot and the knockout.

Hand #2: One hand later, Brian Thieme was seen vacating his seat at the very same table as Mike Wheeler was collecting the pot that did him in. Wheeler filled in the details, saying there was a limped pot preflop that saw {a-Hearts}{k-Hearts}{10-} come on board.

Thieme checked to Wheeler, who bet and saw Thieme check-jam. Wheeler called.

Brian Thieme: {q-Spades}{j-Spades}
Mike Wheeler: {q-Hearts}{3-Hearts}

"And I hit a flush on the river," said Wheeler, who now finds himself with a stack of 170,500.

Player Chips Progress
Mike Wheeler
Mike Wheeler
170,500
56,000
56,000
Lawrence Brink us
Lawrence Brink
160,000
22,000
22,000
Shannon Hudson us
Shannon Hudson
75,000
35,000
35,000
Taylor Fortini us
Taylor Fortini
Busted
Brian Thieme us
Brian Thieme
Busted

Tags: Brian ThiemeLawrence BrinkMike WheelerTaylor Fortini