August 2019 Colorado Poker Championship

$2,500 High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info

August 2019 Colorado Poker Championship

Final Results
Winner
Matt Livingston
Winning Hand
a6
Prize
$40,300
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,500
Prize Pool
$115,150
Entries
49
Level Info
Level
20
Blinds
6,000 / 12,000
Ante
12,000
Players Info - Day 1
Players Left
1

Dixon Betting Minimum on River

Level 4 : 100/200, 200 ante
Rich Dixon
Rich Dixon

There was around 4,000 in the pot on a flop of {5-Spades}{4-Spades}{4-Diamonds} and Rich Dixon had a bet of 1,200 in front of him from middle position. Action was on Austin Peck, who was on the button and called. The turn came {9-Hearts} and Dixon fired another 2,000. Peck took a few moments and called.

The river fell {6-Clubs} and Dixon threw out two black T100 chips. Peck thought for a few seconds and then called again.

Dixon tabled {5-Hearts}{2-Hearts} for fives and fours with no kicker, which was good for a muck from Peck.

Shortly before the hand, Dixon eliminated Daniel Burke after betting 200 on the river. Burke went all in over the top of him for 16,000 and Dixon made the call with second pair. Burke had nothing more than a busted flush draw, finding himself with zero chips with which to play after Dixon made the call, successfully employing the "induction suction" to earn the knockout.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Rich Dixon us
Rich Dixon
57,700
26,900
26,900
Profile photo of Austin Peck us
Austin Peck
34,375
-5,425
-5,425
Profile photo of Daniel Burke us
Daniel Burke
Busted

Tags: Austin PeckRich Dixon

Field Size Reaches 29

Level 4 : 100/200, 200 ante
Steve Wilkie, pictured in another event
Steve Wilkie, pictured in another event

The following players have joined since returning from break. Among them is Steve Wilkie, who was supposed to be on a plane to Mexico this morning after chopping the CPC $1,100 Main Event with Nate Zoller for over $60k on Monday evening.

He has, however, decided to push back that vacation one day in order to try his hand at today's High Roller event.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Zach Gutierrez us
Zach Gutierrez
40,000
40,000
40,000
Profile photo of Kevin Kurtz us
Kevin Kurtz
40,000
40,000
40,000
Profile photo of Krzysztof Stybaniewicz us
Krzysztof Stybaniewicz
40,000
40,000
40,000
Profile photo of Steve Wilkie gb
Steve Wilkie
40,000
40,000
40,000
Profile photo of Ronnie Lamb us
Ronnie Lamb
40,000
40,000
40,000
Profile photo of Jim Morrison us
Jim Morrison
40,000
40,000
40,000
Profile photo of Chris Maxwell us
Chris Maxwell
40,000
40,000
40,000

Tags: Nate ZollerSteve Wilkie

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Chip Counts After Break

Level 4 : 100/200, 200 ante

Chip counts from the 22 players in the tournament are as follows after Erik Macias registered during the break.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Stephen Zipprich us
Stephen Zipprich
72,500
-100
-100
Profile photo of Mansour Alipourfard us
Mansour Alipourfard
63,000
-5,700
-5,700
Profile photo of Mike Itoafa us
Mike Itoafa
51,550
13,150
13,150
Profile photo of Ruth Graham us
Ruth Graham
51,525
21,400
21,400
Profile photo of Thomas Fuller us
Thomas Fuller
50,325
18,100
18,100
Profile photo of Matt Livingston us
Matt Livingston
49,525
7,325
7,325
Profile photo of Wesley Palazzi us
Wesley Palazzi
46,425
-4,125
-4,125
Profile photo of Brian Leitch us
Brian Leitch
42,525
2,525
2,525
Profile photo of Thomas Heine us
Thomas Heine
42,225
2,225
2,225
Profile photo of Daniel Burke us
Daniel Burke
42,125
3,100
3,100
Profile photo of Corey Zedo us
Corey Zedo
41,175
725
725
Profile photo of Erik Macias us
Erik Macias
40,000
40,000
40,000
Profile photo of Austin Peck us
Austin Peck
39,800
-200
-200
Profile photo of William Yarosh us
William Yarosh
38,850
-1,950
-1,950
Profile photo of Behrouz Keshtavar us
Behrouz Keshtavar
38,550
-1,450
-1,450
Profile photo of David Lewis us
David Lewis
32,850
-7,150
-7,150
Profile photo of Anthony Martinez us
Anthony Martinez
32,600
-7,400
-7,400
Profile photo of Steve Le Peau us
Steve Le Peau
31,475
-8,525
-8,525
Profile photo of Rich Dixon us
Rich Dixon
30,800
-9,200
-9,200
Profile photo of Peter Grahm us
Peter Grahm
28,200
-11,800
-11,800
Profile photo of Bobby Opila us
Bobby Opila
26,000
-3,950
-3,950
Profile photo of Nate Zoller us
Nate Zoller
15,850
-10,350
-10,350

Level: 4

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 200

Grahm Re-Enters; Dixon, Peck, and Leitch Join

Level 3 : 100/200, 0 ante

After running his kings into aces only to watch his opponent flop quad aces, Peter Grahm has re-entered the tournament. Rich Dixon, Brian Leitch, and Austin Peck also have recently joined the tournament, bringing the total number of entries to 22 as the first break of the day approaches.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Peter Grahm us
Peter Grahm
40,000
40,000
40,000
Profile photo of Rich Dixon us
Rich Dixon
40,000
40,000
40,000
Profile photo of Brian Leitch us
Brian Leitch
40,000
40,000
40,000
Profile photo of Austin Peck us
Austin Peck
40,000
40,000
40,000

Tags: Rich DixonBrian LeitchPeter GrahmAustin Peck

Zipprich Rivers the Nuts

Level 3 : 100/200, 0 ante
Stephen Zipprich
Stephen Zipprich

Bobby Opila and Stephen Zipprich found themselves heads up on a board of {6-Spades}{a-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}{10-Diamonds} with around 20,000 in the pot. Opila was in the cutoff and checked to Zipprich, who was on the button. Zipprich went into the tank for over a minute and proceeded to throw out a bet of 20,000.

Opila thought for a bit, crunching some numbers in the meantime. He set aside 20,000 and counted the remainder, which totaled 29,950. Eventually, he threw out a call.

Zipprich showed {k-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds} for the nut flush. Opila showed {a-Spades}{q-Clubs} for aces up, not immediately realizing that Zipprich had filled up on the river. The dealer pushed forward the three diamonds to denote the flush and he remarked to himself briefly before congratulating Zipprich on a great hand.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Stephen Zipprich us
Stephen Zipprich
72,600
21,600
21,600
Profile photo of Bobby Opila us
Bobby Opila
29,950
-34,900
-34,900

Tags: Bobby OpilaStephen Zipprich

Palazzi Pushes Out Zipprich

Level 3 : 100/200, 0 ante
Wesley Palazzi
Wesley Palazzi

Mike Itoafa raised to 800 from the hijack and was called by Wesley Palazzi in the cutoff. Action folded back to Stephen Zipprich in the big blind and he three-bet to 3,700. Itoafa called and Palazzi did as well, bringing the flop {5-Spades}{9-Spades}{9-Hearts}.

Zipprich continued, putting out a bet of 4,000. Itoafa quickly folded to put action on Palazzi. After a bit, Palazzi threw out a raise to 15,000.

Zipprich quickly folded, flinging his cards face-up into the muck. It was shown that he folded {10-Spades}{10-Hearts}.

"Yeah," said Palazzi, breaking into laughter. Zipprich, Itoafa, and Palazzi all engaged about the play, prompting Palazzi to flash {a-Spades}{j-Spades} to Zipprich, showing that he had pushed him out with two over cards and the nut flush draw.

"That was dumb," said Zipprrich as the pot was sent to Palazzi, still laughing as he stacked his newly-earned chips.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Stephen Zipprich us
Stephen Zipprich
51,000
-4,600
-4,600
Profile photo of Wesley Palazzi us
Wesley Palazzi
50,550
16,250
16,250
Profile photo of Mike Itoafa us
Mike Itoafa
38,400
2,600
2,600

Tags: Mike ItoafaStephen ZipprichWesley Palazzi

Level: 3

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 0