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

Gioia Doubles To Receive a Near-Fresh Stack

Level 2 : 100/200, 200 ante
Phil GIoia
Phil GIoia

Norm Tanner opened the action with a raise to 800 in early position and received calls from Phil Gioia in the hijack and the player on the button. Postflop action checked to the player on the button, who bet 2,000 on {q-Diamonds}{q-Hearts}{5-Spades}. Tanner folded and Gioia called.

Action was then heads up to the turn {5-Hearts}, where Gioia checked again. The player on the button bet 3,000 and Gioia check-shoved for 10,700. The player on the button called.

Phil Gioia: {q-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}
Player on the Button: {a-Spades}{5-Diamonds}

Gioia's queens full were ahead of his opponent's lesser full house and he needed only to fade the case five to earn the double. He had no issue doing so as {9-Hearts} completed the runout and the double was shipped his way, taking him back up to nearly starting stack after a slow start to the afternoon.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Norm Tanner us
Norm Tanner
35,700
5,700
5,700
Profile photo of Phil Gioia us
Phil Gioia
28,300
-1,700
-1,700

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