August 2019 Colorado Poker Championship
$1,100 Main Event
Day: 3
Level 27
: 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Barb Visher completed her small blind and Bobby Sanoubane checked, bringing a flop of 
. Both players checked and the turn came 
. Visher bet 75,000 and Sanoubane made the call.
The river fell 
and Visher bet again, tossing out 125,000. Sanoubane thought for close to a minute and tossed in chips to call.
Visher showed 
for a missed straight draw and upon seeing it, Sanoubane turned over 
to show that he had made the correct call with his six. He had chipped up a bit prior to the pot and now sits with over 1.5 million. Meanwhile, Barb Visher has dipped below that same 1.5 million mark and now finds herself as the shortest stack in the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,540,000
925,000
|
925,000 |
|
1,360,000
-940,000
|
-940,000 |
Level 27
: 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Nate Zoller raised to 175,000 in the cutoff and was called by Barb Visher, who was on the button. Bobby Sanoubane folded in the small blind and Steve Wilkie defended his big blind. The flop came 
and all three players checked.
The turn fell 
and Wilkie and Zoller checked again. Visher bet 250,000 and received two calls.
The river came 
and action checked to Visher once more. She bet 275,000 and Wilkie took little time to put out a call. Zoller folded.
Visher commented about Wilkie having a nice hand as she sat there with her hand still on her cards. Wilkie tabled 
for a pair of sevens and Visher slid her cards forward to the muck as the pot was sent WIlkie's way.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
5,595,000
980,000
|
980,000 |
|
|
2,300,000
-500,000
|
-500,000 |
|
1,390,000
-335,000
|
-335,000 |
|
|
615,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
Level 27
: 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Barb Visher opened to 125,000 from the hijack and Randy Needens went all in over the top of her for 165,000. Action folded to Nate Zoller in the big blind and he put out chips to call. Visher called behind to create a side pot for potential future action.
Both players checked the flop 
. The turn came and Zoller bet 200,000. Visher called, bringing the river 
. Zoller threw out another bet of 300,000 and Visher folded, showing the face up. With Visher's fold, Zoller earned the side pot and it was time for both him and Needens to table their hands for the main pot.
Randy Needens: 
Nate Zoller: 
Needens had flopped top pair, top kicker and felt great about his chances to triple and regain some fold equity. Unfortunately for him, Zoller turned a set of sevens and locked up the elimination, with Needens earning a fifth-place prize of $16,325.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,800,000
-810,000
|
-810,000 |
|
|
1,725,000
840,000
|
840,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 27
: 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Nate Zoller opened to 155,000 from the hijack and Barb Visher called in the cutoff. All remaining payers folded and the flop came 
. Zoller checked to Visher and she quickly put out a bet of 150,000. Zoller made the call.
The turn saw both players check, bringing the river 
. Zoller checked to Visher and she checked behind, taking the hand to showdown.
"Your pair is good," said Zoller, showing .
Visher tabled 
and took down the pot with her two pair, nines and fives.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,610,000
350,000
|
350,000 |
|
|
885,000
-260,000
|
-260,000 |
Level: 27
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 50,000
Level 26
: 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
The remaining five players are taking a 15-minute break. Official chip counts are as follows.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,615,000
-235,000
|
-235,000 |
|
|
3,260,000
535,000
|
535,000 |
|
|
1,145,000
-355,000
|
-355,000 |
|
|
625,000
-65,000
|
-65,000 |
|
|
265,000
-305,000
|
-305,000 |
Level 26
: 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Bobby Sanoubane saw action folded to him in the small blind and he completed. Steve Wilkie checked his option from the big blind and the two saw a flop of 
. Sanoubane checked to Wilke, who bet 100,000. Sanoubane made the call.
Both players checked the turn 
and the river came 
. Sanoubane checked a third time. Wilke then fired 100,000 forward and Sanoubane immediately tossed in a chip to call.
Wilke tabled 
and Sanoubane mucked, saying that he had hit a ten and that the river helped Wilke improve beyond that.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,850,000
530,000
|
530,000 |
|
|
690,000
-90,000
|
-90,000 |
Level 26
: 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Barb Visher saw action folded to her on the button and she limped in. Randy Needens completed his small blind and Bobby Sanoubane checked his option. All three players then proceeded to check the flop 
.
The turn came 
and Needens and Sanoubane checked. Visher bet 100,000 and was called by Needens. Sanoubane folded and the river fell 
. Needens then led out for 100,000 and Visher thought for a bit before sliding out a raise to 400,000.
Needens thought for about 20 seconds and then folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,725,000
1,095,000
|
1,095,000 |
|
|
780,000
-225,000
|
-225,000 |
|
|
570,000
-730,000
|
-730,000 |
Level 26
: 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Steve Wilkie opened to 100,000 in the hijack and received calls behind him from Nate Zoller in the cutoff and Barb Visher, who was on the button. The three saw a flop of 
and Wilkie checked. Zoller put out a bet of 250,000 and found a call from Visher.
"Seven hundred fifty thousand," said Wilkie, putting out a check-raise for said amount. Zoller went into the tank and folded. Visher folded behind him and Wilkie took down the pot, bringing him to over 4 million in chips and making him the clear chip leader at the current moment.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,320,000
645,000
|
645,000 |
|
|
1,630,000
-385,000
|
-385,000 |
|
|
1,500,000
-280,000
|
-280,000 |