The Centennial State’s flagship quarterly tournament series, the Bally’s Black Hawk Colorado Poker Championship, began its 62-event schedule on February 21. Its $1,200 Main Event – Thursday, March 7 through Sunday, March 10, – features starting flights from Thursday through Saturday, with a $200,000 guarantee.
February’s opening weekend $400 Kick Off event drew a record 799 entries and resulted in a three-way chop between Danny Gonzales ($41,788), Glen Coblentz ($32,646) and Zach Gutierrez ($32,000).
Of course, one of the best features of the CPC is its series-long points leaderboard. The top 10 finishers on the leaderboard earn seats to the $2,500 High Roller on March 16, and the outright winner gets an additional $10,000 in cash.
As of this publishing, Gutierrez now sits third in points with 95, and Gonzalez is second with 120. Son Nguyen, who took sixth in the Kick Off, leads everybody with 125 points after adding two more top-four scores this week. (Spoiler alert: Nguyen’s family restaurant, Zomo, will be featured in the Main Event coverage found right here in the Ballys Black Hawk Live Updates Section on PokerLiveUpdates.com.)
The series has two weeks left on the docket, with plenty of exciting tournaments to look forward to. Some highlights are below, and you can click here to find the full schedule.
- Saturday, March 2: 12 p.m. $500 Super Stack NLH
- Sunday, March 3: $600 6-Max Three Strikes Deep Stack NLH
- Monday, March 4: 12 p.m. $300 Deep Stack NLH; 7 p.m. $200 PLO
- Tuesday, March 5: 12 p.m. $250 Big O
- March 7-10: $1,200 Main Event ($200K Guaranteed)
- Sunday, March 10: 1 p.m. $400 HORSE; 5 p.m. $200 Ladies Only NLH
- Monday, March 11: 10 a.m. $200 OE; 12 p.m. $250 Deep Stack 8 Max NLH; 7 p.m. $200 NLH/PLO mix
- Tuesday, March 12: 10 a.m. $200 PLO8
- Wednesday, March 13: 10 a.m. $200 Big O
- Saturday, March 16: 11 a.m. $2,500 High Roller
The Main Event and High Roller tournaments offer satellites, too.
Main Event satellites run at 7 p.m from March 6-8 and 10 a.m. from March 7-9. The final satellite on Saturday the 9th is a turbo. All Main Event satellites are $300 and award seats to the top 20% of the field.
Two High Roller satellites will run on Friday, March 15, at 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. These also cost $300 and award seats to the top 10%.
Of course, the FunTour2.0 is in full effect for the Main Event. I’ll be busy posting live updates all weekend, but I won’t be too busy to chat for a minute or two. Please stop me and say hi, introduce yourself, or let me know how you’re doing. We hope to see you there! (Editor’s Note: It’s OK on our end if he joins you for a postgame beer as well!)
About Bally’s Black Hawk:
The state-of-the-art room at Bally’s Black Hawk West is Black Hawk’s best poker parlour, with 17 action-filled tables. With a five-table overflow room during tournaments, you’ll never miss a game!
Ante up and compete for cash and great prizes in tournaments every single day! You can even earn comps while playing live poker, good towards delicious food and great merchandise.
Hill Kerby is one of the founding members of the Poker Live Updates FunTour2.0 team, providing tournament reporting from poker venues across the country and sampling some of the world's best craft beers.
