Dan Colpoys Leads After Day 1A
Nov 17, '22
The first of three starting flights for the $2,500 buy-in Card Player Poker Tour Venetian main event drew 93 entries, with two more starting days still to go.
As is the case with all Deepstack Extravaganza events at Venetian, the players started with plenty of chips. With blinds of 100-100 and 50,000 stacks, there was a whopping 500 big blinds to begin.
It was a little much for Massachusetts native Dan Colpoys… or so he thought. After 14 levels of play and racking up several eliminations, it was he who finished the day on top, sitting with 825,000 to lead the surviving 16 players.
Colpoys, who has $2.8 million in career tournament earnings and several high roller final tables this year alone, will start day 2 with a very healthy 165 big blinds.
Joining him at the top of the leaderboard is Andrew Moreno, a poker pro who has won at Venetian before. Moreno picked up $242,293 with a victory at the DeepStack Extravaganza series earlier this year.
Another familiar face with chips is Chance Kornuth, who has been on a tear for the last two years. The high-stakes pro, who sits just outside the top 10 in the Player of the Year race, won the MSPT Venetian event in the summer of 2021 for $412,086.
Kornuth won a big flip with A-K against pocket queens on the very last hand of the night to surge up the rankings. He’ll have a good chance to add to his $12.3 million in career earnings when he returns for day 2 action.
WPT champion James Romero and WSOP bracelet winner Michael Wang round out the top five. Other notables still in the hunt include Darren Rabinowitz, Anthony Hu, Joe Kuether, Shannon Shorr, and the “Kings of the Venetian” Ben Palmer and Eric Baldwin. (Palmer has the most cashes at the venue, while Baldwin has the most in earnings.)
The second starting flight kicks off at 11 a.m. Friday. Day 1C will be at the same time Saturday. Everyone who makes it through will combine on Sunday at noon to play down to the final table.
| Name |
Chips |
| Daniel Colpoys |
825,000 |
| Andrew Moreno |
747,000 |
| Chance Kornuth |
576,000 |
| James Romero |
440,000 |
| Michael Wang |
362,000 |
| Rodger Johnson |
347,000 |
| Kenny Huynh |
272,000 |
| John Dennehey |
267,000 |
| Matthew Hunt |
245,000 |
| Benjamin Palmer |
187,000 |
| Shannon Shorr |
92,000 |
| Joseph Kuether |
83,000 |
| Eric Baldwin |
74,000 |
| Darren Rabinowitz |
68,000 |
| Matthew Volosevich |
65,000 |
| Anthony Hu |
54,000 |
Player Tags: Eric Baldwin, Benjamin Palmer, Daniel Colpoys
The Rich Get Richer
Nov 17, '22
We walked up just in time to see Ryan Laplante’s final 69,000 in the middle with A
5 against the A
J
of chip leader Dan Colpoys.
The dealer produced a board of K8
6JA and Laplante was sent home with just 15 minutes remaining in the night. Colpoys now has a commanding lead in the event with 820,000.
Player Tags: Daniel Colpoys, Ryan Laplante
Chip Counts
Nov 17, '22
Here’s an assortment of chip counts. Dan Colpoys leads the way with almost 200 big blinds!
Dan Colpoys — 475,000
Kenny Huynh — 280,000
Matthew Hunt — 270,000
Ben Palmer — 245,000
Michael Wang — 210,000
Chance Kornuth — 180,000
Cole Ferraro — 170,000
James Romero — 135,000
Ryan Laplante — 130,000
Anthony Hu — 125,000
Andrew Moreno — 115,000
Shannon Shorr — 110,000
Jesse Lonis — 75,000
Eric Baldwin — 65,000
Darren Rabinowitz — 60,000
Matthew Volosevich — 50,000
Jeremy Ausmus — 45,000
Curt Kohlberg — 25,000
Lee Markholt — 20,000
Player Tags: Daniel Colpoys
Daniel Colpoys Eliminated In Fifth Place ($43,433)
Nov 21, '22
Johnnie Moreno raised to 175,000 from under the gun. Dan Colpoys three-bet to 960,000, leaving himself just 20,000 behind. John Riordan moved all-in from the big blind and Moreno asked for a count before deciding to fold.
Colpoys called with AJ. Riordan held AK.
The board ran out QQ823.
Colpoys was knocked out fifth place, earning $43,433 for his tenth final-table finish of the year. He now has $2,842,132 in career earnings.
Player Tags: Daniel Colpoys
Colpoys Doubles After Falling To Bottom of Leaderboard
Nov 21, '22
Dan Colpoys was left short after losing a big pot to Johnnie Moreno that we missed while posting the Andrew Moreno bustout.
In this hand, Colpoys committed most of his short stack preflop from the button, leaving just 70,000 behind. Zachary McDiarmid called from the small blind and the pair saw a flop of J74. The remaining chips got in and Colpoys showed 33. McDiarmid had KQ.
The 2 turn and 2 riverlocked up the double for Colpoys, who is now back up over a million in chips.
Player Tags: Daniel Colpoys
