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Card Player Poker Tour: Choctaw Fast Figures

Jonathan Bloyen Was the Highest Earner Outside the Main Event

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Jonathan BloyenThe Card Player Poker Tour made yet another stop at Choctaw Casino Resort in Durant, Oklahoma July 17 through Aug. 4. The 81-tournament series awarded more than $2 million in prize money, including upwards of $183,000, which went to main event winner Austin Lewis.

With the seventh stop of CPPT Season II complete, take a look at some of the facts and figures.

Fast Figures from CPPT Choctaw Season II

Top casher outside the main event: Jonathan Bloyen, $55,414

Main event prize pool: $871,545

Main event guarantee: $500,000

Card Player Player of the Year point awarded to main event winner Austin Lewis: 840

Number of open events won by women: 5 – La Sengphet, Lynn Samples, Viola Wu, Mei Li and Charlene Hoffman (Nella Escamilda won the ladies event)

Place of the last woman standing in the main event: 18th (Lynn Samples – $9,195)

Most final tables of the series: 4 – Chan Pelton, Wistar Holt and Henry Busch each made four final tables

Most cashes of the series: 5 – Chan Pelton and Trent Smith tallied five cashes each

Number of main event final tablists who played a second year in row: 4 – former champion Mohammad Arani, runner-up Allan Farber, third place finisher Lou Barlow and fifth place finisher Matt Ludlow

Choctaw Casino Resort is located in Durant, Oklahoma and is home to over 4,000 machines, table games and an exclusive poker room. The closest casino resort to Dallas, Texas, the Choctaw Grand Tower has 330 AAA Four Diamond rooms and an additional 160 well-appointed rooms in the Choctaw Inn and Lodge. The poker room is located on its own floor and features 30 tables with private staff and services.

For more information about the CPPT, click here.