Pierce McKellar Wins Card Player Poker Tour Wynn Las Vegas Event No. 7Arizonan Tops Field Of 165 To Earn $30,835 |
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Event 7 – $1,070 No-Limit Hold’em
A total of 165 entries were made in event no.7 of the 2013 Card Player Poker Tour Wynn Las Vegas, each posting the $1,070 buy-in to build a prize pool of $160,050. After two full days of play, it came to an end when Pierce McKellar made a deal three-handed with Matthew Moore and Kirill Kruglov that saw McKellar declared as the victor, earning $30,835 and 312 Card Player Player of the Year points for the win.
This event drew a number of notable players, some of whom made deep runs including Dana Kellstrom (15th – $2,401), A.P. Phahurat (11th – $3,201, Brock Parker (9th – $4,401) and Brett Shaffer ($4,802).
Here is a look at the payouts and POY points awarded at this final table:
Place | Player | Earnings | POY Points |
1 | Pierce McKellar | $30,835 | 312 |
2 | Matthew Moore | $29,640 | 260 |
3 | Kirill Kruglov | $27,552 | 208 |
4 | John Campanello | $13,604 | 156 |
5 | Joshua Evans | $9,603 | 130 |
6 | Stephen Boker | $7,202 | 104 |
7 | Rami Jradeh | $5,842 | 78 |
8 | Brett Shaffer | $4,802 | 52 |
9 | Brock Parker | $4,401 | 26 |
Event 8 – $550 No-Limit Hold’em
The eighth event of the CPPT Wynn drew 115 entries, building a prize pool of $55,775. The top thirteen players made the money, with the winner set to walk away with $15,618.
The final table is set, and chip leader of the last nine players is Theo Tran with 484,000. Champie Douglas, who finished seventh in event no. 6 just days earlier, has 2300,000 heading into his second final table of the series.
Here is a look at the chip counts heading into the final day:
Rank | Player | Chip Count |
1 | Theo Tran | 484,500 |
2 | Shouan Dabiri | 413,000 |
3 | Champie Douglas | 230,000 |
4 | Steven Krupnik | 199,500 |
5 | Thomas Brownscombe | 108,500 |
6 | Kevin Hong | 106,000 |
7 | Andy Rose | 93,000 |
8 | David Levi | 71,000 |
9 | Christopher Korotky | 24,000 |