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Pierce McKellar Wins Card Player Poker Tour Wynn Las Vegas Event No. 7

Arizonan 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

Theo TranEvent 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