Card Player Poker Tour Wynn Las Vegas -- Kevin Hong Wins Event No. 8Las Vegas Resident Earns $15,617 For The Win |
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Event 8 – $550 No-Limit Hold’em
The eighth event of the Card Player Poker Tour Wynn Las Vegas drew 115 entries, building a prize pool of $55,775. The top thirteen players made the money, and eventual champion Kevin Hong walked away with $15,618. The Las Vegas, NV resident was also awarded 120 Card Player Player of the Year points for his first tournament title.
Hong topped a tough final table that featured a number of notables, including David levi (5th- $3,625) and Theo Tran (3rd – $7,111). Here is a look at the payouts and POY points awarded at this final table:
| Place | Player | Earnings | POY Points |
| 1 | Kevin Hong | $15,617 | 120 |
| 2 | Steven Krupnick | $10,597 | 100 |
| 3 | Theo Tran | $7,111 | 80 |
| 4 | Shouan Dabiri | $5,020 | 60 |
| 5 | David Levi | $3,625 | 50 |
| 6 | Christopher Korotky | $2,900 | 40 |
| 7 | Thomas Brownscombe | $2,287 | 30 |
| 8 | Champie Douglas | $1,813 | 20 |
| 9 | Andrew Rose | $1,673 | 10 |
Event 9 – $440 No-Limit Hold’em $100,000 Guarantee
The first of two starting days in event no. 9 of the CPPT Wynn drew 222, nearly meeting the event’s $100,000 guarantee already. This is the second $440 buy-in of the series, the previous being event no. 5, which attracted 478 entrants and built a prizepool of $185,464.
After a full day of play, only 27 players survived to make the final day on Wednesday, Mar. 13th. Here ia a look at the chip counts heading into the final day:
| Rank | Player | Chip Count |
| 1 | Brian Church | 354,200 |
| 2 | Stephen Chimeiski | 302,900 |
| 3 | Kerry Parker | 297,200 |
| 4 | Jonathan Salfi | 215,500 |
| 5 | Vi Do | 199,200 |
| 6 | Gary Bolden | 164,000 |
| 7 | Neil Tran | 163,400 |
| 8 | Erich Gmuer | 155,300 |
| 9 | Mothel Krymchantowski | 134,000 |
| 10 | Ben Palmer | 121,500 |
| 11 | Keanu Tabali | 110,300 |
| 12 | Devad Pecaski | 110,100 |
| 13 | Joseph Rake | 104,600 |
| 14 | Joseph Clarke | 97,900 |
| 15 | Brian Rauscher | 94,800 |
| 16 | Natalie Renusz | 94,300 |
| 17 | Johnny Landreth | 93,000 |
| 18 | Dan Kellstrom | 83,500 |
| 19 | Andre Clarke | 83,100 |
| 20 | Dien Le | 69,800 |
| 21 | Eric Baldwin | 61,700 |
| 22 | Kristy Duong | 59,400 |
| 23 | A.P. Phahurat | 48,600 |
| 24 | Vincent DiBenedetto | 37,300 |
| 25 | Ellis Kilgore | 36,100 |
| 26 | Zvi Zipor | 28,600 |
| 27 | John Dall | 20,000 |
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