Final Nine Set In Card Player Poker Tour Caribbean Cruise Main Event

The final nine has been set in the Card Player Poker Tour $1,100 no-limit hold’em main event while at sea on day 5 of the 7-night CPPT Caribbean Cruise, hosted by Card Player Cruises. Registration closed at the start of play today with the final number of entries being 43. This built a prize pool of $41,280. Only the top five finishers will make the money, and here is a look at the payouts:

Place	Payout
1st	$13,200
2nd	$9,900
3rd	$8,260
4th	$6,200
5th	$3,720

The chip leader heading into the final nine is Matthew Burnitz with 266,500. The Bear, DE resident entered day 2 as the chip leader, and after a number of swings, managed to end the day in the top spot.

Another player who experienced some adrenaline-inducing hands today was Nate “Big Country” Patten. Early on day 2 Patten raised from the button to 7,000 and Vince Frankavilla reraised to 28,000. Patten moved all-in for 83,000 and Vince Frankavilla snap-called with the AA. Patten seemed in a daze as he rolled over the J10. Frankavilla had him covered, and he stood and began to walk away.

The flop came down A84, however, and Barry Shulman called Patten back to the table, as his flush was now in the lead against Frankavilla’s set of aces. The turn brought the K and the river the 2, and “Big Country” raked in the huge pot. Frankavilla was later eliminated in tenth place, bringing play to a close for the night, while Patten finished fourth in chips.

Card Player Publisher and two-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner Barry Shulman is also still alive in the event, entering day 3 in sixth chip position.

“It was a pretty up and down day. I had a couple of big hands early, and then I got beat hand after hand for a while,” said Shulman. “I’m a little bit short with around 120,000 but there are three people below 100,000 so I’ll just have to come back tomorrow night, after going to the beach in Cozumel, and give it my best shot.”

The MS Oasis of the Seas, the incredible cruise ship on which the CPPT Caribbean Cruise has been taking place, arrives at Cozumel, Mexico at 8:00 AM ship time and doesn’t leave the port until 7:00 PM. Play will resume at 7:30, and will see the remaining nine play down to a final table of six.

Here is a look at the chip counts for the final nine:

Rank	Player	Chip Count
1	Matthew Burnitz	266,500
2	Fred Samelian	235,500
3	Bob Deemer	192,000
4	Nate “Big Country” Patten	170,500
5	Greg Booher	134,500
6	Barry Shulman	123,600
7	Tom Martiiak	84,500
8	Marie-Josee McDuff	45,000
9	Darwin Scher	38,000

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