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Card Player Poker Tour St. Maarten: Mark Stephen Edwards Leads Day 1A

Day 1A of the Inaugural Card Player Poker Tour St. Maarten Main Event Drew 64 Entries

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Mark Stephen EdwardsWith the crisp ocean breeze blowing just outside the doors of Casino Royale and the sound of crashing waves mixing with clicking chips, Mark Stephen Edwards bagged the largest stack of the night on Day 1A of the Card Player Poker Tour St. Maarten inaugural $1,650 no-limit hold’em $200,000 guarantee main event.

Edwards bagged 164,400 followed by Adam Friedman with 161,900 and Andrew Fair with 139,800.

The first of two starting days drew a total of 64 entries including Card Player’s own Barry Shulman, Mark Gregorich, former CPPT bestbet Jacksonville final tablist Yi Li and Carbon Poker online qualifiers Cole Macy, Andy Asnicar and Duane Mispagle.

Card Player’s Allyn Shulman, the only former CPPT main event champion in the field and the tour’s all-time money winner, survived Day 1A with 72,000.

Day 1B will begin Friday at 1:30 pm local time and live updates will be provided throughout the day on CardPlayer.com.

Day 1A Chip Counts

Rank Player Chip Count
1 Mark Stephen Edwards 164,400
2 Adam Friedman 161,900
3 Andrew Fair 139,800
4 Albert Balayn 138,200
5 Enrici Christophe 118,900
6 George Mull 118,400
7 Marvin Rosen 109,500
8 Wesley Bundy 108,900
9 Joel Lirot 96,200
10 Daniel Snowden 94,200
11 Myriam Mehnana 87,700
12 Adam Cedric 84,200
13 Benichou Paul 83,800
14 Mike Garcell 74,600
15 Allyn Shulman 72,500
16 Desmond Culbert 61,700
17 Albert Lunenberg 45,300
18 Cole Macy 41,200
19 Mark Gregorich 40,000
20 Duane Mispagel 39,800
21 Marko Merjjer 38,000