Pierce McKellar Leads CPPT Bike Main Event After Day 1ADay 1A of the Card Player Poker Tour Big Poker Oktober $1,100 no-limit hold’em Main Event Drew 128 Players |
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Chips were bagged for the night after 14 levels of play on Day 1A of the Card Player Poker Tour Big Poker Oktober main event at the Bicycle Casino in Bell Gardens, Calif. with Pierce McKellar leading the pack with 323,600.
Five-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner Allen Cunningham, Chris Grigorian and Brian Gorman, along with Marios Savvides and Valetin Vornicu, will join McKellar on Day 2.
Shan Jing, who won this event last year for nearly $136,000, returned to defend his title but was eliminated late in the day. Recent WSOP bracelet winner Cord Garcia was sent home just following the dinner break. Mike Shariati, who won the World Poker Tour Legends of Poker main event at the Bike just over a month ago was also sent to the rail, as was UFC announcer Bruce Buffer.
Day 1B begins Sunday, Oct. 11 at 12pm.
The main event features three starting days and uses the Bike’s own patented Quantum Reload concept.
Players have the option to buy-in directly for $1,100 on any of the three starting days, but those who wish to skip day 1 altogether can buy directly into day 2 for $4,300. Players that choose the latter option will begin with 60 big blinds with blinds at 1,000-2,000. There will be no-late entry on day 2, however players who are eliminated on any day 1 may re-enter the following day.
“The Quantum Reload concept is one tournament where you can come in different times, pay different amounts of money, and get different amounts of starting tournament chips,” said Tournament Director Mo Fathipour. “It’s the ability for the player to choose his or her day to play. Depending on what day you choose dictates the amount of the buy-in and the amount of each starting stack. For the bigger tournaments, the players are coming on day two paying more money and starting with more chips.”
The final table will be streamed on Live at the Bike.
| Rank | Player | Chip Count |
| 1 | Pierce McKellar | 323,600 |
| 2 | Valentine Vornicu | 256,000 |
| 3 | Bruce Kramer | 236,200 |
| 4 | Valerie Kelly | 232,900 |
| 5 | Brett Hart | 228,400 |
| 6 | Michael Borovetz | 182,600 |
| 7 | George Kozel | 167,600 |
| 8 | Rubin Chappelle | 163,000 |
| 9 | Julie Dang | 155,100 |
| 10 | John Villanueva | 130,800 |
| 11 | Derek Gregory | 126,500 |
| 12 | John Hulett | 123,800 |
| 13 | Mark Zwickel | 114,800 |
| 14 | Anthony Nguyen | 111,500 |
| 15 | Jeff Davis | 106,900 |
| 16 | Brian Gorman | 104,300 |
| 17 | Tom Lee | 101,100 |
| 18 | Chris Grigorian | 94,700 |
| 19 | Eric Reyes | 89,100 |
| 20 | Andrew Miramontes | 89,000 |
| 21 | Sean Valentine | 86,700 |
| 22 | Carlo Reyes | 77,400 |
| 23 | Koveh Waysei | 72,800 |
| 24 | Daniel Wojcik | 71,800 |
| 25 | Chioh Yin | 69,800 |
| 26 | Alan Meyerson | 68,700 |
| 27 | David Renick Patterson II | 62,600 |
| 28 | James Cavanauga | 54,500 |
| 29 | Jim Mangiamele | 45,400 |
| 30 | Marios Savvides | 44,700 |
| 31 | Allen Cunningham | 23,400 |
| 32 | Taeho Kim | 15,100 |
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