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Card Player Poker Tour bestbet Jacksonville: Scott Risi Leads After Day 1A

Day 1B Of $200,000 GTD To Begin Saturday At Noon

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The first starting day of the Card Player Poker Tour bestbet Jacksonville main event feature fast-paced action from a starting field of 107. After 14 levels of play on Friday, 30 runners remained.

The $1,100 re-entry tournament with a $200,000 guaranteed, set to run over four days, will have its second starting day on Saturday, June 25 at noon local time. Single-table satellites at the $140 and $250 buy-in levels will run Saturday prior to the close of registration.

bestbet JacksonvilleThis is the fourth year in a row that the CPPT has traveled to Jacksonville. Notable players in attendance on Friday were Harvey Vandeven, the 2013 CPPT bestbet Jacksonville champion, former WPT champion Nabil Hirezi, Miami poker pro Erik Christensen, Willie Lawrence, who made the final table last year, 2013 CPPT bestbet finalist Edward Mroczkowski, Gainesville-based Toby Boas and Tallahassee’s Jared Reinstein.

Players began the day with 25,000 in chips and blinds at 100-200. When play concluded for the evening at level 14 the stakes were 1,200-2,400 with a 400-chip ante. Level 15, which the players will begin on day 2, is 1,500-3,000 with a 500-chip ante.

Below are chip counts for the end of day 1A. The chip leaders after day 1A and day 1B both receive a $1,500 bonus, which is deducted from the prize pool.

Rank Player Chip Count
1 Scott Risi 204,000
2 Toby Boas 184,000
3 Lion Gerlin 157,000
4 Kristen Kober 154,000
5 Jie Liu 148,000
6 Jason Hinesley 124,000
7 Sebastien Charles 119,000
8 Alan Franco 117,500
9 Jeremy Gaubert 117,500
10 Mike Corallo 113,500
11 Jacob Snider 112,500
12 Randall Price 110,500
13 Jared Reinstein 94,500
14 Mario Oliveira 93,500
15 Jim Sutherland 91,000
16 Kirk Corson 79,000
17 Paul “Wade” Williams 78,500
18 Bobby Warfield 77,500
19 Jason Durant 63,500
20 John Redlitz 63,500
21 Roston Stukes 55,500
22 Paul Boatright 47,000
23 Brittney Loy 45,500
24 Tomas Singson 45,000
25 Mac McCord 41,500
26 Jim Disbrow 33,500
27 Davis Adams 31,000
28 John Valevich 27,500
29 Sean Clinkscales 25,500
30 Mike Kruger 21,500

On Monday, June 27 at 2 p.m. local time, the event will be live streamed on CardPlayer.com.