Card Player Poker Tour Venetian: Tommy Chen Leads After Day 1A$2 Million Guarantee Main Event Draws Field Of 42 For First Of Three Starting Flights |
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The Card Player Poker Tour returned to the Venetian Las Vegas on Sunday as part of the DeepStack Extravaganza III, a series boasting more than $16 million in guarantees this summer.
At noon, the $5,000 buy-in main event kicked off with the first of three starting flights. Each player began with 25,000 in chips and benefited from a generous structure of 75-minute blind levels. The levels will increase to 90-minutes beginning on day 2.
A total of 42 showed for day 1A action and only 16 made it through the day. As is the case with most live tournaments, the fields for day 1B and 1C will undoubtedly be much larger.
After eight levels of action, it was Tommy Chen who ended the day on top of the leaderboard with more than three times the average stack. Other notables moving on to day 2 include Ben Yu, Cesar Garcia, John Monnette, Kane Kalas, Andoni Larabe, Chris Oliver, Jonathan Delong and Tom Kearney.
The CPPT made its last appearance at the Venetian back in 2013. That event was won by Card Player’s own Allyn Shulman, who picked up the $293,966 first-place prize.
Card Player will be on hand each day of the tournament as it plays down to a champion. Players can register for this tournament, and re-enter, up to the conclusion of level 10 on day 2.
Here’s a look at the chip counts from the field.
| Rank | Player Name | Chip Count |
| 1 | Tommy Chen | 213,700 |
| 2 | Cesar Garcia | 123,400 |
| 3 | Chris Oliver | 112,200 |
| 4 | James Hughes | 104,400 |
| 5 | Chou Chou | 84,300 |
| 6 | Jonathan Delong | 75,500 |
| 7 | John Monnette | 71,900 |
| 8 | Tom Kearney | 66,900 |
| 9 | Andoni Larabe | 48,000 |
| 10 | Paul Tschernia | 41,900 |
| 11 | Ben Yu | 35,900 |
| 12 | Kane Kalas | 19,400 |
| 13 | Pakinai Lisawad | 16,300 |
| 14 | Klein Bach | 10,900 |
| 15 | Julian Parmann | 9,600 |
| 16 | Lev Milman | 5,700 |
For more information about the CPPT, visit the tour’s homepage.
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