2018 Card Player Poker Tour Live! Casino & Hotel Main Event: Day 1B RecapA Total of 303 Entries Have Been Made With Registration Open Until The Start of Day 2 |
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The second and final starting day of the 2018 Card Player Poker Tour Live! Casino & Hotel $1,100 no-limit hold’em main event has come to a close, and with 303 entries already made and registration still open until the start of day 2 (at 12:15 PM ET), the $200,000 guarantee has already been comfortably surpassed by over $100,000.
Saturday, Jan. 13 saw 188 entries made on day 1B, with only 50 players bagging up chips at the end of the night. The overall chip leader heading into day 2 is day 1B’s Chase Bianchi with 334,700. The next highest stack is day 1A chip leader Ben Foster, who ended with 334,200. Other top stacks include James Cornblatt (317,300), Vital Benbenishty (300,600), Nitis Udornpim (300,300) and Jeffery Chang (294,400).
There are a number of highly accomplished poker pros still in with a shot at the title. Maryland’s own Christian Harder bagged up 85,300. The Annapolis, MD resident has $4,315,685 in career cashes, including having won the 2017 PokerStars Championship Bahamas main event last January. Another successful tournament player still in with a shot is Roland Israelashvili, who has $2,998,150 in lifetime live earnings. Israelashvili heads into day 2 with 220,200.
Action will resume at 12:15 PM on Sunday, Jan. 14 for day 2. As mentioned earlier, late registration will remain open until the resumption of play. Day 2 will continue until the next CPPT main event champion is decided.
Here is a look at the chip counts for all players heading into day 2:
| Rank | Player | Chip Count |
| 1 | Chase Bianchi | 334,700 |
| 2 | Ben Foster | 334,200 |
| 3 | James Cornblatt | 317,300 |
| 4 | Vital Benbenishty | 300,600 |
| 5 | Nitis Udornpim | 300,300 |
| 6 | Jeffery Chang | 294,400 |
| 7 | Jerry McPhee | 291,700 |
| 8 | Aris Winger | 286,700 |
| 9 | Divakar Marella | 232,700 |
| 10 | Dong Kim | 231,600 |
| 11 | Mukharji Uppalapati | 227,700 |
| 12 | Dennis Yoder | 221,600 |
| 13 | Jason Bullock | 221,100 |
| 14 | Roland Israelishvili | 220,200 |
| 15 | Larry Riggs | 210,600 |
| 16 | Tim Little | 194,500 |
| 17 | Jane Hitchcock | 193,900 |
| 18 | Yaser Al-Keliddar | 192,300 |
| 19 | William Zgorski | 188,800 |
| 20 | Alberto Sabogali | 185,800 |
| 21 | Matt Miller | 182,400 |
| 22 | An-Ming Hwang | 176,200 |
| 23 | Jimmy Miller | 163,100 |
| 24 | Barry Fleishman | 162,700 |
| 25 | Tim Bonnette | 153,600 |
| 26 | Brett Apter | 151,700 |
| 27 | Sean Gomez | 151,600 |
| 28 | Ron Slagle | 150,400 |
| 29 | Chris Csik | 141,500 |
| 30 | Jon Cantor | 130,800 |
| 31 | Carlton Tartar | 130,500 |
| 32 | Randy White | 130,100 |
| 33 | Peter Beshay | 129,000 |
| 34 | Eric Landy | 127,500 |
| 35 | Michael Rosa | 124,000 |
| 36 | Scott Heiser | 122,100 |
| 37 | Steven Markowitz | 119,700 |
| 38 | Nicholas Persian | 119,200 |
| 39 | Peter Alvey | 115,800 |
| 40 | Marc Kline | 115,300 |
| 41 | Adam Hendrix | 113,800 |
| 42 | Aaron Pinson | 109,700 |
| 43 | Robert Kosydar | 109,000 |
| 44 | Paul Min | 102,100 |
| 45 | Phong Nguyen | 101,200 |
| 46 | Rob Cochran Jr. | 99,500 |
| 47 | Lance Carter | 97,300 |
| 48 | Tim Weslow | 96,700 |
| 49 | Gary Comi | 96,300 |
| 50 | Lily Yeh | 95,000 |
| 51 | Brett Lambert | 94,400 |
| 52 | Michael Anderson | 92,000 |
| 53 | Adam Glasgow | 91,300 |
| 54 | Feng Li | 87,200 |
| 55 | Christian Harder | 85,300 |
| 56 | Jeremy Stein | 83,100 |
| 57 | Duane Hunton | 74,200 |
| 58 | Chaitanya Vallabhaneni | 73,500 |
| 59 | John Copper | 67,900 |
| 60 | Ravi Repole | 67,700 |
| 61 | Jitendra Surwade | 64,200 |
| 62 | Adam White | 59,700 |
| 63 | Orlando Andujar Jr. | 59,200 |
| 64 | Jimmy Nunez | 58,700 |
| 65 | Brett Hollingsworth | 58,400 |
| 66 | James Hickman | 57,700 |
| 67 | Ken Davis | 55,100 |
| 68 | Richard Ray | 52,700 |
| 69 | Tim Fasco | 51,100 |
| 70 | Scott Andes | 50,600 |
| 71 | Tim Donaldson | 50,100 |
| 72 | Harry Korotki | 46,000 |
| 73 | Scott Blumenfeld | 44,000 |
| 74 | Dan Newman | 43,400 |
| 75 | Lara Eisenberg | 38,400 |
| 76 | Jay Zeman | 37,200 |
| 77 | Gintautas Putinas | 37,100 |
| 78 | Travis Hunat | 36,900 |
| 79 | Brian Frasca | 27,200 |
This main event is part of the first ever CPPT series held at the Live! Casino & Hotel, which was voted Maryland’s Best Casino five years running by Casino Player Magazine.
There are a few events on offer after the main event. Check out the full schedule here.
Players participating in any of the tournaments can book rooms at Live! Lofts, conveniently located five minutes from Live! Casino & Hotel with complimentary shuttle service. Rates include 20 percent off the Best Available Rate by using code CPT0118 and are valid Jan. 3–14.
But it’s not just the tournament that will be offered at Live! The bustling 15,000-square foot, 52-table poker room spreads some of the best cash games in the country. Maryland’s poker revenue grew by 33 percent year-over-year in September 2017, making it the hottest poker cash game market in the nation.
Opening just three years ago, the Live! Poker Room is the largest in the state of Maryland, one of the biggest in the country, and is part of one of the fastest growing gaming complexes in the United States.
Conveniently located between Baltimore and Washington D.C., Live! Casino & Hotel is open 24/7/365, features more than 200 live action table games, approximately 4,000 of the latest slot machines, and two High Limit rooms. With the new addition of the luxury Live! Hotel and Event Center, opening Spring 2018, the casino’s strong gaming product will be paired with first-class accommodations, entertainment, dining, and its signature customer service – strengthening Live! as the preferred destination in this region. The 310-room hotel tower will feature thousands of square feet of versatile meeting space, as well as a spa, fitness center, concert venue and new shopping and dining options. About 2,000 additional parking spaces are also to be added to the property.
The property currently offers world-class dining and entertainment, including the Zagat-rated no. 1 steakhouse The Prime Rib; Bobby’s Burger Palace, from celebrated chef Bobby Flay; Morty’s Delicatessen, a traditional New York-style deli; Luk Fu, serving authentic Asian cuisine; The Cheesecake Factory; Phillips Seafood Express. Two new eateries include 8 at Luk Fu, featuring sushi and sashimi; and En Vivo, with classic varieties of soft tacos and burritos. A sizzling nightlife, including nightly entertainment at Live! Center Stage and the unique, interactive R Bar, completes the Live! experience.
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