Card Player Poker Tour: 9,818 Main Event Entries Made In Season 6A Look At The 16 Card Player Poker Tour Main Event Titles Awarded In 2018 |
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The Card Player Poker Tour continued to grow and expand in 2018, with the sixth season featuring 16 stops, the most in the tour’s history. The CPPT hosted events across America, in Canada and even on a cruise ship in the Caribbean this past year. The 16 main events attracted a total of 9,818 entries, with more than $8.6 million in prize money awarded. Here is a look back at each and every CPPT champion decided this year.
The first series of held in 2018 was the CPPT Live! Casino & Hotel $1,100 no-limit hold’em main event, held in January. The tournament attracted a total of 307 total entries, blowing away the $200,000 guarantee. In the end, it was former online poker pro Eric Ladny who emerged victorious with the title and the $54,022 top prize, becoming the first-ever CPPT champion decided in Maryland. Later that month Vincent Moscati defeated a field of 456 entries to win the CPPT Golden Gates Casino $600 buy-in main event, earning $54,540. January came to a close with the first of three CPPT Ocean’s 11 San Diego Classic tournaments held throughout the year. The $250 buy-in quantum tournament drew 691 entries. Scott ‘Brian’ Blount took home $37,010 as the eventual champion.
The next three stops on the tour all took place in April, starting with the $1 million guaranteed CPPT Choctaw $1,100 main event. When registration closed there were 1,086 entries. After three days of action Brad Freeman came out on top with the title and the $170,984 top prize. The following week the tour made it’s way to Florida for the CPPT bestbet Jacksonville $1,100 buy-in main event. Ben Diebold was the last player standing, taking home $75,655 for the win. The second CPPT Ocean’s 11 San Diego Classic of the year drew 949 total entries, with champion David McCaw earning $29,649.
Action continued to heat up as summer rolled around. In July the CPPT returned to the Bicycle Hotel & Casino for a $245 buy-in main event. The first of two events held in 2018 at the Bike drew 2,180 entries to create a $675,023 prize pool. In the end George Antonakos secured the title and the $75,365 top prize.
The 2018 CPPT Venetian DeepStack Championship Poker Series $5,000 buy-in main event featured a $2 million guarantee. A total of 547 entries were made to blow away that number, ending with a final prize pool of $2,529,875. 2015 Card Player Player of the Year award winner Anthony Zinno defeated a stacked final table to capture the $466,670 top prize.
The third and final CPPT Ocean’s 11 San Diego Classic main event drew 938 entries, with Seth Brown being awarded $46,870 as the last player standing. The $580 buy-in CPPT Lone Star State Poker Championship no-limit hold’em main event drew a total of 494 entries to the Post Oak Poker Club in Houston, the first licensed poker club in the Lone Star State. Hometown hero George Abdallah took home $52,105 as the eventual champion. The Isle Casino at Pompano Park played host to the next CPPT main event, with 310 entries being made in the $1,100 buy-in tournament. Matt Bretzfield was awarded the title as the chip leader when a five-handed deal was struck at the final table, earning $35,443 for the win.
The CPPT Card Player Cruises $450 main event took place on a seven-night cruise around the Western Caribbean. Mark Stephen Edwards came out on top, earning $8,027 as the champion. October saw two massive events on opposite sides of the US.
In Florida, the CPPT Derby Lane no-limit hold’em main event saw 257 post the $1,000 buy-in. Steve Collins emerged victorious with $57,444 in earnings. In Los Angeles, the CPPT Bike $1,100 main event attracted 524 entries. Steve Jun came out on top in the end, earning $149,733.
The penultimate main event of the season was the CPPT Seneca Fall Poker Classic. The $1,000 buy-in tournament drew 249 entries, with Victor Adams securing the title and the top prize of $53,583 just a few days before Thanksgiving. In December the CPPT Venetian DeepStack Showdown $3,500 buy-in main event saw 341 entries build a prize pool of $1,074,150. Jon Turner came out on top, earning $247,055 and his second CPPT main event title, having also won the $5,000 buy-in CPPT Venetian main event back in 2016.
Thanks to all of the players who came out and participated in Card Player Poker Tour events in 2018, making it the tour’s biggest and best year yet. We hope to see you at a CPPT stop in season seven.
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