2020 Card Player Poker Tour Ocean's 11 San Diego Classic: 786 Entries Made Through Six Starting FlightsPlayers Can Still Buy Directly Into Day 2 For $1,500 |
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A total of 786 entries have been made in the six starting flights of the 2020 Card Player Poker Tour Ocean’s 11 San Diego Classic with day 2 entry still available for those looking to get in on the action. Flight 1E attracted 194 entries, while the sixth and final starting flight of this event, flight 1F, added another 101. As a result of the strong turnout, the prize pool currently sits at $157,200, a number that will only get larger as day 2 entries are made.
Players who would like to take advantage of the popular Quantum Tournament structure of this event can buy-in directly on Day 2 for $1,500. Those who exercise this option will receive 210,000 in tournament chips, with the blinds starting at 2,000-3,000 with a 3,000 big blind ante for the beginning of at 12:00 p.m. local time on Sunday, Jan. 26.
From the 295 entries made in Saturday’s two starting flights, only 35 players made it through to day 2, joining the 59 survivors from flights 1A, 1B, 1C and 1D. There were seven players who qualified twice, who will each be paid $1,500 for their surrendered stack while taking forward their larger chip stack. The multi-qualifiers were: Tai Reyes-Purpero, Brian Hartner, David Lesse, Ernesto Mayoral, Jonathan Magal, Rich Spirran and Roberto Sanchez. As a result, there are 87 players that have moved on to Sunday’s action, not including those that will join the field via day 2 direct entry.
After the completion of all six starting flights, Tai Reyes-Purpero emerged as the overall chip leader with 770,000. Reyes-Purpero recently earned $132,208 as the champion of the Quantum Million 3 event held at the Bicycle Hotel & Casino in late 2019. He also finished third in this same event back in July of last year, earning $18,465. Other big stacks include Adam Demerssmen (747,000), Chris Thomas (711,000), and Roger Aielli (538,000).
Here is a look at the chip counts of the remaining players:
| Rank | Player | Chip Count |
| 1 | Tai Reyes-Purpero | 770,000 |
| 2 | Adam Demerssmen | 747,000 |
| 3 | Chris Thomas | 711,000 |
| 4 | Roger Aielli | 538,000 |
| 5 | Brad Hofer | 475,000 |
| 6 | John Taylor | 408,000 |
| 7 | Robert Mierzejewski | 400,000 |
| 8 | Frank Benchanan | 398,000 |
| 9 | Leo Vaisburg | 387,000 |
| 10 | Jay Kaneshuzo | 382,000 |
| 11 | Tim Steeves | 373,000 |
| 12 | Brad Lawn | 367,000 |
| 13 | Shawn Daniels | 360,000 |
| 14 | Ashley Johnathan | 355,000 |
| 15 | Brandon Strickland | 342,000 |
| 16 | David Lesse | 333,000 |
| 17 | David lcke | 319,000 |
| 18 | Britton Scheibe | 315,000 |
| 19 | Roberto Sanchez | 303,000 |
| 20 | Stuart Brown | 301,000 |
| 21 | Bryan Harris | 294,000 |
| 22 | Norman Ferrando | 293,000 |
| 23 | Shooter Stracuzzi | 289,000 |
| 24 | Kevin Murphy | 283,000 |
| 25 | William Zaiss | 268,000 |
| 26 | Steve Potashnick | 253,000 |
| 27 | Timothy Mahoney | 253,000 |
| 28 | Lauren Coker | 246,000 |
| 29 | Gianluca Pace | 245,000 |
| 30 | Rich Spirra | 238,000 |
| 31 | Henry Strandberg | 220,000 |
| 32 | Jon Wiesman | 211,000 |
| 33 | Jim Dages | 200,000 |
| 34 | Stuart Brown | 200,000 |
| 35 | Robert Heims | 195,000 |
| 36 | Nahrain Tamero | 185,000 |
| 37 | John Dietz | 181,000 |
| 38 | Alan Ho | 177,000 |
| 39 | Nick Kosakosk | 177,000 |
| 40 | Joseph Barrus | 176,000 |
| 41 | Salem Michmali | 175,000 |
| 42 | Yary Hing | 175,000 |
| 43 | Reza Yazdanshenas | 172,000 |
| 44 | Ernesto Mayoral | 170,000 |
| 45 | Jody Cooper | 160,000 |
| 46 | John Taussig | 160,000 |
| 47 | Allison Bush | 155,000 |
| 48 | Afzal Atta | 153,000 |
| 49 | Russell Davies | 151,000 |
| 50 | Josh Vlahos | 150,000 |
| 51 | Joshuah Vlahos | 150,000 |
| 52 | Richaed Segovia | 150,000 |
| 53 | Jonathan Magal | 149,000 |
| 54 | Eduardo Costa | 147,000 |
| 55 | Steve Sharp | 146,000 |
| 56 | Daniel Diez | 144,000 |
| 57 | Gene Teibloom | 141,000 |
| 58 | Shawn Branum | 139,000 |
| 59 | John Pedicini | 137,000 |
| 60 | Andrew Cook | 136,000 |
| 61 | Jason Ferguson | 132,000 |
| 62 | Rich Sperberg | 130,000 |
| 63 | Brian Hartner | 129,000 |
| 64 | Jeff Chapman | 124,000 |
| 65 | Terry Favish | 120,000 |
| 66 | David Lebhar | 119,000 |
| 67 | Chase Besuden | 118,000 |
| 68 | Joy Jennings | 108,000 |
| 69 | Josh Virnick | 103,000 |
| 70 | Greg Choate | 102,000 |
| 71 | Jerry Hamilton | 95,000 |
| 72 | Hunter Moss | 94,000 |
| 73 | Corey Zorb | 88,000 |
| 74 | M’lis Edwards | 83,000 |
| 75 | Anthony Bland | 82,000 |
| 76 | Erhart Edquist | 81,000 |
| 77 | William Glasser | 81,000 |
| 78 | Adrianne Hall | 78,000 |
| 79 | Mikella Pedretti | 72,000 |
| 80 | Patrick Mitchell | 68,000 |
| 81 | C. Tamer Korman | 59,000 |
| 82 | Nahid Toma | 55,000 |
| 83 | Eric Brannon | 41,000 |
| 84 | Mark Greenland | 40,000 |
| 85 | Matt Bernatz | 38,000 |
| 86 | Janet Burke | 33,000 |
| 87 | Bush Allison | 10,000 |
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