Javier Gomez Poker Tournament Updates

A Look At The Field

Jul 14, '18

Here is a look at a few notables in the field here on day 1a. Registration will remain open until the end of level 12, which will be on day 2.

Player Tags: Jeremy Ausmus,   Frank Rusnak,   Darryll Fish,   Farzad Bonyadi,   Samantha Cohen,   Samuel Panzica,   Javier Gomez

A Look At The History of the Card Player Poker Tour at the Venetian

Jul 15, '18

This isn’t the first time that the Card Player Poker Tour has joined forces with the Venetian for a main event. Check out the history of the CPPT at Venetian.

*Winter DeepStack Extravaganza event with $3,500 buy-in.

Player Tags: Javier Gomez

The Champ Is Looking To Repeat

Jul 16, '18

Men Nguyen currently has the biggest stack in the room, something like 550,000, after his pocket kings beat A-K shortly before the break for a massive pot.

But one player who is also in the top five is defending champion Javier Gomez, who banked $561,349 in last year’s event. The Spaniard is now sitting with 315,000.

Player Tags: Javier Gomez

Javier Gomez Busts A Player

Jul 16, '18

The 2017 champion of this tournament, Javier Gomez, is up about to 120,000 (about double average) after rivering a Broadway straight.

We caught up with the action on a board reading KJ2J10, and Gomez’ opponent moved all in for about 20,000. Gomez quickly called with AQ and he was good. Gomez is positioning himself for another deep run in 2018.

Player Tags: Javier Gomez

Javier Gomez Chips Up

Jul 16, '18

Javier Gomez, last year’s champion of this event, is up to 65,000 after raking in a small pot. His opponent checked, and Gomez fired out a 4,000 bet on a board reading 10988. The bet was good to take down the pot.

Player Tags: Javier Gomez

Anthony Spinella Cracks Aces To Bust Defending Champion Javier Gomez

Jul 17, '18

Right before the break, defending champion Javier Gomez was all in holding AA for his last 360,000 or so against the AK of Anthony Spinella.

The board ran out K93105, and Spinella made a backdoor flush to win yet another monster pot, bringing his stack to 1,250,000.

Gomez, who earned $561,349 by winning this event in 2017, picked up another $12,143 for his deep run this year.

Player Tags: Anthony Spinella,   Javier Gomez

A Look At The Field

Jul 14, '18

Here is a look at a few notables in the field here on day 1a. Registration will remain open until the end of level 12, which will be on day 2.

Player Tags: Jeremy Ausmus,   Frank Rusnak,   Darryll Fish,   Farzad Bonyadi,   Samantha Cohen,   Samuel Panzica,   Javier Gomez

A Look At The History of the Card Player Poker Tour at the Venetian

Jul 15, '18

This isn’t the first time that the Card Player Poker Tour has joined forces with the Venetian for a main event. Check out the history of the CPPT at Venetian.

*Winter DeepStack Extravaganza event with $3,500 buy-in.

Player Tags: Javier Gomez

The Champ Is Looking To Repeat

Jul 16, '18

Men Nguyen currently has the biggest stack in the room, something like 550,000, after his pocket kings beat A-K shortly before the break for a massive pot.

But one player who is also in the top five is defending champion Javier Gomez, who banked $561,349 in last year’s event. The Spaniard is now sitting with 315,000.

Player Tags: Javier Gomez

Javier Gomez Busts A Player

Jul 16, '18

The 2017 champion of this tournament, Javier Gomez, is up about to 120,000 (about double average) after rivering a Broadway straight.

We caught up with the action on a board reading KJ2J10, and Gomez’ opponent moved all in for about 20,000. Gomez quickly called with AQ and he was good. Gomez is positioning himself for another deep run in 2018.

Player Tags: Javier Gomez

Javier Gomez Chips Up

Jul 16, '18

Javier Gomez, last year’s champion of this event, is up to 65,000 after raking in a small pot. His opponent checked, and Gomez fired out a 4,000 bet on a board reading 10988. The bet was good to take down the pot.

Player Tags: Javier Gomez

Anthony Spinella Cracks Aces To Bust Defending Champion Javier Gomez

Jul 17, '18

Right before the break, defending champion Javier Gomez was all in holding AA for his last 360,000 or so against the AK of Anthony Spinella.

The board ran out K93105, and Spinella made a backdoor flush to win yet another monster pot, bringing his stack to 1,250,000.

Gomez, who earned $561,349 by winning this event in 2017, picked up another $12,143 for his deep run this year.

Player Tags: Anthony Spinella,   Javier Gomez

A Look At The Field

Jul 14, '18

Here is a look at a few notables in the field here on day 1a. Registration will remain open until the end of level 12, which will be on day 2.

Player Tags: Jeremy Ausmus,   Frank Rusnak,   Darryll Fish,   Farzad Bonyadi,   Samantha Cohen,   Samuel Panzica,   Javier Gomez

A Look At The History of the Card Player Poker Tour at the Venetian

Jul 15, '18

This isn’t the first time that the Card Player Poker Tour has joined forces with the Venetian for a main event. Check out the history of the CPPT at Venetian.

*Winter DeepStack Extravaganza event with $3,500 buy-in.

Player Tags: Javier Gomez

The Champ Is Looking To Repeat

Jul 16, '18

Men Nguyen currently has the biggest stack in the room, something like 550,000, after his pocket kings beat A-K shortly before the break for a massive pot.

But one player who is also in the top five is defending champion Javier Gomez, who banked $561,349 in last year’s event. The Spaniard is now sitting with 315,000.

Player Tags: Javier Gomez

Javier Gomez Busts A Player

Jul 16, '18

The 2017 champion of this tournament, Javier Gomez, is up about to 120,000 (about double average) after rivering a Broadway straight.

We caught up with the action on a board reading KJ2J10, and Gomez’ opponent moved all in for about 20,000. Gomez quickly called with AQ and he was good. Gomez is positioning himself for another deep run in 2018.

Player Tags: Javier Gomez

Javier Gomez Chips Up

Jul 16, '18

Javier Gomez, last year’s champion of this event, is up to 65,000 after raking in a small pot. His opponent checked, and Gomez fired out a 4,000 bet on a board reading 10988. The bet was good to take down the pot.

Player Tags: Javier Gomez

Anthony Spinella Cracks Aces To Bust Defending Champion Javier Gomez

Jul 17, '18

Right before the break, defending champion Javier Gomez was all in holding AA for his last 360,000 or so against the AK of Anthony Spinella.

The board ran out K93105, and Spinella made a backdoor flush to win yet another monster pot, bringing his stack to 1,250,000.

Gomez, who earned $561,349 by winning this event in 2017, picked up another $12,143 for his deep run this year.

Player Tags: Anthony Spinella,   Javier Gomez

A Look At The Field

Jul 14, '18

Here is a look at a few notables in the field here on day 1a. Registration will remain open until the end of level 12, which will be on day 2.

Player Tags: Jeremy Ausmus,   Frank Rusnak,   Darryll Fish,   Farzad Bonyadi,   Samantha Cohen,   Samuel Panzica,   Javier Gomez

A Look At The History of the Card Player Poker Tour at the Venetian

Jul 15, '18

This isn’t the first time that the Card Player Poker Tour has joined forces with the Venetian for a main event. Check out the history of the CPPT at Venetian.

*Winter DeepStack Extravaganza event with $3,500 buy-in.

Player Tags: Javier Gomez

The Champ Is Looking To Repeat

Jul 16, '18

Men Nguyen currently has the biggest stack in the room, something like 550,000, after his pocket kings beat A-K shortly before the break for a massive pot.

But one player who is also in the top five is defending champion Javier Gomez, who banked $561,349 in last year’s event. The Spaniard is now sitting with 315,000.

Player Tags: Javier Gomez

Javier Gomez Busts A Player

Jul 16, '18

The 2017 champion of this tournament, Javier Gomez, is up about to 120,000 (about double average) after rivering a Broadway straight.

We caught up with the action on a board reading KJ2J10, and Gomez’ opponent moved all in for about 20,000. Gomez quickly called with AQ and he was good. Gomez is positioning himself for another deep run in 2018.

Player Tags: Javier Gomez

Javier Gomez Chips Up

Jul 16, '18

Javier Gomez, last year’s champion of this event, is up to 65,000 after raking in a small pot. His opponent checked, and Gomez fired out a 4,000 bet on a board reading 10988. The bet was good to take down the pot.

Player Tags: Javier Gomez

Anthony Spinella Cracks Aces To Bust Defending Champion Javier Gomez

Jul 17, '18

Right before the break, defending champion Javier Gomez was all in holding AA for his last 360,000 or so against the AK of Anthony Spinella.

The board ran out K93105, and Spinella made a backdoor flush to win yet another monster pot, bringing his stack to 1,250,000.

Gomez, who earned $561,349 by winning this event in 2017, picked up another $12,143 for his deep run this year.

Player Tags: Anthony Spinella,   Javier Gomez

Paul Volpe Doubles Through Javier Gomez

Jul 20, '17

Paul Volpe moved all in preflop for 51,000, and it folded to Javier Gomez. He elected to call, and it folded around. Chris Tryba painfully folded K-Q suited in the small blind and tabled it when the action had closed.

Volpe tabled JJ and was in good shape against the AJ of Gomez. The board ran out 10103K9, giving Volpe the double and leaving Gomez with about 410,000.

Player Tags: Paul Volpe,   Javier Gomez

Javier Gomez Shoves On Jesse Sylvia

Jul 20, '17

It folded around, and Javier Gomez had the button and made it 10,000. Jesse Sylvia in the big blind raised to 33,500, and Gomez shoved for about 130,000.

Sylvia got up out of his seat slightly and asked him how much it was and it looked like he was interested in making the call, but he quickly mucked after getting a rough estimate. Sylvia was down to about 180,000, while Gomez was up to 165,000.

Player Tags: Jesse Sylvia,   Javier Gomez

Javier Gomez Crosses 3 Million Mark

Jul 21, '17

With a flop of Q107 Javier Gomez, Samuel Barnebeu and Ryan Phan all checked.

The turn brought the 10 and Gomez, who was in the small blind preflop, bet 80,000. Both Barnebeu and Phan called.

The river brought the 4 and Gomez fired out 175,000. Barnebeu quickly folded but Phan made the call after some consideration.

Gomez revealed the A10 for trip tens with the ace kicker and Phan mucked. With that Gomez climbed to 3,200,000 and became the first player to surpass the 3 million mark.

Player Tags: Javier Gomez

Javier Gomez Doubles Through Daniel Dizenzo

Jul 21, '17

In what looks like a massive cooler, Javier Gomez just doubled through Daniel Dizenzo when his A10 made the nuts against KQ on a board of 107663.

Dizenzo is now down to 280,000 while Gomez is among the leaders with 1,950,000.

Player Tags: Daniel Dizenzo,   Javier Gomez

Javier Gomez Wins CPPT Venetian $5,000 Main Event

Jul 22, '17

After six days of poker, including the two starting days, the Card Player Poker Tour Venetian main event wrapped up late Saturday. Javier Gomez of Spain won the event after a lengthy final table, which brings his lifetime tournament earnings to more than $1.5 million.

Gomez was the chip leader going into the final table, but he overcame a back-and-forth battle with Germany’s Paul Hoefer. Former WSOP main event champion Martin Jacobson finished third. The players ended up making a deal three-handed. They agreed to a chop based on chip counts but to leave $135,000 (paid equally from each player) to play for, as well as the Card Player trophy.

At one point, the final three players agreed that they were playing too deep and they changed the structure by doubling the blinds from 50,000-100,000 to 100,000-200,000. After Jacobson finished third, the blinds were soon bumbled to 120,000-240,000. After at least an hour of those stakes, Gomez and Hoefer agreed to a mandatory button bet of 480,000. The two were looking to end the stalemate. In the second hand with blind button bet, Hoefer was all in with K-Q against Gomez and K-2. Gomez flopped kings and deuces, but he ended up being counterfeited on the river.

Hoefer had a commanding lead after that hand, as both players looked pretty relaxed and were each enjoying a beer. Budweiser for the Spaniard and Corona for the German.

Gomez was in the mood for battling though, and he doubled up a couple of times before the final hand went down. Hoefer was down to only 10 big blinds when he got the last of his chips in preflop with Q3 and was called by the QJ of Gomez. The final table had been going on nine-plus hours.

The board ran out 95263 to send the German to the rail in second for a nearly $400,000 score thanks to the three-handed deal.

The money bubble burst on day 3, with the final 72 players earning at least a couple of buy-ins back. A min-cash was worth $10,557. The event drew a massive field of 688 entries, building a $3,199,200 prize pool that blew away the $2,000,000 guarantee.

Here’s a look at the final payouts:

1. Javier Gomez — $561,349
2. Paul Hoefer — $393,621
3. Martin Jacobson — $398,303
4. Yan Shing Tsang — $220,745
5. Ankush Mandavia — $166,358
6. Bobby Suer — $124,769
7. Renick Patterson — $95,976
8. Dimitar Danchev — $76,781
9. Samuel Bernabeu — $57,586

Player Tags: Javier Gomez

Gomez Doubles Up Again

Jul 22, '17

Gomez raised to 400,000 on the button; Hoefer three-bet, and Gomez shoved for 7.3 million. Hoefer quickly called with the AQ, and he was racing against the JJ of Gomez. The board was safe for the pocket pair, as it ran out K1010K5, giving Gomez a commanding lead.

There were 17.2 million chips in play and Gomez had all but about three million.

Player Tags: Javier Gomez

Gomez Survives All-In

Jul 22, '17

Gomez had A-8 suited and Hoefer had A-9 off suit, and all the money went in preflop. The board ran out K-10-2-J-A, giving both players the same five-card hand.

Player Tags: Javier Gomez

Paul Volpe Doubles Through Javier Gomez

Jul 20, '17

Paul Volpe moved all in preflop for 51,000, and it folded to Javier Gomez. He elected to call, and it folded around. Chris Tryba painfully folded K-Q suited in the small blind and tabled it when the action had closed.

Volpe tabled JJ and was in good shape against the AJ of Gomez. The board ran out 10103K9, giving Volpe the double and leaving Gomez with about 410,000.

Player Tags: Paul Volpe,   Javier Gomez

Javier Gomez Shoves On Jesse Sylvia

Jul 20, '17

It folded around, and Javier Gomez had the button and made it 10,000. Jesse Sylvia in the big blind raised to 33,500, and Gomez shoved for about 130,000.

Sylvia got up out of his seat slightly and asked him how much it was and it looked like he was interested in making the call, but he quickly mucked after getting a rough estimate. Sylvia was down to about 180,000, while Gomez was up to 165,000.

Player Tags: Jesse Sylvia,   Javier Gomez

Javier Gomez Crosses 3 Million Mark

Jul 21, '17

With a flop of Q107 Javier Gomez, Samuel Barnebeu and Ryan Phan all checked.

The turn brought the 10 and Gomez, who was in the small blind preflop, bet 80,000. Both Barnebeu and Phan called.

The river brought the 4 and Gomez fired out 175,000. Barnebeu quickly folded but Phan made the call after some consideration.

Gomez revealed the A10 for trip tens with the ace kicker and Phan mucked. With that Gomez climbed to 3,200,000 and became the first player to surpass the 3 million mark.

Player Tags: Javier Gomez

Javier Gomez Doubles Through Daniel Dizenzo

Jul 21, '17

In what looks like a massive cooler, Javier Gomez just doubled through Daniel Dizenzo when his A10 made the nuts against KQ on a board of 107663.

Dizenzo is now down to 280,000 while Gomez is among the leaders with 1,950,000.

Player Tags: Daniel Dizenzo,   Javier Gomez

Javier Gomez Wins CPPT Venetian $5,000 Main Event

Jul 22, '17

After six days of poker, including the two starting days, the Card Player Poker Tour Venetian main event wrapped up late Saturday. Javier Gomez of Spain won the event after a lengthy final table, which brings his lifetime tournament earnings to more than $1.5 million.

Gomez was the chip leader going into the final table, but he overcame a back-and-forth battle with Germany’s Paul Hoefer. Former WSOP main event champion Martin Jacobson finished third. The players ended up making a deal three-handed. They agreed to a chop based on chip counts but to leave $135,000 (paid equally from each player) to play for, as well as the Card Player trophy.

At one point, the final three players agreed that they were playing too deep and they changed the structure by doubling the blinds from 50,000-100,000 to 100,000-200,000. After Jacobson finished third, the blinds were soon bumbled to 120,000-240,000. After at least an hour of those stakes, Gomez and Hoefer agreed to a mandatory button bet of 480,000. The two were looking to end the stalemate. In the second hand with blind button bet, Hoefer was all in with K-Q against Gomez and K-2. Gomez flopped kings and deuces, but he ended up being counterfeited on the river.

Hoefer had a commanding lead after that hand, as both players looked pretty relaxed and were each enjoying a beer. Budweiser for the Spaniard and Corona for the German.

Gomez was in the mood for battling though, and he doubled up a couple of times before the final hand went down. Hoefer was down to only 10 big blinds when he got the last of his chips in preflop with Q3 and was called by the QJ of Gomez. The final table had been going on nine-plus hours.

The board ran out 95263 to send the German to the rail in second for a nearly $400,000 score thanks to the three-handed deal.

The money bubble burst on day 3, with the final 72 players earning at least a couple of buy-ins back. A min-cash was worth $10,557. The event drew a massive field of 688 entries, building a $3,199,200 prize pool that blew away the $2,000,000 guarantee.

Here’s a look at the final payouts:

1. Javier Gomez — $561,349
2. Paul Hoefer — $393,621
3. Martin Jacobson — $398,303
4. Yan Shing Tsang — $220,745
5. Ankush Mandavia — $166,358
6. Bobby Suer — $124,769
7. Renick Patterson — $95,976
8. Dimitar Danchev — $76,781
9. Samuel Bernabeu — $57,586

Player Tags: Javier Gomez

Gomez Doubles Up Again

Jul 22, '17

Gomez raised to 400,000 on the button; Hoefer three-bet, and Gomez shoved for 7.3 million. Hoefer quickly called with the AQ, and he was racing against the JJ of Gomez. The board was safe for the pocket pair, as it ran out K1010K5, giving Gomez a commanding lead.

There were 17.2 million chips in play and Gomez had all but about three million.

Player Tags: Javier Gomez

Gomez Survives All-In

Jul 22, '17

Gomez had A-8 suited and Hoefer had A-9 off suit, and all the money went in preflop. The board ran out K-10-2-J-A, giving both players the same five-card hand.

Player Tags: Javier Gomez

Paul Volpe Doubles Through Javier Gomez

Jul 20, '17

Paul Volpe moved all in preflop for 51,000, and it folded to Javier Gomez. He elected to call, and it folded around. Chris Tryba painfully folded K-Q suited in the small blind and tabled it when the action had closed.

Volpe tabled JJ and was in good shape against the AJ of Gomez. The board ran out 10103K9, giving Volpe the double and leaving Gomez with about 410,000.

Player Tags: Paul Volpe,   Javier Gomez

Javier Gomez Shoves On Jesse Sylvia

Jul 20, '17

It folded around, and Javier Gomez had the button and made it 10,000. Jesse Sylvia in the big blind raised to 33,500, and Gomez shoved for about 130,000.

Sylvia got up out of his seat slightly and asked him how much it was and it looked like he was interested in making the call, but he quickly mucked after getting a rough estimate. Sylvia was down to about 180,000, while Gomez was up to 165,000.

Player Tags: Jesse Sylvia,   Javier Gomez

Javier Gomez Crosses 3 Million Mark

Jul 21, '17

With a flop of Q107 Javier Gomez, Samuel Barnebeu and Ryan Phan all checked.

The turn brought the 10 and Gomez, who was in the small blind preflop, bet 80,000. Both Barnebeu and Phan called.

The river brought the 4 and Gomez fired out 175,000. Barnebeu quickly folded but Phan made the call after some consideration.

Gomez revealed the A10 for trip tens with the ace kicker and Phan mucked. With that Gomez climbed to 3,200,000 and became the first player to surpass the 3 million mark.

Player Tags: Javier Gomez

Javier Gomez Doubles Through Daniel Dizenzo

Jul 21, '17

In what looks like a massive cooler, Javier Gomez just doubled through Daniel Dizenzo when his A10 made the nuts against KQ on a board of 107663.

Dizenzo is now down to 280,000 while Gomez is among the leaders with 1,950,000.

Player Tags: Daniel Dizenzo,   Javier Gomez

Javier Gomez Wins CPPT Venetian $5,000 Main Event

Jul 22, '17

After six days of poker, including the two starting days, the Card Player Poker Tour Venetian main event wrapped up late Saturday. Javier Gomez of Spain won the event after a lengthy final table, which brings his lifetime tournament earnings to more than $1.5 million.

Gomez was the chip leader going into the final table, but he overcame a back-and-forth battle with Germany’s Paul Hoefer. Former WSOP main event champion Martin Jacobson finished third. The players ended up making a deal three-handed. They agreed to a chop based on chip counts but to leave $135,000 (paid equally from each player) to play for, as well as the Card Player trophy.

At one point, the final three players agreed that they were playing too deep and they changed the structure by doubling the blinds from 50,000-100,000 to 100,000-200,000. After Jacobson finished third, the blinds were soon bumbled to 120,000-240,000. After at least an hour of those stakes, Gomez and Hoefer agreed to a mandatory button bet of 480,000. The two were looking to end the stalemate. In the second hand with blind button bet, Hoefer was all in with K-Q against Gomez and K-2. Gomez flopped kings and deuces, but he ended up being counterfeited on the river.

Hoefer had a commanding lead after that hand, as both players looked pretty relaxed and were each enjoying a beer. Budweiser for the Spaniard and Corona for the German.

Gomez was in the mood for battling though, and he doubled up a couple of times before the final hand went down. Hoefer was down to only 10 big blinds when he got the last of his chips in preflop with Q3 and was called by the QJ of Gomez. The final table had been going on nine-plus hours.

The board ran out 95263 to send the German to the rail in second for a nearly $400,000 score thanks to the three-handed deal.

The money bubble burst on day 3, with the final 72 players earning at least a couple of buy-ins back. A min-cash was worth $10,557. The event drew a massive field of 688 entries, building a $3,199,200 prize pool that blew away the $2,000,000 guarantee.

Here’s a look at the final payouts:

1. Javier Gomez — $561,349
2. Paul Hoefer — $393,621
3. Martin Jacobson — $398,303
4. Yan Shing Tsang — $220,745
5. Ankush Mandavia — $166,358
6. Bobby Suer — $124,769
7. Renick Patterson — $95,976
8. Dimitar Danchev — $76,781
9. Samuel Bernabeu — $57,586

Player Tags: Javier Gomez

Gomez Doubles Up Again

Jul 22, '17

Gomez raised to 400,000 on the button; Hoefer three-bet, and Gomez shoved for 7.3 million. Hoefer quickly called with the AQ, and he was racing against the JJ of Gomez. The board was safe for the pocket pair, as it ran out K1010K5, giving Gomez a commanding lead.

There were 17.2 million chips in play and Gomez had all but about three million.

Player Tags: Javier Gomez

Gomez Survives All-In

Jul 22, '17

Gomez had A-8 suited and Hoefer had A-9 off suit, and all the money went in preflop. The board ran out K-10-2-J-A, giving both players the same five-card hand.

Player Tags: Javier Gomez