| Buy-In: | $1,100 |
|---|---|
| Prize Pool: | $361,810 |
| Entrants: | 373 |
The sixth annual Card Player Poker Tour bestbet Jacksonville main event wrapped up Monday with 24-year-old cash game specialist Ben Diebold sitting with all the chips. He took home the top prize of $75,655 for outlasting a field of 373 entries.
The $1,100 buy-in at the prestigious bestbet Jacksonville card room began Friday with the first of two starting days. A final table was made on Sunday, with the live streamed final table kicking off at 2 p.m. local time on Monday. The final table took about four hours to finish.
Diebold, a poker pro from Charleston, S.C., is a PLO specialist who rarely plays tournaments, but he plans on entering more thanks to his win on the Card Player Poker Tour. The runner-up was Phillip Pompper, a poker player from Salem, N.J.
The last hand of the final table began with Diebold having close to a 2:1 chip lead with only about 80 big blinds in play. Pompper had the button, and Diebold was sitting in the big blind. Pompper opened to 250,000 and Diebold called.
Their cards:
Diebold: Q
8
Pompper: J
J
The flop fell K94, which was a disaster for Pompper. All the money eventually went into the middle, and Pompper was drawing dead. The board completed 10 on the turn and 5
on the river, giving Diebold the win and the CPPT trophy.
Here’s a look at the final table results:
| Place | Player | Earnings (USD) | POY Points |
| 1 | Ben Diebold | $75,655 | 600 |
| 2 | Phillip Pompper | $52,965 | 500 |
| 3 | Lee Thomas | $34,050 | 400 |
| 4 | Gregory Paryani | $22,363 | 300 |
| 5 | Brian Arbaugh | $17,222 | 250 |
| 6 | Daren Mulhern | $14,248 | 200 |
| 7 | Brandon Caputo | $11,940 | 150 |
| 8 | Corey Lipke | $9,762 | 100 |
| 9 | Nicholas Raio | $7,565 | 50 |
Defending champion Jared Reinstein was the final table bubble. He almost made three straight CPPT bestbet Jacksonville final tables. In the entire history of the event, Reinstein has cashed four times. He finished 22nd in 2014, and eighth in 2016 before winning it all last year.
Watch a replay of the final table below:
The last hand of the final table began with Ben having 5.6m, and Phil was sitting with 3.7m. Phil had the button and Ben was sitting in the big blind. Phil opened to 250,000 and Ben called.
Their cards:
Ben: Q8
Phil: JJ
The flop K94, which was a disaster for Phil. All the money went into the middle, and Phil was drawing dead. The board completed 10 on the turn and 5 on the river, giving Diebold the 6.8m chip pot on the win.
With the 8
4 Phil Pompper limped in and Ben Diebold checked with the 62.
The J43 hit the flop and Diebold check-called a bet of 125,000.
The 7 gave Diebold a flush draw to go with his straight outs and he checked again. Pompper bet 250,000 and Diebold check-raised to 700,000. Pompper madethe call and the river brought the 8, completing Diebold’s flush.
Diebold fired out a bet of 1,250,000 and Pompper made the call with his two pair, only to get the bad news. He fell to 3,700,000 after the hand while Diebold surged into the lead with 5,600,000.
The final two players discussed making a deal, but after a while, the deal fell through and the two decided to continue playing.
Ben Diebold – 3,410,000
Phil Pompper – 5,920,000
Phil Pompper bet 650,000 from the small blind, and Lee Thomas went all in for 2.8m from the big blind. Phil called. Thomas had A7, while Phil had 88.
The board ran out 1094KJ. Lee was down to just 335,000.
Just a couple of hands later, Thomas was all in with 95, and Pompper called him with J10. The board KK722 offered no help to Thomas and he was gone in third.
Lee Thomas: 3,300,000
Phil Pompper: 3,300,000
Ben Diebold: 2,700,000
Lee Thomas opened UTG with J9 to 200k, while Greg Paryani three-bet to 590,000 with QQ, and Phil moved all in with AA. Thomas folded and Paryani called. He had Pompper covered by only about eight big blinds.
The board ran out 1072210, and Phil doubled to 2.5 million. Paryani was down to about 800k.
A couple of hands later, Paryani moved all in with A2 from the big blind and was called by Ben who had KQ.
The board ran out K10358, sending paryani to the rail. Ben was up to 2.9m.
Players have returned to increased blinds of 50,000-100,000 with an ante of 15,000 for level 30.
Lee Thomas – 3,920,000
Greg Paryani – 2,000,000
Ben Diebold – 2,285,000
Phil Pompper – 1,125,000
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