Day 1B of Card Player Poker Tour Palm Beach Kennel Club is in the books and a new chipleader has emerged in Luke Brereton, who will return as the overall chipleader on Day 2 with a massive stack of 447,900.
The second day one of the $1,100 no-limit hold’em $250,000 guarantee main event drew 126 players and only 22 remained when chips were bagged for the night. Other Day 1B big stacks include Eric Blair with 272,000 and Noy Elimeleh with 249,500.
Brereton, who played Day 1A but was eliminated after the registration period ended, steadily built his stack before shooting to the top of the chip counts near the end of the night.
Brereton took in a large pot after picking up quad-deuces after the dinner break to take the chip lead at the time with 236,000. On the final hand of the night Brereton tangled with Elimeleh in a massive pot to earn the overall chiplead. On a K
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flop Elimeleh bet 25,000 and Brereton raised to 58,000. Elimeleh called to see the J on the turn and then checked his option. Brereton bet out 80,000 and Elimeleh tanked before ultimately releasing his hand.
“This is going to be a sick lay down,” Elimeleh said.
The players agreed to show and Brereton flipped over A
10 to Elimeleh’s Ace-King and shot up to 447,900 in chips.
Chino Rheem, who bagged just under 400,000 after Day 1A will return the field second in chips when both days combine to a field of 59 players on Day 2.
Cards will be in the air at 1pm EST on Sunday and all the action and live updates will be available on www.cardplayer.com. The final table will take place on Monday, December 16th and will be live streamed on www.cardplayer.com as well.
With 287 entries, the main event beat the promised guarantee of $250,000 by $37,000, giving larger paydays to those fortunate enough to make the money. The final 30 players will receive a piece of the $287,000 prize pool with payouts beginning at $1,926. The eventual winner will not only walk away with $68,191, they will also become the second Card Player Poker Tour champion of Season II.
Day 2 Chip Counts:
| Rank | Player | Chip Count |
| 1 | Luke Brereton | 447,900 |
| 2 | Chino Rheem | 398,100 |
| 3 | Allan Pecal | 275,800 |
| 4 | Eric Blair | 272,000 |
| 5 | Noy Elimeleh | 249,500 |
| 6 | Andre Crooks | 242,400 |
| 7 | Robert Madela | 216,200 |
| 8 | Jeremy Boston | 202,600 |
| 9 | John McNulty | 196,700 |
| 10 | David O’Shaughnessey | 189,000 |
| 11 | Bruce Lehrman | 181,900 |
| 12 | Tom Gleason | 161,500 |
| 13 | Even Tietelbaum | 161,400 |
| 14 | Brian Hastings | 159,100 |
| 15 | Sean Winter | 157,100 |
| 16 | Brett Grebow | 156,900 |
| 17 | Michael Landress | 152,700 |
| 18 | Art Azurin | 146,000 |
| 19 | Sean Remz | 140,100 |
| 20 | Zachary Kessler | 138,700 |
| 21 | Luke Graham | 136,900 |
| 22 | Ian O’Hara | 123,000 |
| 23 | Chris Cristillo | 122,300 |
| 24 | Scott Zakheim | 106,300 |
| 25 | Stephen Bokor | 101,100 |
| 26 | Jeffrey Bohanek | 99,300 |
| 27 | Gary Bodley | 98,400 |
| 28 | Caleb Plunkett | 94,100 |
| 29 | Lonnie Heimowitz | 93,700 |
| 30 | Michael Vo | 91,500 |
| 31 | Bob Poolos | 89,500 |
| 32 | Sheldon Gross | 88,800 |
| 33 | Melvin Pickens | 85,200 |
| 34 | Darryll Fish | 84,600 |
| 35 | Gerard Donaghy | 84,200 |
| 36 | Victor Figueroa | 83,900 |
| 37 | Jordan Scott | 83,300 |
| 38 | Marty Hogan | 80,200 |
| 39 | Dion Jagroo | 78,200 |
| 40 | Mitchell Smith | 77,300 |
| 41 | Lee Klosty | 77,000 |
| 42 | David S. | 73,300 |
| 43 | Walden Cooper | 72,300 |
| 44 | Ory Hen | 71,500 |
| 45 | John Dermody | 70,700 |
| 46 | Eric Riley | 69,000 |
| 47 | Chance Kornuth | 67,300 |
| 48 | David Felger | 63,900 |
| 49 | Matt Mendez | 61,200 |
| 50 | Jason Plaxon | 57,300 |
| 51 | Josh Kay | 48,700 |
| 52 | Jerry Willis | 48,400 |
| 53 | Brian Raik | 48,100 |
| 54 | Rem Remington | 45,400 |
| 55 | Daniel Burns | 34,000 |
| 56 | Romeo Neal | 33,800 |
| 57 | Brett Bader | 33,700 |
| 58 | Garrett Lorman | 33,400 |
| 59 | Michael Laake | 31,600 |
Main Event Payout Information:
| Place | Payout |
| 1 | $68,191 |
| 2 | $42,142 |
| 3 | $30,580 |
| 4 | $22,560 |
| 5 | $16,920 |
| 6 | $12,894 |
| 7 | $9,979 |
| 8 | $7,842 |
| 9 | $6,257 |
| 10 – 12 | $5,066 |
| 15 – 13 | $4,162 |
| 18 – 16 | $3,469 |
| 21 – 19 | $2,932 |
| 24 – 22 | $2,515 |
| 27 – 25 | $2,185 |
| 30 – 28 | $1,926 |
