Event 3 – $300 No-Limit Hold’em
From a field of 200 entrants, Brent Hanks has emerged victorious in the Card Player Poker Tour Wynn Las Vegas event no. 3, a $300 buy-in no-limit hold’em tournament. For winning his 15th career title Hanks was awarded the $10,500 first-place prize, bringing his lifetime combined live and online tournament earnings to just shy of $2.7 million.
Hanks won his first World Series of Poker gold bracelet last summer, topping a field of 2,101. He also navigated the 793 player field in event no. 1 of the CPPT Wynn to make the final table, finishing seventh for $10,384. In this event he topped a tough final table that featured the likes of Kenna James (3rd – $8,000) and Young Phan (8th – $1,440).
Here is a look at the payouts awarded at this final table:
| Place | Player | Earnings |
| 1 | Brent Hanks | $10,500 |
| 2 | Thomas Vankeuren | $8,738 |
| 3 | Kenna James | $8,000 |
| 4 | Randall Davis | $4,295 |
| 5 | Daniel Martin | $3,038 |
| 6 | Mark Awalt | $2,279 |
| 7 | Chris Cummins | $1,702 |
| 8 | Young Phan | $1,440 |
| 9 | Robert Steinmetz | $1,283 |
Event 4 – $300 No-Limit Hold’em
Event no. 4 at the CPPT Wynn Las Vegas drew a total of 168 entrants, each putting up the $300 buy-in for the no-limit hold’em tournament. Now only 11 players remain to battle it out for the title and first place prize of $11,000. All remaining players are in the money and guaranteed at least $880.
The chip leader heading into the final day is Brett Shaffer with 466,000. Shaffer finished 17th in the massive kickoff event for this series just days ago, taking home $3,192. Christina Lindley sits in fifth position with 179,000 in chips. Lindley will also be looking to improve on her 37th-place finish in event no. 1.
Here is a look at the chip counts heading into the final day:
| Rank | Player | Chip Count |
| 1 | Brett Shaffer | 466,000 |
| 2 | Michael Flores | 369,500 |
| 3 | Peter Mavro | 193,000 |
| 4 | Bobby Poe | 189,000 |
| 5 | Christina Lindley | 179,000 |
| 6 | John Rooney | 171,000 |
| 7 | Tom Sundling | 129,500 |
| 8 | Jim Parry | 114,500 |
| 9 | Bill Shonscheck | 83,500 |
| 10 | Mark Robinson | 77,000 |
| 11 | Dan Obuhanych | 44,000 |
