The Card Player Poker Tour has pulled into Durant, Oklahoma at the Choctaw Casino for a 54-event series that kicked off July 18. The series concludes with a $1,500+$120 no-limit hold’em main event that begins on Aug. 1 and features a $500,000 guarantee.
Most of the preliminary events have already taken place, shattering their respective guarantees with big fields and even bigger prizes. In addition to no-limit hold’em, the series also offers Omaha eight-or-better, pot-limit Omaha and H.O.R.S.E. tournaments.
Here is a look at the latest results.
Event No. 31 — No-Limit Hold’em
Buy In: $230
Entrants: 124
Prize Pool: $23,306
| Place | Player Name | Payout |
| 1 | Allan Farber | $6,528 |
| 2 | Joseph Bui | $4,033 |
| 3 | John Bennett | $2,911 |
| 4 | Joseph Brown | $2,139 |
| 5 | Adam Cazes | $1,599 |
| 6 | Ben Holmes | $1,216 |
| 7 | James Busoul | $940 |
| 8 | Joshua Wilgoren | $738 |
| 9 | Edgar Ohre | $589 |
Event No. 32 — No-Limit Hold’em
Buy In: $120
Entrants: 56
Prize Pool: $5,132
| Place | Player Name | Payout |
| 1 | Roberto Palomeque | $1,924 |
| 2 | Jason Cichra | $1,191 |
| 3 | Patrick Brown | $780 |
| 4 | Van Lindsay | $539 |
| 5 | John Neal | $395 |
| 6 | Savanna Syvrud | $303 |
Event No. 33 — No-Limit Hold’em
Buy In: $340
Entrants: 100
Prize Pool: $28,500
| Place | Player Name | Payout |
| 1 | Andrew Lee | $8,551 |
| 2 | William Donovan | $5,284 |
| 3 | Thomas Johnson | $3,763 |
| 4 | Badr Imejjane | $2,733 |
| 5 | Walter Bell | $2,025 |
| 6 | Ross Bybee | $1,528 |
| 7 | Joel Woods | $1,176 |
| 8 | Christopher Staats | $921 |
| 9 | Thomas Fossen | $734 |
Event No. 35 — No-Limit Hold’em
Buy In: $120
Entrants: 66
Prize Pool: $6,052
| Place | Player Name | Payout |
| 1 | Kristi Kincaid | $2,118 |
| 2 | Robert Walker | $1,309 |
| 3 | Douglas Brooks | $868 |
| 4 | Jeffrey Parise | $614 |
| 5 | Neil Volaski | $463 |
| 6 | James Stephens | $369 |
| 7 | Sterling Mack | $311 |
Event No. 36 — No-Limit Hold’em
Buy In: $340
Entrants: 109
Prize Pool: $31,119
| Place | Player Name | Payout |
| 1 | Michael Ross | $9,336 |
| 2 | Vernon Klassen | $5,770 |
| 3 | Linas Mazintas | $4,108 |
| 4 | Thomas Johnson | $2,984 |
| 5 | Candyce Samples | $2,211 |
| 6 | Cherie Brannan-Russell | $1,669 |
| 7 | Stephen Atkinson | $1,284 |
| 8 | Terry Wysong | $1,005 |
| 9 | Caleb Shumard | $802 |
Event No. 38 — No-Limit Hold’em
Buy In: $120
Entrants: 38
Prize Pool: $4,600
| Place | Player Name | Payout |
| 1 | Abraham Araya | $1,726 |
| 2 | Kevin Jones | $1,066 |
| 3 | Bruce Lobdell | $742 |
| 4 | Joseph Brown | $575 |
| 5 | Warren Westberg | $491 |
Event No. 39 — No-Limit Hold’em
Buy In: $550
Entrants: 79
Prize Pool: $37,915
| Place | Player Name | Payout |
| 1 | Neil Volaski | $12,892 |
| 2 | Tommy Vedes | $7,976 |
| 3 | Christopher Martinez | $5,250 |
| 4 | Paul Sebesta | $3,675 |
| 5 | James Lea | $2,724 |
| 6 | Daniel Lowery | $2,130 |
| 7 | Christopher Champeaux | $1,753 |
| 8 | Kimberly Stone | $1,515 |
Event No. 41 — No-Limit Hold’em
Buy In: $120
Entrants: 57
Prize Pool: $5,229
| Place | Player Name | Payout |
| 1 | James Valenti | $1,960 |
| 2 | Karl Schafler | $1,213 |
| 3 | C.L. Avants | $795 |
| 4 | Jeffery Davidson | $549 |
| 5 | Maximino Morales | $403 |
| 6 | Douglas Arnold | $309 |
The Choctaw Casino Resort has over 4,000 slot machines along with an assortment of table games and an exclusive poker room. It is the closest casino resort to the Dallas/Fort Worth area.
The Choctaw Grand Tower has 330 AAA Four Diamond rooms and an additional 160 well-appointed rooms in the Choctaw Inn and Lodge. The poker room is located on its own floor with 30 tables, private staff and services.
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