The 2013 Card Player Poker Tour Atlantis Casino Resort Spa in Reno, Nevada kicked off with a $50,000 guaranteed, $340 buy-in no-limit hold’em event on Friday. The first two starting days were played on Friday, while flights 1C and 1D are scheduled for noon and 5 p.m. local time on Saturday, respectively. There’s still time to enter!
The surviving players return on Sunday, Mar. 17 at 1 p.m local time to play down to a winner.
Event No. 1
$340 buy-in, $50,000 Guarantee
Chip Counts From Flight 1A — 41 entries
1. Taylor Skeels — 129,500
2. Jimmy Leonis — 84,700
3. Adam Bishop — 37,700
4. James Hopperstead — 20,600
5. Alexander Jagodik — 107,000
6. James Martini — 31,500
Chip Counts From Flight 1B — 35 entries
1. Paul “Orange Tree” Naranjo — 127,700
2. Jay Zetz — 113,300
3. Adolfo Monreal — 66,400
4. Domenik Zetz — 42,600
The second event of the series was a one-day affair. The results are below.
Event No. 2
$120 Buy-In No-Limit Holdem — 75 entries
1. Joel Tasman (pictured above) — $2,300
2. Thomas Avino — $1,701
3. Estella Taylor — $946
4. Jack Dighero — $655
5. Alfredo Diaz — $509
6. James Colson — $400
7. Brad Brighton — $327
8. Steven Mast — $255
9. Rosemarie Clifford — $182
A total of 18 events make up this CPPT stop. The $150,000 guaranteed main event ($1,000 + $80 buy-in), featuring live updates and video coverage on CardPlayer.com, will get underway on Mar. 22 with the first of two starting days at noon. Play will continue until a champion is decided at the CPPT live-streamed final table on Mar. 25.
