Beckstead Wins CPPT, WSOP Begins

Thomas Beckstead Wins CPPT Bicycle

When the Card Player Poker Tour Main Event got underway at the Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles, there were 369 players in action. That created a prize pool of $357,930 to allow the top 37 players to make the money. The money bubble burst on Day 2, which started with 91 but worked its way down to the final table. At that point, Nichoel Jurgens was the far-and-away chip leader with 3.54 million, followed by Thomas Beckstead with 1.73 million.

Day 3 played out the final table, which resulted in Beckstead in the winner’s circle and Jurgens in second place. The results were as follows:

1^st place: Thomas Beckstead ($102,010)

2^nd place: Nichoel Jurgens ($52,110)

3^rd place: Rubin Chappell ($34,900)

4^th place: Ho Shin Lee ($24,340)

5^th place: Alan Myerson ($14,460)

6^th place: Pogos Simityan ($12,525)

7^th place: William M ($10,735)

8^th place: Zaher Samaan ($9,050)

9^th place: Stan Hackett ($7,600)

Updates are courtesy of Card Player.

WSOP Day 1 Update

Event 1: $500 Casino Employees NLHE (2-day)

Players: 898

Prize pool: $404,100

Players paid: 90

Event 2: $5,000 NLHE 8-Handed (4-day)

Players: 481

Prize pool: $2,260,700

Players paid: 56

WSOP Day 2 Schedule

Event 3A (First of two flights): $1,000 NLHE (3-day) beginning at 11:00am PT

Event 3B (Second of two flights): $1,000 NLHE (3-day) beginning at 5:00pm PT

Event 1 will play its second and final day.

Event 2 will play its second of four days, getting ever closer to the money bubble.