CPPT Bicycle Casino Sets Field, WSOP Ready to Begin

CPPT Sets Field at Bicycle Casino

The Card Player Poker Tour Bicycle Casino Main Event was underway at “The Bike” in the greater Los Angeles area. The $1K buy-in event had three starting days and attracted 369 players in total, making for a prize pool of $357,930, which surpassed the $300K guarantee. The final 37 players were set to make the money with the winner taking home $102,010.

Day 2 began with 91 survivors and whittled the field and hit the money, with Stephanie Donahue as the first player to exit with cash – $2,150 for her 37^th place finish. Play then stopped with 36 players remaining and Richard Munro as the chip leader with 970K. Other players still in action are Matt Salsberg and Nichoel Jurgens.

Updates are courtesy of Card Player.

WSOP Starts May 29

The final touches were being put on the Convention Center at the Rio in Las Vegas on Tuesday for the Wednesday launch of the summer World Series of Poker. As players settled into Las Vegas for seven weeks of nonstop poker action, the WSOP was already at work getting ready.

On Wednesday, May 29, the following tournaments are on the WSOP schedule:

Event 1: $500 Casino Employees NLHE (2-day) starting at 12:00pm PT

Event 2: $5,000 NLHE 8-Handed (4-day) starting at 5:00pm PT

In addition, the Daily Deepstacks begin on May 29 with a $235 buy-in NLHE at 3:00pm, a $185 buy-in at 6:00pm, and a $135 buy-in at 10:00pm PT.

Satellites and cash games will be in action in the Pavilion Ballroom.