CPPT Event #1 (Flight 1A): With The Flight 1A Field Speeding Past The Century Mark, We Continue The List Of Notables

2018 Card Player Poker Tour (Isle Casino Pompano Park)
Event #1 | $360 No Limit Hold'em ($200,000 GTD)
Level 5 (Blinds 200/400/400)
Total Flight 1A Entries: 110

Paul Balzano (Sunrise, FL) is very high up on the "who loves it more" list, rarely skipping the opportunity to play events in the area, regardless of their price-point.

The Flight 1A field cracked the century mark just as Level 3 started, and has continued to grow, with the number of early bustouts pretty eye-opening.  It's not often that you see players getting into (100+) big blind pots, but they are happening across the field.  While a lot of the recent entries we've seen are players entering for the second time, there have also been new names to the field, which weren't mentioned in earlier posts.

One of those players is Paul Balzano (Sunrise, FL), a well-known tournament professional, who is just days removed from playing under the bright lights.  Balzano reached the final table of the SHRPO's Event #21 ($1,100 No Limit Hold'em), which was part of the "Big 4," a group of tournaments that had their final tables streamed live.  Paul would finish in 5th place, earning $29,933, and helping bring his lifetime total over $1,462,000.  The result was Paul's third of the series, and fourth in the past month, when you include his deep run in the $1,500 No Limit Hold'em FSPC Main Event (37th place for $3,480).

Paul headlines our third (and what should likely be final) look at the notables in today's field, as we shift focus towards the action at the tables:

David Oshry
Jose Parra
Paulius Bikus
Patrick Biancone
Brandon Ageloff
Stephen Krackomberger
James Hamburger
Thomas Puccio
Ory Hen
Daniel Heimiller
David Poces
Michael Ortiz