ICYMI: The final table of the inaugural Card Player Poker Tour Isle Casino main event is officially set. A total of 310 entrants has been whittled down to just nine competitors, all hoping to win the title, the trophy, and of course, the top prize of $66,707. Leading the way going into Day 3 of the tournament is the red-hot Matt Bretzfield, who bagged up an impressive 2,785,000. The New York-native is coming off of a pair of great runs in South Florida this month. After finishing tenth In the $5,000 buy-in Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open main event for $62,415, Bretzfield traveled to Pompano Park for the opening event of this CPPT series. He ended up getting second place, banking another $22,374.
Bretzfield used a pair of tough calls to launch his way up the leaderboard, but it was a fortunate river card against tenth-place finisher Rami Singh that saw him separate from the pack. Bretzfield raised preflop, raised on the flop, and then bet the turn and river before revealing a rivered full house with his pocket eights. Singh showed down trips and busted a few hands later to set the official final table of nine.
Sitting in second place is AJ Gambino with 1,615,000. Gambino has put together quite a tournament resume himself, including a six-figure score in Las Vegas at the Venetian Deep Stack Extravaganza series.
Gambino knocked out several players to start the day and build a big stack. He then took a huge chunk of out fellow big stack Fernando Halac by making two pair with 3-2, and busted Scott Baumstein when his A-K outran pocket jacks.
Third place belongs to Ernie Bush, who was actually one of the short stacks during ten-handed play before finding a few double ups. On his final double up, Bush actually didn’t see that Halac had moved all in in front of him, and wound up calling off the rest of his stack accidently. The move worked out however, when he won a flip to finish the night with 1,525,000.
Notables who finished in the money included Steve Karp (34th), Joey Couden (32nd), Phillip Hui (31st), Michael Merisier (25th), Raj Vohra (22nd), Scott Baumstein (17th), and Brian Hastings (15th).
The final table will resume Monday at noon ET at the Isle Casino at Pompano Park. Card Player will be on hand to bring you updates until a winner is crowned.
(The above recap is courtesy of Julio Rodriguez, and Card Player Media...who we have to thank so very much, for offering up some incredible coverage the past three days)
Live blogged coverage of the final table will once again be available here on the blog, with the updates beginning at 12:00pm.
Tournaments: As we mentioned above, Monday's tournament schedule begins at 12:00pm, with Day 3 of the Card Player Poker Tour $1,100 Main Event ($250,000 GTD).
At 6:00pm, there will be a $45 No Limit Hold'em Satellite into the $175 No Limit Hold'em ($25,000 GTD), which is scheduled for Tuesday (August 28th) at 6:00pm. The satellite guarantees (5) seats into the event, and is structured with 8,000 unit starting stacks, along with (15) minute levels. Registration for the satellite is open through Level 8.
Promotions: From (9:00am-10:00am), the high hand will award $150 every (30) minutes. The high hands will then transition from 10:00am-6:00pm, with the opportunity to win $400 every (30) minutes. During that period, the promotion sees tournament players eligible each half-hour for $100 high hands, 2/2 limit hold'em players eligible for $200 high hands, 2/4 limit hold'em players eligible for $300 high hands, and all other raked games (1/2-5/10 NLH, 4/8 Omaha 8B, 6/12 O.E., etc.) eligible for $400 high hands.
It should also be noted that players are able to win the high hand using only one card in their hand. The payouts for those that use one card are different than the standard numbers listed above, and can be found (full listing of one-card payouts on flyers in the poker room).
12:00pm - Card Player Poker Tour Event #8 (Day 3) | $1,100 No Limit Hold'em Main Event ($250,000 GTD)
- Players start with 30,000 in tournament chips
- Late and re-entries for the first (13) levels, with registration open through the first hand dealt on Day 2 (Sunday at 2:00pm).
- Alternates and late entries will start with a full stack
- Levels 1-13 will last (30) minutes, transitioning to (40) minutes Level 14+
6:00pm - $45 No Limit Hold'em Satellite Into $175 No Limit Hold'em ($25,000 GTD) (August 28th at 6:00pm)
- Players start with 8,000 in tournament chips
- Late and re-entries for the first (8) levels
- Alternates and late entries will start with a full stack
- Levels will last (15) minutes
