San Diego Classic Poker Tournament
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Sporting San Diego will be hosting their annual summer tournament in conjunction with our sponsor Dixieline Home & Lumber Center on August 1st & 2nd, 2020. We will strive to create a competitive environment with quality fields and officiating. Three game minimum for bracket play and centrally located field in beautiful San Diego.
The January running of the 2020 Card Player Poker Tour Ocean’s 11 San Diego Classic kicked off on Thursday, January 23. This marks the eleventh time that the CPPT has made it’s way to beautiful Oceanside, California to for this $250 buy-in main event, with more than 8,200 entries made and more than $2.1 million in prize money awarded in the prior ten events.
The tournament features a $150,000 estimated prize pool this year but has previously drawn as many as 949 entries to create a prize pool worth nearly a quarter of a million dollars. The most recent running of this tournament drew 926 entries back in July of 2019. Brazilian poker pro Mateus Lessa emerged victorious in the end, earning $43,120 as the champion.
Thursday saw the first two starting flights of the six on offer for this event held, beginning at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. local time. Flight 1A attracted a total of 114 entries, while flight 1B added another 115. With 229 total entries so far the prize pool has already grown to $45,800 with four starting flights still available to play.
Players will also be able to take advantage of the popular Quantum Tournament structure of this event and buy-in on Day 2 for $1,500. Those who exercise this option will receive 210,000 in tournament chips, with the blinds starting at 2,000-3,000 with a 3,000 big blind ante for the beginning of day 2 at 12:00 p.m. local time on Sunday, Jan. 26.
From the 229 entries in flights 1A and 1B, only 28 players made it through to day 2, with Tai Reyes-Purpero bagging up the largest stack of 526,000. Other top stacks include Frank Benchanan (398,000), Tim Steeves (373,000) and Brandon Strickland (342,000). The top 12 percent of players from each starting flight qualified, locking up at least a $400 payday in this event in the process.
Here is a look at the complete chip counts of those who survived flights 1A and 1B:
| Rank | Player | Chip Count |
| 1 | Tai Reyes-Purpero | 526,000 |
| 2 | Frank Benchanan | 398,000 |
| 3 | Tim Steeves | 373,000 |
| 4 | Brandon Strickland | 342,000 |
| 5 | David Lesse | 333,000 |
| 6 | David Icke | 319,000 |
| 7 | Britton Scheibe | 315,000 |
| 8 | Roberto Sanchez | 303,000 |
| 9 | Steve Potashnick | 253,000 |
| 10 | Timothy Mahoney | 253,000 |
| 11 | Lauren Coker | 246,000 |
| 12 | Roberto Sanchez | 240,000 |
| 13 | Rich Spirra | 238,000 |
| 14 | Jim Dages | 200,000 |
| 15 | Alan Ho | 177,000 |
| 16 | Reza Yazdanshenas | 172,000 |
| 17 | John Pedicini | 137,000 |
| 18 | Jeff Chapman | 124,000 |
| 19 | Terry Favish | 120,000 |
| 20 | Chase Besuden | 118,000 |
| 21 | M’lis Edwards | 83,000 |
| 22 | Jonathan Magal | 82,000 |
| 23 | Anthony Bland | 82,000 |
| 24 | William Glasser | 81,000 |
| 25 | Adrianne Hall | 78,000 |
| 26 | Mikella Pedretti | 72,000 |
| 27 | Patrick Mitchell | 68,000 |
| 28 | Bush Allison | 10,000 |
Ocean’s Eleven is Southern California’s only casino located along the Pacific Ocean on the Interstate 5 freeway. It sits less than a mile from some of the area’s most picturesque beaches. The casino first opened in 1997, and in the two decades that followed it has become the place to play in the San Diego area.
The property boasts 50 tables of the best poker and table games found anywhere in California with all the favorite poker games, including no-limit and limit hold’em, Omaha, Omaha eight-or-better and pot-limit Omaha. Popular table games available include Blackjack, Baccarat & Pai Gow Poker.
Haig Kelegian, the Ocean’s Eleven owner known as “The King of Clubs,” notes that, “It is not enough to be the largest poker room in the region. We have to offer the best action and the best service day in and day out.”
With its exciting array of games, amenities and promotions, Ocean’s Eleven Casino is the place to go for poker in the San Diego area. Check out the casino’s homepage to learn more. For additional information about the Card Player Poker Tour, visit the tour’s homepage.
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San Diego Classic Pigeon
MONDAY – FRIDAY • 10AM
$60 NLH $45 buy-in $15 entry fee 8,000 chips $1,500 GTD
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TUESDAYS & WEDNESDAYS • 6PM
$60 NLH $45 buy-in $15 entry fee 8,000 chips
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SATURDAY • 10AM
$40 NLH $25 buy-in $15 entry fee 10,000 chips $2,000 GTD
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SUNDAY • 10AM
San Diego Classic Poker Tournament Bracket
$80 NLH $65 buy-in $15 entry fee 10,000 chips $2,000 GTD
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