Two More Levels, Few Looking for More CPP Success
The Caribbean Poker Party is coming to a close – but that isn’t stopping players from flooding the tournament area. The MILLIONS High Roller Finale field has eclipsed the 150 player mark and with two levels left to register we could near the 200 mark before the cage closes.
Of the remaining 90~ player field, a few have already made their way to the Caribbean Poker Party payout line in a big, big way.
Wai Leong Chan opened the CPP with a runner-up finish in Super High Roller Bowl Bahamas worth nearly $2.7 million. That result nearly doubled Chan’s previous career best score – which he earned in the $1,000,000 buy-in Triton Million this past summer – and the Malaysian pro will look to end his Bahamas trip at another final table.
Joseph Cheong also opened the CPP with a runner-up result in the $1,000 Mini Main Event. The $110,000 result was the second six-figure score in as many weeks, after Cheong finished 3rd in the WPT Montreal Main Event for $179,000 earlier this month. Cheong also won his first career bracelet this summer – earning just over $687,000 for that victory. With well over $1 million in live earnings this year, Cheong recording another deep run and cash wouldn’t surprise anyone.
From two second place finishers to a double final tablist. Kahle Burns moved to the top of the GPI Player of the Year race after recording a 3rd place result in the added $50,000 High Roller and a final table finish in the $25K Super High Roller. Burns jumped Sean Winter to take the GPI POY lead and he’ll have his work cut out for him to keep that advantage. Winter, Stephen Chidwick, Rainer Kempe, and more of the world’s best are hot on the Aussie’s heels.
After a few close calls in MILLIONS High Rollers, Anatoly Filatov broke through and won the opening $10,000 event. Filatov dominated that final table and celebrated in style after he took the chip lead and never looked back. The Russian will now try to go back-to-back against an even bigger field than he concurred at the start Caribbean Poker Party.
