David Coleman wins the main event of the Card Player Poker Tour in Venice

David Coleman in 2024 Poker player tour of venice A $1,600 No Limit Hold’em main event with over $3.6 million in tournament winnings to its name across 152 results. One thing the 30-year-old former electronic grinder doesn’t have is a live championship title. That all changed when he beat a field of 457 entries to drop CPPT Venice For $115,989.

“I was a pro for nine years and played for fun for 18 years or so,” Coleman said when asked about his poker background. “This is my first live tournament ever, so I was really trying to get it off my back, and that was a big monkey off my back, and it’s great to get it done.”

This was the fifth biggest result for the new Las Vegas resident who had a huge success in 2021 when he managed several deep runs in top level live events. Before that, he was commonly found on the online streets in his home state of New Jersey playing in tournaments with buy-in prices ranging from $200 to $500.

In addition to the six-figure payday and the coveted title, this win also saw Coleman earn 720 points Card player Player of the Year points. As a result, it is currently ranked second in early 2024 Boy Ranking provided by World poker.

this CPPT The main event took place over four days at The Venetian® Resort Las Vegas. The initial three flights attracted 457 entries to clear a $400,000 guarantee, and ended with a final prize pool of $648,940 paid out among the top 59 competitors.

Each of the three flights was reduced to 12.5 percent of the field, starting the second day in the money with the two contenders remaining in the money. The second day began with Esther Kim in the lead and Coleman in 44th chip position.

Plenty of big names fell when the field was narrowed down to the final table, including two-time bracelet winner Shannon Shore (58), bracelet winner Ryan Laplante (55), 2022 CPPT Rifle champion John Riordan (45), WPT Champion James Romero (37), two-time bracelet winner Jesse Yaginuma (29), 2013 WSOP Main Event Champion Ryan Reese (22nd place), World Poker Tour VeniceChampion Ben Palmer (twentieth), MSPT Venice Champion Landon Tice (18th), Darren Rabinowitz (15th), bracelet winner Nicholas Pupillo (13th), bracelet winner Alexander Reard (12th), and Joe Kuether (10th).

Coleman won a big bet just before the final table started, forcing Ivan Rubin out of the hand to close to 3 million chips. By the time the field got down to nine, he had risen to third place on the leaderboard.

Ruban (9th place – $11,764) was the first to fall, inserting eight pockets into the Vinh Hu pocket sockets. The Russian poker pro now has more than $882,000 in lifetime cash.

Qing Liu quickly followed suit. 2021 WPT Venice Bob Buckenmayer’s AJ-suited Main Event winner KQ ran to hit the rail in eighth ($14,833). Leo now has $2,980,540 in career earnings. More than $1.6 million of that has come to The Venetian, putting it second on the venue’s all-time earnings list behind only Eric Baldwin.

Although Liu was eliminated, Buckenmeyer was ultimately the next to be eliminated. He engaged in a large bet against Coleman, betting first streets and then examining the river. Coleman pushed and called for Buckenmeyer, but was unable to overcome Coleman’s floundering set of 10s. He earned $19,004 as the seventh-place finisher to bring his career total to over $1.5 million.

Coleman looked like he might start to pull away from the pack after that hand, but he quickly doubled down on Louis Chevy to lose some of that momentum. He later commented: “Yes, it’s always hard to switch gears, thinking you can sort of control the table and then you lose a big pot and then you’re stuck short. It definitely takes experience to be able to switch gears. I know I’ve struggled That’s when I first started playing tournaments…the feeling of going from chip leader to short in a short period of time.But now I think it’s only my experience that’s really helpful in those situations.

Coleman’s rebound began when AJ outlasted Ho’s pocket queens in the pre-all showdown. Coleman cruised Riverside Aces for a double.

Esther Kim’s run in the event ended in sixth place when her K-10 collided with the KQ of rookie Louis Cheffy. Both players paired their kings, but the two kickers played out in the end and Kim was sent to the rails with $24,734.

Chevy goes to knock out Ho, and picks up Ks v. is sC And stick to narrowing the field to four. He earned a career-best $32,694 for his efforts.

Coleman added to his collection in a big way when his K-4 suit bested Eugene Tung’s A-4 in the blinds battle. Coleman hit Kings on the flop and held on from there to eliminate Tong in fourth place ($43,880).

2023 Where are the millions? Main event winner Michael Rossetto ran a tie in the pocket of the Chevy to take third place for $59,784. This increased his career earnings to over $3.5 million.

Thus, Coleman led by just over 2:1 in head-to-head play with Chevy. It didn’t take long for him to turn that feature into a nickname. In the final hand, A.JaC The flop saw Chevy shoot 700,000. Coleman called and brought up the K role.

Chevy bet $1 million and Coleman came with him. 2 The river saw the Chevy of choice. Coleman put out enough chips to put his opponent in danger and called Chevy with a Qs. Coleman turned on A.J7 For confidential information, secure betting and address.

Cheffy earned $82,666 thanks to his deep tournament run. This was the third biggest hit to date for World Series of Poker Circuit Palm Beach Kennel Club Winner of maijn event from Florida.

Here’s a look at the payouts Boy Points awarded at the final table: