Nipun Java headlines the day 1B survivors in the Card Player Poker Tour Bicycle Casino $1,100 no-limit hold’em main event. The World Series of Poker Circuit ring winner ended the day with 268,300. Java has upwards of $1.2 million in live tournament winnings and a win in the CPPT main event would be his third major career title.
Ross Tesser finished as chipleader of the 37 players who survived the day with 350,000.
World Poker Tour Season XI Player of the Year Matt Salsberg also finished the day in the mix with 52,200. Other Day 1B survivors include Nathan Bjerno, Nick Bonnefoi and Elmo Imperial.
Shan Jing, who won this event last year for nearly $136,000, and Thomas Beckstead, who won the inaugural CPPT Bicycle series in 2013, both returned to defend their respective titles but were eliminated before the night was over.
Other eliminations on Day 1B included Daniel Strelitz, Dana Kellstrom, Cord Garcia, Oddie Dardon, and Dan Heimiller.
Day 1C begins Monday, Oct. 12 at 12pm.
The main event features three starting days and uses the Bike’s own patented Quantum Reload concept.
Players have the option to buy-in directly for $1,100 on any of the three starting days, but those who wish to skip day 1 altogether can buy directly into day 2 for $4,300. Players that choose the latter option will begin with 60 big blinds with blinds at 1,000-2,000. There will be no-late entry on day 2, however players who are eliminated on any day 1 may re-enter the following day.
The final table will be streamed on Live at the Bike.
Rank Player Chip Count
1 Ross Tesser 350,000
2 Nipun Java 268,300
3 Gevork Khsabyan 256,300
4 Alan Snow 247,000
5 Levon Khachatnyan 239,700
6 Michael Yoshino 208,500
7 Matt Elsby 167,600
8 Neil Ho 162,600
9 Elmo Imperial 155,500
10 William Sturiano 153,600
11 Nathan Bjerno 142,200
12 Stephen Plache 137,800
13 Nicholas Voyatzis 130,100
14 Vadim Baranovsky 128,000
15 Jared Greiner 115,300
16 Scott Johnson 111,400
17 RJ Connor 111,100
18 Jay Helfert 106,000
19 Tennessee Benjamin 99,200
20 Edvin Setaghian 95,200
21 Nicolas Bonnefoi 86,500
22 James Pilpa 83,300
23 Jesus Jimenez 72,200
24 Xuan Nguyen 70,900
25 Arma Zadoyan 68,900
26 Edward Lin 67,900
27 Paul Lui 63,800
28 Alex Masek 57,700
29 Matt Salsberg 52,200
30 Armen Nazaryan 48,000
31 Michael Zelman 46,900
32 Stephan Hans 46,700
33 Jason Jung 46,000
34 Jordan Warkol 46,000
35 Maxwell Lineberger 44,900
36 Adam Furgatch 42,600
37 Heath Mendelsohn 37,600