DURANT, Okla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Choctaw Casino Resort in Durant, Okla., home to an upscale, exclusive 30 table poker lounge, awarded $2,865,323 in the Card Player Poker Tour from July 18 to August 5. The tournament, attended by approximately 11,000 amateur and professional players, was the penultimate stop on the inaugural tour for Card Player Magazine.
The Card Player Poker Tour included a schedule of 54 events and daily guaranteed tournaments. The final table, held on Aug. 5, had a prize pool of $1,103,091, far exceeding the $500,000 guarantee, with 735 entries for the $1,500 buy-in main event.
Event #4 on July 20 was the $100,000 guarantee with over 3,000 entrants over the course of two days. Professional and local poker player T.J. Cloutier was the winner of the event, taking home $49,615. T.J. Cloutier has been a long-time advocate and player at Choctaw Casino Resort. He is the only person in the history of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) to have won events in three types of Omaha played at the World Series — Pot Limit High, Limit High and Limit 8-or-Better High-Low Split. He has won a total of six WSOP bracelets in his career.
Final event winners were:
- First Place: Mo Abedi-Arani with $220,626
- Second Place: Allan Farber with $136,011
- Third Place: Lou Barlow with $100,271
“The Card Player Poker Tour was another world-class poker tournament hosted here at Choctaw Casino Resort,” said James Box, poker room manager. “We were happy to partner will a well-respected publication like Card Player to welcome players with varying experience levels from locations all over the region for a packed schedule of events, a professional environment, and of course, big cash prizes.”
Noted poker tournament director Jimmy Sommerfeld served as the event’s poker tournament operator in conjunction with Bill Bruce of Poker Executives. Sommerfeld and Bruce execute the large-scale poker tournaments at Choctaw Casino Resort, bringing in experienced dealers from across the country to create a professional tournament environment.
The Card Player Poker Tournament at Choctaw Casino Resort is one of many poker events hosted by the casino throughout the year. The next major poker tournament hosted by the casino is the $1 Million Choctaw Fall Poker Series from Sept. 26 to Oct. 7. For more information on upcoming poker events, visit www.ChoctawCasinos.com/Durant.aspx.
About Choctaw Casino Resort in Durant, Okla.
The AAA Four Diamond Choctaw Casino Resort in Durant, Oklahoma, includes 330 hotel rooms, a natatorium, fitness center, business center, full-service spa and three retail outlets. In addition, there are five restaurants, a 175-seat amphitheater, and 110,000 square feet of gaming space, including over 3,500 slot machines, 30 poker tables and 48 table games. For more information, visit www.ChoctawCasinos.com/Durant.aspx, “Like” us on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/ChoctawResort or follow us on Twitter at @ChoctawResort.
