TO THE MAXX: DANSKY WINS CARD PLAYER CHOCTAW

The Card Player Poker Tour made its way to the Choctaw Casino Resort in Durant, Oklahoma over the weekend.

Maxx Dansky was the eventual winner as 800 players registered for the event, creating a total prizepool of 760K!

Dansky defeated Miguel Hernandez heads-up.

Poker legend T.J. Cloutier was ousted in 16th position. The six-time WSOP bracelet winner collected over 7K for his efforts.

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TOP 10 PAYOUTS (USD) Maxx Dansky $152,008 Miguel Hernandez $93,708 Michael Newport $69,084 Carlos Valdivieso $51,490 Keith Carter $38,889 Jason Brewer $29,754 Travis Riffle $23,051 Ricky Green $18,080 Tana Karnchanakphan $14,356 Gary Luther $11,537

PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT CARD PLAYER POKER TOUR CPPT Choctaw NLH Main Event August 3-6, 2012 Choctaw Casino Resort | Oklahoma Buy-in: $1,080 | Prizepool: $760,000 Entries: 800 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION MAXX DANSKY 35 MIGUEL HERNANDEZ 18 MICHAEL NEWPORT 10 CARLOS VALDIVIESO 8 KEITH CARTER 5

PHAHURAT WINS CHAD BROWN CHALLENGE

Athipoo Phahurat has won the Chad Brown Challenge at the Choctaw in Oklahoma. Phahurat defeated 257 opponents in order to pick his first big live poker win, doubling his live career earnings in one single victory!

Runner-up Seneca Easley in no stranger to the live circuit. Easley won the WSOP Circuit event at Harrah's Rincon last season.

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TOP 10 PAYOUTS (EURO) Athipoo Phahurat $116,492 Seneca Easley $71,980 Nghia Truong $52,005 Phounsavath Philachack $38,273 Jared Jaffee $28,672 Bahman Jahanguiri $21,849 Mark Dunavin $16,928 Val Wood $13,328 Jeffrey Watterworth $10,661 Richard Barker $8,659 RELATED POSTS >> EASLEY WINS WSOPC RINCON

PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT Chad Brown Poker Challenge NLH Main Event April 28-30, 2012 Choctaw Casino | Oklahoma Buy-in: $2,000 | Prizepool: $475,494 Entries: 258 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION A.P. PHAHURAT 35 SENECA EASLEY 18 NGHIA TRUONG 10 PHOUNSAVATH PHILACHACK 8 JARED JAFFEE 5

WSOPC CHOCTAW: ARAYA BEST IN BIG FIELD, WINS AGAIN AT CHOCTAW

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Abraham Araya may request that all poker tournaments be played out of the Choctaw Casino Resort in Durant, Oklahoma.

For the second time in a little over three months, Araya has picked up a title in Choctaw. After winning the TJ Cloutier Challenge back in October, Araya (2011 PTPR Rank: 836th) won the World Series of Poker Circuit Choctaw Durant Main Event last night.

Almost 1,000 players entered the three day event in what's becoming a hot event on the poker circuit. Araya defeated Daniel Lowery (2011 PTPR Rank: 1484th) in what was a relatively quick heads up encounter.

Ninth place finisher Dejuante Alexander (2011 PTPR Rank: 1156th) earned 14 PTPR Points for his effort.

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TOP 10 PAYOUTS (in USD) 1- Abraham Araya 270,380 2- Daniel Lowery 167,230 3- Michael Sanders 123,430 4- Jack Miller 92,352 5- Mark Burford 69,968 6- Derek Browning 53,675 7- Will Nguyen 41,679 8- Justin Gardenhire 32,771 9- Dejuante Alexander 26,069 10- Drew Dumanski 20,989 DEFENDING CHAMPION Huy Nguyen (2011 PTPR Rank: 103rd) EVENT COVERAGE POKERNEWS.com RELATED POSTS >> NGUYEN WILL NOT REPEAT AT CHOCTAW >> NGUYEN DOMINATES ON WAY TO WSOPC WIN (2011) >> NGUYEN WINS CAESARS CLASSIC (2011)

PTPR TIER 3 EVENT World Series of Poker Circuit Choctaw Durant WSOPC NLH Main Event January 21-23, 2012 Choctaw Casino Resort | Oklahoma Buy-in: $1,600 | Prizepool: $1,422,990 Entries: 978 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION ABRAHAM ARAYA 109 DANIEL LOWERY 69 MICHAEL SANDERS 39 JACK MILLER 34 MARK BUFORD 27 DEREK BROWNING 19 WILL NGUYEN 17 JUSTIN GARDENHIRE 14 DEJUANTE ALEXANDER 14 NEXT WSOPC TOUR STOP WSOP Circuit Caesars Palace Las Vegas, NV On now (Main Event starts Jan 27)

WSOPC CHOCTAW: NGUYEN WILL NOT REPEAT/MONSTER FIELD

SOURCE: POKERNEWS.com

A monster field has gathered at the Choctaw Casino Resort in Durant, Oklahoma for the World Series of Poker Circuit Choctaw tour stop. For the second straight year, Choctaw has attracted quite the field - and the for the second straight year, Huy Nguyen is in contention.

Nguyen (2011 PTPR Rank: 103rd) won the event last season. He's hoping that his current +100K chip stack will be able to help him make it two for two. Nguyen - better known to many as SavePluto9 - sits Top 25 at the moment - there are 111 players remaining as our runners come back from dinner break as we speak.

UPDATE: Please note that Nguyen was eliminated prior to the dinner break - we apologize for the erroneous information that we had originally reported. There will be a new Champ at Choctaw this season.

Thank you to @lukasmwillems for this information.

Teddy Gill is the chip leader with 590K in chips.

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TOP 10 PAYOUTS (in USD) 1st $270,380 2nd $167,230 3rd $123,430 4th $92,352 5th $69,968 6th $53,675 7th $41,679 8th $32,771 9th $26,069 10th $20,989 DEFENDING CHAMPION Huy Nguyen (2011 PTPR Rank: 103rd) EVENT COVERAGE POKERNEWS.com RELATED POSTS >> NGUYEN DOMINATES ON WAY TO WSOPC WIN (2011) >> NGUYEN WINS CAESARS CLASSIC (2011)

PTPR TIER 3 EVENT World Series of Poker Circuit Choctaw Durant WSOPC NLH Main Event January 21-23, 2012 Choctaw Casino Resort | Oklahoma Buy-in: $1,600 | Prizepool: $1,422,990 Entries: 978 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION 1st place 109 2nd place 69 3rd place 39 4th place 34 5th place 27 6th place 19 7th place 17 8-9th place 14