Ocean’s Eleven Casino and the Card Player Poker Tour have now teamed up for ten runnings of the San Diego Classic tournament. Over the course of those events, more than 8,200 entries have been made, with more than $2.1 million in prize money awarded along the way. The first of three confirmed CPPT Ocean’s Eleven San Diego Classic events of 2020 is set to run Thursday, Jan. 23 to Sunday, Jan. 26.

The $250 buy-in tournament features an estimated prize pool of $150,000. The event has six starting flights to choose from, with two per day for the first three days of the event. Players can choose from the morning flight at 10:00 a.m., the evening flight starting at 6:00 p.m, or even play both flights each day! The top 12 percent of players from each starting flight will move onto day 2, with players who qualify multiple times taking their largest stack forward. Any player who qualifies multiple times will receive $1,500 for each stack removed from play heading into day 2.

Players will also be able to take advantage of the popular Quantum Tournament structure of this event and buy in on Day 2 for $1,500. Those who exercise this option will receive 210,000 in tournament chips, with the blinds starting at 2,000-3,000 with a 3,000 big blind ante for the beginning of day 2 at 12:00 p.m. local time on Sunday, Jan. 26.

A total of 926 total entries were made in the most recent running of this tournament, back in July of 2019. Brazilian poker pro Mateus Lessa emerged victorious in the end, earning $43,120 as the champion. This was the second-largest score of Lessa’s career, behind the $95,570 he earned for his third-place finish in the World Series of Poker Circuit $1,700 no-limit hold’em main event held in Los Angeles earlier this year.

We hope to see you there!

2019 CPPT Ocean's 11 San Diego Classic Champion Matteus Lessa