CCPT Event 3: 1st Place - Husted ($3,492)

Steve Husted - Card Player Poker Tour Event 3 Champion

It's a bit ironic that the one event in which "chops" are a common occurrence was the only one to play down to a champion and not split up the prize pool and trophy at the Final Table, as Steve Husted (Lancaster, PA) would outlast a field of close to 50 players to claim the Card Player Poker Tour Event 3 title.

When we finally got done with the $100,000 GTD coverage, we approached the Omaha H/L 8B Final Table with Husted and Frank Williams III heads up for the trophy, with Husted holding a pretty decent chip advantage.

That advantage would become even greater after the first hand we saw at the Final Table, with Husted turning two pair and then rivering the "wheel" to scoop the whole pot, crippling Williams in the process.

Williams would say that the river card was the only card that wouldn't have resulted in a chop, a brutal beat that more or less cost him the Event 3 title.

Williams would end up all-in on the very next hand and actually had a decent low draw, only to see Husted flop a nutted full house and the board run out with no low, awarded the whole pot and the championship to Husted.

Husted's come close before to championship, Final Tabling three "mix" game events in his career, including two last year at the Borgata, but he's fallen short in each of those events, finally getting that breakthrough result here at Foxwoods.

Below is a complete list of those that cashed in Event 3:

1. Steven Husted - $3,492
2. Frank Williams III - $2,425
3. Elaine Cyr - $1,552
4. Danny Chang - $1,261
5. Monty Dennis - $970

The Event 3 title would be the third and final trophy awarded on this Super Bowl Sunday and the CPPT trophies won't be broken out again until Tuesday as all of tomorrow's tournaments, including daily tournaments are cancelled due to the impending snow storm.

Thanks for following along and we will be back on the blog and live stream on Tuesday when the Card Player Poker Tour resumes play with Event 5.