A total of 433 entries were made within the 2016 Card Player Poker Tour Bicycle Hotel & Casino $1,100 buy-in no-limit hold’em main event, easily surpassing the $400,000 guarantee to construct a last prize pool of $495,670. From that sea of poker players just one champion would emerge and that was Edwin Pairavi. The la resident earned $120,685 and the CPPT trophy for the win. He now has greater than $310,000 in lifetime live-tournament earnings, primarily from events within the L.A. area.

In addition to the hardware and the money Pairavi was also awarded 720 Card Player Player of the Year points. This was his first POY-qualified score of the year.

Pairavi, who requested to not be photographed, told Bicycle Hotel & Casino bloggers that at one point on day 2 he was all the way down to just 7,000 in tournament chips with the blinds at 2,500-5,000 with an ante of 500. He moved all in blind and, incredibly, was dealt pocket aces, which held up and got him back within the game.

Pairavi came into the overall day of this tournament in seventh chip position with 18 players remaining. A few of the players that fell before the overall table were Joshua Field (17th – $4,710) and Phil Laak (14th – $5,430).

The elimination of Phong “Turbo” Nguyen in third place ($44,790) arrange a heads-up battle between Pairavi and David Rosenbloom.

There was some discussion regarding a deal, but finally the 2 played it out and Pairavi emerged victorious while Rosenbloom was eliminated because the runner up, earning $64,785.

Here is a glance on the payouts and POY points awarded on this event:

Place	Player	Earnings (USD)	POY Points
1	Edwin Pairavi	$120,685	720
2	David Rosenbloom	$64,785	600
3	Phong Nguyen	$44,790	480
4	Matthew Mcewan	$35,000	360
5	James Nguyen	$28,450	300
6	Jim Petzing	$22,480	240
7	Michael Rocco	$17,495	180
8	Dipak Bhakta	$13,260	120
9	Dana Kellstrom	$9,540	60

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