CPP partypoker: Schwippert Wins The Warm Up, Ventura Leads Main Event

Jan-Eric Schwippert

It was another massive Sunday over at partypoker, where action in the 2020 Caribbean Poker Party (CPP) is getting as juicy as the island's signature Bahama Mama's.

In CPP #07 The Warm Up, both Day 1c and Day 2 played out on Sunday with Germany's Jan-Eric Schwippert ultimately ending on top. The event drew a total of 631 entries creating a total prize pool of $631,000, and Schwippert took the biggest slice of the prize pool with a haul of $100,273.

The second and final starting flight of the CPP #02 Main Event was also scheduled. The event, which sports a lofty $5M guarantee for a buy-in of $5,300, drew 547 players to take a shot at this massive prize pool. A total of 86 out of them made their way to Day 2 with Diego Ventura leading the way.

Keep reading for an extensive overview of all that transpired on Sunday, November 23.


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Jan-Eric Schwippert Defeats Chris Moorman in CPP #07 The Warm Up ($100,273)

Chris Moorman
Chris Moorman finished runner-up to Schwippert in The Warm Up

CPP #07 The Warm Up played out fully on Sunday with both a turbo Day 1c starting flight in the early hours, as well as the second and final day later in the night. 326 players jumped in the Day 1c flight to create a total prize pool of $631,000, smashing it's guarantee of $500k by a wide margin. Online crusher Pedro Padilha led 69 survivors to Day 2 to join earlier leaders Tom Delaine and Klaus Mortensen.

Neither one of them would end up victorious as ultimately, German high roller Jan-Eric Schwippert (lead photo) took home the gold. Schwippert collected $44,070 for finishing first and added a massive progressive bounty of $56,203 on top of it. Schwippert defeated Chris Moorman heads-up, who received $44,008 for finishing second and a bounty of $11,164.

Hannes Speiser, who won the CPP #05 Heads Up on Thursday, was among the final tablists, as was Delaine.

CPP #07 The Warm Up Final Table Results

PlacePlayerCountryBounty Prize (USD)Regular Prize (USD)Total Prize (USD)
1Jan-Eric SchwippertGermany$56,203$44,070$100,273
2Chris MoormanUnited Kingdom$11,164$44,008$55,172
3Ramiro PetroneArgentina$15,172$30,318$45,490
4Kenneth SmaronUnited States$8,844$20,810$29,654
5Daniél NagyHungary$6,672$14,488$21,160
6Patrice BrandtUnited Kingdom$2,703$10,399$13,102
7Hanner SpeiserAustria$4,422$6,809$11,231
8Tom DelaineFrance$8,109$5,558$13,667
9Yevgeny FidchukRussia$4,422$4,673$9,095

Check out the full CPP schedule


Diego Ventura Leads After Day 1B of CPP #02 Main Event

Diego Ventura
Diego Ventura

The second and final starting day of the flagship event of the festival, CPP #02 Main Event, saw 547 players put up the buy-in of $5,300 to compete for the $5M guaranteed prize pool. Together with the 490 that signed up for Day 1A, the tournament has already inched past its lofty guarantee with late registration open until the start of Day 2, tonight at 7:05 p.m. GMT.

After playing 18 levels, the 547 players were whittled down to 86 hopefuls and Peruvian star Diego Ventura topped the counts with 18,748,998. Ventura, #1 on the Peru all-time money list on The Hendon Mob with more than $1.2M in lifetime winnings, stayed ahead of the aforementioned Petrone (15,372,144), Daniel Colpoys (15,261,296), Anton Wigg (14,536,280) and one of the players from the Pokercode Grindhouse, Mario Mosboeck, in fifth (14,177,175).

partypoker ambassadors Anatoly Filatov (12,991,576) and Ludovic Geilich (3,431,076), Kahle Burns (10,732,793), Arsenii Karmatchkii (6,324,808), Scott Margereson (5,033,931), and Timothy Adams (3,410,629) are just a handful of the big names that made it through to Day 2, which will kick off tonight at 7:05p GMT.

CPP #02 Main Event Day 1B Top 10 Chip Counts

PlacePlayerCountryChip Count
1Diego VenturaPeru18,748,998
2Ramiro PetroneArgentina15,372,114
3Daniel ColpoysUnited States15,261,296
4Anton WiggSweden14,536,280
5Mario MosboeckAustria14,177,175
6Alex PapazianRomania13,169,330
7Anatoly FilatovRussia12,991,576
8Boris AngelovBulgaria12,502,110
9Harold TerwagneBelgium12,063,953

Day 1A was played a week ago on Sunday, where superstar Michael Addamo topped the first flight with 18,658,743 in chips. Pedro Padilha, Manuel Ruivo, and Matas Cimbolas were also among those that bagged big.

Click here for the Main Event Day 1A recap


Events for Monday, November 23

Missed your shot at the Main Event or eliminated early? Don't worry, partypoker is offering a Second Chance tonight. The $2,600 CPP #08 Second Chance Turbo starts tonight at 9:15 p.m. GMT and plenty of satellites are running throughout the day to get a cheaper crack at the $200,000 guaranteed prize pool.

As is tradition, a mini version of the same event priced at a more affordable $265 will kick off at the same time. The Mini Second Chance features a guarantee of $50,000.

Make sure to not miss any of the action and tune in to partypoker Twitch to stay on top of all things CPP!

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