Martin Looking To Defend His Friend's Title, Well Kind Of...

Event 7 (Flight A)
Level 11 (500/1,000/100)
Total Entries: 216
Players Remaining: 103
Chip Average: 41,000

Mark Martin (Keene, NH)

We've referenced a few defending Card Player Poker Tour Champions so far this series, all looking to defend their crowns here in 2015 and while none of them have been able to do that just yet, Mark Martin (Keene, NH), is here to defend his friend's title from the 2014 CPPT, well kind of.

Mark's friend Andrew Gallen won the Event 4 title last year, but as many of you that have been following the CPPT action all week know, Event 4 was cancelled due to the the last snowstorm that swept the area, so Mark was unable to defend that title for his friend who couldn't make it to play this week.

Instead, Mark spent Monday enjoying the casino, playing some cash and is now trying to defend his friend's championship performance from last year by bringing home a CPPT trophy of his own, as he's in the Flight A field of the $75,000 GTD Event 7.

Mark is playing just over the chip average and while his tournament resume might not be that "comprehensive", he does have some decent results from some big tournament stops, including the Heartland Poker Tour and in this exact event during last year's CPPT stop at Foxwoods.

Mark would make a 13th place finish in that event and earn himself just under $1,700, a result he'll look to build off of and best here in Event 7, as he looks to take another Card Player Poker Tour trophy home to Keene, NH.