Day 1 Closes With Glover Leading
Day 1 of the World Series of Poker Circuit Main Event from the Choctaw Casino Resort in Durant, Oklahoma has come to a close. A field of 808 came to play today and about 180 will return tomorrow with hopes of reaching the final table. Unofficially, at the top of the counts is Lyle Glover with 256,400.
The most established player in the field, TJ Cloutier, managed to survive Day 1 with a stack 30,400. He will be back in action tomorrow, along with Daniel Aldridge (247,800), Richard Lee (220,100), Daniel Makowsky (155,600), Berry Johnston, (133,200), Brett Schwertley (37,900) and many others. Among those that did not make it to Day 2 were Tom McEvoy, Chris Tryba, Kevin Calenzo, Allen Kessler, and Justin Allen.
The Day 1 survivors will return to the felt at 12:00pm local time tomorrow. Be sure to join us then.
Good night from Durant!