Race for Casino Champion
The race for Casino Champion is led right now by Brian Walsingham, who has 100 points. He's only cashed twice at this New Orleans WSOP Circuit stop, but both of those cashes have proved to be winners. First, Walsingham won Event #4: $355 No-Limit Hold'em that had 423 players. Second, Walsingham won Event #8: $1,085 No-Limit Hold'em with 356 entrants. Those two wins earned Walsingham $26,801 and $78,604, respectively.
Here's how the top five spots in the race for Casino Champion currently look.
| Place | Player | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brian Walsingham | 100 |
| 2 | Lawrence Wayne | 75 |
| 3 | Walter Wright | 65 |
| 4 | Daniel Galindo | 60 |
| 5 | Tom Franklin | 55 |
Besides this Main Event, there are two more events on the schedule. Event #10 is a $355 No-Limt Hold'em event and Event #11 is the $10,000 Regional Championship. Both of those are ring events and could still affect the points race for Casino Champion. Even if Walsingham fails to win Casino Champion at this stop and earn an automatic bid, the 120 points he holds overall could be good enough alone to get him into the $1,000,000 National Championship at the end of the month.
Josh Evans still remains in the Main Event here and has already earned 15 points on this stop. With eight players currently remaining, he's guaranteed to add another 35 points to that, but we'll have to wait and see how far he can go.