Main Event
Day 1 Completed
Main Event
Day 1 Completed
Player | Table | Seat | Chips |
---|---|---|---|
Don Kidd | 4 | 1 | 64,800 |
Andrew Nguyen | 4 | 2 | 84,400 |
Michael Skorich | 4 | 3 | 111,600 |
Rusty Boyker | 4 | 4 | 244,400 |
Tuan Le | 4 | 5 | 103,300 |
Jordan Stone | 4 | 6 | 125,000 |
John Holley | 4 | 7 | 63,700 |
James Lindsay | 4 | 8 | 71,100 |
Glen Cunningham | 4 | 9 | 20,700 |
Lloyd Henry | 5 | 1 | 42,800 |
Mike Foster | 5 | 2 | 60,400 |
Kenny Harris | 5 | 3 | 75,000 |
Greg Wood | 5 | 4 | 205,900 |
Jean-Paul Seatelli | 5 | 5 | 108,300 |
Mary Harden | 5 | 6 | 160,500 |
Thomas O'Neal | 5 | 7 | 91,400 |
Ryan Yankey | 5 | 8 | 90,500 |
Allen Kron | 5 | 9 | 61,300 |
Steven Cackler | 6 | 1 | 81,400 |
Ryan Enis | 6 | 2 | 59,200 |
Mike Bowman | 6 | 3 | 20,200 |
Mikki Fair-Vita | 6 | 4 | 33,100 |
Don Swentik | 6 | 5 | 71,100 |
Benjamin Griffith | 6 | 6 | 53,000 |
La Sengphet | 6 | 7 | 87,900 |
Bob Talbot | 6 | 8 | 87,100 |
Jonathan Holloway | 6 | 9 | 17,800 |
Mohammed Ali Khan | 10 | 1 | 34,400 |
Marty Golden | 10 | 2 | 46,500 |
Randy Smith | 10 | 3 | 95,800 |
Steven Curtin | 10 | 4 | 141,400 |
Chris Kim | 10 | 5 | 50,800 |
James Fox | 10 | 6 | 66,500 |
Edward Chevallier | 10 | 7 | 57,200 |
Stephen Kats | 10 | 8 | 83,100 |
Matthew Lawrence | 10 | 9 | 45,500 |
Nathan Burdette | 11 | 1 | 103,000 |
Mark Kehrees | 11 | 2 | 117,400 |
Dina Rylander | 11 | 3 | 23,200 |
William Ramey | 11 | 4 | 52,500 |
Jim Dowen | 11 | 5 | 141,200 |
Kai Landry | 11 | 6 | 87,600 |
Yasir Jamal | 11 | 7 | 124,800 |
--empty-- | 11 | 8 | -- |
Nicholas Hutchins | 11 | 9 | 56,600 |
Alvin Bell Jr. | 12 | 1 | 30,600 |
John Nguyen | 12 | 2 | 227,000 |
Larry James | 12 | 3 | 90,600 |
Sam Barnhart | 12 | 4 | 45,200 |
Brian Burney | 12 | 5 | 77,600 |
Marco Palacios | 12 | 6 | 152,900 |
--empty-- | 12 | 7 | -- |
Jim Rumptz | 12 | 8 | 88,200 |
Bobby Nolen | 12 | 9 | 67,000 |
Bradley Curtis | 16 | 1 | 142,700 |
--empty-- | 16 | 2 | -- |
B.J. McBrayer | 16 | 3 | 34,200 |
Christopher Adams | 16 | 4 | 139,300 |
Calvin Kincade | 16 | 5 | 64,800 |
Ross Rehrig | 16 | 6 | 42,700 |
Bangalor Subararo | 16 | 7 | 36,700 |
Nicole Williams | 16 | 8 | 23,600 |
David Solomon | 16 | 9 | 75,400 |
Robert Thornhill | 17 | 1 | 55,000 |
Shane Smith | 17 | 2 | 103,600 |
Jason Li | 17 | 3 | 55,800 |
Kevin Calenzo | 17 | 4 | 66,000 |
Darrell Manning | 17 | 5 | 64,000 |
Otis Anderson | 17 | 6 | 46,300 |
Samuel White | 17 | 7 | 125,800 |
--empty-- | 17 | 8 | -- |
Ed McPike | 17 | 9 | 177,200 |
Michael Campbell | 18 | 1 | 38,200 |
Carl Maddy | 18 | 2 | 68,600 |
Stacy Kopacz | 18 | 3 | 48,000 |
Dale Slatton | 18 | 4 | 246,400 |
Caywood VanStratum | 18 | 5 | 73,500 |
--empty-- | 18 | 6 | -- |
Tripp Kirk | 18 | 7 | 59,800 |
Maurice Hawkins | 18 | 8 | 119,400 |
Todd McKellar | 18 | 9 | 109,100 |
Andrianto Tan | 22 | 1 | 41,600 |
Rose Cooney | 22 | 2 | 28,800 |
Jonathan Thomas | 22 | 3 | 64,400 |
Preston Derden | 22 | 4 | 101,600 |
Phylis Blanton | 22 | 5 | 62,100 |
Jim Naifeh | 22 | 6 | 40,300 |
Marcus Marzette | 22 | 7 | 153,500 |
Dave Simon | 22 | 8 | 33,200 |
Mitchell Warnock | 22 | 9 | 59,100 |
Jesse White | 23 | 1 | 183,000 |
Terry Hawkins | 23 | 2 | 115,200 |
Mae Ledetter | 23 | 3 | 106,400 |
Sameer Al-Dbhany | 23 | 4 | 77,600 |
Jessie Bryant | 23 | 5 | 33,800 |
David Leonard | 23 | 6 | 164,100 |
Jason Moffis | 23 | 7 | 167,000 |
Tommy Vedes | 23 | 8 | 246,300 |
Hamed Wardak | 23 | 9 | 73,400 |
Narinder Khasria | 24 | 1 | 19,700 |
--empty-- | 24 | 2 | -- |
Ryan Sidor | 24 | 3 | 192,500 |
Chris Welch | 24 | 4 | 167,300 |
Steve Martinelli | 24 | 5 | 25,400 |
Vincent Cornoyer | 24 | 6 | 50,800 |
Phillip Norman | 24 | 7 | 45,400 |
Kurt Jewell | 24 | 8 | 117,300 |
Rickey Turner | 24 | 9 | 98,200 |
Steve McCluskey | 28 | 1 | 75,400 |
Steve Galey | 28 | 2 | 145,900 |
Scott Standridge | 28 | 3 | 54,300 |
Richard Gum | 28 | 4 | 93,700 |
Jeffrey Whisnant | 28 | 5 | 59,200 |
Jeff Gibralter | 28 | 6 | 118,600 |
Steve Winkel | 28 | 7 | 72,200 |
Traci Brown | 28 | 8 | 23,400 |
Troy Motz | 28 | 9 | 89,500 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Dale Slatton
|
246,400 | |
Tommy Vedes
|
246,300 | |
Rusty Boyker | 244,400 | 39,400 |
John Nguyen | 227,000 | |
Greg Wood | 205,900 | |
Ryan Sidor
|
192,500 | |
Jesse White
|
183,000 | |
Ed McPike
|
177,200 | |
Chris Welch
|
167,300 | |
Jason Moffis
|
167,000 | |
David Leonard
|
164,100 | |
Mary Harden
|
160,500 | 15,500 |
Marcus Marzette
|
153,500 | |
Marco Palacios | 152,900 | |
Steve Galey | 145,900 | |
Bradley Curtis
|
142,700 | |
Steven Curtin
|
141,400 | |
Jim Dowen
|
141,200 | |
Christopher Adams
|
139,300 | |
Samuel White | 125,800 | |
Jordan Stone
|
125,000 | |
Yasir Jamal
|
124,800 | |
Maurice Hawkins | 119,400 | |
Jeff Gibralter | 118,600 | -14,400 |
Mark Kehrees | 117,400 |
The latest World Series of Poker Circuit Main Event at Harrah's in Tunica, Mississippi got underway today with 480 players forking over the $1,500 buy-in, creating a prize pool of $698,400. The field was full of participants eager to claim the $148,612 first-place prize, a gold championship ring, and points toward the WSOPC National Leaderboard. Unfortunately not everyone’s dream would come true. By the end of the night, 369 had fallen in Day 1 action, leaving 111 players to return tomorrow for Day 2. Leading the way is Dale Slatton with 246,400; however, right on his heels is none other than Tommy Vedes, who sits with a stack of 246,300.
The Tunica stop marks the halfway point in the 2010/2011 WSOPC schedule and players were eager to secure a spot in the WSOPC National Championship, a $1 million freeroll bracelet event that will take place at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas from May 27 to 29, 2011, and will be televised nationally on the Versus network. At the circuit stops (as opposed to the regional championships), there are only two ways to qualify: win the Main Event or be the highest point earner during the stop, AKA the "Casino Champ". Otherwise, players can accumulate points based upon their performance to climb the leaderboard. If they have enough when the circuit season ends, they’ll be in.
Some of the players who’ve been grinding the WSOPC stops competing for points, and who were in the field today, were Joel Merwick (105 points), Kevin Calenzo (167.5 points), Chris Tryba (65 points), Stephen Kats (82.5 points), Dwyte Pilgrim (60 points), Mark “Pegasus” Smith (97.5 points), Faris Nasserazad (75 points), and La Sengphet (52.5 points). Unfortunately many of these players were unable to get anything going. Smith, Nasserazad, Tryba, and Pilgrim all hit the rail early. They were joined by other recognizable names such as Kenny “Badhat” Piel, Corrie Wunstel, “Cowboy” John Land and Justin Kruger.
While many of the day’s notables failed to survive, other managed to thrive. Sengphet, who won a gold ring in an earlier event, ended the day with 87,900; coincidentally, a fifth-place finish or better in the Main event will give her the title of “Casino Champion”, which currently belongs to two-time Harrah’s Tunica circuit ring winner Kyle Cartwright, and ensure her a spot in the National Championship. Likewise, ring-winners Tripp Kirk (59,800) and Jessie Bryant (33,800) can grab the title by accomplishing the same feat. Maurice Hawkins could get it done with a second-place finish as well. Another player who found success on Day 1 was Kats, who jumped out to an early chip lead of nearly 200,000. Unfortunately for him, his lead had diminished by the end of the night and he was left with 83,100. Also surviving to Day 2 were Rusty Boyker (244,000), Bob Talbot (87,100), Calenzo (66,000), Preston Derden (101,600), and Kurt Jewell (117,300).
Day 2 of the WSOPC Harrah’s Tunica is set to begin at Noon CST on Monday. The PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be present throughout the tournament bringing you all the action and eliminations as we look to crown another WSOPC Main Event champion and find the next two qualifiers for the WSOPC National Championship.
Tournament staff have announced an end to the night and players are currently bagging their chips. We'll have a wrap-up post for you in a bit.
Bob Talbot, once very short-stacked, was fortunate enough to pick up near the end of Level 16 against an opponent's .
The board ran out to secure the win for Talbot and up his stack to about 75,000 as Day 1 reached its conclusion.
While the official number of Day 1 survivors won't be known until after the completion of this level, the tournament board currently says 115 players remain. If that number stood at the end of the night, the math would work out as follows:
16 levels played @ 40 minutes each = 640 minutes of play
480 starting field - 115 survivors = 365 eliminations
365 eliminations/640 minutes of play = 0.57 players busted per minutes on Day 1
In other words, about one player busted, on average, every two minutes from this tournament.
Although we didn't have any Full Tilt pros in the field today, you can bet they'll be making an appearance at the next Regional Championship in San Diego. Television coverage is planned as part of the newly revamped WSOP Circuit and it should bring out tons of big names.
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With the end of the night approaching, players seem content to sit on their stacks and try to coast to Day 2. The big pots are few and far between, but we imagine the big blinds and antes will force the action before too long.
Level: 16
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 400