2010-11 World Series of Poker Circuit - Harrah's Tunica

Main Event
Day: 1
Event Info

2010-11 World Series of Poker Circuit - Harrah's Tunica

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kk
Prize
$148,612
Event Info
Prize Pool
$698,400
Entries
480
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000

Main Event

Day 1 Completed

Day 2 Seat Draw

Level 16 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
PlayerTableSeatChips
Don Kidd4164,800
Andrew Nguyen4284,400
Michael Skorich43111,600
Rusty Boyker44244,400
Tuan Le45103,300
Jordan Stone46125,000
John Holley4763,700
James Lindsay4871,100
Glen Cunningham4920,700
    
Lloyd Henry5142,800
Mike Foster5260,400
Kenny Harris5375,000
Greg Wood54205,900
Jean-Paul Seatelli55108,300
Mary Harden56160,500
Thomas O'Neal5791,400
Ryan Yankey5890,500
Allen Kron5961,300
    
Steven Cackler6181,400
Ryan Enis6259,200
Mike Bowman6320,200
Mikki Fair-Vita6433,100
Don Swentik6571,100
Benjamin Griffith6653,000
La Sengphet6787,900
Bob Talbot6887,100
Jonathan Holloway6917,800
    
Mohammed Ali Khan10134,400
Marty Golden10246,500
Randy Smith10395,800
Steven Curtin104141,400
Chris Kim10550,800
James Fox10666,500
Edward Chevallier10757,200
Stephen Kats10883,100
Matthew Lawrence10945,500
    
Nathan Burdette111103,000
Mark Kehrees112117,400
Dina Rylander11323,200
William Ramey11452,500
Jim Dowen115141,200
Kai Landry11687,600
Yasir Jamal117124,800
--empty--118--
Nicholas Hutchins11956,600
    
Alvin Bell Jr.12130,600
John Nguyen122227,000
Larry James12390,600
Sam Barnhart12445,200
Brian Burney12577,600
Marco Palacios126152,900
--empty--127--
Jim Rumptz12888,200
Bobby Nolen12967,000
    
Bradley Curtis161142,700
--empty--162--
B.J. McBrayer16334,200
Christopher Adams164139,300
Calvin Kincade16564,800
Ross Rehrig16642,700
Bangalor Subararo16736,700
Nicole Williams16823,600
David Solomon16975,400
    
Robert Thornhill17155,000
Shane Smith172103,600
Jason Li17355,800
Kevin Calenzo17466,000
Darrell Manning17564,000
Otis Anderson17646,300
Samuel White177125,800
--empty--178--
Ed McPike179177,200
    
Michael Campbell18138,200
Carl Maddy18268,600
Stacy Kopacz18348,000
Dale Slatton184246,400
Caywood VanStratum18573,500
--empty--186--
Tripp Kirk18759,800
Maurice Hawkins188119,400
Todd McKellar189109,100
    
Andrianto Tan22141,600
Rose Cooney22228,800
Jonathan Thomas22364,400
Preston Derden224101,600
Phylis Blanton22562,100
Jim Naifeh22640,300
Marcus Marzette227153,500
Dave Simon22833,200
Mitchell Warnock22959,100
    
Jesse White231183,000
Terry Hawkins232115,200
Mae Ledetter233106,400
Sameer Al-Dbhany23477,600
Jessie Bryant23533,800
David Leonard236164,100
Jason Moffis237167,000
Tommy Vedes238246,300
Hamed Wardak23973,400
    
Narinder Khasria24119,700
--empty--242--
Ryan Sidor243192,500
Chris Welch244167,300
Steve Martinelli24525,400
Vincent Cornoyer24650,800
Phillip Norman24745,400
Kurt Jewell248117,300
Rickey Turner24998,200
    
Steve McCluskey28175,400
Steve Galey282145,900
Scott Standridge28354,300
Richard Gum28493,700
Jeffrey Whisnant28559,200
Jeff Gibralter286118,600
Steve Winkel28772,200
Traci Brown28823,400
Troy Motz28989,500

Complete Day 1 Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Dale Slatton
Dale Slatton
246,400
Tommy Vedes us
Tommy Vedes
WPT 2X Winner
246,300
Rusty Boyker
Rusty Boyker
244,400 39,400
John Nguyen us
John Nguyen
227,000
Greg Wood us
Greg Wood
205,900
Ryan Sidor
Ryan Sidor
192,500
Jesse White
Jesse White
183,000
Ed McPike
Ed McPike
177,200
Chris Welch
Chris Welch
167,300
Jason Moffis
Jason Moffis
167,000
David Leonard
David Leonard
164,100
Mary Harden
Mary Harden
160,500 15,500
Marcus Marzette
Marcus Marzette
153,500
Marco Palacios us
Marco Palacios
152,900
Steve Galey
Steve Galey
145,900
Bradley Curtis
Bradley Curtis
142,700
Steven Curtin
Steven Curtin
141,400
Jim Dowen
Jim Dowen
141,200
Christopher Adams
Christopher Adams
139,300
Samuel White
Samuel White
125,800
Jordan Stone
Jordan Stone
125,000
Yasir Jamal
Yasir Jamal
124,800
Maurice Hawkins us
Maurice Hawkins
119,400
Jeff Gibralter us
Jeff Gibralter
118,600 -14,400
Mark Kehrees us
Mark Kehrees
117,400

Tommy Vedes Second in Chips Heading Into Day 2

Level 16 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

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.

More Numbers

Level 16 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

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.

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Level 16 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

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Action Slowing

Level 16 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

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