Ken Chruchill raised to 5,600 and again, Damjan Radanov reraised. This time, he put all of his chips in for an all-in raise worth 33,900. Churchill made the call.
Radanov: 
Churchill: 
The board ran out 
and Radanov doubles to nearly 70,000 in chips.
The first day of poker for the WSOP Circuit Main Event here in Lake Tahoe at Harvey's is in the books. An impressive 246 entrants showed up for action in this Main Event and it was a great day of poker, even despite the snow storm outside.
When the day was all said and done, right around 50 players remained, or about one-fifth of the field. Leading them all is Dan Black from Cloverdale, California. He bagged up 329,500 chips at the end of the night. Hot on his heels is Steve Brown with 305,400 in chips. Those are the only two players to eclipse the 300,000-chip mark.
Some of those who failed to make it to the end of the day include the barking Ted Bort, Woody Moore, Howard "Tahoe" Andrew, Aaron Kanter and "Captain" Tom Franklin. Unfortunately for them, they never saw the bag-and-tag portion of the night.
Play resumes tomorrow at 12:00 PM PST. The field will be whittled down to the final table and then that's where they will call it quits for tomorrow's play. With the way things are flying here in Tahoe, that shouldn't run too late into the night. Thanks for following along at PokerNews and be sure to tune in tomorrow for more live coverage from up here in the mountains of Tahoe! We'll see you then.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
329,500 | |
|
305,400 | |
|
283,900 | |
|
|
195,500 | |
|
180,000 | |
|
|
155,500
15,500
|
15,500 |
|
|
154,400 | |
|
|
144,900 | |
|
|
136,300
100,300
|
100,300 |
|
|
135,200 | |
|
127,700 | |
|
127,200 | |
|
119,900 | |
|
||
|
|
112,100 | |
|
|
111,600 | |
|
109,800 | |
|
|
104,000 | |
|
|
96,900 | |
|
|
96,400 | |
|
|
93,400
-6,600
|
-6,600 |
|
92,200 | |
|
|
89,900 | |
|
81,700 | |
|
|
81,500 | |
|
|
79,500 | |
Main Event
Day 1 Completed
