Day 1 Wraps with Cavanaugh Leading
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Day 1 of the World Series of Poker Circuit Horseshoe Council Bluffs Main Event kicked off with two starting flights. Day 1a saw 192 players take to the felt with 96 advancing and Day 1b seated 88 players with 42 remaining. Leading them all is Casey Cavanaugh with a staggering 196,700 – 60,000 more than his closest competitor.
It should be noted that action for Day 2 is scheduled to start on Monday, April 9th at 11:00 am CST. Normally Day 2 would begin on Sunday, but due to the Easter holiday it was pushed back a day.
Chasing Cavanaugh is Leonel Contreras (137,300), Shaun McBride (126,300), Mark Kroon (114,600) and Matt Longcor (108,400).
Council Bluffs is usually a smaller stop on the WSOPC tour but plenty of seasoned pros turned up for the event. Mark “P0ker H0” Kroon, Bernard Lee, Scott Clements, Dennis Phillips, Kevin Saul, Garry Gates, Allen Kessler, Chris Bell, Amanda Musumeci, Drazen Ilich and Doug “Rico” Carli all made the trip to Iowa. Jacob Bazeley and Roland Isra also made the trip, but failed to advance to Day 2.
Cavanaugh won two key hands that gave him his chiplead. The first hand saw him make a full house holding pocket sevens on a 
when his opponent had pocket threes. He doubled to over 130,000 at the point and only few minutes later he knocked out two players in one hand and pushed his stack to over 170,000.
The 138 remaining players will have a day off on Sunday for the Easter holiday. Day 2 will have cards in the air promptly at 11 a.m. CST on Monday and will play down to the final nine players or through level 23 – whichever comes first. Follow all the WSOPC action live on Pokernews.com.
Top Ten Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Casey Cavanaugh | 196,700 |
| 2 | Leonel Contreras | 137,700 |
| 3 | Shaun McBride | 126,300 |
| 4 | Mark Kroon | 114,600 |
| 5 | Matt Longcor | 108,400 |
| 6 | Pej Niyati | 95,200 |
| 7 | Bernard Lee | 93,200 |
| 8 | Austen Johnson | 89,100 |
| 9 | Derek Palmer | 85,800 |
| 10 | Doug Hutcheson | 83,500 |