A total of 66 players were left at the end of day one of the $4,900 + $250 main event of the Harrah's WSOP Circuit tour at Harrah's Atlantic City. Ray Lin, with 108,100 chips, had the lead.
This event attracted a field of 237 players, nearly double the total for the Circuit event here this past February, which had a $9,700 + $300 buy-in. Some of the better-known names who showed up were Phil Gordon (who earlier gave a seminar), Mickey Appleman, John Myung, Perry Friedman, John Spadavecchia, Nick Schulman (the current Card Player cover boy), Bernard Lee and Ed Corrado. Also in attendance was Nam Le, in a race for Card Player's "Player of the Year," and needing a tournament win to pass Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi. After busting out at the Bellagio, he caught a cross-country flight to take a second shot, but didn't get past the first day. Rounds were 75 minutes with players starting with 10,000 chips.
Day one chip count
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Ray Lin
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108,100
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Hoa Nguyen
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95,800
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Ken Goldin
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94,800
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V.R. Martin
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83,700
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Boris Kravets
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75,500
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Brian Strahl
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71,500
|
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Wencheng Huang
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67,300
|
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Ben Bianco
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63,000
|
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Michael Glick
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56,400
|
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Feming Chang
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55,600
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Michael Bernstein
|
55,200
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Annand Ramdin
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55,000
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David Dao
|
51,000
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Christian Munk
|
50,500
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Mickey Appleman
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49,800.
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James Salters
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49,700
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Tom Ly
|
43,700
|
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Adam Green
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43,500
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Drew Gilien
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40,800
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Jefrey Jones
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39,600
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Rick Austin
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38,600
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Matt Glantz
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38,600
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John Racener
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36,600
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Mitchell Mantin
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37,600
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Seth Berger
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37,900
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Matt Woodard
|
39,500
|
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Jim Hagan
|
36,400
|
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John Racener
|
36,600
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Dan Phillips
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35,300
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Mike Beasley
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34,400
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Michael Simpson
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33,600
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Edward Blount
|
32,500
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Ulises Roman
|
32,300
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Bernard Lee
|
32,200
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David Israelite
|
30,400
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Joe Pecoraro
|
30,000
|
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Stephen Frame
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29,000
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Vincenzo Abate
|
27,300
|
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Bob Molnar
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27,200
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Brian Wilson
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26,500
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Casey Peters
|
26,200
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Dan Noor Sr.
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26,000
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Troy O’Neal
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24,900
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Will Failla
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23,700
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Robert Pyne
|
22,000
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Michael Huguenot
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20,800
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Rick Rossetti
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19,400
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Vincent Devita
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19,200
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Ramon Rodriguez
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18,500
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Neal Gersong
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18,500
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Louise Francoeur
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17,300
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Jess Yawitz
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16,800
|
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Ron Wilson
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16,400
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Mike Sica
|
15,500
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|
Evelyn Todd
|
15,700
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Barak Zaken
|
14,700
|
|
Jeremy Williams
|
13,900
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Jeff Whisnant
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13,200
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Gary Rabin
|
13,000
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Alex Gomez
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12,400
|
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Eugene Passanella
|
12,400
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Lou Esposito
|
10,100
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John Leontakianakos
|
9,500
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Sean McCabe
|
8,700
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Brent Roberts
|
6,200
|
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Bobby Wissiak
|
5,000
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Prize Money Payout
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1.
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$368,096 + $10,000 seat in 2007 WSOP main event
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2.
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$202,453
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3.
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$103,527
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4.
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$80,521
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5.
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$69,018
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6.
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$57,515
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7.
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$46,012
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8.
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$34,509
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9
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$23,006
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10-12.
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$13,804
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13–15.
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$11,503
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16–18.
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$9,202
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19-27.
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$6,902
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