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Place Player Hometown Chip Count Table/Seat
1 Scotty Nguyen Henderson, NV 109,225 1-3
2 Raed Abu Kartomy Huntington Beach, CA 100,425 2-3
3 Doug Lee Calgary, AB (Canada) 73,675 3-3
4 Max Pescatori Milan, Italy 67,050 4-3
5 Ricky Zelim Lubbock, TX 52,300 5-3
6 J.C. Tran Sacramento, CA 44,050 5-7
7 Minh Ly Las Vegas, NV 42,925 4-7
8 Rick Chase Malibu, CA 42,475 3-7
9 David Pham Cerritos, CA 41,025 2-7
10 Hoyt Corkins Glenwood, AL 40,925 1-7
11 Kido Pham Dallas, TX 39,925 1-9
12 Jennifer Harman Las Vegas, NV 38,625 2-9
13 Lars Bonding Aarhas, Denmark 37,100 3-9
14 Paul Phillips Las Vegas, NV 34,525 4-9
15 Joe Hachem Melbourne, Australia 32,400 5-9
16 Jimmy Pruit Inman, SC 31,875 5-5
17 Amir Nasseri Henderson, NV 31,550 4-5
18 Ricordo Son Pedro Grand Maris, MI 30,375 3-5
19 Steven Hudak Las Vegas, NV 29,375 2-5
20 Matthew Davidson Toronto, ON (Canada) 29,225 1-5
21 Rick Salomon Los Angeles, CA 28,125 1-1
22 John Smith La Habra Heights, CA 25,350 2-1
23 Paul Magriel Las Vegas, NV 25,325 3-1
24 Larry Wright McQueeney, TX 21,750 4-1
25 Jason Steele College Station, TX 20,900 5-1
26 Mike Dahl Pleasant Hill 20,875 5-4
27 Lee Watkinson Vancouver, WA 20,800 4-4
28 Alex Prendes, Jr. Miami, FL 20,700 3-4
29 James Jariv Las Vegas, NV 18,650 2-4
30 Berney Hoover Sacramento, CA 18,625 1-4
31 Amnon Filippi New York, NY 17,700 1-8
32 Lee Salem San Diego, CA 16,900 2-8
33 Bill Gazes Los Angeles, CA 16,850 3-8
34 Travis Scott Las Vegas, NV 16,425 4-8
35 Jeremy Whitworth East Lansing, MI 13,750 5-8
36 Paul Shoultz Houma, LA 13,175 5-2
37 Stan Jablonski Henderson, NV 12,300 4-2
38 Roland Israelashvili New York, NY 11,300 3-2
39 Joe Hertel Boynton Beach 10,800 2-2
40 John Phan Long Beach, CA 9,325 1-2
41 Eric Firestone Tucson, AZ 9,300 1-6
42 Paul Niemela Las Vegas, NV 9,275 2-6
43 Richard Brodie Kirkland, WA 6,875 3-6
44 Gary Ayers Georgia 6,825 4-6
Fit for a Prince:
Scotty Nguyen, 1998 World Series of Poker Champion,
Leads Ballys-Paris Event After Day One
The World Series of Poker Circuit has now come to the Ballys-Paris Casino in Las Vegas. This is the fourth tour stop of the 2005-06 season. The $10,000 buy-in main event attracted 134 entries. The total prize pool amounted to $1,259,600. Nine places will be paid and $453,456 will go to the winner.
This is the first WSOP Circuit event with an official host. In an effort to honor the great poker champions of the past (and future), Harrah's Entertainment paid tribute to 1998 world poker champion Scotty ‘The Prince' Nguyen who was designated with the role as official host of the Bally-Paris tournament.
Fittingly, after 11 hours of play on Day One, Scotty Nguyen is the chip leader in his own tournament. It's hardly a surprise that the flamboyant Nguyen would crash his own party. Raed Abu Kartomy, of Huntington Beach, CA is a close second. Doug Le, who won last year's Rio Las Vegas circuit event, is third. After 90 players were eliminated on Day One, the 44 survivors will return to play on Day Two. Play starts at 12 noon.
Scotty's Nguyen's day started with a public appearance which was standing-room only. He was the featured guest at the most recent ‘Heads Up: Interview with a Poker Champion' program. Nguyen spent an hour talking about his personal life, poker accomplishments, and outlook on the future of the game. The interview was followed by a question and answer session with the audience. After signing over 100 autographs, Nguyen sat down in the tournament and immediately demonstrated why he remains one of the most feared and respected foes in poker.
The Ballys-Paris championship event attracted many of the biggest names in poker. Former world champions Doyle Brunson (1976, 1977), Johnny Chan (1987, 1988), Scotty Nguyen (1998), and Joe Hachem (2005) were in the field. Of the former world champions, only Nguyen and Hachem survived to play on the second day. Other notable names in the field included casino mogul Bob Stupak, singer Celine Dion's manager and husband Rene Angelil, and poker commentator (and former WSOP bracelet winner) Mike Sexton. At least 40 former WSOP gold bracelet winners played, making this one of the most highly-competitive events of the year.
Payouts are as follows:
1st - $453,456
2nd - 251,920
3rd - 138,556
4th - 100,768
5th - 88,172
6th - 75,576
7th - 62,980
8th - 50,384
9th - 37,788
On Sunday, the 44 survivors will play down to 27 players. Then, on Monday, the field of 27 will be reduced to the final table of nine players. The nine finalists will not only make it into the money. They will also be featured on ESPN's television broadcast of the Ballys-Paris championship.
Official Report by Nolan Dalla - World Series of Poker Media Director
Ballys Poker Room Manager - Chris Eggers
Tournament Directors - Robert Daily and Michael Matts
Assistant Tournament Director - Jimmy Sommerfield |
