Poker Tournament Results

Caesars Indiana Poker Tournament - WSOP Circuit Event

End of Day 1 49 Players Remaining All the Day 1 action can be found here Player Hometown/State Chips Table Seat Joel Casper Chicago, IL 95,900 2 8 Gary Chew Waynesville, OH 89,900 6 6 James English Tamarac, FL 75,700 1 1 Carl White Jackson, OH 64,700 2 4 Ed Corrado Naples, FL 62,500 2 7 Nenad Medic Niagra Falls, ON 58,700 11 8 Steve Rassi Morton, IL 57,600 11 9 Thomas Fuller Boulder, Co 51,300 2 7 Gary Crow Flowery Branch, GA 51,200 2 8 Brett Richey New York, NY 51,000 6 3 Dennis Perry Williamstown, KY 43,800 12 1 Troy Gibson Atlanta, GA 43,400 11 2 Mark Chapic Newbury, OH 42,500 2 3 Shawn Ostertag Louisville, KY 42,200 12 2 Dean Schultz Akron, OH 41,300 12 3 Ronnie Ebanks Hollywood, FL 41,200 11 7 Jason Mann Hermitage, AR 40,700 2 6 Willie Navarro Tampa, FL 39,600 12 9 Danny Brown Filmone, IN 39,300 12 9 Steve Bartlett Livonia, MN 34,200 6 4 Hilbert Shirey Winter Haven, FL 34,100 11 1 Chad Batista Coral Springs, FL 33,000 3 8 Hoyt Lance Ringold, GA 32,100 2 9 Allen Vandayburg Mansfield, OH 31,600 12 4 Matt Russell Houston, TX 29,200 6 7 Robert Arthur Columbus, OH 28,700 3 2 Mikhail Voloshen Philadelphia, PA 27,700 1 2 Tom Kellems Cannelton, IN 26,300 6 8 Wayne Philpot Orlando, FL 25,000 2 1 John Short Pearl River, LA 24,200 1 7 Mike Walker Cicero, IN 23,800 1 8 Chris Combs Fisher, IN 22,300 3 4 Mark Williams Colon, MI 22,200 2 2 Vinious Marques Sao Paulo, Brazil 21,500 1 4 Ben Sabrin Atlanta, GA 20,600 11 4 Jeff Whisnant Morganton, NC 20,300 11 4 Kevin Marcotte Cincinatti, OH 19,600 3 6 Eugene Todd Brooklyn, NY 17,700 3 9 Jian Zhou Seattle, WA 17,500 3 7 Douglas Garli Alliance, OH 17,000 3 1 Jason Terry Indianapolis, OH 16,400 3 3 Bangaldre Subbarad Ashland, KY 15,600 6 9 John Hegele Beckley, WV 15,200 1 6 Dennis Adkins Nashville, TN 14,800 11 3 Randall Swope Zanesville, OH 14,800 1 3 Scott Gullett Prospect, KY 7,600 6 2 Pro Player Joel Casper Leads Championship Event on Day One with 49 Players Still Left Day one of the WSOP Circuit championship event at Caesars Indiana ended with Joel Casper leading with 95,900 chips. The remaining 49 players will return tomorrow to play down to the final table. Casper is a pro from Chicago whose best cash-in was $15,455 for his fourth place finish in a $1,000 no-limit Bellagio Cup II event. This $5,000 final event drew 169 entrants, a sizeable increase over last year’s 127, and they generated a prize pool of $819,650. Eighteen places will be paid, with the top prize being $262,002. First-day action started off very fast. “All in” was heard all over the place, and players dropped rapidly, with half the field gone by about 8 p.m. But as the tournament continued, the pace slowed noticeably. Few “name” players survived day one. One of the best-known was David Williams, who has a WSOP bracelet in 7-stud and a second in last year’s WSOP main event that paid $3.5 million. Today he went out in about two hours when he ran into a set of 10s. Vanessa Rousso was here, followed around by a television crew. At the Circuit event at Grand Tunica last month she was out in about an hour. She lasted longer today, but was still gone after four or five hours. Other major casualties included Chad Brown and “Captain” Tom Franklin, a team member at Doyle’s Room. Men “The Master” Nguyen, who finished second at last year’s championship event, had been on hand for a couple of days and intended to play, but then his plans changed and he left town before the event began. Play halted a little after 12:30 tonight and will resume at noon tomorrow. Payout Schedule: 1 $262,002 2. 137,471 3. 80,865 4. 64,692 5. 48,519 6. 40,433 7. 32,346 8. 24,260 9. 16,173 10. 12,938 11. 12,938 12 12,938 13. 11,321 14. 11,321 15. 11,321 16. 9,704 17. 9,704 18 9,704