Poker Tournament Results

Grand Casino Tunica Poker Tournament - WSOP Circuit Event

Day 1 of the Championship event at Grand Casino Tunica's Circuit tour ended with Steve Hyvonen of Cleveland, Ohio holding a big chip lead of 146,500. His closest competitor, Gil George of Dallas, Texas, had 100,300. The $5,000 no-limit event ended with three tables left. Play will resume on day 2 until the final table of nine is reached. A number of poker luminaries including Gavin Smith, Josh Ariah, Surinder Sunar, Rico Carli and defending champion Mark "Pegasus" Smith turned out for the event, but none survived day 1. Nani Dollison, who won the ladies championship at the World Series in 2000 and the opening event at the WSOP the year after, was still in. However, she was at the bottom of the list with 10,300, just 300 more than what everyone started with. Dollison finished eighth at the ladies championship here two days earlier. End of Day 1 Chip Counts Name Chip Count Table Seat Hometown State Steve Hyvonen 146500 48 7 Cleveland OH Gil George 100300 55 7 Dallas TX Richard Damian Gum 93500 48 5 Granite City IL Shannon Shorr 92000 55 4 Tuscaloosa AL Tony Burton 90000 61 8 Santa Rosa Brian Rutland 83200 48 3 Saltillo MS Terry Hawkins 78400 55 3 Cordova TN Jerry Saucier 76100 48 1 Helena AL Pat Atchison 68100 55 8 Ft. Worth TX Samuel Chun 65800 61 7 Lakeland TN Michael Spegal 52000 55 9 Saint Marys GA Mike Haney 49200 61 3 Marion AR Jordan Morgan 44200 61 2 Norman OK Yoon Kim 41600 61 4 Milwaukee WI Jeff Cohen 37600 61 9 Parkland FL Steve Williams 36300 48 8 Braggs OK James Lindsay 30700 61 6 Hayesville NC Jerry Matlock 30100 55 2 Elgin IL Mack Khan 26200 48 9 Shreveport LA Giovanni Marcacci 24200 48 4 Brooksville FL Glyn Banks 23500 61 1 Smithville TN Thomas Hover 23000 55 5 Las Vegas NV Frank Kassela 22900 48 6 Germantown TN William McMaham 18900 55 6 Newport TN John Barnes 15500 48 2 Memphis TN Mark Garner 14500 61 5 Little Rock AR Nani Dollison 10300 55 1 Hernando MS