End of Day 1 Chip Counts
1 Kevin Vanderbeek Mountain View, CA 88,000 39 2
2 Aaron Kanter Lodi, CA 77,000 43 3
3 Vic Campana Folsom, CA 76,500 41 6
4 Dustin Fox S. Lake Tahoe, CA 75,100 44 4
5 Chris "Jesus" Ferguson Pacific Palisades, CA 63,300 41 5
6 Matthew Beisner Las Vegas, NV 61,800 42 5
7 Dennis A. Lane Corte Madera, CA 60,000 44 5
8 NA Mulligan, CA 56,300 39 8
9 Sinh Nguyen Ripon, CA 46,700 44 6
10 Drew Farrar Las Vegas, NV 45,600 42 6
11 Frank Lee Los Gatos, CA 42,400 42 3
12 Nasser Hamedani Danville, CA 42,300 41 1
13 Gabriel Testa San Jose, CA 42,000 43 6
14 Mark Simmons Rocklin, CA 40,500 41 2
15 Mark Bonsack Seattle, WA 39,500 43 5
16 Michael Banducci Traverse City, MI 38,800 42 8
17 Gary Tighe Santa Cruz 38,100 39 4
18 Mike Cooper San Francisco, CA 37,500 43 4
19 Travis Erdman San Francisco, CA 33,800 41 7
20 Marty Wong Napa, CA 32,900 42 4
21 Merwick J. Black Pollock Pines, CA 31,900 39 7
22 Mike Kinney Sandpoint, ID 30,600 41 4
23 Hans Tuna Lund Dayton, NV 30,500 44 2
24 Ken Churchill Auburn, WA 29,100 39 6
25 Jeff Blenkarn Rockford, MI 27,800 43 7
26 Toan Nguyen Sacramento, CA 22,400 44 8
27 Shawn Van Asdale Reno, CA 22,300 43 8
28 Vince Shaw Benicia, CA 21,400 44 3
29 John Thomas Monterey, CA 20,200 43 1
30 Eric Tang Sacramento, CA 19,800 44 7
31 Mark "Pegasus" Smith Gorgetown, KY 18,800 42 7
32 Jerry Sauers Auburn, WA 18,600 39 1
33 Rick Ribble, Jr. San Francisco, CA 17,400 42 2
34 David Parkus Beaumont, CA 12,800 39 5
35 David Chau Sacramento, CA 12,200 43 2
36 Tom Maser Stateline, NV 12,000 44 1
37 George Saca Folsom, CA 11,400 42 1
38 Marc Mestrovich Manteca, CA 11,200 41 8
39 Rudy Sisson Sacramento, CA 9,800 39 3
Harvey’s Lake Tahoe Sets New Attendance Record!
2007 Tahoe’s Tournament Series is Largest in Four Year History of the WSOP Circuits
After First Day, Kevin Vanderbeek Leads Championship Event
Stateline, NV – The $5,000 buy-in championship event which began today at Harvey’s Lake Tahoe ensured that this year will be the largest overall turnout of the four World Series of Poker Circuits ever held in Northern Nevada. Today’s main event attracted 142 players, creating a total prize pool of $677,700. Through the first ten events so far at this year’s tournament series, attendance at Harvey’s Lake Tahoe amounts to a record 2,064 players, with one more event still to be played.
Attendance for each of the first four years of the World Series of Poker Circuit played at Harvey’s Lake Tahoe are as follows:
Season 1 (May 2005) – 1,949 players
Season 2 (May 2006) – 1,433 players
Season 3 (September 2006) – 1,021 players
Season 4 (November 2007) – 2,064 players*
*Note: In response to player demand, an 11th event has been added to the WSOP Circuit schedule at Harvey’s. On Sunday November 18th, starting at 1 pm a $200 buy-in no-limit hold’em event will be offered.
The WSOP Circuit championship event concludes the same day. Seating to watch the final table is free and open to the public. Coverage of the championship final table provided by Bluff Media will be carried over the Internet at the official WSOP website: www.worldseriesofpoker.com
1st $203,649
2nd 119,276
3rd 82,002
4th 56,928
5th 43,035
6th 33,208
7th 26,431
8th 19,653
9th 14,231
10th 10,165
11th 10,165
12th 10,165
13th 8,810
14th 8,810
15th 8,810
16th 7,454
17th 7,454
18th 7,454
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