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Five-Star World Poker Classic - WPT Championship Season 2

Event #1 - No Limit Hold'em

April 3, 2004 at 12:00 PM
Bellagio
Tournament Schedule

Buy-In	$2,500 + $100
Prize Pool	$875,425
Entries	361
Report Available

Howard Lederer

Place	Name	Prize
1	Howard Lederer AKA "The Professor" (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$339,842 and a $25,000+$300 seat in the WPT Finals on April 19th, 2004
2	Cuong Huynh (Bell Gardens, CA, USA)	$161,524
3	T.J. Cloutier (Richardson, TX, USA)	$80,762
4	Douglas Farmer (Albuquerque, NM, USA)	$51,008
5	Gary Beck (Lakewood, CA, USA)	$38,256
6	Steven Ford (Los Angeles, CA, USA)	$29,754
7	Nabil Khuri (Lakeland, CA)	$21,253
8	Gaetano Taormina (Newtown, PA, USA)	$17,003
9	James Allen (Glendale, CA, USA)	$13,602
10	Chad Layne (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$10,202
11	Bobby Hoff (Long Beach, CA, USA)	$10,202
12	Donald Vines (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$10,202
13	Ethan Suplee (Los Angeles, CA)	$8,501
14	Haralabos Voulgaris (Los Angeles, CA, USA)	$8,501
15	Scotty Nguyen (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$8,501
16	Ken Stephenson (Raleigh, NC)	$6,801
17	Mike Tashman	$6,801
18	Pat Callihan (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$6,801
19	Richie Retondo (Cresskill, NJ)	$5,101
20	Jeff Friedman (Los Angeles, CA, USA)	$5,101
21	Scott Fischman (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$5,101
22	David Chiu (Rowland Heights, CA, USA)	$5,101
23	Hoyt Corkins (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$5,101
24	Robert Betts (Albuquerque, NM, USA)	$5,101
25	Mark Cunningham (Tulsa, OK, USA)	$5,101
26	Andrew Bloch (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$5,101
27	Joseph Kanner (Sarasota, FL, USA)	$5,101

Tournament Report

End of Day One Chip Counts and Seat Numbers
1. T.J. Cloutier, Richardson TX, 453,000 Chips, Seat 1
2. Howard Lederer, Las Vegas NV, 410,000 Chips, Seat 2
3. Cuong Huyna, Bella CA, 359,000 Chips, Seat 9
4. Steve Ford, Orange County CA, 134,000 Chips, Seat 4
5. Gaetano Taormina, Newtown PA, 110,000 Chips, Seat 6
6. Gary Beck, Lakewood CA, 95,000 Chips, Seat 8
7. Jim Allen, Los Angeles CA, 89,000 Chips, Seat 3
8. Douglas Farmer, Corrales NM, 83,000 Chips, Seat 7
9. Nabil Khuri, Lakeland FL, 77,000 Chips, Seat 5
Play resumes Sunday, 4th with 52 minutes left at level 13