| The first major poker tournament to hit upstate New York can only be described as a “smash hit”. 112 poker players paid $10,000 to compete for a 1st place prize of $500,000. In the mix were many of pokers top professionals, including Phil Ivey, Phil Hellmuth Jr., Barry Greenstein and many more. The world’s best came to compete against a strong field of locals who call Turning Stone Casino, host of the American Poker Championship, home. The locals and pros were cheered on by a crowd of spectators that outnumbered the players all day long.
At the end of Day 1 Van Nguyen from Toronto holds the chip lead with poker pros Paul Wolfe, Phil Ivey, John Juanda, Paul Darden and Phil Hellmuth Jr. all nipping at his heels. Day Two of this unique format will start with all six handed tables. These 36 players will play down to six, when those six players lucky enough to make the final table will play for all the money Live on Fox Sports Net.
This is the first live broadcast of a poker tournament, and with the crowds expected to be lined up to watch, this tournament will be one for the record books.
Reported by Michael O’Malley – Tournament Coordinator
Remaining 36 Players
Name, Hometown and Chip Count
Van Nguyen Toronto, Canada $74,600
Paul Wolfe Apollo Beach, FL $64,750
Phil Ivey Las Vegas, NV $63,600
John Juanda Marina Del Rey, CA $62,600
Paul Darden Hamden, CT $59,350
Phil Hellmuth Jr. Palo Alto, CA $49,425
Rich Chazin New Hartford $48,750
Randy Jensen Fort Collins, CO $48,350
Jim Keller Fayatteville, NY $47,275
Young Phan Irvine, CA $44,375
Amir Vahedi Sherman Oaks, CA $44,325
Erik Seidel Las Vegas, NV $39,900
Barry Greenstein Rancho Palos Verdes, CA $39,850
Phil Laak San Jose, CA $35,100
Guy Cicconi Chadds Ford, PA $33,325
John D'Agostino Seymour, CT $31,800
Tony Laughing Jr. Hogansburg, NY $30,750
Mike Bogdal Syracuse, NY $30,550
Billy Gazes Las Vegas, NV $30,525
Paul Phillips Las Vegas, NV $30,350
Herb Maltabano New Orleans, LA $28,700
Paul Matties Saratoga, NY $26,775
Robert Williamson III Dallas, TX $23,400
Shawn Rice Lubbock, TX $19,375
Ray Faltinsky Wilton, CT $16,100
Clonie Gowin Dallas, TX $15,250
Stan Walkanowski Saratoga Springs, NY $11,875
Vito Masi Melrose, NY $11,775
John Myung Vienna, VA $10,750
Tim Annesi Norwich, NY $8,500
John Rooney Framingham, MA $8,250
Canio Sabia Rome, NY $7,575
Gavin Smith Guelph, Canada $6,725
Brian Haveson Newtown, PA $5,575
Al Krux Syracuse, NY $5,400
Richard Brodie Seattle, WA $5,275
Eliminated Players
Martin Feijo 37
Freddy Deeb 38
Eric Haber 39
Vincent Napolitano 40
Howard Lederer 41
Alan Brodsky 42
Joe Desanto 43
Jon Phan 44
Josh Arieh 45
Allen Kessler 46
Peter Lagoda 47
Cliff Josephy 48
Grant Lang 49
Chip Jett 50
Erick Lindgren 51
Brian Strahl 52
David Plastick 53
Tony Laughing Sr. 54
Steve Crockett 55
Cyndy Violette 56
Butch Wade 57
Tim Forbes 58
Nick Bouyea 59
Amnon Filippi 60
Ralph Albertson 61
Daniel Negreanu 62
Layne Flack 63
Tony O'Hagan 64
Hasan Habib 65
Mark Dickstein 66
Mickey Appleman 67
Kristy Gazes 68
Chris Tsipirillas 69
Stan Goldstein 70
Chris Molica 71
Haralabos Voulgaris 72
Steve Cass 73
Davin Anderson 74
Howard Goldfarb 75
Dewey Tomko 76
Jay Mortensen 77
Joe Cutrone 78
Leon Gublo 79
Dean Coirin 80
Bobby Thompson 81
Scotty Nguyen 82
Hoyt Corkins 83
Pete Giordano 84
Greg Raymer 85
Dave Stevens 86
Tony Fiorini 87
Andy Bloch 88
Michael Parness 89
Louie Barkoutsis 90
Chris Ferguson 91
Mimi Tran 92
Ronnie Ebanks 93
Victor Ramdin 94
Tom Franklin 95
Lou Lazanaro 96
Jason Kufs 97
Charbel Hage 98
Abraham Mosseri 99
Joe Julian 100
Bill Abraham 101
Tommy Wang 102
David Singer 103
Chris Savage 104
Kathy Liebert 105
Red Heollrich 106
Ted Forrest 107
Antonio Esfandiari 108
Steven Braverman 109
Dan Alspach 110
Josh Spiegelman 111
Frank Flowers 112
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