Event #3
No-Limit Hold’em
Buy-In: $1,500
Number of Entries: 2,998
Total Prize Money: $4,497,000
Date of Tournament: June 2-4, 2007
Tournament Notes:
Event #3 is the largest non-WSOP main event poker tournament in history. The previous record was Event #17 at the 2006 World Series of Poker. That event attracted 2,891 entries. This year’s first $1,500 buy-in no-limit hold championship destroyed the previous record by 107 players. There were approximately 2600 entries and 400 alternates, for a combined field of 2,998 players. This ranks as the third-largest poker tournament of all-time, behind the 2005 and 2006 championship (main) events.
End of Day One chip leader is Alex Jacob, from Las Vegas. This is his second year to play at the WSOP. Last year, he cashed four times. His best WSOP finish to date was fifth in the pot-limit hold’em event. He also won the United States Poker Championship in December, 2006.
270 players remain at the end of Day One.
Two former World Champions remain alive – Greg “Fossilman” Raymer (2004) is 59th. Chris Moneymaker (2003) is 110th.
Prior to the start of the event World Series of Poker Commissioner Jeffrey Pollack addressed a room filled to total capacity. He acknowledged opening day challenges and introduced some changes which were brought about by player input. Sign-up lines were considerably shorter on the second day of the WSOP, despite the one of the largest fields in history.
The large field means that 308 players will receive prize money. The cutoff was reached late in the evening at the end of Day One. In-the-money finishers will be listed in the End of Day Two report (tomorrow).
Play resumes on Sunday, June 3rd at 2 pm. Play will continue until the final nine-player point is reached – which will comprise the final table.
End of Day One Results:
First Name |
Last Name |
Chips |
Table |
Seat |
Alex |
Jacob |
189,400 |
64 |
6 |
Eric |
Baldwin |
155,600 |
75 |
1 |
Ryan |
Fair |
154,400 |
60 |
2 |
Jeff |
Yoak |
144,800 |
71 |
3 |
Roland |
DeWolfe |
144,000 |
57 |
4 |
David |
Pham |
139,300 |
54 |
2 |
Blye |
Patrick |
132,000 |
59 |
3 |
Benny |
Cho |
121,700 |
67 |
8 |
Sergei |
Veytser |
118,400 |
55 |
3 |
Jeff |
Cabanillas |
116,900 |
71 |
7 |
Shawn |
Reed |
103,100 |
67 |
1 |
Michael |
Banducci |
102,000 |
55 |
8 |
Jose |
Velador |
97,500 |
71 |
10 |
Dapo |
Fadeyi |
95,800 |
68 |
6 |
Arnold |
Spee |
94,800 |
65 |
9 |
Sanjeou |
Bais |
93,500 |
71 |
8 |
Marc |
Naalden |
90,000 |
60 |
6 |
Matt |
Stern |
88,100 |
76 |
6 |
Brian |
Ichikawa |
86,000 |
58 |
1 |
Paul |
Evans |
82,300 |
72 |
7 |
Leon |
Kunkel |
81,600 |
73 |
5 |
Michael |
Criag |
81,400 |
65 |
10 |
Alex |
Melnikow |
79,700 |
64 |
10 |
Timothy |
Jaxon |
76,900 |
72 |
10 |
Mark |
Swartz |
71,900 |
69 |
6 |
Joe |
Sidoryk |
71,600 |
59 |
9 |
Scott |
Clements |
71,600 |
52 |
4 |
Bart |
Hanson |
71,500 |
63 |
8 |
Long |
Nguyen |
71,000 |
60 |
5 |
Douglas |
Carli |
69,200 |
67 |
3 |
Colin |
Dentan |
68,700 |
58 |
3 |
Chris |
East |
65,000 |
60 |
7 |
Matthew |
Stout |
63,100 |
58 |
7 |
Mitch |
Garshofsky |
63,100 |
54 |
4 |
Gorialk |
Yousif |
63,000 |
62 |
5 |
Christopher |
Bonita |
62,400 |
66 |
3 |
Michael |
Binger |
62,400 |
70 |
5 |
Alan |
Sass |
62,300 |
60 |
8 |
Chad |
Davis |
62,000 |
59 |
4 |
Ronald |
Tosrony |
60,100 |
56 |
9 |
Matt |
Vengrin |
59,900 |
61 |
6 |
Tristan |
Wade |
59,900 |
69 |
8 |
Skluzacek |
Joe |
58,300 |
78 |
4 |
Darren |
Sprengers |
56,900 |
53 |
7 |
Ron |
Lane |
56,800 |
70 |
3 |
Richard |
Weisman |
56,300 |
63 |
6 |
Steve |
Wise |
55,800 |
77 |
10 |
Reza |
Payvar |
55,200 |
55 |
2 |
Artin |
Panossiam |
54,600 |
70 |
9 |
Erick |
Lindgren |
54,500 |
63 |
7 |
Matt |
Vahimiah |
53,400 |
56 |
10 |
Tom |
Magnetta |
53,000 |
77 |
8 |
Mike |
McStott |
52,400 |
73 |
2 |
Neil |
Bluttner |
52,100 |
72 |
1 |
Don |
Holland |
51,900 |
57 |
1 |
Todd |
Lundwall |
51,750 |
74 |
1 |
James |
Tutino |
51,000 |
68 |
7 |
Joe |
Pintavalle |
50,200 |
76 |
3 |
Greg |
Raymer |
49,000 |
71 |
1 |
Eskimo |
Clark |
48,600 |
61 |
2 |
John |
Christy |
48,100 |
58 |
8 |
Adam |
Spiegelberg |
47,600 |
78 |
8 |
Erle |
Mankin |
47,600 |
76 |
10 |
Ciaran |
O'Leary |
47,100 |
66 |
6 |
Vernon |
Harness |
45,900 |
58 |
2 |
Christopher |
Collins |
45,300 |
54 |
6 |
Neil |
O'Brien |
45,300 |
55 |
4 |
Pitteh |
Ryan |
45,100 |
61 |
7 |
Chad |
Burum |
44,700 |
72 |
9 |
Roberto |
Mariano |
44,200 |
77 |
5 |
Mike |
Schoonover |
43,200 |
57 |
2 |
Andreas |
Krause |
42,800 |
53 |
4 |
Steve |
Cook |
42,800 |
65 |
2 |
Jared |
Pickering |
42,600 |
78 |
10 |
Jeff |
Rodriguez |
42,600 |
67 |
6 |
Forest |
Bronzan |
42,500 |
70 |
7 |
Craig |
Crivello |
41,900 |
72 |
5 |
Robert |
Gianguitti |
41,000 |
64 |
7 |
Igor |
Goldvin |
40,900 |
74 |
3 |
Lucio |
Procopio |
40,400 |
72 |
6 |
Bryan |
Bulthaup |
39,900 |
54 |
8 |
Steve |
Kolb |
39,000 |
75 |
8 |
Richie |
Wong |
36,900 |
64 |
5 |
Matthew |
Ricciardi |
36,600 |
62 |
8 |
Lefort |
Sean |
36,500 |
56 |
5 |
Scott |
Yu |
36,300 |
63 |
9 |
Ben |
Santoli III |
35,900 |
57 |
6 |
Matthew |
Schwartz |
34,400 |
78 |
2 |
Blaine |
McGowan |
33,700 |
71 |
5 |
Mike |
Parekm |
33,600 |
66 |
7 |
Rich |
Dinunzio |
32,700 |
54 |
7 |
Jesse |
Berger |
32,500 |
58 |
9 |
Anthony |
Maggio |
32,400 |
54 |
10 |
Bono |
Ben |
32,300 |
56 |
7 |
Ali |
Pabarja |
32,000 |
66 |
10 |
Abel |
Griffin |
31,800 |
56 |
4 |
Eric |
Mizrachi |
31,600 |
52 |
3 |
Charlie |
Sewell |
31,400 |
74 |
2 |
David |
Pena |
30,600 |
67 |
2 |
Richard |
Park |
30,100 |
70 |
6 |
Scott |
Mumby |
30,100 |
60 |
10 |
Michael |
Stewart |
29,500 |
6 |
2 |
Nan |
Wang |
29,200 |
67 |
5 |
Justin |
Zamarra |
28,900 |
52 |
2 |
Kenneth |
McMahan |
28,600 |
68 |
1 |
Mihail |
Karasoulis |
28,400 |
53 |
1 |
Frankie |
Havard |
28,200 |
73 |
1 |
Gordon |
Hopkins |
28,000 |
69 |
10 |
Heidi |
Tomich |
27,700 |
75 |
2 |
Chris |
Moneymaker |
27,600 |
55 |
5 |
Jason |
Potter |
27,500 |
53 |
6 |
Ryan |
Daut |
27,500 |
70 |
10 |
Brian |
Saxe |
27,100 |
52 |
6 |
Robert |
Samano Jr |
27,000 |
66 |
9 |
Joseph |
Burgess |
26,100 |
75 |
10 |
Marshall |
Robert |
26,100 |
59 |
7 |
Mark |
Howell |
25,800 |
68 |
3 |
Ralph |
Porter |
25,700 |
69 |
9 |
D |
Von Sachsen |
25,300 |
52 |
9 |
Jim |
Libreth |
25,300 |
66 |
5 |
Patez |
Kiran |
25,200 |
59 |
5 |
Gary |
Germann |
25,100 |
62 |
7 |
John |
Pearman |
24,400 |
77 |
4 |
David |
Cohen |
24,300 |
55 |
9 |
Diep |
Gevin |
24,300 |
59 |
2 |
Brian |
McPeek |
23,900 |
71 |
6 |
Fred |
Breuner |
23,800 |
72 |
4 |
Minh |
Nguyen |
23,800 |
74 |
5 |
Tony |
Collier |
23,800 |
69 |
1 |
Maria |
Ho |
23,600 |
59 |
10 |
Jonathan |
Brody |
23,300 |
57 |
8 |
Sam |
Paolini |
23,300 |
53 |
2 |
Horowitz |
Michael |
22,900 |
56 |
1 |
Kevin |
Song |
22,700 |
75 |
7 |
Steven |
Liu |
22,700 |
76 |
1 |
Michael |
Akkashiaw |
22,300 |
78 |
6 |
Matthew |
Ramsey |
22,200 |
75 |
4 |
Scott |
Takeshita |
22,200 |
57 |
7 |
Anthony |
Palermo |
22,000 |
68 |
5 |
Jose |
Alfaro |
22,000 |
71 |
9 |
Tim |
Buczynski |
21,900 |
57 |
3 |
Trinh |
Nguyen |
21,800 |
64 |
8 |
Steven |
Yeager |
21,600 |
52 |
1 |
Brian |
Pumis |
21,500 |
76 |
8 |
Lance |
Ralls |
21,300 |
65 |
4 |
Graham |
Andrews |
21,200 |
65 |
5 |
Paul |
Pulcher |
21,100 |
53 |
8 |
Benjamin |
Logan |
20,900 |
58 |
10 |
John |
Srzemp |
20,700 |
74 |
6 |
William |
Argie Jr |
20,500 |
64 |
4 |
Lynn |
Franklin |
20,300 |
63 |
10 |
Mike |
Hieschensohn |
20,300 |
73 |
8 |
Brandon |
Wong |
20,100 |
76 |
9 |
Dave |
Fischer |
20,100 |
77 |
2 |
Trung |
Ly |
19,600 |
68 |
9 |
Warren |
Karp |
19,200 |
68 |
2 |
Daniel |
Tamura |
19,000 |
54 |
1 |
Joe |
Politte |
18,800 |
68 |
10 |
John |
Galbraith |
18,800 |
64 |
3 |
Craig |
Handelsman |
18,500 |
63 |
4 |
Jose |
Rosenkrantz |
18,500 |
61 |
10 |
Derek |
Molnar |
18,400 |
77 |
3 |
Isaac |
Lidgi |
18,400 |
76 |
5 |
Aaron |
Fleischner |
18,200 |
63 |
2 |
Marc |
Reiser |
18,100 |
60 |
9 |
Ernest |
Shepherd |
17,700 |
70 |
1 |
Scott |
Jensen |
17,700 |
74 |
9 |
Christian |
Bates |
17,500 |
72 |
2 |
Jimmy |
Holland` |
17,500 |
54 |
5 |
Marvin |
Guss |
17,500 |
77 |
9 |
Joon |
Kim |
17,300 |
63 |
5 |
Jean-Pierre |
Angelil |
17,200 |
73 |
6 |
Miguel |
Londono |
17,200 |
53 |
3 |
Chris |
Ladner |
17,100 |
78 |
5 |
Donavan |
Cox |
16,900 |
61 |
4 |
Matthew |
Walter |
16,500 |
74 |
10 |
Young |
Phan |
16,300 |
68 |
4 |
John |
Hausler |
15,800 |
75 |
9 |
Ryan |
Kogan |
15,800 |
70 |
2 |
Erik |
Haakenson |
15,600 |
64 |
2 |
Jared |
Anderson |
15,500 |
62 |
1 |
Kevin |
Ho |
15,500 |
74 |
4 |
Michael |
Dobrich |
15,500 |
62 |
2 |
Edward |
Salazar |
15,300 |
68 |
8 |
Unavailable |
Unavailable |
15,300 |
77 |
1 |
Dan |
Schmiech |
15,200 |
55 |
1 |
Louis |
Bedowitz |
15,000 |
62 |
3 |
Tom |
Lee |
14,700 |
55 |
6 |
Robert |
Addison |
14,600 |
58 |
4 |
James |
Chiddy |
14,500 |
73 |
7 |
Jason |
Cunha |
14,200 |
77 |
6 |
Michael |
Price |
14,200 |
53 |
5 |
Lisa |
Brumbeloe |
14,100 |
58 |
6 |
Brian |
Kneier |
14,000 |
64 |
1 |
Ian |
Keiser |
13,900 |
54 |
3 |
Thomas |
Sanduski |
13,800 |
78 |
9 |
Wanke |
Bill |
13,800 |
56 |
2 |
William |
Mietz |
13,700 |
76 |
7 |
Barbara |
Garreti |
13,500 |
69 |
|
Christopher |
Dema |
13,500 |
70 |
8 |
Steve |
Hastings |
13,200 |
60 |
3 |
Kevin |
Reive |
13,100 |
75 |
6 |
Franco |
Brunetti |
12,900 |
69 |
|
Brandon |
Patin |
12,800 |
56 |
8 |
Matt |
Lefkowitz |
12,500 |
67 |
7 |
Nghia |
Tran |
12,500 |
57 |
10 |
Vonas |
Nigel |
12,400 |
59 |
1 |
Dennis |
Smith |
12,300 |
67 |
4 |
Kevin |
McBride |
11,900 |
63 |
3 |
Dennis |
Rieb |
11,800 |
69 |
5 |
Patrick |
O'Malley |
11,600 |
69 |
7 |
Vincent |
Lepore |
11,500 |
52 |
10 |
Eugene |
Todd |
11,400 |
72 |
3 |
Santo |
Messina |
11,400 |
62 |
6 |
Mark |
Peterson |
11,300 |
71 |
2 |
Mark |
Vail |
11,200 |
66 |
1 |
Jeff |
Wyckoff |
10,900 |
65 |
8 |
Thad |
Smith |
10,900 |
65 |
7 |
Ropger |
Lu |
10,800 |
69 |
2 |
Antoine |
Bass |
10,700 |
53 |
10 |
Chris |
James |
10,300 |
73 |
3 |
Evan |
Dollinger |
10,300 |
76 |
4 |
Oleson |
Greg |
10,100 |
59 |
8 |
Roberto |
Macatangay |
9,900 |
61 |
1 |
Kenneth |
Sigel |
9,700 |
65 |
1 |
Mark |
Popkin |
9,700 |
72 |
8 |
Scott |
Lychwick |
9,200 |
60 |
1 |
Edward |
Lee |
9,000 |
52 |
5 |
Kaufmann |
Jess |
9,000 |
56 |
6 |
Kenneth |
Hampton |
8,900 |
57 |
9 |
Artin |
Christman |
8,800 |
52 |
8 |
Billy |
Sheffy |
8,700 |
55 |
7 |
Justin |
Blumenthal |
8,600 |
62 |
10 |
Chad |
Mulheron |
8,300 |
71 |
4 |
Melvin |
Denham |
8,300 |
73 |
4 |
Raed |
Abualfilat |
8,200 |
78 |
3 |
Ruben |
Carter |
8,200 |
60 |
4 |
David |
Leighton |
8,000 |
66 |
4 |
John |
Thompson |
8,000 |
61 |
8 |
Hal |
Cromwell |
7,600 |
65 |
3 |
Richard |
Higgins |
7,400 |
63 |
1 |
Chad |
Bradbury |
7,200 |
75 |
5 |
Michael |
Shearer |
7,200 |
52 |
7 |
Matt |
Davis |
7,100 |
62 |
4 |
Keith |
Greer |
6,800 |
54 |
9 |
Dan |
McGuire |
6,700 |
67 |
10 |
Huy |
Pham |
6,700 |
53 |
9 |
Christopher |
Grillo |
6,600 |
76 |
2 |
Keith |
Rodgers |
6,500 |
74 |
7 |
Rob |
Searfoss |
6,200 |
62 |
9 |
John |
Young |
5,500 |
74 |
8 |
K |
Davis |
5,400 |
70 |
4 |
Phillip |
Schechter |
5,200 |
75 |
3 |
Christopher |
Riley |
5,100 |
67 |
9 |
Karl |
Mahrenholz |
5,000 |
61 |
9 |
Andrew |
Ashbey |
4,800 |
56 |
3 |
John |
Tzortzis |
4,700 |
57 |
5 |
Roberto |
Jakoby |
4,700 |
61 |
3 |
Thomas |
Wahlroos |
4,700 |
78 |
7 |
Chad |
Wagen |
4,600 |
65 |
6 |
Mark |
Rafn |
4,400 |
78 |
1 |
Yarom |
Limor |
3,600 |
59 |
6 |
Andrew |
Schafer |
3,000 |
58 |
5 |
Dominick |
Cantore |
3,000 |
64 |
9 |
Joc |
Ogden |
2,800 |
73 |
10 |
Trey |
Robinson |
2,700 |
66 |
8 |
Donna |
Varlotto |
2,000 |
73 |
9 |
Ronald |
Dorual |
1,300 |
77 |
7 |
Joel |
Ming |
1,200 |
55 |
10 |
Charles |
Zanatina |
700 |
61 |
5 |
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