2000 World Series of Poker

Volume 31 • Number 23 • May 16, 2000

previous event

Razzo's Videos@pokerpages.com pokersearch.com Andy Glazer@poker.casino.com

next event

Event #25 End of Day 1
TEXAS HOLD'EM (no limit)
$10,000 Buy-in
$10,000 in chips

Total Prize Pool: $5,120,000
Number of Entrants: 512

Entries to Date: 4,647
Prize Money to Date: $15,254,500

Day One Report

By Mike Paulle

The following list is of the chip leaders after Day 1 of the Championship Event in the 2000 World Series of Poker. The list is then sorted alphabetically and then by table assignment for Day 2.

Chip Leaders

>TD>72

Player	Chips	Table	Seat
Chaudhari, Mehul	92500	68	6
Vanalstyne, James	84100	64	8
Sukonik Michael	78275	49	6
Mortensen, Carlos	72250	63	9
Habib, Hasan	64825	64	3
Cernuto John	63275	52	2
Liebert Kathy	57775	60	1
Johnston, Berry	55225	73	5
Beck, Raymond	55125	73	8
Zhang, Simon	53000	68	8
Franklin, Tom	52125	59	6
Judah, Mel	51575	62	6
Hudson, Randy	51450	69	2
Greenstien, Barry	51275	58	8
Beilfuss, Larry	51000	73	9
Jacobs, Thomas	50350	63	5
Tomko, Duane	49850	69	8
Stanley Ron	49150	57	9
Cloutier, Thomas	48200	67	2
Flaniken, Tex	45625	59	1
Echeverri, Gustavo	45550	47	1
Bayne, Ty	43600	62	5
Chiu, David	42525	51	6
Ly, Minh Thoai	42450	60	4
Kim Day	42125	51	5
Franjesh, John	41575	59	2
Vaswani Ram	41525	49	3
Kabbaj, John	41475	48	1
Stearns David	40775	58	1
Lennaard, Ken	40425	59	4
Esposito, John	40250	52	6
Berner, Steven	40125	66	6
Korsin, Alan	39425	58	7
Olson, Peter	38575	57	6
Hellums Roger	38250	48	6
Stanko, Rudy	37775	66	4
Hom John	37350	49	7
Labella Rob	36950	52	9
Furlong Noel	36575	73	3
Alston, Greg	35800	66	7
McManus Jim	35325	68	2
Grizzle Sam	34650	62	8
McCormick, Thomas	34175	56	2
Besnaimou, Angelo	33950	69	3
Hopkins Greg	32850	72	7
Trujillo, C.B.	32600	55	8
Holum, Eric	32575	56	6
Colclough, Dave	32250	48	5
Pitcock Buddy	32050	54	2
Beebe, Glenn	31475	58	2
Brenske William	31350	61	6
Ferguson, Chris	30300	49	5
Tannous Abraham	29625

Bloch, Andrew

29525

Brody, John

29500

Lang, Marvin

29275

Lazarou Anastassion

29000

Seidel, Erik

29000

Meyers, Phyllis

28675

La, Hung

28575

Ward, Jack

28575

La, Meng

28550

Thiptinnakon, Phongthep

28325

Wilkinson, Lamar

27575

Bortner Joanne

27550

Boutin, Burt

27075

Arzoin, Sam

27050

Shah, Hemish

26850

Dehkharghani, Ray

26350

Duong, Tam

26300

Barton, Donald

26075

Karas, Archie

26025

Darden Jr, Paul

25500

Perrault, Pascal

25500

Edwards Mark

25450

Fullerton, Richard

25375

Snowden John

25300

Enright Barbara

25225

House, Torin

25125

Trumper Simon James

24900

Boston, Alan

24550

Brenes, Huberto

24100

Adams, Ramon

24000

Shirey, Hilbert

24000

Lent, Gary

23975

Vu, Chan

23900

Wang, LinPoon

23775

Arnold, Dolph

23350

Feduniak, Maureen

23325

Bigler, Chris

23125

Pearson J.C.

22800

Gordon, Philip

22650

Von Hurter, Frederick

22475

Backstrom, Jan

22300

Davis, Michael

22225

Salem, Laith

22200

Harb, Adeeb

22075

Long, Cary

21975

Segebarth, Brad

21900

Testup, Paul

21900

Flood, Liam

21725

Sexton, Mike

21575

Shalhoob, Craig

21575

Cousineau, Anthony

21525

Duke, Anne

20750

Cobb, Artie

20725

Zewin, Don

20225

Shipley John

20000

Nugent, Alan

19900

Goldstein, Stan

19525

Jacobsen, Gustov

19475

Barrett Bill

19375

Tran, Anthony

19350

Appleman, Mickey

19275

Matloubi, Mansour

18975

Beam, Steven

18900

Hill, Ed

18575

Turk, Gregg

18225

Kaufman Stephen

18200

Marler, Joe

18050

Shulman Jeff

17975

Miller, Jimmy

17925

Boatman Barney

17325

Krux, Albert

17175

Smith, Roger

17100

Yamron, Bruce

17100

Hayden, Melissa

17025

Sarkeshik, Ali

17000

Wiitanen, Dick

16925

McKinney, Paul

16700

Fischbein, Joel

16600

Abecassis, Michel

16450

Amos, Scott

16375

Nguyen, Truyen Tony

16300

Matusow Mike

16225

Rose, Mark

16200

Thomas Jr, Harry

16150

Nakano, Yoshio

16000

Shi Mike

15975

Leeds Jr, Charles

15925

Farha, Sam

15825

Vinci, Paul

15800

Hoff, Bobby

15525

Lundberg, Jan

15475

Klamian Richard

15350

Betson, Alan

14975

Skaggs, Randall

14975

Holland Randy

14725

Chan, Johnny

14550

Boatman Ross

14500

Hartman Craig

14125

Satterwhite Larry

14025

Alsaadi Mike

13975

Negreanu, Daniel

13975

Cruey, Ned

13875

Dang, Danny

13775

Harp, G G

13300

Tran, An Van

13300

Humphrey, Chuck

13125

Boyer, Andre

12925

Neal, Glenn

12850

Brecher Steven

12650

Elie, Marciano

12600

Kuortti Matti

12550

Batshon Salim

12500

Wilson, Skip

12400

Kim David

12250

Clements, Paul

12150

Glantz, Matthew

12075

Byron, Scott

12000

Maguire Laird

11850

Hawkins Keith

11·25

Sklansky, David

11675

Kroh, Paul

11550

Heimowitz, Jay

11525

Tatalovich, Richard

11475

Agialoro, John

11425

Haubelt Gary

11425

Brenes, Alex

11300

Knopow, Q

11150

Wilson, Marty

11150

Weitzman, Mark

11125

Parrott Shelby

10850

Danino, Michael

10825

Lester, Jason

10500

Longson O'Neil

10475

Abinsay Roman

10450

Eichhardt, Peter

10350

Meyerson, Steve

9600

Song, Kevin

9550

Hellmuth, Phill

9425

Hori, Kent

9150

Sjoren, Jens

8575

Finn, Michael

8550

Allen, Michael

8450

Asmo, Louis

8300

Brown, Fredrick

8225

Davis, K U

8200

Hommel, Bob

8050

Hamilton, Anthony

7900

Koumi, Sharbel

7650

Fain, William

7400

Spinetti, Anne

7400

Nicolich, Nevio

7200

Muller, Peter

7150

McEvoy, Thomas

6800

Schulz, Eric

6625

Burgio, Vince

6300

Franck, Claus-Peter

5875

Simon, David

4450

Carter, Brent

3325

Flaton, Ken

3200

Culp, Jack

2950

Harris, Eugene

2100

Chip Leaders (Alphabetically)

Player	Chips	Table	Seat
Abecassis, Michel	16450	52	5
Abinsay Roman	10450	62	1
Adams, Ramon	24000	47	4
Agialoro, John	11425	58	9
Allen, Michael	8450	59	3
Alsaadi Mike	13975	51	7
Alston, Greg	35800	66	7
Amos, Scott	16375	72	2
Appleman, Mickey	19275	58	4
Arnold, Dolph	23350	57	2
Arzoin, Sam	27050	47	6
Asmo, Louis	8300	50	5
Backstrom, Jan	22300	67	1
Barrett Bill	19375	50	3
Barton, Donald	26075	51	2
Batshon Salim	12500	51	3
Bayne, Ty	43600	62	5
Beam, Steven	18900	64	6
Beck, Raymond	55125	73	8
Beebe, Glenn	31475	58	2
Beilfuss, Larry	51000	73	9
Berner, Steven	40125	66	6
Besnaimou, Angelo	33950	69	3
Betson, Alan	14975	58	6
Bigler, Chris	23125	55	3
Bloch, Andrew	29525	64	9
Boatman Barney	17325	63	2
Boatman Ross	14500	72	9
Bortner Joanne	27550	53	2
Boston, Alan	24550	57	1
Boutin, Burt	27075	72	8
Boyer, Andre	12925	64	2
Brecher Steven	12650	59	9
Brenes, Alex	11300	73	7
Brenes, Huberto	24100	67	3
Brenske William	31350	61	6
Brody, John	29500	50	1
Brown, Fredrick	8225	49	4
Burgio, Vince	6300	50	7
Byron, Scott	12000	61	1
Carter, Brent	3325	51	9
Cernuto John	63275	52	2
Chan, Johnny	14550	55	7
Chaudhari, Mehul	92500	68	6
Chiu, David	42525	51	6
Clements, Paul	12150	65	6
Cloutier, Thomas	48200	67	2
Cobb, Artie	20725	56	4
Colclough, Dave	32250	48	5
Cousineau, Anthony	21525	47	5
Cruey, Ned	13875	54	8
Culp, Jack	2950	50	9
Dang, Danny	13775	55	9
Danino, Michael	10825	65	7
Darden Jr, Paul	25500	61	2
Davis, K U	8200	68	4
Davis, Michael	22225	54	6
Dehkharghani, Ray	26350	68	9
Duke, Anne	20750	56	9
Duong, Tam	26300	58	3
Echeverri, Gustavo	45550	47	1
Edwards Mark	25450	55	4
Eichhardt, Peter	10350	69	9
Elie, Marciano	12600	65	8
Enright Barbara	25225	66	9
Esposito, John	40250	52	6
Fain, William	7400	64	4
Farha, Sam	15825	65	9
Feduniak, Maureen	23325	56	1
Ferguson, Chris	30300	49	5
Finn, Michael	8550	47	7
Fischbein, Joel	16600	52	4
Flaniken, Tex	45625	59	1
Flaton, Ken	3200	68	1
Flood, Liam	21725	62	3
Franck, Claus-Peter	5875	56	7
Franjesh, John	41575	59	2
Franklin, Tom	52125	59	6
Fullerton, Richard	25375	67	4
Furlong Noel	36575	73	3
Glantz, Matthew	12075	69	5
Goldstein, Stan	19525	50	2
Gordon, Philip	22650	56	3
Greenstien, Barry	51275	58	8
Grizzle Sam	34650	62	8
Habib, Hasan	64825	64	3
Hamilton, Anthony	7900	67	6
Harb, Adeeb	22075	48	2
Harp, G G	13300	48	3
Harris, Eugene	2100	61	9
Hartman Craig	14125	66	8
Haubelt Gary	11425	62	2
Hawkins Keith	11725	60	2
Hayden, Melissa	17025	62	7
Heimowitz, Jay	11525	54	3
Hellmuth, Phill	9425	63	1
Hellums Roger	38250	48	6
Hill, Ed	18575	53	3
Hoff, Bobby	15525	59	7
Holland Randy	14725	60	7
Holum, Eric	32575	56	6
Hom John	37350	49	7
Hommel, Bob	8050	53	1
Hopkins Greg	32850	72	7
Hori, Kent	9150	61	3
House, Torin	25125	72	4
Hudson, Randy	51450	69	2
Humphrey, Chuck	13125	53	7
Jacobs, Thomas	50350	63	5
Jacobsen, Gustov	19475	63	7
Johnston, Berry	55225	73	5
Judah, Mel	51575	62	6
Kabbaj, John	41475	48	1
Karas, Archie	26025	52	1
Kaufman Stephen	18200	56	8
Kim David	12250	73	6
Kim Day	42125	51	5
Klamian Richard	15350	49	2
Knopow, Q	11150	48	9
Korsin, Alan	39425	58	7
Koumi, Sharbel	7650	49	9
Kroh, Paul	11550	69	6
Krux, Albert	17175	63	8
Kuortti Matti	12550	64	5
La, Hung	28575	55	2
La, Meng	28550	53	4
Labella Rob	36950	52	9
Lang, Marvin	29275	55	5
Lazarou Anastassion	29000	65	4
Leeds Jr, Charles	15925	60	6
Lennaard, Ken	40425	59	4
Lent, Gary	23975	51	1
Lester, Jason	10500	54	7
Liebert Kathy	57775	60	1
Long, Cary	21975	57	5
Longson O'Neil	10475	66	3
Lundberg, Jan	15475	73	1
Ly, Minh Thoai	42450	60	4
Maguire Laird	11850	58	5
Marler, Joe	18050	62	4
Matloubi, Mansour	18975	49	1
Matusow Mike	16225	61	7
McCormick, Thomas	34175	56	2
McEvoy, Thomas	6800	56	5
McKinney, Paul	16700	49	8
McManus Jim	35325	68	2
Meyers, Phyllis	28675	52	8
Meyerson, Steve	9600	72	6
Miller, Jimmy	17925	60	8
Mortensen, Carlos	72250	63	9
Muller, Peter	7150	69	4
Nakano, Yoshio	16000	63	6
Neal, Glenn	12850	65	5
Negreanu, Daniel	13975	48	7
Nguyen, Truyen Tony	16300	51	8
Nicolich, Nevio	7200	60	5
Nugent, Alan	19900	53	6
Olson, Peter	38575	57	6
Parrott Shelby	10850	64	7
Pearson J.C.	22800	50	4
Perrault, Pascal	25500	72	1
Pitcock Buddy	32050	54	2
Rose, Mark	16200	52	3
Salem, Laith	22200	47	9
Sarkeshik, Ali	17000	47	2
Satterwhite Larry	14025	54	4
Schulz, Eric	6625	59	8
Segebarth, Brad	21900	48	8
Seidel, Erik	29000	53	9
Sexton, Mike	21575	59	5
Shah, Hemish	26850	67	5
Shalhoob, Craig	21575	67	8
Shi Mike	15975	48	4
Shipley John	20000	69	7
Shirey, Hilbert	24000	64	1
Shulman Jeff	17975	53	8
Simon, David	4450	50	6
Sjoren, Jens	8575	57	3
Skaggs, Randall	14975	61	5
Sklansky, David	11675	61	8
Smith, Roger	17100	52	7
Snowden John	25300	69	1
Song, Kevin	9550	57	8
Spinetti, Anne	7400	50	8
Stanko, Rudy	37775	66	4
Stanley Ron	49150	57	9
Stearns David	40775	58	1
Sukonik Michael	78275	49	6
Tannous Abraham	29625	72	5
Tatalovich, Richard	11475	67	7
Testup, Paul	21900	51	4
Thiptinnakon, Phongthep	28325	54	5
Thomas Jr, Harry	16150	68	3
Tomko, Duane	49850	69	8
Tran, An Van	13300	57	4
Tran, Anthony	19350	63	4
Trujillo, C.B.	32600	55	8
Trumper Simon James	24900	67	9
Turk, Gregg	18225	60	9
Vanalstyne, James	84100	64	8
Vaswani Ram	41525	49	3
Vinci, Paul	15800	54	1
Von Hurter, Frederick	22475	55	6
Vu, Chan	23900	47	8
Wang, LinPoon	23775	61	4
Ward, Jack	28575	47	3
Weitzman, Mark	11125	72	3
Wiitanen, Dick	16925	53	5
Wilkinson, Lamar	27575	66	5
Wilson, Marty	11150	65	1
Wilson, Skip	12400	65	2
Yamron, Bruce	17100	66	2
Zewin, Don	20225	65	3
Zhang, Simon	53000	68	8

Chip Leaders (by table assignment)

Player	Chips	Table	Seat
Echeverri, Gustavo	45550	47	1
Sarkeshik, Ali	17000	47	2
Ward, Jack	28575	47	3
Adams, Ramon	24000	47	4
Cousineau, Anthony	21525	47	5
Arzoin, Sam	27050	47	6
Finn, Michael	8550	47	7
Vu, Chan	23900	47	8
Salem, Laith	22200	47	9
Kabbaj, John	41475	48	1
Harb, Adeeb	22075	48	2
Harp, G G	13300	48	3
Shi Mike	15975	48	4
Colclough, Dave	32250	48	5
Hellums Roger	38250	48	6
Negreanu, Daniel	13975	48	7
Segebarth, Brad	21900	48	8
Knopow, Q	11150	48	9
Matloubi, Mansour	18975	49	1
Klamian Richard	15350	49	2
Vaswani Ram	41525	49	3
Brown, Fredrick	8225	49	4
Ferguson, Chris	30300	49	5
Sukonik Michael	78275	49	6
Hom John	37350	49	7
McKinney, Paul	16700	49	8
Koumi, Sharbel	7650	49	9
Brody, John	29500	50	1
Goldstein, Stan	19525	50	2
Barrett Bill	19375	50	3
Pearson J.C.	22800	50	4
Asmo, Louis	8300	50	5
Simon, David	4450	50	6
Burgio, Vince	6300	50	7
Spinetti, Anne	7400	50	8
Culp, Jack	2950	50	9
Lent, Gary	23975	51	1
Barton, Donald	26075	51	2
Batshon Salim	12500	51	3
Testup, Paul	21900	51	4
Kim Day	42125	51	5
Chiu, David	42525	51	6
Alsaadi Mike	13975	51	7
Nguyen, Truyen Tony	16300	51	8
Carter, Brent	3325	51	9
Karas, Archie	26025	52	1
Cernuto John	63275	52	2
Rose, Mark	16200	52	3
Fischbein, Joel	16600	52	4
Abecassis, Michel	16450	52	5
Esposito, John	40250	52	6
Smith, Roger	17100	52	7
Meyers, Phyllis	28675	52	8
Labella Rob	36950	52	9
Hommel, Bob	8050	53	1
Bortner Joanne	27550	53	2
Hill, Ed	18575	53	3
La, Meng	28550	53	4
Wiitanen, Dick	16925	53	5
Nugent, Alan	19900	53	6
Humphrey, Chuck	13125	53	7
Shulman Jeff	17975	53	8
Seidel, Erik	29000	53	9
Vinci, Paul	15800	54	1
Pitcock Buddy	32050	54	2
Heimowitz, Jay	11525	54	3
Satterwhite Larry	14025	54	4
Thiptinnakon, Phongthep	28325	54	5
Davis, Michael	22225	54	6
Lester, Jason	10500	54	7
Cruey, Ned	13875	54	8
La, Hung	28575	55	2
Bigler, Chris	23125	55	3
Edwards Mark	25450	55	4
Lang, Marvin	29275	55	5
Von Hurter, Frederick	22475	55	6
Chan, Johnny	14550	55	7
Trujillo, C.B.	32600	55	8
Dang, Danny	13775	55	9
Feduniak, Maureen	23325	56	1
McCormick, Thomas	34175	56	2
Gordon, Philip	22650	56	3
Cobb, Artie	20725	56	4
McEvoy, Thomas	6800	56	5
Holum, Eric	32575	56	6
Franck, Claus-Peter	5875	56	7
Kaufman Stephen	18200	56	8
Duke, Anne	20750	56	9
Boston, Alan	24550	57	1
Arnold, Dolph	23350	57	2
Sjoren, Jens	8575	57	3
Tran, An Van	13300	57	4
Long, Cary	21975	57	5
Olson, Peter	38575	57	6
Song, Kevin	9550	57	8
Stanley Ron	49150	57	9
Stearns David	40775	58	1
Beebe, Glenn	31475	58	2
Duong, Tam	26300	58	3
Appleman, Mickey	19275	58	4
Maguire Laird	11850	58	5
Betson, Alan	14975	58	6
Korsin, Alan	39425	58	7
Greenstien, Barry	51275	58	8
Agialoro, John	11425	58	9
Flaniken, Tex	45625	59	1
Franjesh, John	41575	59	2
Allen, Michael	8450	59	3
Lennaard, Ken	40425	59	4
Sexton, Mike	21575	59	5
Franklin, Tom	52125	59	6
Hoff, Bobby	15525	59	7
Schulz, Eric	6625	59	8
Brecher Steven	12650	59	9
Liebert Kathy	57775	60	1
Hawkins Keith	11725	60	2
Ly, Minh Thoai	42450	60	4
Nicolich, Nevio	7200	60	5
Leeds Jr, Charles	15925	60	6
Holland Randy	14725	60	7
Miller, Jimmy	17925	60	8
Turk, Gregg	18225	60	9
Byron, Scott	12000	61	1
Darden Jr, Paul	25500	61	2
Hori, Kent	9150	61	3
Wang, LinPoon	23775	61	4
Skaggs, Randall	14975	61	5
Brenske William	31350	61	6
Matusow Mike	16225	61	7
Sklansky, David	11675	61	8
Harris, Eugene	2100	61	9
Abinsay Roman	10450	62	1
Haubelt Gary	11425	62	2
Flood, Liam	21725	62	3
Marler, Joe	18050	62	4
Bayne, Ty	43600	62	5
Judah, Mel	51575	62	6
Hayden, Melissa	17025	62	7
Grizzle Sam	34650	62	8
Hellmuth, Phill	9425	63	1
Boatman Barney	17325	63	2
Tran, Anthony	19350	63	4
Jacobs, Thomas	50350	63	5
Nakano, Yoshio	16000	63	6
Jacobsen, Gustov	19475	63	7
Krux, Albert	17175	63	8
Mortensen, Carlos	72250	63	9
Shirey, Hilbert	24000	64	1
Boyer, Andre	12925	64	2
Habib, Hasan	64825	64	3
Fain, William	7400	64	4
Kuortti Matti	12550	64	5
Beam, Steven	18900	64	6
Parrott Shelby	10850	64	7
Vanalstyne, James	84100	64	8
Bloch, Andrew	29525	64	9
Wilson, Marty	11150	65	1
Wilson, Skip	12400	65	2
Zewin, Don	20225	65	3
Lazarou Anastassion	29000	65	4
Neal, Glenn	12850	65	5
Clements, Paul	12150	65	6
Danino, Michael	10825	65	7
Elie, Marciano	12600	65	8
Farha, Sam	15825	65	9
Yamron, Bruce	17100	66	2
Longson O'Neil	10475	66	3
Stanko, Rudy	37775	66	4
Wilkinson, Lamar	27575	66	5
Berner, Steven	40125	66	6
Alston, Greg	35800	66	7
Hartman Craig	14125	66	8
Enright Barbara	25225	66	9
Backstrom, Jan	22300	67	1
Cloutier, Thomas	48200	67	2
Brenes, Huberto	24100	67	3
Fullerton, Richard	25375	67	4
Shah, Hemish	26850	67	5
Hamilton, Anthony	7900	67	6
Tatalovich, Richard	11475	67	7
Shalhoob, Craig	21575	67	8
Trumper Simon James	24900	67	9
Flaton, Ken	3200	68	1
McManus Jim	35325	68	2
Thomas Jr, Harry	16150	68	3
Davis, K U	8200	68	4
Chaudhari, Mehul	92500	68	6
Zhang, Simon	53000	68	8
Dehkharghani, Ray	26350	68	9
Snowden John	25300	69	1
Hudson, Randy	51450	69	2
Besnaimou, Angelo	33950	69	3
Muller, Peter	7150	69	4
Glantz, Matthew	12075	69	5
Kroh, Paul	11550	69	6
Shipley John	20000	69	7
Tomko, Duane	49850	69	8
Eichhardt, Peter	10350	69	9
Perrault, Pascal	25500	72	1
Amos, Scott	16375	72	2
Weitzman, Mark	11125	72	3
House, Torin	25125	72	4
Tannous Abraham	29625	72	5
Meyerson, Steve	9600	72	6
Hopkins Greg	32850	72	7
Boutin, Burt	27075	72	8
Boatman Ross	14500	72	9
Lundberg, Jan	15475	73	1
Furlong Noel	36575	73	3
Johnston, Berry	55225	73	5
Kim David	12250	73	6
Brenes, Alex	11300	73	7
Beck, Raymond	55125	73	8
Beilfuss, Larry	51000	73	9

Internet coverage of the 2000 World Series of Poker is brought to you as a service of ConJelCo with the full and active cooperation of Binion's Horseshoe. ©2000 Binion's Horseshoe • some portions © 2000 ConJelCo

Event #25 End of Day 1 TEXAS HOLD'EM (no limit) $10,000 Buy-in$10,000 in chips

Total Prize Pool: $5,120,000 Number of Entrants: 512

Entries to Date: 4,647 Prize Money to Date: $15,254,500