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2007 World Series of Poker Circuit

Buy-In: $5,000 + $150

Number of Entries: 138

Total Prize Money: $658,300

Day 1 of the Championship event at Grand Casino Tunica’s Circuit tour ended with Steve Hyvonen of Cleveland, Ohio holding a big chip lead of 146,500. His closest competitor, Gil George of Dallas, Texas, had 100,300.

The $5,000 no-limit event ended with three tables left. Play will resume on day 2 until the final table of nine is reached.

A number of poker luminaries including Gavin Smith, Josh Ariah, Surinder Sunar, Rico Carli and defending champion Mark “Pegasus” Smith turned out for the event, but none survived day 1. Nani Dollison, who won the ladies championship at the World Series in 2000 and the opening event at the WSOP the year after, was still in. However,she was at the bottom of the list with 10,300, just 300 more than what everyone started with. Dollison finished eighth at the ladies championship here two days earlier.

Here are the remaining players and chip counts:

Name Chip Count Table Seat Hometown State

Steve Hyvonen 146500 48 7 Cleveland OH

Gil George 100300 55 7 Dallas TX

Richard Damian Gum 93500 48 5 Granite City IL

Shannon Shorr 92000 55 4 Tuscaloosa AL

Tony Burton 90000 61 8 Santa Rosa

Brian Rutland 83200 48 3 Saltillo MS

Terry Hawkins 78400 55 3 Cordova TN

Jerry Saucier 76100 48 1 Helena AL

Pat Atchison 68100 55 8 Ft. Worth TX

Samuel Chun 65800 61 7 Lakeland TN

Michael Spegal 52000 55 9 Saint Marys GA

Mike Haney 49200 61 3 Marion AR

Jordan Morgan 44200 61 2 Norman OK

Yoon Kim 41600 61 4 Milwaukee WI

Jeff Cohen 37600 61 9 Parkland FL

Steve Williams 3630048 8 Braggs OK

James Lindsay 30700 61 6 Hayesville NC

Jerry Matlock 30100 55 2 Elgin IL

Mack Khan 26200 48 9 Shreveport LA

Giovanni Marcacci 24200 48 4 Brooksville FL

Glyn Banks 23500 61 1 Smithville TN

Thomas Hover 23000 55 5 Las Vegas NV

Frank Kassela 22900 48 6 Germantown TN

William McMaham 18900 55 6 Newport TN

John Barnes 15500 48 2 Memphis TN

Mark Garner 14500 61 5 Little Rock AR

Nani Dollison 10300 55 1 Hernando MS

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World Series of Poker Commissioner ? Jeffrey Pollack

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