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La Sengphet Leads WSOP Circuit National Championship After Day 1

Only 35 Players Remain In Hunt For 2011's First WSOP Bracelet

by Julio Rodriguez  |  Published: May 27, 2011  |  E-mail Author

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Dwyte Pilgrim

One of the perks of playing in a freeroll is that you know exactly what you are playing for before you sit down at the table. The 100 players who qualified for the WSOP Circuit National Championship gathered at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas and before the first cards were pitched, everyone in the tournament already knew that the winner would walk away with $300,000 and this year’s first WSOP bracelet.

Despite the possibility of a substantial payday, play was fast and loose on day 1, as the field quickly whittled themselves down to 35 in just eight levels of action.

The list of casualties was filled with notables and included Steve Zolotow, Allie Prescott, Ali Eslami, Todd Terry, David Sands, Blair Hinkle, Chris Bell, Andy Frankenberger, Steve Brecher, Brandon Adams, Shannon Shorr and Matt Waxman.

La Sengphet

Then again, there is still a fair amount of star power remaining in the field of survivors which includes Chris Klodnicki, Allen Kessler, David Peters, Bernard Lee, Curt Kohlberg, Doug Carli, Kyle Cartwright, Tim West and 2010 Card Player Player of the Year runner up Dwyte Pilgrim, who is always dangerous on the circuit.

La Sengphet cruised through the day, amassing a monster stack of 165,000 on her way to the chip lead. The Dallas native was one of the at-large players who qualified thanks to a solid season of play. Sengphet cashed seven times and picked up two Circuit rings, earning a total of $67,094. She’ll have over three times the average when play restarts at noon on Saturday.

Here’s a look at the remaining players and their chip counts entering day 2.

Rank Name Chip Count Seat
1 La Sengphet 165,000 22-4
2 Huy Nguyen 122,700 22-8
3 Jonathan Poche 121,400 22-9
4 Shiva Dudani 96,000 22-6
5 Charles Moore 95,100 23-3
6 Curt Kohlberg 94,600 24-2
7 Stanley Quinn 92,600 24-9
8 Adam Hui 75,100 23-2
9 Doug Carli 72,800 26-9
10 Bernard Lee 70,900 26-4
11 Drazen Illich 66,600 22-5
12 Roland Isra 64,000 23-6
13 Jesus Cabrera 61,100 22-1
14 Matthew Lawrence 57,600 23-4
15 Andrew Barber 56,100 26-3
16 Tim West 53,500 23-8
17 Kyle Cartwright 51,300 24-6
18 Chris Klodnicki 51,000 26-1
19 Peter Mavro 49,500 24-1
20 Harry Cullen 40,700 24-5
21 Scott Clark 38,600 23-5
22 Dwyte Pilgrim 36,300 26-8
23 Peter Ippolito 36,100 26-7
24 Traci Brown 33,500 24-7
25 Josh Evans 32,200 24-8
26 Mark Sykes 30,400 23-1
27 Tuan Bui Le 28,000 22-2
28 Kunal Patel 27,600 22-7
29 James Anderson 25,500 24-4
30 DJ Blanchard 24,100 26-6
31 Sam Barnhart 23,800 26-5
32 Allen Kessler 23,100 24-3
33 Kenny Nguyen 22,000 26-2
34 Robert Scott 14,800 23-7
35 Brian Ali 13,900 23-9
 
 
Tags: World Series of Poker,   World Series of Poker Circuit,   National Championship,   Caesars Palace,   WSOP,   WSOP Circuit,   La Sengphet,   Dwyte Pilgrim
 
 
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