END OF DAY ONE CHIP COUNTS (REMAINING PLAYERS): Nick Mao 90,075 6-10 Long Beach, CA Howard Lederer 67,525 8-9 Las Vegas, NV Don Mullis 57,675 8-1 Mooresville, NC David Williams 57,325 14-2 Las Vegas, NV Woody Van Stratum 56,975 9-9 Cookeville, TN Matt Gardner 55,725 6-5 Charleston, SC Ryan Buckholtz 51,425 15-9 San Diego, CA Jason Tate 51,150 15-3 Brentwood, TN William Hobbs 50,100 10-10 New Iberia, LA Scott Clements 49,525 12-6 Mt. Vernon, WA Jonah Rogers 48,600 9-1 Houston, TX Thomas "Buzzer" Bihl 46,500 14-7 Frankfurt, Germany Barry Greenstein 45,900 7-10 Rancho Palos Verdes, CA Russell Rosenblum 43,050 9-8 Bethesda, MD Jush "Haas" McCallie 42,175 11-1 San Marcos, TX Craig Hueffner 40,725 17-2 Franklin, WI Matt Overstreet 40,200 8-8 Oxford, MS Eric Cloutier 39,550 7-7 Mat-Laurier, Quebec David Clayton 38,200 11-10 Blackpool, England Marvin Duarte 37,650 17-4 Miami, FL Marvin Davis 36,650 13-8 Houma, LA Patrick Connelly 36,050 6-9 Lacombe, LA Ted Lawson 35,450 8-10 Ft. Lauderdale, FL Aldo de Luca 34,450 6-1 Dutch Caribbean Tracy Scala 33,400 15-4 Boca Raton, FL Robert Williamson III 33,250 13-3 Dallas, TX Vincent Napolitano 31,000 12-8 Williston Park, NY Roy Nelson 30,700 15-1 Madisonville, LA Rafael Perry 30,050 7-4 Las Vegas, NV Philip Crock 30,025 7-8 Manchester, UK Dennis G. Perry 29,300 13-5 Williamstown, KY Alex Balandin 29,075 16-9 New City, NY Antonio Esfandiari 28,775 16-10 San Francisco, CA Bob Kahan 27,175 9-10 Tiburon, CA Evelyn Ng 26,900 6-7 Toronto, Ontario Imre Leibold 26,900 9-2 Tallinn, Estonia Marlon Labbe 26,450 16-7 Laffayette, LA Matt Smith 25,425 8-7 Tallahassee, FL Joe Leibman 25,250 14-3 Ft. Atkinson, WI Johan Koops 24,975 16-2 Groningen, Sweden Jamus Jacobs 24,900 12-4 Covington, LA Harry Cullen, Jr. 23,900 13-6 Houston, TX Walter Chambers 23,875 12-5 Baton Rouge, LA Erik Seidel 23,825 9-6 Las Vegas, NV Corey A. Bierria 23,800 14-4 Atlanta, GA Reno Williamson 23,100 11-8 Moorseville, LA Doyle Brunson 22,900 15-7 Las Vegas, NV Robert Willis 22,900 14-6 Grenada, MS Jeffrey Lipton 22,425 6-4 Palos Verde, CA Mike Graffeo 22,075 12-9 Fort Mill, SC Minh Ly 22,075 6-6 Las Vegas, NV Darrell Hardin 22,025 7-2 Gastonia, NC Dewey Tomko 21,825 15-2 Winter Haven, FL Payne Farrell 21,575 8-3 Kenner, LA Brian Green 21,225 17-3 San Jose, Costa Rica Jason Loverdi 20,900 11-4 New Orleans, LA Bob Shallow 20,175 7-1 Gulf Shores, AL Jeff Campbell 19,875 11-9 Atlanta, GA Brandon Adams 18,725 14-5 New Orleans, LA Herbie Montalbano 18,625 16-5 New Orleans, LA Mitchell Curole 18,450 10-8 New Orleans, LA Mark Cole 18,225 9-5 Greensboro, NC Dan Schmiech 18,050 10-7 Houston, TX Michael Loos 17,500 13-2 Hopewell Junction, NY Eliyahu Levy 17,250 7-9 N. Miami, FL Stephen Lazar 16,775 15-8 New Orleans, LA Bui Van Nguyen 16,600 6-8 Harvey, LA Doug Booth 16,375 8-2 Bowling Green, KY William Henrickle 16,350 8-6 Kenner, LA John Juanda 16,250 11-6 Marina Del Rey, CA Nick Rumore 16,000 N/A New Orleans, LA Adam Cirnigliaro 15,575 16-6 East Northport, NY Thomas Pullen 14,000 11-5 Sumrall, MS Blake Buffington 13,225 9-4 Arlington, TX Michael Capener 12,825 8-4 Phoenix, AZ William P. Matthews 12,475 7-6 Longview, TX Cyril Gittens 12,450 7-3 Miami, FL Nathan Wade 12,400 17-10 Knoxville, TN Chuck Goldhammer 12,300 10-1 Naples, FL Mark Burkland 12,225 12-7 Houston, TX Larry Speck 12,150 13-1 Bossier City, LA Marc Horowitz 11,875 11-7 New York, NY Radar Nguyen 11,825 11-3 Murphy, TX Tony Cason 11,800 14-9 Shreveport, LA Mike Caro 11,775 6-2 Shell Knob, MO Jose Rosenkrantz 11,175 17-9 San Jose, Costa Rica Louis Bonnecaze 10,850 7-5 Baton Rouge, LA Niklas Nilsson 10,700 9-3 Stockholm, Sweden Jeff Purpera 10,075 16-8 Denham Springs, LA Sonny Perry 9,775 13-7 Nashville, TN Huckleberry Seed 9,725 9-11 Las Vegas, NV Ted Mullikin 9,275 17-5 Gatlinburg, TN Wayne J. Landry 8,500 16-3 New Orleans, LA Stephen Walker 8,175 17-6 London, UK Chau Giang 8,050 8-5 Las Vegas, NV Fred Berger 7,850 10-9 Slidell, LA Ross Romash 7,550 12-3 Golden Beach, FL Torrey Reily 7,500 15-6 New Orleans, LA Dan Hicks 7,275 16-1 Tampa, FL Ben Loesel 7,200 14-8 Milwaukee, WI Vince Palma 6,425 12-1 Egg Harbor City, NJ Richard Neal Hensarling 6,375 10-6 Laffayette, LA Brian Kaplan 5,575 6-3 McHenry, IL Sam Von Duhn 5,225 14-10 Woodale, IL Danny Haag 4,900 13-4 Metairie, LA Matt Keikoan 4,125 11-2 Richmond, CA Tony Sevnsom 3,950 16-4 Houston, TX Robert Black 3,625 17-8 Slidell, LA Tony Hellmann 2,075 13-10 Louisville, KY

DAY ONE UPDATE:

Harrah’s New Orleans hosted the fifth stop on the 2005 World Series of Poker Circuit. The championship event attracted a record 259 entries competing for nearly $2.5 million in prize money. The chip leader after Day One is Nick Mao, from Long Beach, CA. Mao, with 90,075, has a sizable chip edge versus the rest of the field. Howard Lederer is in second place with 67,525.

Day Two will resume on Thursday, May 26th at 2 pm CST. Two former world champions, Doyle Brunson (1976, 1977) and Huck Seed (1996), remain in the event.

The final table of the championship event, comprised of nine players, will be played on Saturday, May 28th, starting at 2 pm CST.

-- by Nolan Dalla

2005 World Series of Poker Circuit New Orleans