1st Place $188,180 2nd Place 108,205 3rd Place 56,455 4th Place 32,930 5th Place 25,875 6th Place 21,170 7th Place 16,465 8th Place 11,760 9th Place 9,410 10th Place Bubble End of Day 1 Chip Count 1. Cleve Haley $54,250 2. Annand Ramdin 50,925 3. Erik Seidel 45,650 4. Toto Leonidas 45,450 5. Kirk Conrad 43,525 6. William Kirby 42,100 7. Paul Kroh 40,075 8. Randall Skaggs 39,600 9. Dan Harrington 35,425 10. Peter Costa 35,200 11. Minneapolis Jim 30,425 12. David Levi 28,925 13. Arthuro Diaz 28,600 14. Mike Laing 28,475 15. James Ferrel 27,625 16. Gerson Mosbacher 25,075 17. Lee Markholt 24,525 18. Kenna James 23,950 19. Warren Karp 23,900 20. Thor Hansen 17,900 21. Greg Wynn 17,325 22. Barry Greenstein 16,550 23. Don Barton 16,050 24. Kathy Leibert 15,750 25. Louis Asmo 15,550 26. Dick Corpuz 15,400 27. John Esposito 15,200 28. Allen Cunnningham 15,175 29. Tony Cousineau 14,850 30. Harley Hall 14,650 31. Gerald Rhoads 14,550 32. Steve Ford 14,050 33. Daniel Negreanu 12,750 34. Chad Layne 12,325 35. Joe Beevers 11,775 36. Jesse Jones 10,900 37. David Plastik 10,375 38. Gary Haubert 9,625 39. David Kutcher 7,375 40. Dan McGuire 7,325 41. Bob Cochran 5,925 42. Zachary Warren 5,750

Championship Event Gets Underway with 97 Players Competing for $470,450 in Prize Money

The Championship event was a three day event with 90 minute levels. Each player was initially set up with $5,000 in chips along with an add-on button that entitled them to another $5,000 in chips that could be taken at any time within the first three levels.

Day 1 began at noon with $25-$50 blinds. Play ended at the fith level. On Saturday the remaining players will play down to nine players and return Sunday at 1:00 p.m. to play the final table.

The $5,000 buy-in Championship No-Limit event drew 97 players.

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The following is a list of some of the big name starters: Mike Laing, Chip Jett, Danny Negreanu, Scotty Nguyen, David Levi, David Plastik, T.J. Cloutier, Layne Flack, Erik Seidel, Allen Cunningham, John Juanda, Carlos Mortenson, Barry Shulman, Jim Miller, Warren Karp, Jeff Shulman and the list goes on.

By 6:15 p.m. the field was down to 59 players with Layne Flack, Scotty Nguyen, T.J. Cloutier, Carlos Mortenson, Jeff Shulman, Jim Miller, John Juanda, Chip Jett, Barry Shulman and Phil Hellmuth among the casualties.

At 6:30 p.m. the remaining 52 players took a one hour dinner break. At 7:30 p.m. play resumed for one last 90 minute level. The blinds were $200-$400 with a $50 ante.

10 players were eliminated in that fifth level of play and the 42 remaining players will redraw for tomorrows seat.

David Plastik, Mike Laing, Danny Negreanu and Erik Seidel were still among the survivors.

The chip leader at the end of day 1was Cleve Haley with $54,250, Annand Ramdin was in second with $50,925, Erik Seidel was in third with $45,650, Toto Leonidas was in fourth with $45,450, Kirk Conrad was in fifth with $43,525, William Kirby was in sixth with $42,100 and Paul Kroh was in seventh with $40,075.

Debbie Burkhead

2003 4 Queens Poker Classic