World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Tunica

TUNICA, MISSISSIPPI, January 9, 2008 – I am in Tunica, Mississippi this month for the WSOP Circuit Event, which is being held at the Grand Casino Tunica. It has been a great tournament so far. The Tournament Director is Jimmy Sommerfeld and the Tournament Coordinator is Robert McGovern who is also the Regional Poker Room Manager for this area. Noted poker writer/humorist Max Shapiro is also on hand reporting writing the daily tournament summaries.

We're doing many player friendly extras such as dinner at LB's Steakhouse for final table players and generous comps for all entrants. Starting chip stacks for all events have been increased to 10,000 for extended "deep stack" play. This Main Event will be televised and there is also a $100,000 Best All-Around Player award. Additionally, when booking a room, mention that you are playing in the poker tournament and you will receive a $49 room rate. Come on down, were having a great time.

UPDATES:

January 11, 2008 – Today we had 1,000 entrants for the $300 buy-in No Limit Hold'em tournament. This was the largest turnout in the history of the Grand Casino Tunica. You can read the final Tournament Report for Event #11 tommorrow to see who comes out on top.

January 19, 2008 - Main Event (Day 1) - The Main Event drew 180 players with 1st place receiving $428,210, each started with a deep-stack of 20,000 in chips. Many recognizable pros were in the field like Michael Mizrachi (6th in this event last year), Tom Schneider, Kathy Liebert, Josh Arieh, Gavin Smith, Bill Elder, David Ulliott, John Phan, Chad Brown, Vanessa Rousso, Gavin Griffin, Chris Reslock, Alex Jacob, Shannon Shorr, Lee Markholt and Darrell Dicken to name a few. Day One played down to 29 players with Mark Garner of Little Rock, AR ending the day as the chipleader with 263,500 in chips.

January 20, 2008 - Main Event (Day 2) - On Day Two we made it into the money and played down to the final nine players. Eighteen places got paid, 10th-18th were as follows:

10th: Jesse Maupin (Rockwall, TX)
11th: Tom Franklin (Gulfport, MS)
12th: Jeremiah Vinsant (Murfeesboro, TN)
13th: Dustin Bailey (Center, TX)
14th: Charles Horvath (St. Clair Shores, MS)
15th: Charles Dwayne Cardin (Madisonville, TN)
16th: Tim Frostad (Regina, SK, Canada)
17th: Josh Arieh (Atlanta, GA)
18th: Jesse Dean (Bonita, CA)

The final nine will return on Tuesday for the final table. Here are thier names and chip count:

John Devia (West Palm, FL) 929,500
Ryan Young (Torrance, CA) 521,000
Giovanni Marcacci (Brooksville, FL) 465,000
Tom Schneider (Scottsdale, AZ) 422,000
Ben Sabrin (Atlanta, GA) 417,000
Donald Nicholson (Oak Ridge, TN) 325,000
Mark Garner (Little Rock, AR) 213,500
Bart Tichelman (Atlanta, GA) 164,000
Jordan Rich (Portland, OR) 147,000

January 22, 2008 - Main Event (Final Table, Day 3)

1st: Bart Tichelman (Atlanta, GA) $428,210
2nd: Donald Nicholson (Oak Ridge, TN) $236,163
3rd: Giovanni Marcacci (Brooksville, FL) $129,760
4th: John Devia (West Palm, FL) $103,808
5th: Ben Sabrin (Atlanta, GA) $77,856
6th: Mark Garner (Little Rock, AR) $64,880
7th: Ryan Young (Torrance, CA) $51,904
8th: Tom Schneider (Scottsdale, AZ) $38,928
9th: Jordan Rich (Portland, OR) $25,952

For additional articles and information regarding the Main Event check out the following links to sites that have live blogging:

• WSOP Circuit Grand Tunica (Martin Derbyshire, PokerListings)
• World Series of Poker Circuit 2008 (Kaelaine Minton, PokerPages)
• WSOP Circuit Tunica Main Event (Logan Leatham, PokerNews)

Links:

• Complete Results with Summarries for all events (Max Shapiro, PokerPages.com)


• Results WSOP Circuit Events - Grand Casino Tunica (WorldSeriesOfPoker.com)


• Hotel Reservations - Grand Casino Resort Tunica

Related Articles:

• Open Letter to Poker Players (from Jimmy Sommerfeld)


• WSOP-C Tunica, Day 2: Devia Heads Final, Schneider Fourth (John 'Falstaff' Hartness, PokerNews)


• Donkey Bomber Makes WSOP Circuit Final Table in Tunica (Jennifer Newell, Pokerati)


• WSOP-C Tunica, Day 1: Garner Leads; Arieh, Schneider, Rousso Chase (Haley Hintze, PokerNews)


• WSOPC finds familiar faces on road to championship (Earl Burton, PokerListings)


• Achey, Castoire take titles at WSOPC Tunica (Earl Burton, PokerListings)


• Wild weekend of action at WSOPC Tunica (Earl Burton, PokerListings)


• WSOPC Tunica crowns three more champions (Earl Burton, PokerListings)


• Reslock, Golin take WSOPC titles in Tunica (Earl Burton, PokerListings)


• WSOPC Tunica sees new structures, three champions (Earl Burton, PokerListings)

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