1. $1,175,000 (+$25,000 Bellagio Seat) 2. $579,250 3. $273,075 4 $170,480 5. $132,400 6. $99,300 7. $82,750 8. $66,200 9. $49,650 10-12 $33,100 13-15 $29,790 16-18. $23,170 19-27 $16,550 28-36 $11,585 37-45 $8,000 46-54 $6,500 55-63 $5,000

Legends Final Attracts 667!

Poker is here to stay. A door-busting mob of 667 poker players and TV hopefuls showed up for Day 1 of the Legends of Poker Championship/WPT event, $5,000 no-limit hold'em. This was well over twice the total of 309 for last year. The ballroom, hallway and tent were all packed. It wasn't until 12:25 a.m. until the last players left the tent and tournament director Denny Williams congratulated everybody for making the final building. The winner will get $1,175,000, the first million-dollar payday in Bicycle Casino history, along with a $25,000 Bellagio seat, which will come out of the prize pool. In all, 63 places will be paid.

Six 90-minute rounds were played today, and some 296 players survived. Leading the pack with $105,925 in chips was Aaron Katz. They will return on day 2 to will play down to the money tables. On day 3, action will continue until six players are left, and they will then come back on day 4 to fight it out for the WPT-televised championship.

Six World Series of Poker champions made it to the second day: Doyle Brunson, Johnny Chan, Dan Harrington, Chris Ferguson, Brad Daugherty and Carlos Mortensen. Five women bracelet holders were present: Jennifer Harman, Barbara Enright, Kathy Liebert, Cyndy Violette and Annie Duke. Only Harman survived day 1. Enright was the last gold standard lady to go out, just before level six, when she moved in with pocket jacks and ran up against pocket aces.

Hollywood was well represented. Sitting at one table were Ben Affleck, winner of Commerce Casino's Cal State championship event this year, along with "Friends" superstar Matthew Perry. At other tables were actors James Woods, Tobey "Spiderman" Maguire and Gabe Kaplan. Only Kaplan made it past day 1, though two of the others lasted to the final level. Spidey got knocked out after he moved in for $1,700 with pocket 9s, got called by Kd-6d and watched as a 6 flopped and another 6 hit the river. Late in the round, Woods moved in for $2,700 with pocket 5s. He got called by a player with Kh-6h. The player missed his flush draw but hit his 6. When informed that nearly all the actors were gone, Williams responded, "What are you talking about? We've got a room full of actors here."

Max Shapiro

DAY 1 RESULTS

Table 1
Seat Name Chip Count
1. Pete Lawson 22,725
2. David Matsumoto 35,150
3. Ed Gross 24,350
4. Tam Duong 4,450
5. Aaron Brumer 20,250
6. Hrach Alexanian 20,450
7. Mark Wilds 28,750
8. Jess Kaufman 19,025
9. Evelyn Ng 10,850
10.Chester Burnett 10,925

Table 2
Seat Name Chip Count
1. Alan Smurfit 27,450
2. Stephen Gin 23,000
3. David Whittemore 17,875
4. Moon Young Chang 17,250
5. Melissa Hayden 52,625
6. Tom Edwards 41,300
7. Aaron Katz 105,925
8. Champie Douglas 9,700
9. Vacant
10.Bob Slezak 14,850

Table 3
Seat Name Chip Count
1. Sam Farha 32,550
2. David Matsumoto 35,150
3. Jun Le 26,525
4. Paul Zibits 7,600
5. Kristy Gazes 14,800
6. Igal Bakshandeh 15,875
7. An Tran 21,300
8. Vacant
9. Chuck Pacheco 43,175
10.Dewey Tomko 28,675

Table 4
Seat Name Chip Count
1. Men The Master Nguyen 20,100
2. Dan Alspach 30,975
3. Ali Eslami 13,250
4. Larry Gordon 33,600
5. Bob Stupak 7,000
6. Joe Cassidy 25,025
7. Tommy Garza 24,525
8. Tom Madruga 19,175
9. Kenneth Bass 8,575
10.Rocky Yo 23,675

Table 5
Seat Name Chip Count
1. Brian Haveson 45,900
2. Caprice Bourret 14,950
3. Chris Williams 43,950
4. Jeff Norman 10,875
5. Brian Walker 38,750
6. David Whittemore 8,850
7. Paul Lom 14,050
8. Avery Cardoze 29,025
9. Michael Sukonik 22,200
10.Ba Quang Tran 24,000

Table 6
Seat Name Chip Count
1. Guy Calvert 29,175
2. Joe Schulman 11,700
3. Richard St. Peter 42,825
4. Michael Sturm 23,675
5. David Williams 11,975
6. Avi Freedman 22,700
7. Zorik Hakopian 20,450
8. Shaughan Nichols 13,375
9. James Van Alstyne 23,925
10.Harry Thomas Jr. 23,400

Table 7
Seat Name Chip Count
1. Mel Judah 19,625
2. Brian Anderson 1,350
3. Steven Jacobs 20,175
4. Brett Selle 30,775
5. Young Mason 13,400
6. David Whittemore 8,850
7. George Rechnitzer 6,250
8. James Ferrel 47,875
9. Eric Ford 30,275
10.Ben Johnson 11,575

Table 8
Seat Name Chip Count
1. Moji Seyedin 66,275
2. Daniel Gordon 18,900
3. Robert Zalar 33,775
4. Vacant
5. Ahmad Shurbaji 3,025
6.Dannie Perrry 39,400
7.Martin Schaffel 21,000
8.Jeff Han 12,950
9.Elia Ahmadian 34,725
10.Alex Papachatzakis 16,950

Table 9
Seat Name Chip Count
1. Steve Yoon 34,475
2. Johnny Chan 10,200
3. Liz Lieu 14,725
4. Michael Petracca 9,875
5. Arturo Diaz 33,375
6. Simon Turobiner 16,700
7. Senthil Kumar 8,425
8. Keith Sexton 37,925
9. John Hoang 12,575
10.Robert Boyd 9,500

Table 10
Seat Name Chip Count
1. Ron Fenton 20,450
2. Desmond Portano 21,125
3. Vacant
4. Steve Taylor 7,250
5. Michael Dean 26,350
6. Bradley Berman 18,875
7. Al Stonum 21,075
8. Adam Schoenfeld 13,925
9. Allen Cunningham 23,875
10.Henrik Olsen 19,900

Table 11
Seat Name Chip Count
1. Stephen]Docter 28,250
2. Nicholas Dileo 17,600
3. Amnon Filippi 9,125
4. Ronnie EBanks 24,800
5. Steve Brecher 25,475
6. Mike Allis 10,825
7. Jenny Kang 21,300
8. Bob Karr 29,375
9. Stephen Wolff 18,175
10.Vacant

Table 12
Seat Name Chip Count
1. Jonathan Laycock 19,750
2. Pat Poels 24,775
3. Kevin Schaffel 10,200
4. Peter Moore 15,650
5. Hooman Nikzad 17,425
6. Dan Dumont 20,375
7. Lee Watkinson 13,675
8. Seymour Guiberson 27,300
9. Kevin Keller 35,075
10.David Saledo 13,975

Table 13
Seat Name Chip Count
1. Steve Ridgway 9,325
2. Marcello Cabrera 26,975
3. Allen Kessler 8,925
4. Jim Miller 24,175
5. Joe Berry 7,800
6. David Rubin 34,400
7. Karim Kamal 9,350
8. Ashok Surapaneni 22,450
9. Joe Awada 38,200
10.James Brown 32,375

Table 14
Seat Name Chip Count
1. Robert Nool 8,175
2. Rex Aoki 14,100
3. Scott Berriman 33,250
4. Todd Arnold 15,550
5. Jim McManus 5,400
6. Matt Keikoan 45,575
7. Steve Wilson 11,975
8. Carl DiAntonio 15,050
9. Michael Konik 30,525
10.Ernest Bilek 21,525

Table 15
Seat Name Chip Count
1. Bob Kirkeby 18,225
2. Sam Kassis 30,175
3. Allen Patatanyan 17,750
4. Tim Sweeton 14,075
5. Kenna James 1,275
6. Kevan Casey 15,200
7. Perry Friedman 64,625
8. James Sousa 27,450
9. Steven Cardwell 9,325
10.Thomas Chung 14,700

Table 16
Seat Name Chip Count
1. Chris Ferguson 48,700
2. Grant Hellig 17,550
3. Jeff Potts 25,175
4. Steve Crockett 47,550
5. Stephen Naideth 26,675
6. Tim Anders 18,750
7. Hashem Minaiy 11,575
8. Chris Hinchcliffe 26,050
9. Chris Grigorian 23,900
10.Louis Asmo 12,350

Table 17
Seat Name Chip Count
1. Antonio Esfandiari 39,150
2. Vacant
3. Babak Razi 31,425
4. Hiren Patel 32,575
5. Robert Blechman 37,475
6. Don Zewin 21,350
7. Jean Ballaren 7,175
8. Tom Lee 43,850
9. Daniel Wanko 9,350
10.Amir Vahedi 11,825

Table 18
Seat Name Chip Count
1. Cliff Cantor 34,450
2. Daniel Shak 27,100
3. Rufus Nagel 39,325
4. Minh Nguyen 15,900
5. Jonathan Honig 7,500
6. Wendeen Eolis 16,075
7. Brian Decater 14,625
8. Bill Nuss 7,350
9. Edward Pellegrini 9,575
10.Vacant

Table 19
Seat Name Chip Count
1. Glenn Cozen 6,325
2. Gary Beck 60,325
3. Shawn Rice 74,775
4. Marc Lebowitz 15,500
5. Herb Mowtalbawo 4,100
6. Thor Hansen 24,150
7. Jeff Niedelman 16,225
8. Kelly Hameed 40,675
9. Vacant
10.William Seery 25,775

Table 20
Seat Name Chip Count
1. Wade Walker 17,300
2. Mike Kobzeff 29,050
3. James Capodanno 17,100
4. Paul Wolfe 14,025
5. John Fenton Jr. 9,425
6. Michael Breault 12,850
7. Davis Huynh 22,025
8. Matthew Nichols 4,075
9. Tim Morgan 28,250
10.Richard Grijalva 21,550

Table 21
Seat Name Chip Count
1. Mark Gregorzut 6,600
2. Bob Jarrett 25,525
3. Greg Gelir 15,925
4. Emmanuel Sebag 46,475
5. Timothy Ramsey. 10,775
6. GradyTalbot 13,725
7. Hieu "Tony" Ma 12,800
8. Vacant
9. Daniel Harrington 11,675
10.Dick Carson 8,600`

Table 22
Seat Name Chip Count
1. Mitch Mitchener 26,550
2. Matthew Rizai 15,350
3. Greg Duros 28,525
4. Danny Morgan 21,400
5. Hans Lund 15,900
6. Jeff Flannery 54,200
7. Elvis Vivian 10,500
8. Mike Cox 28,425
9. Vacant
10.Rocky Enciso 6,875

Table 23
Seat Name Chip Count
1. Bryan King 8,350
2. Arnold Spee 20,250
3. Doyle Brunson 24,900
4. Peter Plaley 46,650
5. Joon Soo Lee 9,700
6. Greg Wynn 10,750
7. Gary Zhamrochyan 25,900
8. Tony Abesamis 27,100
9. Vacant
10.Hasan Habib 36,675

Table 24
Seat Name Chip Count
1. Gerald Cheatham 39,100
2. Chris Tsiprailidis 10,050
3. Anthony Cousineau 6,725
4. Sheldon Kaplan 12,450
5. Fred Adli 62,825
6. Adel Salem 5,525
7. Ramzi Daniel 26,975
8. Andy Bui 55,450
9. Paul Phillips 22,125
10.Mike Caro 36,075

Table 25
Seat Name Chip Count
1. Ron Miller 14,525
2. Troy Gabaldon 10,225
3. Andy Miller 13,250
4. Spencer Mohler 17,850
5. John Landau 18,225
6. Arthur Aroyan 20,925
7. Mike Matusow 23,850
8. S.Baghchehsaraie 15,325
9. Matt Lefkowitz 21,825
10.Lee Markholt 5,000

Table 26
Seat Name Chip Count
1. Loi Tran 28,050
2. Bill Greenleaf 8,400
3. Barry Hoff 1,675
4. Vacant
5. Hamid Hashemi 22,125
6. Max Pescatori 32,450
7. Dustin Sitar 37,075
8. George Rahme 40,250
9. Carlos Mortensen 22,125
10.Yosh Nakano 16,350

Table 27
Seat Name Chip Count
1. Naseem Salem 17,000
2. Vacant
3. Yohanes Muruz 68,150
4. David Levi 8,450
5. Larry Eubanks 22,575
6. Houston Cortiz 35,900
7. Harry Fitzpatrick 9,000
8. Padraig Parkinson 70,150
8. George Rahme 40,250
9. Mickey "Mouse" Mills 32,000
10.Ed Moncada 29,275

Table 28
Seat Name Chip Count
1. Jennifer Harman 43,050
2. Dick Davis 8,400
3. Marc Magazu 16,925
4. Farzad Bonyadi 15,450
5. Fern Chamberlain 6,575
6. Charlie Shoten 18,025
7. Scott Aigner 13,100
8. Michael Tom 27,300
9. John Inashima 5,050
10.Don McNamara 17,850

Table 29
Seat Name Chip Count
1. Michael Yoshino 31,200
2. Louis Laxineta 52,750
3. Brad Daugherty 32,925
4. Paul Kraus 18,475
5. James Grimes 27,150
6. Goitom Gebrehiwet 27,125
7. Justin Moore $5,500
8. Vacant
9. Binh Do 19,250
10.Gabe Kaplan 35,125

Table 30
Seat Name Chip Count
1. Dani Pourat 26,250
2. Greg Mascio 23,000
3. Brian Nadell 13,100
4. David Oppenheim 39,600
5. Reagan Silber 33,675
6. J.R. Edison 11,550
7. Justin Moore 5,550
8. Kenneth Robbins 17,075
9. Cuong Huynh 28,475
10.Robert Roter 24,025

Table 31
Seat Name Chip Count
1. David Cowan 12,175
2. Carl McKelvey 25,275
3. Salah Alsayegh 8,325
4 Nekpal Singh 30,750
5. Tommy Hang 4,600
6. Ken Berg 24,450
7. J.D. Rodeffer 29,600
8. Jorge Walker 13,200
9. John Sacha 37,850
10.Dustin Woolf 30,525

Unknown Table
Stephane Borrero 31,375

2004 Legends of Poker