Day One of Championship Event at Caesars Indiana Ends With Adam Friedman as Chip Leader

2007 Caesars Indiana
World Series of Poker
(WSOP) Circuit Event
Event #10
$5,000 No Limit Hold'em
Championship Event
Day 1 Tournament Report

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2007 Caesars Indiana WSOP Circuit Event Report

Day One of Championship Event Ends
With Adam Friedman as Chip Leader

The $5,000 championship event at Caesars Indiana, the final stop on the
2006-2007 WSOP Circuit tour, got underway today aboard "The Glory of
Rome," the world's largest riverboat casino. It drew 154 players who
generated a prize pool of $736,900. Because it coincided with the final day of
the championship event at Foxwoods, the number of entrants was slightly
down from the 169 players who showed up for last October's finale here.
Nonetheless, it capped a highly successful 10-event tournament that drew a
grand total of 2,966 entrants along with a total prize pool of $1,916,630.
First place will play $238,656 plus an entry into the $10,000 WSOP
championship event.

Caesars Indiana is located in the town of Elizabeth, on the Ohio River,
surrounded by lovely rolling countryside and just a short drive from the famed
tourist center of Louisville, Kentucky, home of the Louisville Slugger and
Muhammad Ali museums.

This event drew a large contingent of top pros from California that included
"the Robin Hood of Poker," Barry Greenstein, along with his friend and
protégée Mimi Tran; Men "The Master" Nguyen, Chris "Armenian Express"
Grigorian, and Young Phan. Also on deck were Scott Fischman and horse
breeder Mark Smith, winner of the Circuit championship at Grand Casino
Tunica last year. Smith, incidentally, did very well in the Ladies Only event
here. No, he didn't play in it, but he did sponsor two ladies with whom he
plays in a home game in Lexington, Kentucky, and the two finished second
and fourth.

Each player today started with 10,000 in chips. As happened last year, action
was very fast at the outset, then slowed considerably as players dropped
quickly. As the next-to-last round ended, Greenstein pulled in a large pot
when an opponent folded, giving him about 57,000 and in a rough tie with
Fischman for third place. Two other players had about 90,000 and 70,000
respectively.

The day ended with 33 players remaining and Adam Friedman holding the
chip lead with 126,100. They will return at noon tomorrow to play down to
the final nine.

Report by Max Shapiro

To view a complete listing of Chip Counts for Day 1 of Event #10 of the
2007 Caesars Indiana Circuit Event, click on the link below:

2007 Caesars Indiana WSOP Circuit Championship Day 1 Chip Counts

World Series of Poker Commissioner – Jeffrey Pollack
Director of Poker Operations for Harrah’s Entertainment – Jack Effel
Caesars Indiana Poker Room Manager – Jimmie Allen
Caesars Indiana Tournament Directors -- Chris Reason, Andy Cunningham,
Doug Sullivan, Shannon Ruck

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