Joel Casper Chip Leader at Caesars Indiana WSOP Circuit Championship Event

2006 Caesars Indiana
World Series of Poker
(WSOP) Circuit Event
Event #12
$5,000 + $150
Championship Event
End of Day 1
Tournament Report

Pro Player Joel Casper Leads Championship
Event on Day One with 49 Players Still Left

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Day one of the WSOP Circuit championship event at Caesars Indiana ended
with Joel Casper leading with 95,900 chips. The remaining 49 players will
return tomorrow to play down to the final table. Casper is a pro from Chicago
whose best cash-in was $15,455 for his fourth place finish in a $1,000 no-
limit Bellagio Cup II event. This $5,000 final event drew 169 entrants, a
sizeable increase over last year’s 127, and they generated a prize pool of
$819,650. Eighteen places will be paid, with the top prize being $262,002.

First-day action started off very fast. “All in” was heard all over the place, and
players dropped rapidly, with half the field gone by about 8 p.m. But as the
tournament continued, the pace slowed noticeably.

Few “name” players survived day one. One of the best-known was David
Williams, who has a WSOP bracelet in 7-stud and a second in last year’s
WSOP main event that paid $3.5 million. Today he went out in about two
hours when he ran into a set of 10's.

Vanessa Rousso was here, followed around by a television crew. At the
Circuit event at Grand Tunica last month she was out in about an hour. She
lasted longer today, but was still gone after four or five hours. Other major
casualties included Chad Brown and “Captain” Tom Franklin, a team member
at Doyle’s Room. Men “The Master” Nguyen, who finished second at last
year’s championship event, had been on hand for a couple of days and
intended to play, but then his plans changed and he left town before the
event began.

Play halted a little after 12:30 tonight and will resume at noon tomorrow.

Caesars Indiana WSOP Circuit Event Championship