Jeff Banghart is Chip Leader for Day 1 at Horseshoe Council Bluffs

2007 Horseshoe Casino
Council Bluffs
World Series of Poker
(WSOP) Circuit Event
Event #8
$5,000 No Limit Hold'em
Tournament Report
End of Day 1

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2007 Horseshoe Council Bluffs WSOP Circuit Event Report

Jeff Banghart of Nebraska Leads Field
in Championship Event at End
of Day One

Jeff Banghart of Bennington, Nebraska, with 86,800 chips, was the leader as
day one of the WSOP Circuit at Horseshoe Casino Council Bluffs ended with
42 players remaining. With 1,420,000 chips in play, the average stack was
33,810.

The championship event attracted 142 players who generated a prize pool of
$677,700 that would pay 18 places. In all, the eight Circuit events brought in
2,089 players and a total prize pool of $1,629,494. This first Circuit event
series at Horseshoe Casino Council Bluffs has proved to be a great success,
bringing in enough players and spectators to increase table game and poker
room drops by about 35 percent.

Each player in this final event was given 10,000 chips, playing 75-minute
rounds, starting with blinds of 25-50.. The three biggest names who flew in
for this championship event were Phil Gordon, Chris Ferguson" and T.J.
Cloutier. T.J. did not make it past the first level, and the other two were also
gone midway through the first day. T.J. went out when he moved in with A-K
into a safe-looking board and got nailed by pocket queens.

Then, not long after the dinner break, Ferguson and Gordon went out bang-
bang, one right after the other. Earlier, Gordon was left with about 3,000
chips when he called an all-in bet with pocket kings and his opponent, with
A-K, flopped an ace. Now, he was all in with 10s-7s against Everett Carlton,
who finished third the night before, and now held Ac-Qc. The flop paired
Gordon's 7, but also Carlton's queen, and Gordon was through. He was still
taking his farewell bows when Ferguson followed him out. Holding Ac-10c,
Ferguson made trip 10s when the board came 10-7-3-2-10, but another
player, with pocket 7s, had made a full house.

Meanwhile, also in early going, the amiable Ed Corrado, a familiar face on the
Circuit trail who has made five final tables in the past two years, went broke.
His pocket 8s were no match for pocket queens.

When the final round of the night started at 10 p.m., only 52 of the 142
starters were still in action, and by the end of the round, 10 more were gone.

Play will resume at noon tomorrow and continue until the final nine are left.

Here are the remaining players listed by chip count:

PAYOUT SCHEDULE

1. $219,576
2. $115,209
3.   $67,770
4.   $54,216
5.   $40,662
6.   $33,885
7    $27,108
8.   $20,331
9.   $13,554
10. $10,843
11. $10,843
12. $10,843
13.   $9,488
14.   $9,488
15.   $9,488
16.   $8,132
17.   $8,132
18.   $8,132

World Series of Poker Commissioner – Jeffrey Pollack
Director of Poker Operations for Harrah’s Entertainment – Jack Effel
World Series of Poker Circuit Tournament Director – Janis Sexton
Horseshoe Casino Council Bluffs Poker Room Manager – Gary Margetson

Jeff Banghart
Sam Von Duhn
Alan Cutler
James English
Matt Infranca
Krista Gifford
Everett Carlton
Ryan Fisler
Erik Albertson
Ken Felchuk
Shannan Roberts
Kosta Sengos
Deb Blair
Larry Vance
David Wintroub
Doug 'Rico' Carli
Kevin Ratliff
John Kincaid
Bob Slezak
Tony Panos
Sean Johnson
Matt Streeter
Stan Schrier
Dennis Otto
Chris Hunt
Brian Gabrielle
Ray Flavin
Warren Campbell
John Sanna
Jeff Bryan
Danny Ciaramella
Tony Hartmann
Tyler Meierotto
David Dicken
Thadd Wolff
Linda Hackney
Yoon Soo Kim
Lee Borrall
James Jewett
Paul Kraus
Ryan Hartmann
Brett Richey

Bennington, NE
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL
Tamarac, FL
Blue Springs, MO
Chicago, IL
St. Paul, MN
Waterloo, Ontario
Omaha, NE
Winfield, KS
Kansas City, KS
Sioux Falls, SD
Tucson, AZ
Torrance, CA
Omaha, NE
Alliance, OH
Chicago, IL
Omaha, NE
Omaha, NE
Lawrence, KS
Chamberlain, SD
Lincoln, NE
Las Vegas, NV
Corpus Cristi, TX
Aurora, NE
Moosomin, Canada
Woodstock, IL
Omaha, NE
Madison, WI
Fort Calhoun, NE
Pittsburgh, PA
Minneapolis, MN
Kansas City, MO
Waterloo, IA
Omaha, NE
Durand, MI
Milwaukee, WI
Brooklyn, WI
Boise, ID
Los Angeles, CA
Minneapolis, MN
New York, NY

86,800
69,600
68,200
65,400
65,100
61,200
56,500
55,100
54,500
51,500
48,600
41,300
37,900
35,800
35,100
34,300
31,500
30,500
30,000
29,700
29,600
29,400
25,200
24,900
24,800
24,700
22,700
20,600
20,400
19,300
18,700
18,700
17,900
17,500
17,300
17,200
16,200
13,800
13,500
13,200
12,900
12,300

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