Online Pro Matt Stout End of Day One Chip Leader at Harrah’s Tunica Championship Event

Day 1 Chip Counts:

	Name	City	State	Country	Chip Count
1	Matt Stout	Las Vegas	NV	USA	116,300
2	Brian Gabrielle	Minneapolis	MN	USA	104,000
3	Tim Morgan	Pompano Beach	FL	USA	100,200
4	Robert Kalteux	Seminole	FL	USA	95,000
5	Shane Zell	Memphis	TN	USA	87,300
6	Radwan “Doc” Khuri	Memphis	TN	USA	84,500
7	Paul Wasicka	Las Vegas	NV	USA	82,200
8	Kevin Hercules	Nashville	TN	USA	80,400
9	Robert Thornhill	Spring	TX	USA	74,600
10	Jerry Saucier	Helena	AL	USA	71,700
11	Jeff Morrill	Nashville	TN	USA	66,300
12	Steve Cook	Springfield	IL	USA	65,900
13	Dwyte Pilgrim	Brooklyn	NY	USA	65,200
14	Larry Gurney	Kingston	TN	USA	58,700
15	John Dolan	Bonita Springs	FL	USA	54,000
16	Walter Wright	Las Vegas	NV	USA	52,700
17	Brandon Garner	Jackson	TN	USA	50,000
18	Mike Cordell	Little Rock	AR	USA	45,900
19	Seamus Ghill	Dublin		Ireland	44,500
20	Logan Richetti	Memphis	TN	USA	43,200
21	Saed Nia	Memphis	TN	USA	42,200
22	Russell Muller	Gillette	WY	USA	41,100
23	Galen Kester	Senatobia	MS	USA	41,000
24	Richard Robb	Seneca	SC	USA	38,300
25	Ben Mintz	New Orleans	LA	USA	34,500
26	Sanjay Gudiboina	Collierville	TN	USA	34,100
27	Michael Schneider	Covington	GA	USA	33,900
28	Kenny Higdon	Chattanooga	TN	USA	32,400
29	Brian Brown	Rincon	GA	USA	31,700
30	Carter Phillips	Charlotte	NC	USA	31,000
31	Jeter Brock	Birmingham	AL	USA	28,800
32	John Evans	Grombury	TX	USA	25,000
33	John “Cowboy” Land	Dallas	TX	USA	20,000
34	Dina Rylander	Collierville	TN	USA	17,300
35	Michael Jamell	Alexander	AR	USA	12,800

TUNICA, MS – With day one of the Harrah’s Tunica Championship Event in the books, Matt “Allinat420” Stout sits atop the leader board at 116,300.

In addition to his online success, Stout has nearly one million in live major tournament cashes and a number of tournament wins, including a first place finish in event #7 of the 2007/2008 World Series of Poker Circuit Events at Harrah’s Atlantic City.

The $5,150 Harrah’s Tunica Championship Event drew a field of 96 players and generated a total prize pool of $449,750.

Day one ended at 2:00 am. The remaining 35 players will resume play at noon.

2006 World Series of Poker Main Event runner-up Paul Wasicka will begin day two near the top of the leader board with 82,200 chips

2009 EPT Barcelona Main Event Champion Carter Phillips heads into day two with 31,000 chips, while two-time WSOP Circuit Event champion, Dwyte Pilgrim rounds out the list of notable day one survivors with a healthy 65,200 in chips.

Just weeks after his first full year of major live tournament play, Pilgrim has cashed over 20 times with four tournament wins.

Notable pros eliminated in day one include Gavin Smith, Tommy Vedes and 2010 Winter Bayou poker Challenge Main Event champion, Allen Kessler.

Follow the WSOP at twitter.com/wsop on February 12 for live final table updates and photos of the Harrah’s Tunica Championship Event.