The $10,000 buy-in Main Event began yesterday at the World Series of Poker Tournament Circuit event at Caesars Palace, and Ralph Perry of Las Vegas is currently leading the pack, starting today with over $100,000 in tournament chips. Though Perry's name may not be instantly recognizable to some, he is certainly a force at the tables. He has placed in the top 8 places in nine tournaments over the past few years, including the 2002 World Series of Poker Championship Event where he placed third, losing only to winner Robert Varkonyi and second place finisher Julian Gardner.
Top ten chip counts going into today's action are as follows:
1 Ralph Perry 108,575
2 Daniel Fuhs 91,050
3 Sean McCabe 87,350
4 Erick Lindgren 83,650
5 Tim Phan 68,400
6 Steve Sung 65,275
7 David Benyamine 63,600
8 Devil Fish Ulliott 58,500
9 Sam Chung 57,125
10 Yossi Strasser 55,275
Places 11 through 50 are listed on the continuation.
11 Virgil Beddingfield 53,825
12 John Esposito 50,550
13 Tony Cousineau 50,475
14 Brian Jensen 49,400
15 Greg Morris 48,925
16 Paul Fischman 47,150
17 Charlie Ng 43,775
18 Andrew Barta 43,125
19 Minh Nguyen 41,825
20 James Pittman 39,625
21 Mike Epstein 37,950
22 John D'Agostino 36,725
23 Thor Hansen 35,825
24 Nam Le 34,775
25 Dino Moustakis 34,450
26 Mimi Tran 34,075
27 Chuck Kelley 32,350
28 Blair Rodman 31,375
29 Alan Smurfit 29,700
30 Ted Forrest 28,125
31 Trung Nguyen 26,625
32 Stephen McGugan 26,525
33 Jean Gaspard 25,700
34 Kent Washington 25,600
35 Joe Awada 23,975
36 Alex Jogodik 23,925
37 Dan Alspach 22,225
38 Jordan Morgan 21,525
39 John Spadavecchia 20,425
40 Bill Baxter 19,925
41 Tom Schneider 19,250
42 Erik Seidel 19,150
43 Dan Harrington 18,875
44 Tad Jurgens 17,875
45 Alex Jacob 17,325
46 Ozzie Kalil 17,075
47 Dwayne Moyers 16,550
48 Allen Kessler 15,875
49 Carlos Mortensen 15,750
50 Chris Ferguson 15,550
(Chip counts sourced from: CardPlayer.com)
