Day 1 Complete
The first day of play here in Hammond, Indiana for the WSOP Circuit Main Event is complete. A massive turnout of players came out to play and the final number reached 872. That crushes any Circuit Main Event in history and proves that the greater Chicago area is booming with poker enthusiasm.
Leading the way at the end of the day is Jim Kasputis from Rockford, Illinois. He wrapped up Day 1 with a whopping 360,000 chips. Allen Bari wrapped up with 235,100 as another big stack while pros Adam Levy, Bryan Devonshire, Matt Brady and Dean Hamrick are still alive as well. Kevin Calenzo has final tabled both of the WSOP Circuit Main Events this season and is still looming here. He'll join the field of 162 players returning for Day 2's action.
Day 2 begins at 1:00 p.m. local time on Friday and the plan is set to play from that number down to a final table (yeah right). We know that's a stretch, making this event look like it's going to turn out like many of them did over the summer at the WSOP when the final day returned with plenty more than a final table of players left. We'll see you back here on PokerNews tomorrow for all the action!