Day 1A of the World Poker Open

Small Field Attracts Big Crowds

With all of the tournaments currently running around the world, day 1A of the World Poker Tour’s annual World Poker Open attracted 117 players. Facing competition from the Aussie Millions, Borgata preliminaries and even the World Series of Poker circuit event across the street, the Gold Strike decided to split its starting day in two, to give all the players who may be traveling time to make the trip to Tunica, Mississippi.

Despite the low turnout, the rail was packed from start to finish with locals trying to catch a glimpse of their favorite pros and perhaps an autograph or two. While players like David “The Dragon” Pham, Dutch Boyd, Freddy Deeb, David “The Devilfish” Ulliot, Humberto Brenes, Jaime Gold, Nam Le, and J.C. Tran got their fair share of attention, the majority of the crowd clamored to watch Daniel Negreanu try to make his annual visit to the final table.

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