Event # 54 ist jedes Jahr eines der bestbesuchten Events und in diesem Fall wird es ein Rekordevent. Denn alleine an Tag 1A gingen 2.340 Spieler an den Start des $1.000 No Limit Hold’em. Viele deutschsprachige Spieler waren ebenfalls mit von der Partie.
Die Liste der deutschsprachigen Teilnehmer bei diesem Event ist lang, aber nur wenige bekannte Namen sind zu finden. Unter anderem waren Jörg Peisert, Steven Thomsen, Ivo Donev, Huykhiem Nguyen, Felix Lambertz, Viktor Rau, Jean Michel Dupre, Georg Strebel, Urs Gradel, Walter und Remo Blättler, Gunter Wagner oder auch Christopher Kolla am Start.
Natürlich waren auch einige Pros wie die PokerStars Pros Thierry van den Berg, Veronica Dabul, Dennis Phillips, Victor Ramdin, Maria Mayrinck und Gavin Griffin mit dabei, ebenso Dutch Boyd, Chris Ferguson, Layne Flack, Scott Montgomery, Shannon Elizabeth, Everest Pro Sigurd Eskeland, PartyPoker Aushängschild Kara Scott, Allen Kessler oder auch auch Altmeister David Sklansky.
3.000 Starting Chips sind bekanntlich nicht allzuviel und entsprechend heftig und schnell ging es zur Sache. Tom Dwan hatte seinen (mittlerweile obligaten) Kurzauftritt, auch Jennifer Tilly und Marco Traniello blieben nicht lange. PokerStars Pro Dennis Phillips musste sich mit seinen Pocket 5s gegen ein geflopptes Flush geschlagen geben, Berry Johnston verlor seine Asse gegen ein Set 3s. Einer der letzten, die sich verabschieden mussten, war Scott Montgomery. Er verlor mit seinen Kings gegen 
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Keine 350 Spieler blieben an diesem ersten Tag übrig. Wer der deutschsprachigen Spieler es in Tag 2 geschafft hat, wird der Chipcount zeigen.
| 1 | James Dempsey | 144.100 |
| 2 | Tommaso Briotti | 77.350 |
| 3 | Eelke Arjaans | 75.550 |
| 4 | Dustin Dorrance-bowman | 67.175 |
| 5 | Sean Prendiville | 66.975 |
| 6 | Rohn Schutsky | 60.425 |
| 7 | Mikael H Johansson | 58.875 |
| 8 | Vineet Pahuja | 57.775 |
| 9 | Kazunori Arii | 55.975 |
| 10 | Nicolas Poloniato | 55.750 |
| 11 | Matthew Schulte | 55.175 |
| 12 | Daniel Kirsch | 54.625 |
| 13 | Brent Thomas | 54.200 |
| 14 | Alan Keating | 50.275 |
| 15 | Stuart Fox | 48.900 |
| 16 | Stephen Buell | 46.500 |
| 17 | Kyle White | 46.475 |
| 18 | Sebastien Marin | 45.375 |
| 19 | Shannon Shorr | 45.000 |
| 20 | Henrik Tollefsen | 44.900 |
| 21 | Nikolay Evdakov | 44.050 |
| 22 | Joseph Luht | 43.475 |
| 23 | Kenny Shih | 42.800 |
| 24 | Matthew Nieberg | 42.400 |
| 25 | Chris Dombrowski | 42.175 |
| 26 | Daniel Martin | 41.525 |
| 27 | Jason Gerber | 41.100 |
| 28 | Kenneth Smith | 40.875 |
| 29 | Marcel Buissink | 40.500 |
| 30 | Tommy San | 39.975 |
| 31 | Mark Zajdner | 39.600 |
| 32 | Robert Clouston | 39.550 |
| 33 | James Herring | 39.525 |
| 34 | Srdjan Mitrovic | 39.075 |
| 35 | Benjamin Palmer | 38.725 |
| 36 | Aristide Toubbe | 38.625 |
| 37 | Jason Deutsch | 38.575 |
| 38 | Chris Klodnicki | 38.350 |
| 39 | Peter Dragar | 38.200 |
| 40 | Robert Tepper | 38.075 |
| 41 | Jordan Warkol | 37.950 |
| 42 | Lawrencee Cooper | 37.525 |
| 43 | Matthew Smith | 36.725 |
| 44 | Jorge Carvalho | 36.500 |
| 45 | Mehdi Anooshahr | 36.025 |
| 46 | Oliver Baksic | 36.025 |
| 47 | Rikard Relander | 35.325 |
| 48 | Trenton Stephens | 35.300 |
| 49 | Grayson Ramage | 35.225 |
| 50 | Thomas Conway | 34.950 |
| 51 | Benjamin Early | 34.800 |
| 52 | Brett Lambert | 34.200 |
| 53 | Sean Brandow | 33.575 |
| 54 | Joseph Singer | 33.500 |
| 55 | Jonathan Sorcher | 33.425 |
| 56 | Mark Defaria | 32.700 |
| 57 | Robert Engel | 32.650 |
| 58 | Jonathan Neckar | 32.350 |
| 59 | Michael Benvenuti | 32.300 |
| 60 | Toto Leonidas | 31.475 |
| 61 | Melad Marji | 30.825 |
| 62 | Joshua Cowan | 30.725 |
| 63 | Ruimanuel Botelho | 30.700 |
| 64 | Matthew Waxman | 30.675 |
| 65 | Leandro Gaone | 30.650 |
| 66 | Benjamin Alcober | 30.550 |
| 67 | Jason Koon | 30.150 |
| 68 | Bobby Ledbetter | 29.975 |
| 69 | Hakon Lundberg | 29.850 |
| 70 | Christos Arvanitis | 29.800 |
| 71 | Stanley Lee | 29.750 |
| 72 | James Sudworth | 29.350 |
| 73 | Charles Tidmarsh | 28.975 |
| 74 | Jeff Gibralter | 28.950 |
| 75 | Espen Moen | 28.900 |
| 76 | Kyle Hegeman | 28.700 |
| 77 | Marcus Gonzaga | 27.900 |
| 78 | Paul Kerr | 27.650 |
| 79 | Robert Cohen | 27.625 |
| 80 | Daniel Van Kalkeren | 26.950 |
| 81 | Gavin Palmer | 26.925 |
| 82 | Rodney Comeau | 26.850 |
| 83 | Joseph Bartholdi | 26.775 |
| 84 | Miklos Zsuffa | 26.650 |
| 85 | Kyle Weir | 26.625 |
| 86 | David Lam | 26.550 |
| 87 | Dorlan Schick | 26.550 |
| 88 | Amy Smittle | 26.500 |
| 89 | Daniel Retallick | 26.425 |
| 90 | David Arnold | 26.300 |
| 91 | Niall Mcgrail | 26.225 |
| 92 | Rodrigo Portaleoni | 26.150 |
| 93 | Patricia Barsantichou | 26.075 |
| 94 | James Locascio | 26.000 |
| 95 | Marvin Steele | 25.725 |
| 96 | Phillip Dagger | 25.200 |
| 97 | Vincent Branson | 25.025 |
| 98 | Quan Nguyen | 24.975 |
| 99 | Michael Frac | 24.700 |
| 100 | Feizal Satchu | 24.125 |
| 101 | Bill Kontaratos | 24.050 |
| 102 | Jacob Toole | 24.025 |
| 103 | Jonathan Dwek | 24.000 |
| 104 | Daniel Park | 24.000 |
| 105 | Matthew Lupton | 23.875 |
| 106 | Duane Blanchard | 23.750 |
| 107 | Anders Eklund | 23.700 |
| 108 | James Ruszkiewicz | 23.500 |
| 109 | Thierry Vandenberg | 23.375 |
| 110 | Bryan Oshea | 23.225 |
| 111 | DID NOT REPORT | 23.200 |
| 112 | Kongsgaard Soren | 23.200 |
| 113 | Jena Delk | 23.175 |
| 114 | John Lazazzaro | 23.000 |
| 115 | Craig Boyd | 22.850 |
| 116 | Hans Michaelsen | 22.850 |
| 117 | Shawn Rusch | 22.500 |
| 118 | Eric Lupovich | 22.425 |
| 119 | James Hudson | 22.350 |
| 120 | Tony Dunst | 22.125 |
| 121 | Jonathan Ling | 22.075 |
| 122 | Patrick Braga | 21.975 |
| 123 | Richard Ellis | 21.775 |
| 124 | Dylan Linde | 21.675 |
| 125 | Salvatore Crapanzano | 21.575 |
| 126 | Jeffrey Gross | 21.500 |
| 127 | Cesar Flores | 21.225 |
| 128 | Gregory Walsh | 21.225 |
| 129 | Anton Knutar | 21.150 |
| 130 | Thuyen Doan | 21.100 |
| 131 | Joseph Anderson | 21.075 |
| 132 | Waylon Frey | 21.000 |
| 133 | Thomas Fuller | 20.950 |
| 134 | Kenneth Robinson | 20.850 |
| 135 | Kima Kimura | 20.850 |
| 136 | Wesley Ismay | 20.775 |
| 137 | Philippe Boucher | 20.400 |
| 138 | Jason Jacintho | 20.225 |
| 139 | Traian Jurovschi | 20.175 |
| 140 | Kenneth Shei | 20.050 |
| 141 | Michael Michnik | 20.050 |
| 142 | Patrick Madden | 20.000 |
| 143 | Bartosz Socko | 19.950 |
| 144 | Michael Dietrich | 19.725 |
| 145 | Brian Schmidt | 19.575 |
| 146 | Paolo Antonacci | 19.450 |
| 147 | William Hill | 19.450 |
| 148 | David Hong | 19.375 |
| 149 | Christopher Kassela | 19.375 |
| 150 | Joshua Najamy | 19.350 |
| 151 | Michael Tham | 19.350 |
| 152 | Richard Barone | 19.350 |
| 153 | Bastiaan Van Den Brink | 19.325 |
| 154 | Kalman Racz | 19.200 |
| 155 | Maxim Sorokin | 19.100 |
| 156 | Michael Blocksidge | 19.100 |
| 157 | Matthew Affleck | 19.000 |
| 158 | Cynthia May | 18.975 |
| 159 | John Henriquez-Gil | 18.725 |
| 160 | Carder England | 18.600 |
| 161 | Adrien Allain | 18.300 |
| 162 | Samuel Ganzfried | 18.250 |
| 163 | Antaris Jucius | 18.200 |
| 164 | Peter Bailer | 18.150 |
| 165 | Anthony Spinella | 18.050 |
| 166 | Laurie Hilton | 17.975 |
| 167 | Dominic Fortin | 17.900 |
| 168 | Peter Kamaras | 17.850 |
| 169 | David Profitt | 17.800 |
| 170 | Todd Louer | 17.800 |
| 171 | Stephen Tutelman | 17.700 |
| 172 | Dewey Stanton | 17.575 |
| 173 | Martin Sansour | 17.400 |
| 174 | Scott Oreilly | 17.350 |
| 175 | George Ruby | 17.200 |
| 176 | Martin Herman | 17.175 |
| 177 | Michael Verheyden | 17.125 |
| 178 | Paul Villamizar | 17.075 |
| 179 | John Wrona | 17.025 |
| 180 | Piero Mormina | 16.900 |
| 181 | Leena Carriere | 16.650 |
| 182 | Johan Ekerfelt | 16.625 |
| 183 | Olivia Boeree | 16.575 |
| 184 | Blake Carriere | 16.550 |
| 185 | Scott Heydon | 16.500 |
| 186 | Marcos Cerqueira | 16.225 |
| 187 | Larry Karambis | 16.150 |
| 188 | Jeffrey Scholz | 16.100 |
| 189 | Binh Nguyen | 16.025 |
| 190 | Chan Pelton | 16.000 |
| 191 | Jeffrey Mahoney | 15.900 |
| 192 | Richard Geyer | 15.850 |
| 193 | Kim Hammar | 15.725 |
| 194 | Paul Saharsky | 15.725 |
| 195 | Jim Collopy | 15.650 |
| 196 | Christopher Lettow | 15.600 |
| 197 | William C. Hill | 15.475 |
| 198 | Jian Wang | 15.350 |
| 199 | Matthew Matros | 15.350 |
| 200 | Steven Richman | 15.150 |
| 201 | Ian Gillespie | 15.075 |
| 202 | Jose Rosenkrantz | 15.075 |
| 203 | Bruce Boguski | 15.075 |
| 204 | Minh Nguyen | 15.000 |
| 205 | Steve Day | 14.875 |
| 206 | Isidoro Pineda | 14.850 |
| 207 | Spencer Granger | 14.775 |
| 208 | Al Krux | 14.700 |
| 209 | Matthew Salnick | 14.600 |
| 210 | Daniel Butler | 14.575 |
| 211 | Samuel Latulippe | 14.575 |
| 212 | Mark Silvanovich | 14.500 |
| 213 | Darren Thompson | 14.450 |
| 214 | Clark Hamagami | 14.325 |
| 215 | Sergey Pomerantsev | 14.275 |
| 216 | Grant Elmer | 14.200 |
| 217 | Brian Dubois | 14.200 |
| 218 | Mike Sica | 14.175 |
| 219 | Thomas Bennborn | 14.150 |
| 220 | Jason Leet | 14.075 |
| 221 | Scott Sitron | 13.925 |
| 222 | Farrell Hinkle | 13.900 |
| 223 | Engenio Carmo | 13.875 |
| 224 | Rudy Ackermann | 13.800 |
| 225 | Tom Sigmond | 13.775 |
| 226 | Mark Farrar | 13.775 |
| 227 | Marc Szymanski | 13.750 |
| 228 | David Pott | 13.700 |
| 229 | David Peters | 13.700 |
| 230 | Isabel Carvalho | 13.625 |
| 231 | Scott Freeman | 13.600 |
| 232 | David Assouline | 13.425 |
| 233 | Michael Dentale | 13.225 |
| 234 | Ricky Stinson | 13.000 |
| 235 | Qinghai Pan | 12.950 |
| 236 | Kara Tobin | 12.900 |
| 237 | Nico Streif | 12.900 |
| 238 | R Robins | 12.875 |
| 239 | Patrick Kuykendall | 12.675 |
| 240 | Noreen Klein | 12.650 |
| 241 | Steven Polen | 12.650 |
| 242 | Robert Haubert | 12.625 |
| 243 | Nikolai Sears | 12.600 |
| 244 | Walter Buss | 12.475 |
| 245 | Jean Jacques Berger | 12.450 |
| 246 | Alison Senycz | 12.425 |
| 247 | Colin Burton | 12.225 |
| 248 | Steve Rosen | 12.075 |
| 249 | Evan Schwartz | 12.050 |
| 250 | Christian Suss | 12.025 |
| 251 | Floyd Bangerter | 11.925 |
| 252 | David Sklansky | 11.875 |
| 253 | Neil Banks | 11.825 |
| 254 | Terry Anderson | 11.775 |
| 255 | Joseph James | 11.625 |
| 256 | Paulus Valkenburg | 11.600 |
| 257 | Vijayan Nagarajan | 11.600 |
| 258 | Corey Custer | 11.575 |
| 259 | Matthew Linderson | 11.375 |
| 260 | Michael Woods | 11.350 |
| 261 | Sergey Pevzner | 11.250 |
| 262 | Matej Masejak | 11.175 |
| 263 | Peter Rounce | 11.150 |
| 264 | Andrew Rose | 11.125 |
| 265 | Kasper Colding | 10.825 |
| 266 | Joshua Ragland | 10.675 |
| 267 | Haifeng Luo | 10.650 |
| 268 | Peter Bronstein | 10.600 |
| 269 | Zhong Tan | 10.575 |
| 270 | Shawn Green | 10.525 |
| 271 | Jackson Zheng | 10.525 |
| 272 | William Cordes | 10.475 |
| 273 | Richard Austin | 10.300 |
| 274 | John Pansar | 10.175 |
| 275 | Franklin Caldwell | 10.025 |
| 276 | James Hommel | 9.900 |
| 277 | Jonathan Tare | 9.900 |
| 278 | Kenneth Piel | 9.800 |
| 279 | Elia Ahmadian | 9.725 |
| 280 | Mitchell Foss | 9.625 |
| 281 | Michael Johnson | 9.550 |
| 282 | Johannes Heldens | 9.425 |
| 283 | Andrew Klivan | 9.400 |
| 284 | Michael Rosa | 9.275 |
| 285 | Paulo Figueiredo | 9.150 |
| 286 | James Brough | 9.025 |
| 287 | Allan Vrooman | 8.925 |
| 288 | John Foster | 8.875 |
| 289 | Marcel Vonk | 8.825 |
| 290 | Ryan Deviney | 8.775 |
| 291 | Jeffrey Papola | 8.725 |
| 292 | Orlando Moretti | 8.625 |
| 293 | Samuel Chartier | 8.500 |
| 294 | Catherine Hearn | 8.475 |
| 295 | Guy Thomas | 8.400 |
| 296 | Daniel Snowden | 8.375 |
| 297 | Francis Anton | 8.275 |
| 298 | Dung Pham | 7.875 |
| 299 | James Manning | 7.775 |
| 300 | Travis Wiedower | 7.450 |
| 301 | Glen Turner | 7.425 |
| 302 | Jose Latorraca | 7.400 |
| 303 | Kent Hunter | 7.400 |
| 304 | Steven Kong | 7.375 |
| 305 | Alex Jacob | 7.375 |
| 306 | William Dohnke | 7.075 |
| 307 | Matthew Martinez | 6.950 |
| 308 | William Tzotzolis | 6.950 |
| 309 | Cristian Avendano | 6.900 |
| 310 | Nadav Benjosef | 6.900 |
| 311 | Joel Jensen | 6.900 |
| 312 | Timothy Waddle | 6.825 |
| 313 | Keith Johnson | 6.800 |
| 314 | Balazs Botond | 6.700 |
| 315 | Travis Padgett | 6.700 |
| 316 | Peter Campo | 6.675 |
| 317 | Daniel Harbaugh | 6.275 |
| 318 | Gilbert Diaz | 6.225 |
| 319 | Lawrence Marshall | 5.650 |
| 320 | Michael O’brien | 5.500 |
| 321 | Bernhard Straubinger | 5.250 |
| 322 | Carlos Pascual | 4.650 |
| 323 | Edward May | 4.400 |
| 324 | Matthew Folsom | 4.375 |
| 325 | Fabian Gentile | 4.250 |
| 326 | Christopher Miller | 3.100 |
| 327 | Alan Snow | 2.825 |
| 328 | Josef Bachar | 2.000 |
| 329 | Alexandra Danielsson | 1.500 |
| 330 | Edward Nassif | 1 |
| 331 | David Holcomb | 1 |
