'Minneapolis' Jim Meehan Leads Mirage Poker Showdown PPT Tourney After Day 1

Day 1 of the PPT $500,000 freeroll is in the books at the 2005 Mirage Poker Showdown in Las Vegas. 174 players started the day, with 52 remaining. Results from Day 1 are below.

(Place/Player/Chip Count)

1 'Minneapolis' Jim Meehan 96,525
2 Bill Baxter 86,700
3 Surinder Sunar 74,025
4 Tom Franklin 69,250
5 Randy Jensen 68,125
6 Bill Gazes 57,375
7 Robert Hoff 56,000
8 Robert Turner 53,700
9 Blair Rodman 53,475
10 Brad Daugherty 51,750
11 Noli Francisco 51,750
12 Ralph Perry 51,575
13 Marcel Luske 48,725
14 Layne Flack 47,950
15 Alfredo 'Toto' Leonidas 43,325
16 Chris Tsiprailidis 40,600
17 David Levi 39,425
18 Antonio Esfandiari 38,875
19 Justin Cuong Van 'J.C.' Tran 38,225
20 Randy Holland 37,825
21 Thomas Keller 36,750
22 Jack McClelland 34,575
23 Chris Karagulleyan32,700
24 Phi Nguyen 30,525
25 David Oppenheim 29,725
26 Dewey Tomko 29,450
27 Wendeen Eolis 28,375
28 Trey Aldridge 28,075
29 David Chiu 27,650
30 John Stolzmann 27,250
31 Asher Derei 24,525
32 Steve Zolotow 23,500
33 James Woods 21,775
34 Ted Forrest 21,725
35 Lyle Berman 20,250
36 Mel Judah 19,950
37 Mike Laing 19,900
38 Lee Watkinson 17,450
39 Huck Seed 17,275
40 Dan Harrington 17,150
41 Harley Hall 17,100
42 Max Stern 16,175
43 Tony Cousineau 14,600
44 An Tran 14,225
45 Quoc Al 'Vinnie' Vinh 13,900
46 Charlie 'Scotty Warbucks' Shoten 12,500
47 Juan Carlos Mortensen 10,800
48 G. Richard Tatalovich 10,100
49 Ron Faltinsky 9,950
50 Phil Hellmuth Jr. 6,625
51 Young Phan 5,600
52 Jeri Thomas 5,050

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Originally published May 11, 2005