Greg Kolo Leading Showdown At The Sands

Published on November 23rd, 2003, 1:15 pm EST

Day One at the Showdown at the Sands, to be televised on FOX on Thanksgiving weekend, sees a surprise name as the Day One chip leader. Greg Kolo is currently sitting in the lead, with $115,000 in chips. His competition is snapping at his feet though, with Phil Gordon sitting at #2 with $104,600 in chips, and Men "The Master" Nguyen sitting at #4 with $95,600 chips.

Here is the top 25 after Day one, along with their chips:

1) Greg Kolo - $115,000
2) Phil Gordon - $104,600
3) Michael Esposito - $102,900
4) Men Nguyen - $95,600
5) Antonio Esfandiari - $78,700
6) David Benvamine - $76,900
7) Fabrice Soulier - $74,000
8) Cyndy Violette - $70,300
9) Brian Haueson - $65,700
10) T.J. Cloutier - $62,200
11) Dino Fazlibegu - $61,300
12) Hiren Patel - $59,900
13) Chris Ferguson - $50,700
14) Alan Schein - $49,900
15) Mike Salem - $49,200
16) Daniel Negreanu - $46,500
17) Paul Wolfe - $46,500
18) James Van Alstyne - $45,500
19) Olga Varkonyi - $45,400
20) Avdo Djokovic - $45,300
21) Amir Vahedi - $44,000
22) Jerry Cusack - $43,100
23) Surinder Sunar - $42,400
24) Phil Hellmuth - $40,300
25) Randall McCullum - $38,600