2010 World Series of Poker

Event #1: $500 Casino Employees No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info

2010 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aa
Prize
$71,424
Event Info
Buy-in
$500
Prize Pool
$324,450
Entries
721
Level Info
Level
22
Blinds
15,000 / 30,000
Ante
4,000

Event #1: $500 Casino Employees No-Limit Hold'em

Day 1 Completed

Official Day 1 Chip Counts (full)

Player Chips Progress
Kent Washington
Kent Washington
168,300 93,300
Jonathan Kotula
Jonathan Kotula
108,700 66,700
Christopher Reider
Christopher Reider
107,500 51,500
Samuel Sperrazza
Samuel Sperrazza
96,800 46,800
Arthur Vea
Arthur Vea
95,800 92,800
Yuta Motoyama
Yuta Motoyama
72,100 30,100
Matthew Hollinger
Matthew Hollinger
71,700 40,700
Vincent Vandall
Vincent Vandall
68,200 65,200
Hoai Pham vn
Hoai Pham
65,800 62,800
Zhen Cai us
Zhen Cai
65,000 50,000
Jeffrey Bennett
Jeffrey Bennett
59,000 56,000
Christopher Perez
Christopher Perez
58,900 55,900
Patrick Silvey
Patrick Silvey
57,700 54,700
Brian Phillis
Brian Phillis
53,000 50,000
Justin Paris
Justin Paris
50,300 16,300
Edward Martin
Edward Martin
48,500 18,500
Derek Dillman
Derek Dillman
45,800 32,800
Javier Rincon
Javier Rincon
45,100 42,100
Brooks Blake
Brooks Blake
43,800 40,800
Vu Pham
Vu Pham
42,000 39,000
Daniel Hecht
Daniel Hecht
41,700 38,700
Barry Hulunian
Barry Hulunian
40,300 37,300
David Fischer us
David Fischer
39,900 36,900
Dean Saito
Dean Saito
37,000 23,300
David Patent
David Patent
34,100 31,100

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Day 1 Completed

We didn't quite make it to the final table today in the Casino Employees Event, but we did trim the starting field from 722 down to 53. Needless to say, there are more than a few elated casino employees looking forward to taking home a big bonus tomorrow.

Jack McClelland, Tournament Director for the Bellagio, had an up and down day. At times he was close to the chip lead, while other times he was down to just over ten big blinds. He managed to weather the storm and is currently working with about 15,000 in chips.

One of the day's dominant players, Cary Lucier, failed to make the money despite an at-times, commanding chip lead.

The night's chip leader seems to be Kent Washington, who had a commanding presence through much of the day. Right now he's sitting with about 150,000. Jonathan Kotula isn't too far behind. He flirted with the lead throughout the day and is currently well ahead of the pack with about 110,000 chips.

Samuel Sperrazza is just short of the century mark with 95,000 chips, and is currently occupying the third place on the leader board. Meanwhile, AJ Vea's 86,000 chips are keeping him in the top five along with Vinnie Vandall, who has 75,000 and entered the leaders' group not too long before the bubble.

53 players will return tomorrow to battle it out for the first bracelet of the 2010 World Series of Poker.

Day 2 resumes tomorrow at 2:30 PM.

The Last Hand

The very last hand of the night took place on Table 3 where John McAvoy open shoved from early position.

McAvoy either wanted to double up or bust because of his short stack, but unfortunately for him neither occured. Zhen Cai was the last to act in the big blind and folded his hand, sending the blinds and antes to McAvoy.

He laughed tabling {K-Diamonds}{J-Clubs} and will have to return tomorrow for Day 2 still short with just around 15,000.

Tags: John McAvoyZhen Cai

Great Turn of Events

Christopher Perez and Kevin Brantner butted heads recently at Table 4.

Perez opened to 3,500 from early position and action folded to Brantner on the button who re-raised to 10,000. Perez called and the flop fell {A-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}{4-Hearts}.

Both players checked and then Perez insta shoved after the {10-Diamonds} was dealt on the turn.

“Frickin’ frick,” Brantner muttered. “I hate this table.”

Brantner eventually folded {K-}{K-} face up and Perez showed him {10-}{10-} for a turned set of tens.

“Running good there ‘Michigan’,” a player jarred.

Perez has picked up the nickname ‘Michigan’ because of his Michigan Wolverines hat and he’s also picked up a nice stack of 50,000 chips. Brantner on the other hand slipped below 20,000 chips.

Tags: Christopher PerezKevin Brantner

Vandal-izing the Competition

Vinnie Vandal bet 10,000 on a {7-Spades}{10-Hearts}{8-Diamonds} flop. A player in early position moved all in for 11,000 and Dave Fisher called behind. Vandal called the extra 1,000 as the {7-Diamonds} came on the turn.

Vandal pushed his remaining stack in the middle, which caused Fisher to fold. The early position player turned over the {9-Clubs}{9-Hearts} but was behind Vandal’s {Q-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs}.

The {4-Clubs} hit the river and Vandal took a huge pot worth 45,000, bringing his stack up to 70,000. Interestingly, part of his stack is comprised of new orange chips, worth 5,000 apiece.

Tags: David FisherVinnie Vandal

Frank Nguyen Exits the Rio

Patrick Silvey raised from middle position to 3,500. Two seats down, Frank Nguyen responded by going all in for 3,900 more. Action folded back around to Silvey who didn't take much time to call.

Silvey turned over {a-Clubs}{j-Clubs} and was in a race against Nguyen's {10-Spades}{10-Diamonds}.

The flop didn't give any help to Silvey, as it came {5-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}. however, the turn was {j-Diamonds} and the river was {3-Hearts}, giving Silvey a pair of jacks and Nguyen a ticket to the cashier's cage.

Tags: Frank NguyenPatrick Silvey