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

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.