Cosmo Andoloro Among Leaders After Day 1 of the $500 Casino Employees Event
The opening event of the 50th Annual World Series of Poker saw 686 entrants hit the felt in search of a coveted WSOP Bracelet, and after a long Day 1 that lasted over sixteen levels, the bubble burst and just 103 players were left, all in the money with a min-cash of $727 guaranteed, with their eye on the WSOP bracelet and $62,345 top prize.
One of the leaders in the tournament is Cosmo Andoloro, who managed to bag a healthy 650,000 in chips. He gained the majority of his stack by flopping a flush with 
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of an opponent. Andoloro, a floor supervisor at Red Dragon Casino in Mountlake Terrace, Washington, scooped in the massive pot and never looked back.
Others to find a big bag include Planet Hollywood dealer Christopher Bowen (633,000), Thunder Valley Poker Room Manager Miguel Cardenas (512,000), Stephanie Otteson (479,000), and Talking Stick Poker Host Brad Helm (465,000). Joining them in Day 2 are WSOP Bracelet winner Jon Freidberg (360,000), Austin Roberts (342,000), who just finished in third place at the Run It Up Reno VIII Main Event, WSOP Poker Editor Isaac Hanson (249,000), and PokerNews Live Reporter Adam Lamers (116,000).
Likewise, multiple players from the DraftKings contingent that invaded the Rio made it through to Day 2, including Director of Community Team Steve McLoughlin (150,500), and Asad Abdullah (50,000), who McLoughlin shared with us has been playing poker for less than a year, and this was his first tournament cash. In addition, Abdullah got engaged on Saturday before making it down to the WSOP.
Not everyone was fortunate enough to make it through to Day 2. Some of those that hit the rail include former champion in this event Chad Holloway, a contingent from Team PokerNews including Yori Epskamp, Valerie Cross, Leo Contreras, Mo Nuwwarah, Milko van Winden, Oliver Biles, Brandyn Trenholm, and Kevin Mathers, DraftKings Senior Advisor and former WSOP Bracelet winner Jonathan Aguiar, last year's third-place finisher Katie Kopp, and three-time WSOP Bracelet winner Dutch Boyd.
Thursday's Day 2 will start at 12 noon, with all the remaining players in the money. The field will play down to the final six on Day 2, with those players returning on Friday at the same time to play down to a winner. All the action will be streamed on PokerGo on a 30-minute delay. Be sure to stay tuned right here on PokerNews to follow all the Day 2 action of the $500 Casino Employees Event!
| Room | Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon | 400 | 1 | Jason Eisele | United States | 250,000 | 42 |
| Amazon | 400 | 2 | Jeremy Daum | United States | 175,000 | 29 |
| Amazon | 400 | 3 | Travis Williams | United States | 54,000 | 9 |
| Amazon | 400 | 4 | Joshua Greville | United States | 89,000 | 15 |
| Amazon | 400 | 5 | Russell Corpis | United States | 105,000 | 18 |
| Amazon | 400 | 6 | Patrick Fewell | United States | 50,000 | 8 |
| Amazon | 400 | 7 | John Postl | United States | 46,000 | 8 |
| Amazon | 400 | 8 | Justin Wong | United States | 183,000 | 31 |
| Amazon | 400 | 9 | Filimon Zamora | United States | 69,000 | 12 |
| Amazon | 401 | 1 | Brian Wong | United States | 42,000 | 7 |
| Amazon | 401 | 2 | Justin Slavin | United States | 201,000 | 34 |
| Amazon | 401 | 3 | Isaac Hanson | United States | 249,000 | 42 |
| Amazon | 401 | 4 | Rick Marting | United States | 73,000 | 12 |
| Amazon | 401 | 5 | Bryan Wienhoff | United States | 311,000 | 52 |
| Amazon | 401 | 6 | Marco Brown | United States | 203,000 | 34 |
| Amazon | 401 | 7 | Austin Roberts | United States | 324,000 | 54 |
| Amazon | 401 | 8 | Miguel Cardenas | United States | 512,000 | 85 |
| Amazon | 401 | 9 | Adrian Hollie | United States | 42,000 | 7 |
| Amazon | 402 | 2 | Errol Krupiarz | United States | 20,000 | 3 |
| Amazon | 402 | 3 | Matthew Mich | United States | 87,000 | 15 |
| Amazon | 402 | 4 | Eric Fenzke | United States | 141,000 | 24 |
| Amazon | 402 | 5 | Stephanie Otteson | Canada | 479,000 | 80 |
| Amazon | 402 | 6 | Corey Eiferle | United States | 248,000 | 41 |
| Amazon | 402 | 7 | Derek Shoemaker | United States | 311,000 | 52 |
| Amazon | 402 | 8 | Benjamin Chang | United States | 45,000 | 8 |
| Amazon | 402 | 9 | William Strough | United States | 34,000 | 6 |
| Amazon | 403 | 1 | Jesse Kertland | United States | 398,000 | 66 |
| Amazon | 403 | 2 | Ian Feller | United States | 269,000 | 45 |
| Amazon | 403 | 3 | Shane Patreau | Canada | 127,000 | 21 |
| Amazon | 403 | 4 | Spencer Bennett | United States | 77,000 | 13 |
| Amazon | 403 | 5 | Jeffrey Fast | Canada | 324,000 | 54 |
| Amazon | 403 | 6 | Brian Matthiessen | United States | 44,000 | 7 |
| Amazon | 403 | 7 | Lap Nguyen | United States | 127,000 | 21 |
| Amazon | 403 | 8 | Bradley Helm | United States | 465,000 | 78 |
| Amazon | 403 | 9 | Mark Fucile | United States | 197,000 | 33 |
| Amazon | 404 | 1 | Evan Zlock | United States | 103,000 | 17 |
| Amazon | 404 | 2 | Chaan Thomas | United States | 73,000 | 12 |
| Amazon | 404 | 3 | Carlo Argentino | United States | 43,000 | 7 |
| Amazon | 404 | 4 | Gene Lee | United States | 131,000 | 22 |
| Amazon | 404 | 6 | Sieu Cao | Canada | 231,000 | 39 |
| Amazon | 404 | 7 | Christopher Fieber | United States | 59,000 | 10 |
| Amazon | 404 | 8 | Jordan Ragan | United States | 203,000 | 34 |
| Amazon | 404 | 9 | Sergey Babayan | United States | 130,000 | 22 |
| Amazon | 405 | 1 | Carlos Aldaz | United States | 283,000 | 47 |
| Amazon | 405 | 2 | Darrin Phillips | United States | 120,000 | 20 |
| Amazon | 405 | 3 | Patrick Chung | United States | 213,000 | 36 |
| Amazon | 405 | 4 | Armando Osuna | United States | 34,000 | 6 |
| Amazon | 405 | 5 | Matthew Schlesinger | United States | 75,000 | 13 |
| Amazon | 405 | 6 | Chad Roedersheimer | United States | 259,000 | 43 |
| Amazon | 405 | 7 | Jeffrey Thompson | United States | 231,000 | 39 |
| Amazon | 405 | 8 | Brian Burgess | United States | 170,000 | 28 |
| Amazon | 405 | 9 | Mike Majerus | United States | 180,000 | 30 |
| Amazon | 406 | 1 | Jason Bardol | United States | 64,000 | 11 |
| Amazon | 406 | 2 | Vincent Ikeh | United States | 132,000 | 22 |
| Amazon | 406 | 3 | Rios Dagoberto | United States | 71,000 | 12 |
| Amazon | 406 | 4 | Jeramie Contreras | United States | 48,000 | 8 |
| Amazon | 406 | 5 | Adam Lamers | Canada | 116,000 | 19 |
| Amazon | 406 | 6 | Cecil Simms | United States | 92,000 | 15 |
| Amazon | 406 | 7 | Brett Janiga | United States | 136,000 | 23 |
| Amazon | 406 | 9 | Jorge Ruiz | United States | 426,000 | 71 |
| Amazon | 407 | 1 | Tomasz Trelski | United States | 68,000 | 11 |
| Amazon | 407 | 2 | Michael Parker | United States | 104,000 | 17 |
| Amazon | 407 | 3 | Thomas Kubin | United States | 91,000 | 15 |
| Amazon | 407 | 4 | Joseph Appler | United States | 219,000 | 37 |
| Amazon | 407 | 5 | Jose Zaragoza | United States | 192,000 | 32 |
| Amazon | 407 | 6 | Steven Mcloughlin | United States | 151,000 | 25 |
| Amazon | 407 | 7 | Thomas Timmons | United States | 309,000 | 52 |
| Amazon | 407 | 8 | Cosmo Andoloro | United States | 650,000 | 108 |
| Amazon | 407 | 9 | Stephen Duvall | United States | 141,000 | 24 |
| Amazon | 408 | 1 | Frank Nguyen | United States | 205,000 | 34 |
| Amazon | 408 | 2 | Jon Friedberg | United States | 360,000 | 60 |
| Amazon | 408 | 3 | Christopher Bowen | United States | 633,000 | 106 |
| Amazon | 408 | 4 | Timothy Schonherr | United States | 17,000 | 3 |
| Amazon | 408 | 5 | Jesse Odenheimer | United States | 290,000 | 48 |
| Amazon | 408 | 6 | Wen Wang | United States | 52,000 | 9 |
| Amazon | 408 | 7 | Zachary Lee | United States | 140,000 | 23 |
| Amazon | 408 | 9 | Brian Mikesh | United States | 70,000 | 12 |
| Amazon | 409 | 2 | Yun Zheng | United States | 264,000 | 44 |
| Amazon | 409 | 3 | Richard Maxie | United States | 167,000 | 28 |
| Amazon | 409 | 4 | Fredric David | United States | 193,000 | 32 |
| Amazon | 409 | 5 | Rebecka Hinson | United States | 76,000 | 13 |
| Amazon | 409 | 6 | Brian Belkin | United States | 316,000 | 53 |
| Amazon | 409 | 7 | Daniel Florio | United States | 114,000 | 19 |
| Amazon | 409 | 8 | Billie Parker | United States | 92,000 | 15 |
| Amazon | 409 | 9 | Chris Conner | United States | 109,000 | 18 |
| Amazon | 410 | 1 | Scott Hecker | United States | 139,000 | 23 |
| Amazon | 410 | 2 | Darren Wakefield | United States | 165,000 | 28 |
| Amazon | 410 | 3 | Bohao Zhu | United States | 193,000 | 32 |
| Amazon | 410 | 4 | Joseph Lamberta | United States | 186,000 | 31 |
| Amazon | 410 | 5 | John Mantouvalos | United States | 123,000 | 21 |
| Amazon | 410 | 6 | Christopher Orio | United States | 281,000 | 47 |
| Amazon | 410 | 7 | Nicholas Haynes | United States | 185,000 | 31 |
| Amazon | 410 | 8 | Asad Abdullah | United States | 50,000 | 8 |
| Amazon | 410 | 9 | Melchor Espiritu | United States | 166,000 | 28 |
| Amazon | 411 | 1 | Andrew Proesch | United States | 118,000 | 20 |
| Amazon | 411 | 2 | Gregorios Lamprinos | United States | 28,000 | 5 |
| Amazon | 411 | 3 | Keith Lauder III | United States | 97,000 | 16 |
| Amazon | 411 | 4 | Ron Campbell | Canada | 39,000 | 7 |
| Amazon | 411 | 5 | Daniel Goldman | United States | 133,000 | 22 |
| Amazon | 411 | 6 | Robert Ostler | United States | 64,000 | 11 |
| Amazon | 411 | 7 | Leon Wheeler | United States | 67,000 | 11 |
| Amazon | 411 | 8 | Kurtis Hendrickson | United States | 61,000 | 10 |
| Amazon | 411 | 9 | Amanda Wheeler | United States | 124,000 | 21 |