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2023 World Series of Poker

Event #1: $500 Casino Employees
Day: 1
Event Info

2023 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k10
Prize
$75,535
Event Info
Buy-in
$500
Prize Pool
$426,300
Entries
1,015
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
300,000
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
1,015
Players Left
89

PokerNews' Jesse Fullen Bags Big in Day 1 of Casino Employees Event

Level 17 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Jesse Fullen
Jesse Fullen

A total of 1,015 poker players packed the tables in the opening event of the 2023 World Series of Poker here at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas, with 89 players bagging for Day 2.

The field, which was nearly 200 runners larger than last year's total, generated a prize pool of $426,300, with first place set to take home $75,535 and the first gold bracelet of this year's WSOP.

After 17 levels of play, Benson Tam bagged the chip lead (880,000), with PokerNews' own Jesse Fullen bagging the second biggest stack (861,000). Tam emerged mid-way through the day as one of the first players to cross the half a million chip mark while Fullen saw his stack grow steadily, making a run toward the top of the leaderboard at the end of the night.

End of Day 1 Top 10 Chip Counts

PlacePlayerCountryChipsBig Blinds
1Benson TamUnited States889,00089
2Jesse FullenUnited States861,00086
3Lisa EcksteinUnited States775,00078
4Zaen QatanUnited States773,00077
5James UrbanicUnited States618,00062
6John VournasUnited States613,00061
7Burcu DagliUnited States583,00058
8Joshua HoneggerUnited States529,00053
9Joshua BrodskyUnited States527,00053
10Sandra FaabengUnited States499,00050

Other notable players that built and bagged a big stack include Lisa Eckstein (775,000), Adam Rodriguez (652,000), James Urbanic (618,000), Wade Warren (535,000), and Joshua Brodsky (527,000).

The defending champion, Katie Kopp, played deep into the day but ultimately fell short of the money in her attempt for a repeat victory while the winner of this very event in 2013, PokerNews' own Chad Holloway, bagged (211,00). The 2021 champion, James Barnett, also fell short of bagging with a Day 1 exit.

Players will return at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday for the Day 2 finale, with the action kicking off in Level 18 with blinds at 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 big blind ante with action continuing on Day 2 until a winner is declared.

Follow all the action here as the PokerNews Live Reporting team covers Day 2, as well as our summer-long coverage of ??The 2022 WSOP at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.

Tags: Adam RodriguezBenson TamChad HollowayJames BarnettJames UrbanicJesse FullenJoshua BrodskyKatie KoppLisa EcksteinParis Las VegasWade Warren