Tam Leads the Field into Day 2 of the WSOP Casino Employees Event
Welcome to Day 2 of Event #1: $500 Casino Employees Event at the 2023 World Series of Poker. Cards go in the air for the finale of the opening event of the WSOP at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.
A total of 1,015 entries turned out to kick off the 2023 WSOP and Benson Tam is the chip leader after 17 levels of play. Tam will lead a group of 89 players into today's finale. The field generated a prize pool of $426,300 with a top prize of $75,535 and a gold bracelet for today's winner.
Trailing behind Tam is PokerNews Community Manager Jesse Fullen and Lisa Eckstein. Zaen Qatan and James Urbanic rounded out the top five bags from Day 1.
Top 10 Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Benson Tam | United States | 889,000 | 89 |
| 2 | Jesse Fullen | United States | 861,000 | 86 |
| 3 | Lisa Eckstein | United States | 775,000 | 78 |
| 4 | Zaen Qatan | United States | 773,000 | 77 |
| 5 | James Urbanic | United States | 618,000 | 62 |
| 6 | John Vournas | United States | 613,000 | 61 |
| 7 | Burcu Dagli | United States | 583,000 | 58 |
| 8 | Joshua Honegger | United States | 529,000 | 53 |
| 9 | Joshua Brodsky | United States | 527,000 | 53 |
| 10 | Sandra Faabeng | United States | 499,000 | 50 |
Players return today at 10:00 a.m. Vegas time in Level 18 with blinds at 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante. Play will continue on Day 2 until a winner is declared.
Be sure to keep it with the PokerNews team for live updates from the floor of the 2023 WSOP at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.