Traditionell wurde die 54. World Series of Poker (WSOP) im Horseshoe & Paris Las Vegas mit dem $500 Casino Employees Event eröffnet. Die Pläne für dieses Jahr sind groß – und mit 1.015 Entries zum Auftakt kann man sich schon über den ersten Rekord freuen.
Letztes Jahr konnte man mit 832 Entries deutlich mehr Starter als zuvor freuen. Dieses Jahr gab es noch einmal einen Anstieg, denn mit 1.015 Entries kamen auch gleich $426.300 in den Pot. Bei diesem Event sind kaum DACHs unterwegs, bekanntere Namen sind dabei schon die Pokernews Reporter, die sich die Chance nicht entgehen lassen.
Die Top 153 Plätze waren bezahlt und sicherten $801 als Preisgeld und wie immer wurden schon die Geldränge erreicht. Nur 89 Spieler waren nach den 17 Levels noch übrig, Benson Tam hält mit 889.000 Chips die knappe Führung. Alle haben mittlerweile schon $1.047 als Preisgeld sicher, der erste Sieger der diesjährigen WSOP kann sich auf $75.535 – und natürlich das Bracelet freuen.
Event #1: $500 Casino Employees No-Limit Hold’em
Buy-in: $500
Entries: 1.015
left: 89
Preisgeld: $426.300
Blinds: Level 18 (5k/10k/10k)
Berichte: Tag 1 – Tag 2
Die Chip Counts aus Tag 1
| Rang | Name | aus | Chip count | T / S |
| 1 | Benson Tam | Bakersfield, CA, US | 889.000 | Horseshoe / 673 / 4 |
| 2 | Jesse Fullen | HOUSTON, TX, US | 861.000 | Horseshoe / 679 / 3 |
| 3 | Lisa Eckstein | Johnstown, OH, US | 775.000 | Horseshoe / 669 / 8 |
| 4 | Zaen Qatan | Sterling Heights, MI, US | 773.000 | Horseshoe / 669 / 7 |
| 5 | James Urbanic | Peninsula, OH, US | 618.000 | Horseshoe / 670 / 5 |
| 6 | John Vournas | Scottsdale, AZ, US | 613.000 | Horseshoe / 676 / 8 |
| 7 | Burcu Dagli | Thornton, CO, US | 583.000 | Horseshoe / 678 / 1 |
| 8 | Joshua Honegger | BULLHEAD CITY, AZ, US | 529.000 | Horseshoe / 669 / 5 |
| 9 | Joshua Brodsky | Las Vegas, NV, US | 527.000 | Horseshoe / 679 / 2 |
| 10 | Sandra Faabeng | Las Vegas, NV, US | 499.000 | Horseshoe / 669 / 1 |
| 11 | Brian Page | Huntingdon, TN, US | 483.000 | Horseshoe / 671 / 3 |
| 12 | Wade Warren | Onl Signup-No City, TX, US | 477.000 | Horseshoe / 677 / 8 |
| 13 | Adam Rodriguez | US | 470.000 | Horseshoe / 669 / 3 |
| 14 | Carlton Fitzgerald | Hermosa Beach, CA, US | 437.000 | Horseshoe / 672 / 6 |
| 15 | Michael Mcfadden | Birch Run, MI, US | 437.000 | Horseshoe / 676 / 7 |
| 16 | Ryan Welch | Omaha, NE, US | 436.000 | Horseshoe / 671 / 4 |
| 17 | Justin Carter | LAS VEGAS, NV, US | 399.000 | Horseshoe / 677 / 5 |
| 18 | Alexander Griffin | Las Vegas, NV, US | 398.000 | Horseshoe / 675 / 1 |
| 19 | Peter Thai | San Gabriel, CA, US | 391.000 | Horseshoe / 669 / 6 |
| 20 | Kurt Haiss | Bartlesville, OK, US | 369.000 | Horseshoe / 672 / 3 |
| 21 | Mark Kawamoto | Camarillo, CA, US | 355.000 | Horseshoe / 672 / 2 |
| 22 | Kenneth Weinstein | NORTH LAS VEGAS, NV, US | 347.000 | Horseshoe / 673 / 7 |
| 23 | Randall Blair | LAS VEGAS, NV, US | 342.000 | Horseshoe / 675 / 6 |
| 24 | Michael Gibbs | Houston, TX, US | 341.000 | Horseshoe / 677 / 6 |
| 25 | Eric Zavodnik | Racine, WI, US | 338.000 | Horseshoe / 676 / 4 |
| 26 | Bruce Jiang | Las Vegas, NV, US | 328.000 | Horseshoe / 679 / 9 |
| 27 | Shengfan Li | Spearfish, SD, US | 324.000 | Horseshoe / 672 / 8 |
| 28 | Steven Guilford | Lake Zurich, IL, US | 322.000 | Horseshoe / 669 / 2 |
| 29 | Adam Alleman | Denver, CO, US | 312.000 | Horseshoe / 670 / 9 |
| 30 | Jose Zaragoza | Oxnard, CA, US | 307.000 | Horseshoe / 675 / 2 |
| 31 | Steven Perkins | GB | 302.000 | Horseshoe / 670 / 7 |
| 32 | Lonnie Caldwell | Eastpointe, MI, US | 299.000 | Horseshoe / 676 / 6 |
| 33 | Joshua Vallejo | Brownsville, TX, US | 296.000 | Horseshoe / 670 / 1 |
| 34 | Zackary Taylor | Sequim, WA, US | 295.000 | Horseshoe / 676 / 1 |
| 35 | Keith Mccormack | Manchester, NH, US | 292.000 | Horseshoe / 679 / 7 |
| 36 | Cameron Drucker | N Las Vegas, NV, US | 284.000 | Horseshoe / 679 / 5 |
| 37 | Christopher Allison | Las Vegas, NV, US | 279.000 | Horseshoe / 677 / 7 |
| 38 | Kyle Gale | Burbank, CA, US | 278.000 | Horseshoe / 671 / 7 |
| 39 | Sean Balfour | Toronto, ON, CA | 274.000 | Horseshoe / 671 / 9 |
| 40 | Peter Mungo | Menifee, CA, US | 271.000 | Horseshoe / 675 / 4 |
| 41 | Matthew Lukwinski | Stow, OH, US | 262.000 | Horseshoe / 673 / 3 |
| 42 | Hyun Shin | Las Vegas, NV, US | 261.000 | Horseshoe / 670 / 8 |
| 43 | Joe Pavan | CLEMENTON, NJ, US | 254.000 | Horseshoe / 677 / 4 |
| 44 | Ethan Siemiesz | Atlanta, GA, US | 247.000 | Horseshoe / 672 / 9 |
| 45 | Christopher Taticzek | Chula Vista, CA, US | 246.000 | Horseshoe / 671 / 8 |
| 46 | James Davidson | Bismarck, AR, US | 244.000 | Horseshoe / 677 / 3 |
| 47 | Guitong He | San Jose, CA, US | 242.000 | Horseshoe / 678 / 7 |
| 48 | Eric Stamey | KENT, WA, US | 238.000 | Horseshoe / 678 / 2 |
| 49 | Jon Nakatani | SAN JOSE, CA, US | 235.000 | Horseshoe / 678 / 9 |
| 50 | Shahzane Ali | Roseville, CA, US | 229.000 | Horseshoe / 671 / 6 |
| 51 | Zachary Black | Las Vegas, NV, US | 228.000 | Horseshoe / 673 / 2 |
| 52 | Kris Hooper | Everett, WA, US | 226.000 | Horseshoe / 678 / 5 |
| 53 | Michael Carr | Portage, MI, US | 226.000 | Horseshoe / 669 / 4 |
| 54 | Michael Senter | LAS VEGAS, NV, US | 222.000 | Horseshoe / 677 / 9 |
| 55 | Brett Janiga | Columbia Falls, MT, US | 219.000 | Horseshoe / 672 / 7 |
| 56 | Mario Romera | Caracas, Distrito Federal, VE | 215.000 | Horseshoe / 673 / 5 |
| 57 | Jesse Knight | Rancho Palos Verdes, CA, US | 212.000 | Horseshoe / 675 / 3 |
| 58 | Stephen Combs | Indianapolis, IN, US | 212.000 | Horseshoe / 675 / 5 |
| 59 | Chad Holloway | REEDSBURG, WI, US | 211.000 | Horseshoe / 676 / 2 |
| 60 | Mark Strodl | Las Vegas, NV, US | 205.000 | Horseshoe / 673 / 8 |
| 61 | Connor Manion | Laveen, AZ, US | 195.000 | Horseshoe / 673 / 1 |
| 62 | Eugene Lang | LAS VEGAS, NV, US | 193.000 | Horseshoe / 679 / 1 |
| 63 | David Eaton | Manassas Park, VA, US | 185.000 | Horseshoe / 673 / 9 |
| 64 | Dustin Merrill | Tacoma, WA, US | 163.000 | Horseshoe / 678 / 8 |
| 65 | Andrew Dennis | Austin, TX, US | 162.000 | Horseshoe / 671 / 5 |
| 66 | Daniel Mosher | Harleysville, PA, US | 156.000 | Horseshoe / 677 / 1 |
| 67 | Jonathan Libiran | Fremont, CA, US | 146.000 | Horseshoe / 676 / 9 |
| 68 | Hugo Flores | Oxnard, CA, US | 134.000 | Horseshoe / 670 / 3 |
| 69 | James Sheehan | National City, CA, US | 134.000 | Horseshoe / 670 / 4 |
| 70 | Loren Adam | Blaine, MN, US | 131.000 | Horseshoe / 672 / 4 |
| 71 | Jason Pupillo | Fort Washington, MD, US | 131.000 | Horseshoe / 675 / 8 |
| 72 | Phillip Quintin | Orange Park, FL, US | 128.000 | Horseshoe / 671 / 2 |
| 73 | Anne Walby | Papillion, NE, US | 128.000 | Horseshoe / 677 / 2 |
| 74 | Jacob Norman | Yakima, WA, US | 127.000 | Horseshoe / 676 / 5 |
| 75 | Markell Anderson | Bakersfield, CA, US | 125.000 | Horseshoe / 671 / 1 |
| 76 | Zhichao Liang | Onl Signup-No City, WA, US | 123.000 | Horseshoe / 678 / 4 |
| 77 | Duc Lai | Utica, NY, US | 111.000 | Horseshoe / 670 / 6 |
| 78 | Gregorios Lamprinos | LAS VEGAS, NV, US | 93.000 | Horseshoe / 678 / 3 |
| 79 | Max Grenader | Thomasville, NC, US | 82.000 | Horseshoe / 676 / 3 |
| 80 | Warren Ray | Scottsdale, AZ, US | 79.000 | Horseshoe / 675 / 9 |
| 81 | Jeffrey Cross | Las Vegas, NV, US | 79.000 | Horseshoe / 679 / 4 |
| 82 | Paul Blanchette | LAS VEGAS, NV, US | 72.000 | Horseshoe / 672 / 5 |
| 83 | Jeffrey Gabriel | Concord, CA, US | 71.000 | Horseshoe / 670 / 2 |
| 84 | Hon Kim | Honolulu, HI, US | 56.000 | Horseshoe / 679 / 8 |
| 85 | Jason Palafox | Maricopa, AZ, US | 44.000 | Horseshoe / 678 / 6 |
| 86 | Herbert Teope | Fort Leavenworth, KS, US | 40.000 | Horseshoe / 675 / 7 |
| 87 | Pasquale Priolo | Las Vegas, NV, US | 1 | Horseshoe / 672 / 1 |
| 88 | Kevin Gattes | Mariamoth, DE | 1 | Horseshoe / 673 / 6 |
| 89 | Kevin Kivela | Minneapolis, MN, US | 1 | Horseshoe / 669 / 9 |
Die Payouts zu WSOP 2023 Event #1
| Rang | Name | Nation | Preisgeld |
| 1. | $75.535 | ||
| 2. | $46.690 | ||
| 3. | $33.051 | ||
| 4. | $23.738 | ||
| 5. | $17.303 | ||
| 6. | $12.802 | ||
| 7. | $9.617 | ||
| 8. | $7.337 | ||
| 9. | $5.686 | ||
| 10.-11. | $4.477 | ||
| 12.-13. | $3.583 | ||
| 14.-17. | $2.915 | ||
| 18.-26. | $2.411 | ||
| 27.-35. | $2.029 | ||
| 36.-44. | $1.737 | ||
| 45.-53. | $1.513 | ||
| 54.-62. | $1.342 | ||
| 63.-71. | $1.213 | ||
| 72.-80. | $1.116 | ||
| 81.-89. | $1.047 | ||
| 90.-98. | $1.001 | ||
| 99 | John Hayward | United States | $876 |
| 100 | Terra Dorvall | United States | $876 |
| 101 | Steven Sparks | United States | $876 |
| 102 | Joseph Lopez | United States | $876 |
| 103 | Ronald Laws | United States | $876 |
| 104 | Sean Mullaly | United States | $876 |
| 105 | Michael Kelly | United States | $876 |
| 106 | Robin Kaufman | United States | $876 |
| 107 | Wilfredo Ramirezosorto | United States | $876 |
| 108 | Kristopher Baker | United States | $876 |
| 109 | Andrew Gold | United States | $876 |
| 110 | Donavan Koldoff | United States | $876 |
| 111 | Visnja Luetic | United States | $876 |
| 112 | Sean Martin | United States | $876 |
| 113 | Christopher Bowen | United States | $876 |
| 114 | Joshua Welcher | United States | $876 |
| 115 | Nicholas Haynes | United States | $876 |
| 116 | Yori Epskamp | $876 | |
| 117 | David Ballard | United States | $876 |
| 118 | Timothy Meder | United States | $876 |
| 119 | Michael Farren | United States | $876 |
| 120 | Robert Schmidt | United States | $876 |
| 121 | Red Banks | United States | $876 |
| 122 | Bryan Peterson | United States | $876 |
| 123 | Jeffrey Davis | United States | $876 |
| 124 | Charles Varner | United States | $876 |
| 125 | Justin Mcneil | United States | $876 |
| 126 | James Morris | United States | $801 |
| 127 | Shannon Stash | United States | $801 |
| 128 | Phovieng Keokham | United States | $801 |
| 129 | Kai Tonomura | United States | $801 |
| 130 | William Heher | United States | $801 |
| 131 | Saul Andrade | United States | $801 |
| 132 | Dustin Smith | United States | $801 |
| 133 | Sarah Zalis | United States | $801 |
| 134 | Claude Purches | United States | $801 |
| 135 | Jason Coselmon | United States | $801 |
| 136 | James Sutherland | United States | $801 |
| 137 | Kevin Mcfadden | United States | $801 |
| 138 | Amanda Andresen | United States | $801 |
| 139 | Jessica King | United States | $801 |
| 140 | Jordan Handrich | United States | $801 |
| 141 | Christopher Moruzzi | United States | $801 |
| 142 | Justin Heilman | United States | $801 |
| 143 | Austin Amoroso | United States | $801 |
| 144 | Ribeurodarocha Diogo | United States | $801 |
| 145 | Ryan Baroni | United States | $801 |
| 146 | Kirk Chui | United States | $801 |
| 147 | Tracie Osborne | United States | $801 |
| 148 | Joao Cabral | $801 | |
| 149 | Darren Correa | United States | $801 |
| 150 | Kevin Burgess | United States | $801 |
| 151 | Phil Aboudaoud | United States | $801 |
| 152 | James Walbert | $801 | |
| 153 | Zakariya Mouhib | United States | $801 |
World Series of Poker 2023 – Links
—> WSOP 2023 – Infos, Daten & Fakten
—> World Series of Poker 2023 Schedule
—> Poker in Las Vegas (Sommer 2023 Schedule)
Weitere Informationen gibt es auf: WSOP.com
