World series of Poker Event #1 Winner Chris Gros

A record number 1232 players signed up for the $500 NL Casino Employees event at the WSOP. Last year there were 663 and the number of entrants almost doubled this year. The top 101 players won prize money and at the end of day one, only 18 players remained.

Marsha Waggoner, who is the the wife of Kenna James, made the final table and finished in 8th place. After two days of action, Chris Gros from Henderson, NV (who also deals poker at Caesars Palace) won his first bracelet and $127,616 in cash. Gros’ 3-4o cracked Bryan Devonshire’s A-K when he flopped trips. Here’s the list of today’s money winners in Event #1:

1 Chris Gros (Henderson, NV) $127,616
2 Bryan Devonshire (Minneapolis, MN) $66,582
3 R.J. Wright (Las Vegas, NV) $38,531
4 Scott Clark (Las Vegas, NV) $27,720
5 Chris Himmenger (Las Vegas, NV) $22,176
6 Craig Federspiel (Las Vegas, NV) $19,404
7 David Wortham (Hemet, CA) $16,632
8 Marsha Waggoner (Downey, CA) $13,860
9 Barry Goldberg (Las Vegas, NV) $12,474
10 Alejandro Posso (Sunrise, FL) $11,088
11 Rodney Lacsamana (Temecula, CA) $10,256
12 Eric Losee (Mt. Pleasant, MI) $9,425
13 Jackson Young (Las Vegas, NV) $8,593
14 Melissa Poff (Indiana) $7,762
15 Florian Sutalo (Renton, WA) $6,930
16 Eric Rindal (Aurora, IL) $6,098
17 Lance Dillenberg $5,267
18 Ed Martin (Las Vegas, NV) $4,435