Day 1 of 2009 WSOP Event 1 Casino Employee No Limit Hold 'Em

May 28, 2009 - Written By Bonnie

Wednesday May 27, 2009 kicked off the start to a long series of events in the 2009 World Series of Poker. All the preparation over the past few months with the WSOP Circuit tournaments taking place have hopefully sharpened up the skills of all the familiar faces of poker which will make for some challenging events. Wednesday put casino employees on the other side of the table as players took part in some of the action with event 1, the Casino Employee No Limit Hold 'Em. Three out of 57 events are closed events, one being the Casino Employee No Limit Hold 'Em along with the Ladies No Limit Hold 'Em Championship and the Seniors Event.They might not be professional poker players but they sure do know their cards. No serious money is at stake but the title of Casino Employee No Limit Hold 'Em Champion as well as being presented one of the stunning bracelets, could just be enough to make an amateur player feel like a professional poker player.

With a small buy in of $500, this first event in the 2009 WSOP brought out over 866 participants. Day 1 proved to be to much of a challenge for most as more than half the players left in the first four hours. Although this tournament consists of mostly unknown faces, event 1 did bring out some familiar names such as Pat Poels , who came and went quickly and Legendary tournament Director Jack McClelland, who was put out shortly after the first dinner break. The few well known players were no match for all the unknowns who battled it out for more than 13 hours. The night came to a end with Ceasar Chavez being the overnight chip leader and coming to Day 2 with 107,700 chips. Casey Kuhn is not far behind with 101,300 as his chip count. 81 players will be starting day 2 of the Casino Employee No Limit Hold 'Em tournament. 24 of those players will be continuing event 1 with close to 80,000 chips.

Tune in Thursday May 28, 2009 for day two of the 2009 WSOP event 1 Casino Employee No LImit Hold 'Em tournament to see which player has what it takes to be acknowledged as one of the best. Thursday May 28, 2009 also marks the start of Event 2, the 40th Annual NO Limit Holdem which will be in play from Thursday May 28 - Sunday May 31st . With a buy in of $40,000, this event is sure to bring out some of the pros.