Top 10 WSOP Employee Event Fields

One of the tournaments, usually the first one, in each World Series of Poker in Las Vegas is the Casino Employees Event. The lowest buy-in of the summer for a gold bracelet of $500 gives casino workers the chance to compete for tens of thousands of dollars.

Leading up to this year, the tournament has garnered big fields, so let’s take a look at the top 10, including this year’s Event 1 that set its field today:

1.)  1,232 players (2006) $554,850 prize pool (Winner: Chris Gros $127,496)

2.)  1,039 players (2007) $467,500 prize pool (Winner: Frederick Narciso $104,701)

3.)  930 players (2008) $418,500 prize pool (Winner: Jonathan Kotula $87,929)

4.)  898 players (2013) $404,100 prize pool (Winner: Chad Holloway $84,915)

5.)  876 players (2014) $394,200 prize pool (Winner: unknown $82,835)

6.)  866 players (2009) $389,700 prize pool (Winner: Andrew Cohen $83,833)

7.)  850 players (2011) $382,500 prize pool (Winner: Sean Drake $82,292)

8.)  732 players (2012) $329,400 prize pool (Winner: Chiab Saechao $70,859)

9.)  721 players (2010) $324,450 prize pool (Winner: Hoai Pham $71,424)

10.)  662 players (2005) $297,900 prize pool (Winner: Andy Nguyen $83,390)