2006 WSOP Event 1 - Casino Employee No-Limit

Place   WinnerPrize1Chris Gros$127,6162Bryan Devonshire$66,5823R.J. Wright$38,5314Scott Clark$27,7205Christopher Himmenger  $22,1766Craig Federspiel$19,4047David Wortham$16,6328Marsha Waggoner$13,8609Barry Goldberg$12,47410Alejandro Posso$11,08811Rodney Lacsamana$10,25612Eric Losee$9,42513Jackson Young$8,59314Melissa Poff$7,76215Florian Sutalo$6,93016Eric Rindal$6,09817Lance Dillenberg$5,26718Ed Martin$4,435  Benny Binion knew what the people wanted, and back in 1970 "the people" were his fellow hard core, high stakes poker playing gambler buddies. For them he put together the World Series of Poker, but even before that monumental event Binion was paying attention to the needs of his customers. Following the same mind set Binion created the "Casino Employee" event at the WSOP as a way of recognizing the hard work of the casino workers in Vegas. This year's Event 1 Casino Employee tournament has ended, and it is Chris Gros who took the first place finish with a $127,616 prize.  He was up against Bryan Devonshire in a heads-up match for the final two spots when Bryan raised the pot, making it $30,000 to go. Chris called and when the flop came 3 8 3 rainbow checked. After Bryan made a look up bet Chris check raised, prompting Bryan to move all in, which Chris called. What a blow for Bryan, who was holding suited Ace King - Chris had a little connector of 4 and 3, giving him trips which held up for the win.