WSOP Event #1: Andrew Cohen Wins The Bracelet
The first bracelet of this year's WSOP has been won by Andrew Cohen, a bartender at the N9ne in Las Vegas. He outlasted a tough field of over 800 dealers, floorpeople and other employees.
Event #1 of this year's WSOP came to an end aftertwo days of back and forth battling between dealers, floorpeople and
other employees. A total of 81 players returned to the tables on Day 2
and after just over half an hour, 20 of them already hit the rail.
After several hours of play, John Williams was eliminated as the final
table bubble boy and the race for the bracelet came down to the last
nine players. The first to hit the rail was Sammy Porter. After losing
most of his chips, he moved all-in for 46,00 with
. John McAvoy called with 
and Bobby Rooney pushed all-in for 68,000 with pocket jacks, which McAvoy called.
The board came 
,
giving Rooney the pot and sending Porter home in 9th place which earned
him $7,782. Porter was followed by Ferdinand Boleski who finished in
8th place and the play continued between the remaining seven players
with no signs of slowing down.
McAvoy first doubled-up to take the chip lead and then lost it all
shortly afterwards, packing his bags in 7th place for which he received
$10,545. Rooney also had a rough ride, finding himself short-stacked
and forced to make a move. As he was mounting a comeback, Jun Dulay
ended all doubts on who would be the next to hit the rail and sent
Rooney home in 6th place.
Dulay found himself hitting the rail some time later, as he was sent
home in 5th place. A few hands later and Grant Yasui ended his run in
4th place. The following elimination caught up with Casey Kuhn. He was
looking good on the flop with a pair of kings up against Andrew Cohen's
pair of fives, but the 
on the turn turned the situation around. River offered no help to Kuhn and he finished in 3rd place.
The heads-up play featured Cohen holding a 5-1 chip lead over Paul
Peterson who began the final table with the shortest stack but managed
to outlast everyone. The heads-up match didn't last long, as Peterson
moved all-in with 
and Cohen made the call with 
. The board came 
to give the victory and the first bracelet of this year's WSOP to a bartender at the N9ne in Las Vegas, Andrew Cohen.
Below are the results of the final table:
| World Series Of Poker Event #1 Results |
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| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Andrew Cohen | $83,833 |
| 2nd | Paul Peterson | $51,787 |
| 3rd | Casey Kuhn | $33,923 |
| 4th | Grant Yasui | $23,483 |
| 5th | Dulay Elpidio | $17,127 |
| 6th | Robert Rooney | $13,125 |
| 7th | John McAvoy | $10,545 |
| 8th | Ferdinand Boleski | $8,865 |
| 9th | Sam Porter | $7,782 |
