The 2022 World Series of Poker is officially in full swing. The first gold bracelet of the series was awarded today to Katie Kopp in Event #1: $500 Casino Employees Event No-Limit Hold’em.
Kopp, a long-time dealer and player from Cleveland, Ohio, navigated a field of 832 players to claim her first WSOP gold bracelet at Bally’s and Paris Las Vegas and the top prize of $65,168.
Event #1: $500 Casino Employees Final Table Results
| 1 | Katie Kopp | United States | $65,168 |
| 2 | Wyatt Frost | United States | $40,273 |
| 3 | Brandon West | United States | $28,356 |
| 4 | Shaun Colquhoun | United States | $20,275 |
| 5 | Joe Chang | United States | $14,725 |
| 6 | Vikram Vijay | United States | $10,865 |
| 7 | Gonzalo Gonzalez | United States | $8,147 |
| 8 | Arturo Jimenez | United States | $6,210 |
| 9 | Kyle Dempsey | United States | $4,813 |
Short stacked for much of the final table, Kopp caught fire down the home stretch.