This past week, Katie Kopp, a traveling poker dealer, won the 2022 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Event #1: $500 Casino Employees No-Limit Hold'em for $65,168. In doing so, she became the answer to what will surely become an interesting trivia question.
The first bracelet winner of 2022 is also the first bracelet winner at Bally's, the brand new home of the world series of poker. Every year the question is asked how many female players will capture a bracelet, so many were thrilled to see it happen right off the bat.
Kopp, a mother of two, spoke with PokerNews following her life-changing win.
"I was also the first one to get knocked out of a tournament here at Bally's," Kopp said with a laugh, referring to busting the Casino Employees event right off the bat on her first bullet. "I got knocked out the third hand and then I rebought."
Rebuying turned out to be a smart play for the poker dealer as she spun that stack up into the first of 88 gold bracelets to be won at Bally's this summer.
The first bracelet winner of 2022 is also the first bracelet winner at Bally's, the brand new home of the world series of poker. Every year the question is asked how many female players will capture a bracelet, so many were thrilled to see it happen right off the bat.
Kopp, a mother of two, spoke with PokerNews following her life-changing win.
"I was also the first one to get knocked out of a tournament here at Bally's," Kopp said with a laugh, referring to busting the Casino Employees event right off the bat on her first bullet. "I got knocked out the third hand and then I rebought."
Rebuying turned out to be a smart play for the poker dealer as she spun that stack up into the first of 88 gold bracelets to be won at Bally's this summer.