Chris Gros

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Chris Gros, Senior Manager of Poker Operations at Nagaworld in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, won a World Series of Poker bracelet at the 2006 $500 Casino Employees No Limit Hold'em tournament.

Chris' winning hand was a 3 of clubs and a 4 of hearts, when the flop came up 3-3-8, he succeeded in getting his opponent to move all-in.{{Cite web |last=Dolla |first=Nolan |date=June 28, 2006 |title=WSOP - Event 1: Chris Gros Wins First Event |url=https://www.wsop.com/news/2006/Jun/574/Event-1--2006-Casino-Employees-World-Championship.html |access-date=December 9, 2023 |website=WSOP.com}} The 2006 Employee Championship was the largest employee only event in WSOP history.

When Chris won, he says that his first thought was, "Oh my God, I don't have to worry about a mortgage payment for a looong time."{{Cite web |last=Laukkanen |first=Owen |date=June 28, 2006 |title=Chris Gros, Casino Employee, becomes Event Champion for the first time at the WSOP |url=http://www.pokerlistings.com/player-interviews/chris-gros-2006-casino-employee-event-champion |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222052419/http://www.pokerlistings.com/player-interviews/chris-gros-2006-casino-employee-event-champion |archive-date=February 22, 2012 |access-date=May 31, 2009 |website=PokerListings.com}} Upon thinking about it, Gros decided, "it would be silly to put money in the house when I can invest in other things-like poker."