Big Buy-in, Big Action

Welcome back to the Rio Hotel and Casino for PokerNews' continued coverage of the 2010 World Series of Poker. There's something a little special in the air this afternoon as we're about to kick off one of the most highly anticipated events of the series.

There's been plenty of talk about the $25,000 No-Limit Hold'em Six-Handed Event as old schoolers and young guns alike are looking forward to this high buy-in, high action format. For many, it's been described as the "make or break" event of the summer for them. It's a new event on the WSOP schedule so we have no precedent to judge numbers. Our closest comparison is the special $40,000 buy-in event last year which attracted 201 players, so a line around the 200-220 mark seems like the best educated guess.

No doubt we'll see the cream of the crop here this afternoon in what should produce one of the toughest tournament lineups of all time. All of the big name pros will be here in what should be an exciting day of poker ahead of us. All the action kicks off at 12pm local time which is about twenty minutes from now. Stay tuned to PokerNews.com for exclusive live updates of all the action.