Last year's event drew 1,190 of the world's finest female poker players, creating a prize pool of over one million dollars. Svetlana Gromenkova tore through the field en route to claiming the biggest piece of the pie, earning $224,702 and a shiny WSOP gold bracelet.
Tournament organizers expect a similar-sized crowd this year, when the event kicks off at 12:00 noon later today.
Will this year's "we're in the money" shriek be louder than last's? Keep it locked right here at PokerNews.com to find out!

. Raises were traded before the flop came
. The action went check, bet (Gazes), check-raise all in, call (Gazes) and the rest was history.


Maria Ho checked to her opponent on the button, only to be faced with a 125-chip bet.
and a bet of 475 was enough to prompt a fold from her opponent as Ho moves to 3,900 in chips.


where her 300-chip bet was called by a player from middle position.
Wroblewski continued her aggression by making it 500 to go, which was enough to see her opponent's cards go flying into the muck.