Day 1 of Event 19 Set to Begin

The 2011 World Series of Poker has been, among other things, the year of the record-breaking fields. Today, we had another extraordinary turnout in our 12 p.m. tournament and we expect yet another large field in this afternoon's Limit Holdem / Six Handed tournament.

Last year, Dutch Boyd and Brian Meindings found themselves heads up after conquering a field of 384 players. Meindings held about a two-to-one chip lead when the heads-up duel began. Boyd chose his spots carefully though, and he battled his way back into contention and back into a chip lead within a level or so of back-and-forth action. It wasn't an easy put-away by any means. Meindings and Boyd traded big shots back and forth for hours but eventually Boyd was able to come out ahead. With the victory Boyd won $234,065 and his second WSOP gold bracelet.

The six handed format should create a lot of action from all players early and often. With many notable names already walking around the tables here in the Amazon Room, this is sure to be a tournament to keep an eye on. As always, PokerNews, will have all your live reporting needs and will covering the action from start to finish. Today we begin at 5 p.m. local time so don't go anywhere!