Lauren Kling and Amanda Musumeci have been spotted in the field, with these dashing ladies looking to trump all the men and bring home a victory for the ladies.
Kling has never quite been that close to a bracelet, but still has nine WSOP cashes on her record, three of which have come in the last couple of weeks.
In 2008, Dennis Phillips finished 3rd in the $10,000 World Series of Poker Main Event, taking home a very cool $4,517,773. Since then he has proven he is no slouch at the felt, adding almost $1,000,000 more in tournament winnings. A total of $372,895 of those winnings came just a couple of days ago when Phillips finished 2nd in the Seniors Championship, which was the largest single-day field in the history of the World Series of Poker.
While today won't feature a field of more than 4,000 players, it is is likely to push the barriers of 3,000 and Phillips will again be looking to weave his way through the crown to add to his poker resume.
Here is just a small portion of notables from a seemingly ever-growing field. At the moment the tables are spread throughout the Amazon Room, the Pavilion Room and the Brasilia Room.
The players are still filing into multiple rooms around the Rio, while the call to shuffle up and deal has been made. Today will see eleven 60-minute levels play out, with 20-minute breaks every two levels and a 90-minute dinner break after six. Let's do it!
Ladies and Gentlemen prepare yourselves for another huge day of huge-field poker, as Event 38: $1,5000 No-Limit Hold'em is set to begin.
Just a couple of days ago the largest field so far took part in one of these events, with 2,811 players all squeezing into the Rio to create a monster $3,794,850 prize pool. There is no reason today won't be even bigger than that.
Already we have seen big name players make it deep in one of these smaller buy-in events at the World Series of Poker, with Carter Phillips overcoming Joe Cada to claim the bracelet in Event 31: $1,5000 No-Limit Hold'em. We are sure the big name players will again pack into today's field and so it's sure to be an exciting day of poker.
It's all set to kick off in just under an hour at 12:00 PM, so strap yourself in for a long day of action as PokerNews will be here all day and night.