The likely life-changing, eight-figure first-place prize will be a lifetime-best score for whomever is fortunate enough to make it to the end. In the Main Event, everyone is a shot taker, to some extent.
Between mega satellites, online qualifiers, and a massive promotion that will grant one lucky player free entry into the Main Event for the next 30 years if the record is broken, the effort to make this year’s WSOP Main Event the largest of all time has been massive. Officials at the World Series of Poker have their sights set this week on shattering the 2006 Main Event record of 8,773 runners, and they’ve pulled out all the stops to achieve it.
Jeremy Ausmus headlines the latest edition of First Rounders.