Yesterday, on May 27, the record was broken for biggest-ever World Series of Poker tournament when Executive Director Ty Stewart tweeted "History #Colossus" with a picture that included the amount of registered players at 8,926.
For nine years, the record of biggest WSOP event stood at 8,773, which was the field Jamie Gold managed to beat in the 2006 WSOP Main Event. While history has already been made with the sheer numbers of this event, for the 20,000-plus expected hopefuls it's only just beginning, as they look to win life-changing money over the course of the next six days.