Every year, the World Series of Poker draws a batch of new poker players as well as those who have only entered one or two events in previous years. This year — with low buy-in events like tomorrow’s Colossus (Event #5, $565 entry) at the beginning of the series and the Lucky Sevens at the end (Event #66, $777 entry) — the management at the WSOP is probably hoping for even more players to dip their feet in the water at the Rio.
For years, though, the entry-level tournament at the series has been $1,000 no-limit hold’em.