The 2016 World Series of Poker kicks off Wednesday afternoon with the annual employees’ event, but the poker world as a whole -- casual players and fans, and pros alike -- eagerly await the return of Colossus on Thursday.
Last year, the inaugural $565 buy-in event at the WSOP guaranteed a prize pool of $5 million, an ambitious goal that projected an astonishing 10,000 entries just to meet the guarantee. After the dust settled, however, this number was blown completely out of the water as 22,374 entries (through four flights with re-entries) and 14,284 unique players made an attempt to be a part of history.