The 2016 World Series of Poker kicked off Wednesday with the usual soft start that is the $565 Casino Employees No-Limit Hold'em event.
The single-reentry tournament drew a healthy total of 731, but was clearly the calm before the storm.
The convention center at the Rio All-Suite Las Vegas Hotel and Casino will surely be buzzing Thursday when the first two of six flights in Event #2: $565 Colossus II go off.
The event has an affordable buy-in, a $7 million guaranteed prize pool, a $1 million guaranteed first-place prize and set records last year when 22,374 showed up to play.