Welcome to Day 1 of Event #46: $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em / Six Handed Championship!
Welcome to PokerNews' coverage of Event #46, the $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em / Six Handed Championship. This is the most expensive six-handed tournament on the World Series of Poker schedule this summer and one can most absolutely feel the excitement and anticipation in the air for this one.
Last year the event had a $25,000 buy-in and emerging as champion was Dan Kelly for $1,315,518. He topped a field of 191 to do so and he will be back in the field today to defend his title. A top-notch field of experienced live professionals and online specialists will no doubt be composing the field, so the winner will certainly have to earn it.
Play kicks off at noon local time, about 45 minutes from now, so be sure to keep it here at PokerNews throughout the day for all of the exciting action as it happens.