These players, despite the rivalries that will be created in a matter of minutes, have an excellent rapport with one another as they all know they are part of an elite group. These 27 players have all outlasted 6,817 others in a quest for poker immortality. They find themselves in top half of the final 1% of this near record-sized crowd.
Everyone is settled in and WSOP Commissioner Jeffrey Pollack is speaking directly to the players about how to expect things to go from here on out. After a few more details are finalized, the long road towards the final table begins.