No New Record for $2,000 No Limit Hold'em at 2007 WSOP

David Williams and Phil Hellmuth are two of the 1,531 players in the $2,000 No Limit Hold'em event at the 2007 World Series of Poker. (Bodog Beat Image)

Day Six is well underway at the 2007 World Series of Poker and another popular event has begun. The $2,000 No Limit Hold'em event began at noon today and was expected to be well-attended - far above the 1,919 from last year - based on an overall upward trend in numbers so far this year.

In fact, another reporter in the media room said that if he were to set the line on the number of people in the event he would put it at 2,350. We didn't take the bet, but hindsight being 20/20 and all we should have taken the under.

The official count for entrants is 1,531 with 153 getting paid out and first-place receiving $566,916. This number of players is down about 400 from last year and the prize-money is down about $240,000 less.

Now, there are more low-limit events this year meaning that players are spoiled for choice if they have a limited poker bankroll. As a result, one or two of these smaller buy-in events are likely to have a dip in attendance. However, apples are apples and that's what we're comparing.

How does this bode for the 2007 WSOP Main Event? We have no idea, but that's the million dollar question that events like this could provide the answer to.

Stay tuned for more live updates from the 2007 WSOP and make sure to head over to Bodog.com and get in on your chance to win a $12,000 WSOP prize package.