152 Spieler gingen an den Start des WSOP Event #27, der USD 10.000 Limit Hold'em Championship. Darunter Eric "basebaldy" Baldwin, Matt Hawrilenko, Darren Woods, Vitaly Lunkin, Jeff Lisandro, Phil Laak, Jennifer Harmann, Carlos Mortensen, Erick Lindgren, Maria Ho, Michael Mizrachi, Justin Bonomo, Rob Hollink, Phil Hellmuth und Tom Dwan.