Event #65: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em MAIN EVENT - World Championship

In a three-bet pot to the     flop, the Ken Yamamoto bet 800 out of the small blind into what appeared to be 2,000 and Aymon Hata in the cutoff called. The   fell on the turn and Yamamoto checked to Hata, who bet 3,200 and received a call.

On the   river, the Yamamoto check-called another bet of 7,100 and Hata rolled over the    for a set of sevens to scoop a nice pot early on and boost his stack. Marius Pospiech can also be found in the Amazon Gold section and shares a table with Victor Ramdin.

Aymon Hata	63,000	63,000
Marius Pospiech	50,000	50,000

In the very first hand off the deck for Victor Ramdin, a player raised to 400 from early position. Ramdin re-raised to 1,500 from the button and the original raiser called. They went heads-up to the     flop and the player continued with a bet of 4,000.

Ramdin called and the dealer burned and turned the   and the player led out with a bet of 13,000. Ramdin raised to 26,000 and with the action back on his opponent, she moved all in for 44,500.

Ramdin snap called turning over    for top set and his opponent showed    for an open-ended straight draw. The   river card sealed the deal for Ramdin who earned the double up and the knockout.

Victor Ramdin

100,000

100,000

We're only at Level 1 of Day 1a of the Main Event but many notables have already taken their seats including Jason Koon. Koon has already secured three cashes this summer including two final tables. He got 7th in Event#5: $100,000 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller for $372,894 and 5th in Event#42: $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed High Roller for 295,606. He will be looking to make another final table, and add another big score to his summer.

Jason Koon

50,000

50,000

The Amazon room has been filling up slowly but surely with players in the Orange, Purple and Gold section and they have been instructed with the official rules for the tournament, the daily schedule and the remainder of the tournament.

"How is everyone doing today?" WSOP tournament director Jack Effel said when taking over the microphone and welcoming all players, triggering applause across the room. In his 14th year in charge, Effel then handed over the duties to defending Main Event champion Scott Blumstein

"Alright everyone, shuffle up and deal!" Blumstein announced after giving some advice that worked out for him in the previous year and right after, the cards went in the air.

At 11 a.m., players start with 50,000 in chips. Levels are 120 minutes long throughout. After every level, players have a 20-minute break. The dinner break, 60 minutes long, takes place after Level 2, which should be around 3:25 p.m.

Late registration for Day 1a of the 2017 WSOP Main Event is open for three levels, registration closes around 7:10 p.m. If you're too late, there's always tomorrow (Day 1b) and Wednesday (Day 1c). Day 1a wraps up around 11:00 p.m.

Players to survive today return to the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino Thursday, July 5, 2018, to play another five levels on Day 2ab.

Today's action starts at 11 a.m. PokerNews will be there the entire day with live updates from around the convention center of the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino. Besides live updates, you can follow along via ESPN2 and PokerGO.

While the Main Event is just about to get underway, a plethora of events are already in the books. The 2018 WSOP kicked off May 31st with the $565 Employees Event.

Since then, dozens of events have been played, and PokerNews.com was there for each and every one of them. Millions in prize money has been rewarded, hundreds of thousands of hands have been dealt. Take a look at all the results up until now:

The Main Event began as an idea hatched in Texas gambler Benny Binion's mind to promote his casino.

In 1970, a small group of Texas rounders gathered at Binion's for 10 days playing for high stakes in games like five-card draw, 2-7 lowball, seven-card stud, razz, and no-limit hold'em. Players voted on the winner at the end — Texan and future Poker Hall of Fame member Johnny Moss.

By 1972, no-limit hold'em became the premier game and the $10,000 buy-in tournament that players now know as the Main Event was introduced.

In the intervening 48 years, the event has grown to mammoth proportions with numerous preliminary events. The championship bracelet was introduced by Binion in 1976 and has become the ultimate trophy in poker. Owning one has become the litmus test for poker greatness. The series has even expanded beyond Las Vegas with numerous circuit and bracelet events around the country and the world.

Binion surely couldn't have imagined the scope that the game would become since his showcase began in 1970. The World Series of Poker is the largest, richest and most prestigious gaming event in the world, having awarded more than $2.6 billion in prize money and the prestigious gold bracelet, globally recognized as the sport's top prize.

Here's a look at all the winners since the tournament's inception: