Many players will find this event of the series the most appealing as it has a fairly low buy-in of $1,500 with no re-buys or re-entries, all players will receive a Monster Stack of 15,000 chips to begin with.
Last years champion was Perry Shiao who won $1,286,942 and gold bracelet for his first place finish in the Monster Stack WSOP 2015 event.
Mercier won the $10,000 2-7 Draw Lowball Championship event earning $273,335 and claims he got more than the first place prize from a bracelet earning side-bet he had with friends.
His goal is to win a side-bet that he has with Vanessa Selbst in which he is required to earn three WSOP bracelets in 2016 to score a massive payout. Having bagged his first bracelet fairly early into the series he is determined to take-down two more events to win the prop-bet.
There is still some time left to qualify for the 2016 World Series of Poker Main Event prize packages online at 888poker with qualifiers running daily.
Following the release of Howard Lederer’s apology statement to the poker community prior to the start of the WSOP, it was expected that he would make an appearance.
Lederer registered and played the $10,000 2-7 Single Draw Championship event, his presence has upset many players who were affected by frozen Full Tilt Poker funds.
Since both players have broken the ice by playing events at the 2016 World Series of Poker, we can be sure to see them seated at other events in the series.
Neither of the former FullTilt owners are responding to questions from the media stating that they are just there to play or that statements have already been given.
The 2nd event, the Colossus II is underway featuring a low buy-in of $565 with six starting flights and a million guaranteed for first place prize.
There is still time to qualify online for the 2016 World Series of Poker Main Event with satellites starting from just 1¢ on 888poker, play your way to the final satellite on Sundays.
As the official sponsors of the World Series of Poker 2016, 888poker a special Supersize ME tournament promotion where players can win premium prize packages to experience Las Vegas as a VIP.
This year credit card payments have been introduced as a payment option alongside other methods which include wire transfers and cashier’s checks. Credit card payments have been limited to all tournaments with $1,500 buy-in or less.
There is still time to qualify online through the official sponsor 888poker who offer WSOP Las Vegas 2016 satellites that payout WSOP Main Event prize packages to top positions.
The 2016 World Series of Poker is scheduled to take place between May 31 to July 18, 2016
