Ready For A Shootout?

Welcome to Day 1 of Event #36: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout.

Players will begin with 4,500 chips and they have one goal for today and that is to win their table. Every table winner will make the money and advance to Day 2. The tournament is capped at 2,000 players and registration is still open with play set to begin today at 12 p.m. in the Brasilia Room.

In last year’s event, Brandon Schaefer prevailed over 1,138 players and took home the first-place prize of $311,174 plus the gold bracelet. You can expect plenty of "bracelet hunting" professionals in the field today with live coverage of today's event happening right here at PokerNews.

While you are waiting for play to begin, here is your June 20th update from the 2013 WSOP: