Players continue to trickle through the doors here at the Borgata, and the tournament floor is slowly filling to capacity. Already the sights and sounds of serious poker tournament are on display, as players engage in friendly banter, not-so-friendly needling and exhaustive reviews of yesterday's bad beats.

Even at this early juncture - less than an hour after the tournament began - short stacks can be seen shoving for their tournament lives, while smiling players sit and stack the spoils of conquest.

With another major tournament series concluding yesterday, most of the game's brightest stars are en route at the moment, 40,000 feet above it all. That means today's field is largely comprised of amateurs and semi-professionals, but we expect the tournament floor to be invaded by big name pros in the days to come. Of course, PokerNews will be on hand throughout the entire Winter Poker Open series, so stay tuned to find out which stars show up to shine.