I strolled through the tournament area and did my best not to get my shins torn to shreds on the Vic's unusual triangular tables with pointy edges. I spotted Gavin Griffin, Alex Kravchenko, Vanessa Rousso, Chad Brown, Ian Frazer, Michael Greco (from East Enders fame), Vicky Coren, Victor Ramdin and Nicolas Levi. Kathy Liebert and Italy's Luca Pagano are seated right next to each other.
Some online characters in today's field? RaiNKhAN, aakkari, ael1979, shaundeeb, and SirWatts.