We really can't understate how many highly skilled and accomplished players have turned out for Day 1a. Team PokerStars seems to have sent its entire stable of Pros. The first sweep of less than half of the room has already turned up Dennis Phillips, Andre Akkari, Alexandre Gomes, Lee Nelson, Greg Raymer, Luca Pagano and Chris Moneymaker. Full Tilt has its own representatives in the field, including Phil Ivey and Erik Seidel.
That's not to say that there aren't dozens of other recognizable faces in the tournament room. We're slowly filling up the chip counts page with their names as we have the opportunity.