Almost Set to Go

We've gotten ourselves settled inside the charming Casino San Remo, and we're just about set to kick this thing off. It's only been a few months since the PokerStars banners last donned the streets of the city, and Rupert Elder won himself €930,000 for outlasting the field of 987 players. We'd expect to see him in the building today or tomorrow, and Season 6 champion and Team PokerStars Pro Liv Boeree will be joining up for Day 1b.

We've got right around 320 players registered for this first flight today, and they're filing into their seats as we speak. We've only spotted a few Team PokerStars Pros in our walk through the room, but we do have Poland's Marcin Horecki and Spain's Ana Marquez in the house. And just now, France's Arnaud Mattern came and said hello, fresh off his deep run in the World Series of Poker Europe Main Event.

We've also spotted a few non-affiliated notables such as Kevin MacPhee, Toby Lewis, Dan Kelly, and Mike Leah.

The scheduled start time has come and gone, but we should be under way in just a few moments. Sit tight!