Bienvenidos a Uruguay!
The luxurious Mantra Resort is abuzz with activity as the noon start time approaches. A rather important looking press conference is just coming to an end, and nearly 300 players are mulling about the tournament area, ready to get rolling. Among them are a strong contingent of locals and visitors from nearby countries, but there are a handful of pale invaders and tan crusaders lurking about as well.
We've already spotted Dutch Team PokerStars Pro Pieter de Korver sipping on a neon beverage of some sort, and Stephen "stevie444" Chidwick is mulling about the tournament room as well. The Latin America pros are here too; Humberto Brenes (and brother Alex), Alexandre Gomes, and Angel Guillen are among those we've already run into.
We're about ten minutes away from kickoff time, so sit tight; we'll be back with the 'shuffle up and deal' shortly!