Full to Bursting
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Today's tournament is being held in a convention center ballroom at the World Trade Center Sheraton. 51 tables are packed into the ballroom, all of which are in use. Another four tables have been placed in the hallway outside the ballroom in an effort to accommodate everyone who wants to play. Given the impressive field, all tables are starting ten-handed.
It's also going to take a while to comb through the tables to figure out who's here. We've already spotted all four members of Team PokerStars Brazil: Alexandre Gomes, Andre Akkari, Maria Mayrinck and Gualter Salles. Also in the room are Mexican pros Angel Guillen and Christian de Leon (who somehow managed to draw the same starting table), Costa Rican pro Humberto Brenes, and the "first couple" of poker, Max and Maria Stern. They are the only couple in the history of the World Series of Poker to both win bracelets. Maria won hers in a $1,500 Seven-Card Stud event in 1997; Max has three bracelets, one each in Omaha Hi/Lo, Stud Hi/Lo, and No-Limit Hold'em. Maria also made one LAPT final table, finishing in 8th place at the 2008 LAPT Costa Rica Main Event.