One minute to go. Players have been informed that the event will start on time. There are still many empty seats and players are sprinting across the room as the tournament is about to begin.
There was an announcement that warned players that today's event would start right on time--and it did. It seems like most of the players took that seriously, but there are still an empty seat or two at most tables.
There are still a few empty seats around the room, but most players have settled in and found their table. The sound of riffling chips has filled the room again. There's a sigh, as the first announcement of "seat open" is heard. It's always nice to know you will not be the first one out the door.
A quick walk around the room and we can already see Steve Dannenmann, David Plastik, Jennifer Tilly, Billy Baxter, Daniel Negreanu, Kirk Morrison, Erik Seidel, Kido Pham, Michael Binger, Michael Gracz, Joe Tehan, Humberto Brenes and Ralph Perry.
Other big-name players in today's field include Mike Matusow, Rene Angelil, Sorel Mizzi, John Juanda, Annie Duke, Phil Laak, Jeff Madsen, Gavin Smith, David "The Dragon" Pham, Andrew Black, Layne Flack, and Bill Chen.
On a board reading Gavin Smith bets 700 and is called. The river card is the . Gavin checks, his opponenet bets 1000 and Gavin calls. His opponent opens and Gavin mucks. He is now down to 2800.