Too Early For Small Talk

It's taken a little bit of time, but the room is finally starting to come to life a bit. For the first half hour of play, Greg Raymer was just about the only player in the room interested in carrying on a conversation. He's always wide awake. The rest of the field were still rubbing their eyes, stretching and yawning, ordering coffee and flicking through music on their iPods. There still isn't much chit-chat, but it seems like everyone is slowly waking up.

The board shows 241 players registered and counting.