Three hundred forty-nine players are now trickling into the room and finding their way to their seats. The chip bags are out on the tables, and the sounds of plastic crinkling and chips on felt are just starting to bring the room to life. We've been moved over to the Miranda Room today, the smallest of the three sibling rooms. We expect to be here for the duration of the day, and we'll play all the way to 3:00am unless we miraculously get to our final nine before then.
The staff calls it a 2:15 restart, so play should be underway in just about 20 minutes. Sit tight.