Some more faces spotted for the first time:
Marco Traniello
Eric Froehlich
Liz Lieu
Melanie Weisner
Brandon Cantu
Chris Bell
James Akenhead
And last but not least, the champion has returned to defend his bracelet. JP Kelly has just taken the seat to the left of Andy Black and two to the left of Scott Seiver, trying for a repeat title here in this event.
We don't know how the chips went in but when we arrived at the table Stephen Chidwick was all in for 1,125 and Joe Sebok called.
Chidwick: 
Sebok: 
Board: 
Chidwick is now up to 2,500 chips and Sebok slipped to 11,000.
Level: 2
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
Chris Moorman opened with a raise to 150, and he was called in three places -- one player who was in position as well as the small and big blinds.
Four ways, the flop came down 
. Everyone checked through to the player in position, and he fired out a bet of 400. Moorman was the only caller this time, and it was heads up to the 
turn. The action check-checked there on fourth street, and the 
filled out the board on fifth. Moorman fired out 1,050 chips, and his opponent made the call.
Moorman tabled 
, and his two pair was good enough to take down the pot and move his stack up to 6,700.
With registration open for another hour or so, new players are still trickling in at a pretty brisk pace. A new table has just been opened, and its roster includes Kathy Liebert and Chris Moorman.
We've also found the 2009 Main Event Champion Joe Cada in the house this afternoon.
Jon "FatalError" Aguiar just walked up to our desk to inquire about Tom Dwan's whereabouts, so we know Aguiar is in the field too. We haven't spotted "durrrr" yet though.
On the way back to the desk, we also found Tommy Vedes and Steve O'Dwyer at separate tables.
The full (and still growing) list of players we're tracking can be found in the "Chip Counts" tab at the top of this page.
Antonio Esfandiari was crippled in a big pot just a few moments ago. "The Magician" managed to find two pair against a player with pocket aces, but a bigger pair on board counterfeited Esfandiari and left him with just a few little chips.
He got that remainder into the pot with a flush draw, and an opponent with top pair had his hand hold up, eliminating another notable here in the early going.
When we arrived at the table Joe Sebok check-raised a 400-chip bet from the player in the cutoff up to 1,500. With the flop reading 
his opponent called and saw a 
fell in the turn.
Sebok went all in after a bet of 1,500 from the opponent and got called.
Showdown:
Sebok: 
Opponent:
Straight flush for Sebok and he has now about 9,000 chips. He's opponent is now on his way home.
We didn't catch much of the action during this hand, but we can tell you that Lacey Jones has just become one of the early victims of this event.
We were just too far away to tell exactly what was going on, but Jones check-raised the turn on a paired board, and all of the money went in there. Her opponent snapped her off with quads, and his covering stack means Jones' day is done early.
We picked up the action in a three-way pot involving Phil Gordon and two unknowns at his table.
The flop showed 
when we walked up to the table, and the small blind had checked. Gordon checked his big blind, and the preflop raiser continued out with a bet of 500. The small blind called before Gordon snuck in a check-raise to 1,150 total. That was enough to fold the button, but the small blind moved all in on a three-bet shove. Gordon snap-called, and the cards were on their backs:
Small Blind: 
Gordon:
Gordon was, er, well ahead and needed only to fade two running cards. The turn 
locked up the pot, and the river secured Gordon's double up. He's up to 8,000, eliminating a player on his way up.
Okay, it's time for that running list of familiar faces.
We just told you about Table 4 and the Sebok-Obrestad-Chidwick corner, and they've just been joined by Liv Boeree in seat six. Directly adjacent to that Table of Death sits another one that should be fun to watch. Jim Collopy, Phil Gordon, and Mike "GoLeafsGoEh" Leah are all huddled around Table 8 together, and a second walk past that table sees Thayer Rasmussen joining in the eight seat.
If neither of those are the toughest table in the room, have a look at Table 15. Serial EPT side event winner Martin Kabrhel is in the two seat, and Team PokerStars Pros Lex Veldhuis and Tom McEvoy are neighbors in five and six. Just as we jotted their names down, David "Devilfish" Ulliott took his seat in the three hole.
We've also spotted WSOP rookie Jeff Sarwer with direct position on Gavin Griffin at Table 5.
Table 39 has a tough trio as well. Theo Tran, Tony Dunst, and Eric "basebaldy" Baldwin occupy the first three seats respectively.
The big guns are out in full force for this $1,500 event.
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