A few more tables have opened up in the Tan Section of the Amazon Room, and of course there are some notables among their inhabitants. Some of the faces we've spotted at that end of the room include:
Scotty Nguyen
Carlos Mortensen
Matt Hawrilenko
Michael Mizrachi
Chino Rheem
Doug "Rico "Carli
Blair Rodman
Scott Seiver
Justin Young
David Benyamine
Chris Bjorin
After a player had brought it in with the 
, action folded around to David Plastik and he completed to 75. The next player to act, who was in Seat 5, then raised to 150. The bring in folded and Plastik made the call.
Plastik: (x-x) / 
/ (x)
Seat 5: (x-x) / 
/ (x)
The player in Seat 5 proceeded to check call bets on every street, prompting Plastik to confidently turn over 
for a pair of aces. Seat 5 then rolled over 
for aces as well. Both players had a king, but it'd be Seat 5's ten that would edge out Plastik's nine. With that, Plastik dropped back down to around the starting stack.
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Table 381 has filled in with players now, and it's a tough place to be:
Seat 1: Dan Shak
Seat 3: Ylon Schwartz
Seat 4: Tom Schneider
Seat 6: Bill Chen
Seat 8: Ray Hensen
We don't recognize the other three gents at the table, and we don't envy them.
It took us a little while, but we've located the defending champion, Chris "PiMaster" Viox, who is seated at the same table as WSOP Circuit Caesars Main Event champ Kevin Calenzo. Rest assured we'll be keeping an eye on Viox to see if a title defense is in the cards.
Level: 2
Limits: 75/150
Ante: 25
Another batch of familiar faces have just appeared on our radar:
Tom Schneider - Nicknamed "Donkeybomber"; two WSOP bracelets; formerly best known for wearing noisy pants but wearing more normal and quiet pants today; ...oh yeah, and WSOP Player of the Year in 2007
Bruce Buffer - Announcer for UFC; likes when his friends call him "The Veteran of Voice of the Octagon"; knows way around an oval poker table, too
Joe Tehan - Sometimes called "NAPT-han" for his stellar record on that tour; approaching $4 million in career cashes
Chris Amaral - A very, very tall grinder who seems due to bink something big
David Steicke - Aussie living in Hong Kong, making him China's most successful poker player ever; would be infinitely more internationally famous if Joe Hachem didn't exist
David Levy - Mixed-game master who's still searching for his first bracelet; just shy of $3 million in career earnings
Mike Leah - Better known as "GoLeafsGoEh", online and live grinder ranked #3 all-time in cashes by a Canadian
Clayton Mozdzen - Another Canadian, known as "slammedfire" online, fresh off a deep run in a €10,000 event in Monaco
David Baker - The original; the ODB; 13 cashes in the last two WSOPs combined; about $2 million in tournament cashes
James van Alstyne - Cashing in tournaments since back in the proverbial "day" (1994); nearly $4 million in career earnings
We didn't catch the action, but as we passed by Table 381 we saw the dealer pushing a pot of approximately 1,000 to Bill Chen, who had 
laid out in front of him for a six-high straight and a six low. His victim was former November Niner Ylon Schwartz, though we didn't catch his hand.
With that, Chen increased his stack to a little over 5,000, which he'll need as his table also plays host to former WSOP Player of the Year Tom Schneider.
We couldn't help but take note of Table 379, which currently boasts a lineup that includes Barry Greenstein, Ben Logan, Barry Shulman and Adam Friedman. It's an eclectic mix, but you no doubt will recall them all.
Obviously Greenstein needs little introduction as he is one of the most recognizable players in the world, while Shulman grabbed poker headlines back in 2009 when he won the WSOP Europe after defeating Daniel Negreanu in heads-up play. That victory earned him a £801,603 payday and some WSOP gold.
The other two aforementioned players may not be as recognizable, but they're certainly memorable. Logan won a WSOP Circuit ring in 2010/2011 at Harrah's St. Louis in a $345 H.O.R.S.E. event for $10,755, but received more attention on last year's ESPN broadcast of the Main Event when he made a deep run, ultimately finishing in 91st place for $64,531.
In regards to Friedman, well his moment of infamy was also caught on film (check out the following video at the 3:28 mark to see the hand on ESPN):
While Friedman may never live that moment down, he's certainly proven his skill at the game as PokerNews explored in a recent Where Are They Now article.
There were just over 400 players seated when this event began, and that number has since worked its way up to 484. The tournament staff says they're keen to surpass the 606-player field that assembled for this event last year.
The average age of the entrant is likely a little higher for this event than most at the WSOP, as is the percentage of women in the field. Our first quick count found at least 22 ladies seated, accounting for about 4.6% of the population here in Amazon sections Orange and Tan. If you add the dozen-or-so massage therapists that are meandering around the section, it's quite a co-ed event here.
Most notable among the women in our field Jennifer Harman. Harman has won more than $2.6 million in her tournament poker career, but it's her cash game prowess that sets her apart as one of the best players in the world, gender irrelevant. She plays all the games with all the best players in the world.
Her biggest career cash came in a WSOP Circuit event, finishing runner-up to Doug Lee in the 2005 $10,000 WSOP Circuit Championship. She's won two WSOP bracelets, too, and another one in 2012 would snap a ten-year dry spell.
We just concluded our initial walk through of the Orange Section, and we must admit we're impressed as a bevy of notables have turned out. Here's a look at who is currently in the field:
Paul "Eskimo" Clark
Shannon Shorr
Jennifer Harman
Katrina Jett
Gavin Griffin
Jonathan Aguiar
Chris Tryba
"Miami" John Cernuto
Mark Gregorich
Bryan Devonshire
Daniel Negreanu
Norman Chad
Matt Glantz
Ed Brogdan
Chad Brown
Amnon Filippi
Matt Savage
Allen Kessler
Ylon Schwartz
Bill Chen
Ray Hensen
Joe Serock
Marco Traniello
Bryan Micon
Roland Israel
