And They're Off!

"Shuffle Up and Deal!" has rung out over the broadcast commentary from the first event's final table, focusing today's players on the task at hand - Pot Limit Omaha. Cards are in the air, and being gathered in hands four at a time by this impressive-looking field, growing slightly at every glance around the card room.

Newly arrived:

Michel Abecassis
Jason Mercier
Tim Flanders
Alan Cunningham
Men the Master
Richard Gryko
Chad Brown

Everybody knows the rules about the brightly-coloured add-on chips; most people know how to play Pot Limit Omaha, but for those who don't understand pot limit maths the max raise is helpfully listed on the structure sheet for this event for every level, and no-one knows who will end up three days from now playing for the second bracelet to be awarded here in London. The atmosphere is fantastic as hand one gets underway...