Hellmuth + 136 Other Randoms
Today's first flight of the Main Event has drawn 137 runners, including 1 Phil Hellmuth and 0 Lady Gaga impersonators to the felt. That's down just a bit from the 156 who entered Day 1a last year, but it's quite possible the absent players are the ones who were tipped off about Hellmuth's charade and decided to play tomorrow instead.
We've seen less than a handful of eliminations so far, so we'll call it 133 players remaining until the number gets updated on the big board. About 2/3rds of the starting field survived Day 1a last year, so we should finish up tonight with somewhere around 90 players left.