End of Day One
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The chips have been bagged and tagged and the room has now emptied with 208 exhausted competitors heading home for a well deserved 40 winks. Among them are a smattering of big names, the likes of John Juanda, Marcel Luske and 2009 Player of the Year Jeff Lisandro all eying up that shiny, gold bracelet and the small matter of $208,682. Also surviving the opening day is one Tom "durrrr" Dwan, the online titan not regarded as particularly apt in seven-card stud, but still capable of scaring a few pros if he were to go deep.
However, despite the foreboding shadow of poker's giants, it's Odette Tremblay who's risen highest, her rampage over today's event leaving her the end-of-day chip leader with 43,700. But snapping on her heels like an alligator with toothache are David Levi and Daniel Studer who have 43,400 and 42,600 respectively.
I won't lie, tomorrow will be a real slog as we look to whittle down the remaining field to our final table, but your blogging team will be back in the Rio at 3pm sharp to bring you all the highs and lows of Day Two. Make sure you join us.