Wet Wet Wet
Upstairs there are 10 tables, two of which are in the corner along the other side of the balcony, and the other eight in the room adjacent to the bar. There are a number of empty seats (one table has kicked off three-handed), but several familiar faces have taken their seats, all of whom arriving wetter than Marti Pellow as a consequence of the good ol' British weather.
One of those is Annette Obrestad, fresh off announcing "Shuffle up and deal!" downstairs. She's currently playing four-handed with Nicolas Levi, Jason Lester and Chad Brown - not the easiest of starts for the inaugural WSOP Europe champion.
Meanwhile, we are also graced by the presence of Scott Montgomery, Roberto Romanello, Chris Bjorin, Peter Gould, Thomas Bichon, and recent £5,000 Omaha bracelet winner Jeff Lisandro. It's quite the star-studded line-up; Joe Bloggs is nowehere to be seen.