With action slow and blinds small this level, many of the players are taking their time settling in for the day. Some are milling around chatting with each other between hands. The sponsored players are busy getting branded with various patches. ElKy only saw a few hands before leaving the tournament room for a few on-camera interviews. And despite sitting down to play only half an hour ago, Antony Lellouche took a break to pick up a sandwich at the lobby bar.
Still, action is never quite slow enough for everyone to survive a whole level. The first of many "seat open" calls was just sounded.