Some Photographic Highlights From Day 1

She won’t reveal the reason why she’s doing it, but Ebony Kenney is wearing socks on her ears. (Perhaps she lost a prop bet?) Regardless of the reason, it seems to be working for her, as she was second in chips at the dinner break with 87,600.

Ferenc Riech took the chip lead in Level 2 and has never looked back. In fact, Riech had more chips at the first break than Day 1A chipleader Marvin Rettenmaier had after a full day.

Vince Van Patten and Royal Flush Girls Tugba Ercan (left) and Ivy Teves are joined by TD Thomas Kremser for the traditional "Shuffle up and deal" at the start of Day 1A.

Behind them, you can see the mock seaplane that hangs from the ceiling over the tournament area, all the more appropriate as the casino is a stone’s throw away from the world-famous Princess Juliana International Airport.

Tony Dunst, host of the WPT’s Raw Deal segment is also off to a good start here at the WPT Caribbean, more than doubling his starting stack to 63,000 before the dinner break.