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Orel Hershiser and two opponents checked their way to a river and were left with a board reading 
.
Hershiser had bet 350 preflop and led out on the river with a bet of 1,050. He was called by the player in the button but mucked when he saw his opponent's 
.
Hershiser is down down to 23,500.
"I feel guilty constantly reporting this guy's downfall," sighed our reporter, but the truth is that Dan Shak has endured a horrific start to the day and is struggling to win a pot. He has been unfortunate, though.
Soon after his set-over-set encounter, Shak raised it up to 300 from early position and received two callers, one of whom was the big blind. On the 
flop, Shak continuation bet for 700. Just the big blind called.
With both players checking the turn, the big blind turned aggressor on the 
river by leading out for 700. Shak called, but found himself toppled by 
for the rivered straight.
Shak's stack dips once more; he's down to 7,800.
We mentioned before that Kevin "Bel0wAb0ve" Saul is in the Red Section of the Amazon Room, but there are plenty of other online wizards as well.
Dan "Wretchy" Martin, Jared "TheWacoKidd" Hamby, Jordan "scarface_79" Smith, Jon "PearlJammer" Turner, Jeff "yellowsub" Williams, Jeffrey "jpapola" Papola, Jon "sketchy1" Eaton and Kyle "KJulius10" Julius are all in the field today.
Let's hope they can avoid all live misclicks.
There was already around 7,000 in the pot by the river of the 
when we arrived to find Eric Liu calling a 6,000 bet from his opponent. The bettor turned over 
for two pair but Liu tabled 
for a set. Liu took the chunky pot and moved up to 39,000.
Perry Friedman was in middle position when he called a preflop raise to 250 from a player in early position. The flop came 
and the early-position player bet 350 with Friedman making the call.
The turn was the 
and Friedman bet 700 after being checked to. His opponent called and they both checked the 
on the river.
When all was said and done Friedman tabled 
while his opponent showed 
, leading Friedman to say, "Wow, thank God I didn't bet."
Tuan Le is down to 17,000 during this opening level. He called a bet of 8,900 on the river of a 
board but quickly mucked upon being shown 
.
We thought it was a bit early for those sorts of shenanigans, but nevertheless, the cry of, "All in and call!" brought us running over to Minh Ly's table.
The board read 
and Ly was all in with pocket jacks for top set and was getting paid off by an extremely unfortunate gentleman who was holding pocket sixes for a smaller set. Ly was all smiles as he doubled to almost 60,000. We would now nominate his hapless opponent as Most Likely To Be First Out of this Day 1b.
Anthony Yeh is off to a fast start here on Day 1b of the Main Event.
With the board reading 
, Yeh was faced with a 1,700-chip bet from his opponent. He called.
The river brought the and Yeh's opponent led again - this time for 4,500. Yeh took some time, then raised to 10,500. His opponent called.
Yeh opened for a full house and his opponent mucked his hand. Yeh is now up above 40,000 chips.
Not everyone is entering today's event in fine fettle. PokerStars Team Pro: France Arnaud Mattern has his foot resting on seat 10, not because he's uncouth, but because he's sporting a broken ankle. "Are we going to stay nine-handed?" he inquires with fingers crossed.
"I broke it playing tennis," he explains. "The ball was heading right for my, you know [he gestures towards the groin area], and when I jumped out of the way I landed awkwardly. I'd rather have my balls in tact though."
On the plus side, Mattern now has a new place to stick some more PokerStars patches, which he has utilized to good effect with his cast now working as a billboard.
We just caught the tail end of this pot in the Blue section. The board showed 
when we walked up, and there was about 3,500 in the pot. Jamie Armstrong was first to act, and he put out a bet of 2,000 straight. He was heads-up, and his opponent promptly raised to 5,000 total. Armstrong didn't waste much time calling with 
for the flush, and his hand was the best. That little flushy pot moves him up to 32,900 and sets him moving in the right direction here in the early going.
