Down to just 3,400 chips, things are not looking too good for German pro Philipp Gruissem.
We just saw a flop in a hand between Gruissem and the player on his left when both players checked. The turn was the and Gruissem bet 1,300, which was called by his opponent.
The river brought the and Gruissem check-folded when his opponent put him all in.
Kristy Arnett made it 650 to go from early position and found a single call from a middle positioned player. The flop came down and Arnett fired 900 and her opponent quickly called, allowing the to drop down on fourth street. Arnett continued her aggression with a bet of 1,300 and her opponent stuck around.
The finished off the board on the river and Arnett dropped out one last bet of 1,500. Her opponent called and tabled for ace-queen high. Arnett mucked her cards and watched as the pot was pushed to her opponent. With this hit, she's now at about 61,000 in chips.
The World Series of Poker Main Event attracted 2,144 runners for Day 1b. Combining that with the 771 entrants from Day 1a gives the 2014 Main Event a total of 2,915 competitors so far in action and chasing after the $10 million guaranteed first-place prize.
While some might've been down on the Day 1a field being less than that of 2013, today more than made up for it. Furthermore, the WSOP tweeted out that Day 1c's number is already higher than both Day 1a and Day 1b combined, which means things are looking nice and plump for the third and final starting day.
We just saw a board on which Brandon Cantu was facing a 5,000-chip bet from Sarkis Hakobian. After a while Cantu tossed the same size chips towards the pot and Hakobian admitted he was bluffing and turned over .
Cantu tabled for a flush and he raked in this pot.
There was a raise and a call in front of David Williams, who three-bet to 2,400 in the hijack seat. Both of his opponents called, and the trio all checked on a flop of . The turn was the , the original raiser checked, and the player in the middle bet 3,500.
Williams raised to 8,500, the original raiser folded, and the bettor moved all in for an additional 13,550. Williams went deep into the tank, then called.
Williams:
Opponent:
Williams was drawing stone dead, and his opponent filled up on the river () for kicks and grins.
Hollywood director Nick Cassavetes has been eliminated from the World Series of Poker Main Event.
We did not catch Cassavetes' elimination but players at his former table explained that he moved all in for his final 4,000 chips holding . Cassavetes was called by and the board brought mere blanks to send him to the rail.