We've arrived at the first break on Day 1b of the 2014 World Series of Poker Main Event, and there have already been several eliminations.
The first came at the hands of Derrik Smith, who six-bet shoved over Mark Hodos with pocket . Hodos had , and the aces held up.
Huck Seed was faced with an all-in bet from Yang Bian on a board of , and Seed, thinking they were chopping, called with the nuts; . Seed, winner of the 1996 Main Event, thought he was getting freerolled by , but Bian was drawing dead with for just top pair.
Seed is among our chip leaders with around double the starting stack.
Dan Shak took his leave after being crippled with against the of an opponent. He was later eliminated with pocket jacks against .
The players are on break for 20 minutes - smoke 'em if you got 'em!
In the meantime, learn some poker lingo with Mark "Chirp" Herm:
Mike Leah called a button raise of 550 from the big blind and saw a flop of . Both players checked the flop and on the turn. The completed the board on the river and Leah's bet of 1,175 was called.
Over at one of the secondary feature tables, David Tuthill opened for 400 from middle position and action folded to Ray Romano in the small blind. The comedian from Everybody Loves Raymond fame bounced his cards up and down before announcing a three-bet to 1,100. The big blind folded, and Tuthill made a cheerful call.
The flop saw Romano lead out for 1,200, and Tuthill called to see the turn, which they both checked. When the completed the board on the river, Romano bet 1,500 and Tuthill conceded the hand.
"Alright, I'm going to let you off the hook," Tuthill said before showing the . Romano smiled and then showed he had been well out in front the entire time with the .
Despite losing that hand, Tuthill is still up from the starting stack.
We caught the action on a flop of . Maria Ho was first to act from the big blind and bet 1,200. Her heads-up opponent raised to 3,500 and Ho made the call.
Both players checked the on the turn and on the river. Ho flipped over and her opponent mucked.
Joe Kuether has more than double the stack he started with. We didn’t catch the action but he inflicted heavy damage on another players stack a couple of hands before and she was eliminated when she raised all in with and ran into . The final board couldn’t help her come from behind and the remains of her stack were gone just before the first break.
After the cutoff raised to 300 from the cutoff, Jonathan Tamayo called from the small blind and the two saw a flop of . Both players checked, the dealer burned and turned the , and Tamayo check-called a bet of 400 from his opponent.
Both players returned to checking on the river and Tamayo tabled the for the nut no pair. It was good as the cutoff double checked his cards before sending them to the muck.
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, and Seed, thinking they were chopping, called with the nuts; 
. Seed, winner of the 1996 Main Event, thought he was getting freerolled by 
, but Bian was drawing dead with 
for just top pair.
. Both players checked the flop and 
on the turn. The 
and his opponent mucked.
completed the board on the river, Romano bet 1,500 and Tuthill conceded the hand.
.
on the turn and 
on the river. Ho flipped over 
and her opponent mucked.
and Soubra raked in the pot.
, and Tamayo check-called a bet of 400 from his opponent.
