Steve Watts check-called a bet worth 6,000 by Husseni Al-Khatri on the heads-up turn of 
and then checked again the 
on the river. Al-Khatri then jammed for 7,900 and Watts reluctantly folded. When the hand was over, Watts asked "king-queen no good?" but received no reply from his table neighbour.
Bob Malvasi can also be found at the same table as well.
Julien Sitbon raised to 600 and then called a three-bet to 1,800 in order to see a flop of 
on which Sitbon check-called a bet of 1,500. He did so again for 4,600 on the 
turn and led the 
river for just 3,000. His opponent called and mucked when Sitbon tabled the 
.
Day 1b has already swelled to more than 120 entries and there is still a queue at the registration desk. Below are some of those familiar names who can now be found in the field.
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
Eliran Argelazi found himself back at the very same table that he spent most of Day 1a on before he was eliminated and he started well once more. In a heads-up hand to the 
river, he raised a bet to 7,600 and his opponent went deep into the tank. The clock was called on the opponent, who then called and Argelazi tabled 
for the nuts.
At least three players have been eliminated already and that also includes Hasmukh Khodiyara as well as Dritan Arapi. The former appears to have vanished from the same seat as Valdir Cordeiro Dos Santos and Karen Arthur was stacking up even more chips.
"It's the seat of death, set over set queens versus eights," she remarked. Her stack has already hit two and a half times of what she started with and barely 45 minutes have passed so far. Cordeiro Dos Santos is back in the field already for attempt number two.
On the tail end of a medium-sized pot, Tom Arovaara bet 2,300 and his sole remaining opponent called with the board showing 
. Arovaara tabled the 
for aces full of kings and won the chips to consolidate a decent start into the day. Arovaara had already been among the early big stacks on Day 1a before he bowed out in the late stages.
On the tail end of a bigger pot between Husseni Al-Khatri and Karen Arthur, the completed board showed 
. Arthur was facing a bet worth 7,500 by Al-Khatri and tanked for a while before making the call. Her opponent tabled the which Arthur had beat with the 
to win a seizable pot in the first level of the day.
Ido Alon raised to 300 and Phil Ward then three-bet to 1,000, which Alon called. The flop went check, check, and Alon led the 
turn for 800. Ward called and both checked again the 
on the river. Alon turned over the and the mighty ducks were good enough to win the pot.
It appears that both had already clashed earlier as Alon has already increased his stack by quite some margin while Ward is down nearly one third of the starting stack.
Usually, Brandon Nguyen can be found at the PokerStars live events on the other site of the felt as he takes care of the PokerStars sponsored players. His official job title is "Senior Twitch & Ambassadors Associate" but he also fancies the cards himself. Nguyen qualified in a satellite yesterday and has appeared in the Day 1b field not far away from Nick Walsh.
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