TJ Cloutier and Mike Dentale were heads up with the board reading 
and Cloutier check-raised Dentale, making it 4,000 to go.
Dentale thought about it for a little and asked if Cloutier would show him if he folded.
"I don't care either way," Cloutier responded.
Dentale called and then Cloutier shoved 10,900 on the turn when the 
hit. Dentale folded, showing the 
and Cloutier flashed the 
as he collected the pot.
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
WinStar Ambassador Maria Ho is back in the field today and just won a pot to get roughly back to starting stack.
She raised in early position and the player in the big blind defended. The flop came 
and the big blind checked to Ho. She bet 300 and the big blind raised to 1,025. Ho called.
The turn paired the board with the and the big blind led for 1,200. Ho called. Both players checked the 
on the river and Ho took down the pot with 
, beating the 
of her opponent.
Rania Nasreddine bet the 
flop and got one caller. The turn was the 
and both her and her opponent checked. They both checked the river when the 
hit the board as well.
Nasreddine showed 
for a flopped set of kings and took down the pot. She is now just over double starting stack. She made a deep run last night, but fell just short of bagging for Day 2 last night and is hoping for a better result today. So far so good.
Jose Montes was in the small blind facing a raise to 300 and a call. Montes reraised from the small blind, making it 1,400 to go. The original raiser folded and the caller four-bet to 5,500. Montes went all in for about 17,000 and his opponent quickly called.
Montes had the best of it with 
against the 
of his opponent. The board ran out 
and Montes won the hand to double up.
Level: 2
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0
Brandon Steven is back in the field today after failing to bag Day 1a. He attempted to create some action with a straddle, tossing in 200 under the gun.
Karen Norman was next to act and raised to 900. The action came back to Steven.
"The first one is not good," he said as he looked at the second of his hole cards, "Oooo."
He called the raise and the flop came 
. He checked and Norman bet 1,600. Steven called. The turn was the 
and both players checked. They both checked again on the river when the hit and Norman won the hand with 
for a flush.
It has been a pretty good year for Nipun Java. He won not one but two WSOP gold bracelets this summer. He and countrymen Aditya Sushant became the first two players from India to win WSOP bracelets in the $1,500 Tag Team Event and then Java went on to win the $1,000 Online Event, becoming India's only two-time bracelet winner.
He also won two other tournaments so far in 2017. A $570 Deepstack tournament for $230,848 in August and a smaller $360 tournament for $17,949 just before the WSOP in April.
He now sits with just under $2.3 million dollars in live tournament winnings and is making his first appearance in this year's WinStar River Poker Series Main Event here on Day 1b.
A few more familiar faces have shown up today for Day 1b. WSOP Poker Hall of Famer TJ Cloutier has joined the field along with Mike Dentale.
Barry Barron and Rania Nasreddine join a few of the players returning for their second attempt at Day 2. Nasreddine finished around 40th place last night.
Play is underway for Day 1b of the WinStar River Poker Series $2 million Main Event.
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