Welcome to PokerNews' coverage of Day 1b of the 2012 WinStar River Poker Series Main Event. Yesterday's Day 1a drew 401 players and leading the remaining 41 is Matt Newcombe with a whopping 785,500.
A slew of notable players took part in yesterday's affair, but came up short of their goal of amassing a stack and making it to Sunday's Day 2. You can bet many, if not all of them, will be back on the felt today looking to get the job done. Among those who we expect to see include Maria Ho, Vanessa Selbst, Greg Raymer, Dwyte Pilgrim, Harrison Gimbel, Kurt Jewell, and Jacob Bazeley.
Play is scheduled to kick off at noon local time, about a half hour from now, and will resume until only 10% of the field remains, each of whom will make the money and be back in action on Sunday's Day 2.
Be sure to keep it here at PokerNews throughout the day as we bring you live updates on all of the action.
