We didn't catch the action, but as we walked over to the table, we saw that on a nine high board, Nick Frangos had tabled . However, it was no good as his opponent flipped over for a better ace high. That pot knocked Frangos down to 17,000.
If you are reading Nick Frangos and know the name, but can't quite place the face, it is because he hasn't been around much the past few years. Frangos calls Atlantic City home, but hasn't recorded a cash at the WSOP in Las Vegas since 2009. Frangos first caught fame in 2004 when he final tabled the televised $5,000 buy in Stud Championship, taking home over $54,000 for his efforts.
A couple more late arrivals to report as we begin Level 3.
Christian Harder is here, hoping to add further to his more than $2.5 million in career tourney earnings. And frequent Atlantic City-casher Daniel Wach has taken a seat as well. Wach has had a collection of scores over the last year or so at the Borgata, including a big $200,793 take-away for finishing second in a $500 NLHE Re-Entry event there last fall.
We came upon a three-way hand with the board showing and about 5,000 in the middle. Andy Jiang had only just taken his seat and was playing his first hand, and he led with a bet of 2,050.
The action on Sirous Jamshidi, he thought for a while before calling, then the third opponent sitting to Jamshidi's left called as well. Jiang then tabled his hand — . Quads on his first hand!
"If the bet was more than that... easy fold," said Jamshidi as Jiang collected the chips. "The bet was very reasonable."
Meanwhile Jiang called to a friend at another table to tell him of his fortunate first hand. "I'm busting for sure now," he added with a grin.
Rachel Kranz was heads up out of position on a flop of when she fired out 1,100. The player called, and the turn brought the . Kranz kept the foot on the gas with a bet of 2,500, and again, her opponent made the call.
When the river brought the , Kranz slowed down and checked, and her opponent took advantage of it by betting out 3,425. After about 20 seconds of thought, Kranz shook her head, and kicked her cards to the dealer.
Another player back to take a second shot today is Roland Israelashvili.
The New York-based player who made a deep run in last summer's WSOP Main Event (finishing 25th) is hoping to match or better his fantastic finishes in this very event the last three years' running.
Last year Israelashvili managed to final table this event, taking sixth place. The year before that, he also made the final table, taking fifth place that time. And in 2010, he won the Main Event here, capturing the first of his two WSOP Circuit gold rings!
Things haven't begun so well this time for Israelashvili, however. Just now a hand arose in which a player in the hijack seat raised to 150 and got three callers including Israelashvili in the small blind. The flop came . It folded to the raiser who bet 350, and only Israelashvili stuck around. Both players then checked the turn card.
The river brought the and a bet of 1,100 from Israelashvili, and after some thought his opponent called. Israelashvili tabled while his opponent showed , and after a rocky first level Israelashvili is already down close to half the starting stack.
Steve Dannenmann had a short run of things in the first flight today, but he's off to a positive start in this flight. Dannenmann was one of three players who saw a flop of . It was checked to Dannenmann, who bet out 525, and only one player made the call.
Both checked the on the turn, and when the river brought the , his opponent fired out 1,000. Dannenmann didn't take long to make the call, and his was better then his opponents .
We're seeing a few familiar faces during a first walk-through here at the start of the Day 1b flight, including some from just a couple of hours ago. Chris Reslock, Timothy Finne, Kyle Bowker, David Inselberg, and Catherine Dever are among those back again after having busted during the earlier session.
. However, it was no good as his opponent flipped over 
for a better ace high. That pot knocked Frangos down to 17,000.
and about 5,000 in the middle. Andy Jiang had only just taken his seat and was playing his first hand, and he led with a bet of 2,050.
. Quads on his first hand!
when she fired out 1,100. The player called, and the turn brought the 
. Kranz kept the foot on the gas with a bet of 2,500, and again, her opponent made the call.
, Kranz slowed down and checked, and her opponent took advantage of it by betting out 3,425. After about 20 seconds of thought, Kranz shook her head, and kicked her cards to the dealer.
. It folded to the raiser who bet 350, and only Israelashvili stuck around. Both players then checked the 
turn card.
while his opponent showed 
, and after a rocky first level Israelashvili is already down close to half the starting stack.
. It was checked to Dannenmann, who bet out 525, and only one player made the call.
on the turn, and when the river brought the 
.
