One player checked to Orel Hershiser on the board of 
. Hershiser fired 3,000 and the player made the call as the ESPN cameras rolled. The river brought the 
and both players checked. Hershiser tabled the 
and won the pot to move up to 27,000 in chips.
The button opened with raise, and Brandon Adams moved all in for 3,600 from the small blind. It wasn't much more, and the button called to put him at risk. Adams showed 
, and he was going to have to out-race his oppponent's 
to stay alive.
Success! The board came 
, and Adams is magically back to 8,000.
Barbara Enright bet out 1,500 on a 
flop, only for her sole opponent to raise it up to 5,025. Enright dwelled up for some time while the TV cameras closed in on her. They were to be disappointed, though - Enright folded, and in doing so dropped back below her starting stack, to 28,000.
Again a cry of, "All in and a call!" sets us running over to catch a glimpse of another showdown, this time at Table 288.
It looked like the money got in on the turn, but whatever the circumstances were surrounding the shove, George Lind was all in for his last 19,000 with . His opponent was working with 
, and the board full of rags shipped the pot to the PokerStars Team Online pro. He's back at 40,000 now and has recovered from his early sluggishness.
With slightly over 5,000 chips in the middle, the board read 
. Ronnie Bardah was up first and fired 2,600. His opponent tanked for a little while, but ended up not making the call. Bardah won the pot and now has 46,000 in chips.
Perry Friedman was in middle position and raised to 900 preflop. Another player in middle position re-raised to 3,000. The flop came 
and Friedman check-called a bet of 3,000 from his opponent.
Both players checked the on the turn. The came on river and Friedman checked before calling a 5,000 bet from his opponent.
Friedman showed 
which was good against his opponent's 
. He's now up to 26,000 chips.
Kevin MacPhee raised from under the gun to 800 and was called by the hijack seat. The flop came down 
and both players checked.
The turn brought the 
and MacPhee fired 1,250. His opponent called. The river completed the board with the 
and MacPhee check-folded to a bet of 2,750. He's now down to 25,300 in chips after losing this pot.
We posted the number of Day 1b runners as 1,489, but we weren't entirely sure that was the official, official number. These things have a way of being sneaky sometimes, you know. In any event, a nice chat with the tournament staff has finally locked it up at 1,489, honest and verified.
That puts the combined field from the first half of Day 1 at 2,614 players. That's a significant increase over last year's 1,989 runners by this point, a bit more than 30% in fact. Don't read too much into that, though; the WSOP powers-that-be have been fiddling with opening and closing registration for Day 1d -- the perennial favorite day to play -- to try and balance the numbers across the starting days a bit better and thus avoid the lockout fiasco of last year's Main Event.
From under the gun, Alex Kamberis raised to 900. The cutoff seat made the call and the two were off to a flop of 
. Kamberis fired 1,625 and his opponent called.
The turn brought the 
and Kamberis fired again. This time he increased his bet to 3,800. His opponent made a raise for all of his chips and instantly Kamberis folded. He dropped down to 43,000 in chips.
We caught up to Dan Harrington's table to see a flop of 
. His opponent had check-called a bet of 1,500 and both players checked the on the turn.
The river was the 
and Harrington's opponent checked once more. Harrington bet 3,000 and was called once more. He showed and his opponent mucked.
Update: Not long afterwards, Harrington won another pot and is now up to 35,000.
