Joshua Sommers limped in from middle position, and Phillip Hui raised from the cutoff to 800. Todd Hansen called on the button, as did Ryan Leng from the big blind.
The flop landed 
, and action checked to Hui who continued for 1,200. Hansen called, and Leng popped it up to 7,300.
Sommers folded, but Hui called as Hansen mucked.
The turn fell the 
and Leng bet 16,000. Hui deliberated for about a minute and then folded.
Christoph Vogelsang bet 500 from early position on a 
flop, getting the call from Michael Tait on the button.
The turn came 
, Vogelsang put out another 1,300, and Tait folded.
The 
flop was out and Charles Weller check-raised over Stephen Rakower's 800 bet, making it 2,100. Rakower called and the turn came the 
. Weller barreled 3,000, which Rakower quickly called. The river was the and Weller bet again, this time for 6,000. It was another quick call for Rakower who mucked upon seeing Weller had flopped the full house with 
.
There are a couple more familiar faces visible in Amazon Orange
Ryan Yu raised to 600 on the button and Kim Chee called in the big blind.
Both players checked the 
flop as the 
landed on the turn.
Chee tossed in 1,000 and Yu quickly folded.
Owais Ahmed opened to 500 from under the gun and received calls from the players on the button and in the big blind. The flop came 
and the big blind checked. Ahmed made a continuation-bet of 1,200 and the player on the button called. The big blind folded and the two went heads up to the turn card, which was the . Ahmed continued again for 2,500 and the player on the button called.
The river came and Ahmed checked. The player on the button fired 5,400 into the pot and Ahmed went into the tank for over two minutes before eventually calling. As soon as he called, his opponent shot his cards from the three seat straight into the muck. Ahmed followed suit as the pot was shipped his way.
Two former Main Event champions have arrived in the Brasilia Room for Day 1b of the Main Event.
Ryan Riess captured the Main Event title in 2013 and pocketed himself over $8.3 million dollars and he's now in action in this year's Main Event after a mid-WSOP break spent with family has recharged his batteries.
The year before Riess' win in 2012, Greg Merson was the victor and earned slightly more with $8.5 million. Both players are in the action early on Day 1b and will be looking to run up a stack. With Joe Cada coming so close to a second crown last year, these two know that anything is possible.
A pot of 18,000 had already built up between Christian Burger and Shimon Nahmani, and the complete 
board was already out on the felt. Nahmani bet 3,600 from the small blind once the river fell, and Burger quickly called, tabling as he did.
Nahmani went to muck, but a player at the table requested to see Nahmani's cards. After some confusion, the dealer tabled Nahmani's 
before pushing the pot to Burger.
James Gilbert opened to 600 in the cutoff and Eli Frenkel called from the small blind.
The flop landed 
, and after Frenkel checked, Gilbert bet 1,000. Frenkel called, and then both players checked the 
on the turn.
The river was the 
and Frenkel bet 1,200. Gilbert folded, and Frenkel collected the pot.
A player raised to 600 from the hijack, and was called by the cutoff, Matt Stout in the small blind, and Leonard Boclair in the big blind.
Stout checked the 
flop to Boclair, who bet 1,200. Only Stout made the call.
The fell on the turn, and Stout checked again. Boclair bet 2,300 and Stout elected to fold.
button in Safari
