Lee Davy brings you all the major moments of Day 1B of the World Series of Poker Main Event, including a waterlogged pitch that didn’t delay the play, further evidence of a reduced field size, and Billy Pappas’s boner

With rain water flooding the strip 1,716 players jumped into their yellow submarines and headed directly towards a sea of green. There were sharks, there were fish, and there were one or two mermaids beckoning everyone to the rocks. A few people even drowned, lost from the 46th Annual World Series of Poker (WSOP) forever.

There were 20% fewer players than this time last year. Hamid Feiz was the man standing on the horizon holding more chips than anyone else. He had 182,675, and that means he currently leads the final 1,624 players who remain in the field with Day 1C still to play (470 survived Day 1A & 1,154 survived Day 1B).

Reigning WSOP Player of the Year (POY) George Danzer was on hand for the ‘Shuffle Up and Deal’. The German mixed game specialist seemed to use that impetus as a cactus up the ass ending the day with 96,300 chips. There was still no sign of the reigning champion Martin Jacobson. We expect to see the Swede entering tomorrow despite being under the weather.