Canadian poker player Xuan Liu , who has amassed more than $1.9 million in live earnings, battled it out with American, William Jennings, who has has also reached close to a million dollars in poker winnings.

Preflop, William raised to 4,000. Everyone else at the table folded except Xuan. After she called, the flop was dealt . William bet 1,200 and Xuan called. The turn card was a and William wagered 1,700. Xuan, regarded her opponent, then peeked at her cards before calling.

When the river card was revealed , both William and Xuan, who keeps herself entertained between hands with both her cell phone and tablet, checked.

When the players cards were revealed, William’s :1C :7C were not enough to better Xuan’s .

As today’s Main Event Day 1B continues, the list of players both entering and exiting the tournament continues to grow. The initial field has slowly quadrupled from where it started at noon, and now stands at 162.

This is one of the benefits of all-day registration: players can choose when they want to enter the action, and many have elected to do just that, enjoying the ability to arrive at their own pace. Even so, as the field grows, the list of busted players grows as well. Jonathan Bussieres recently added to that list, defeating his opponent Kurt Lichtman on table 17 in a showdown.

Jonathan opened utg with a bet of 800. Another player (in seat 5) raised to 2,800, and Kurt called, along with Jonathan. The flop was dealt  .

Jonathan opened again with a pot-sized 9,000 chip bet, one that chased out the player in seat 5. Kurt wasn’t ready to give up on the hand, however, and decided to shove all in, quickly called by Jonathan. It was a classic showdown, with Jonathan’s Ace-King vs Kurt’s pocket Queens.

Turn:

River:

Unfortunately for Kurt the math wasn’t in his favor today, with the coin flip going Jonathan’s way.

Shawn Buchanan, a Canadian poker player who won the World Poker Tour Mandalay Bay Poker Championship in 2007, grabbed a pot at the WPT Main Event Day 1B.

Preflop, Nabil Karrass raised to 900. Shawn, Heath Day, Richard Kirsch and Romans Voitovs all called. When the flop came down , Nabil bet 1,200. Shawn and Romans both called, and Heath and Richard folded.

When the dealer revealed the turn , Nabil wagered 2,000. Shawn called and Romans folded. The dealer flipped the river . Nabil pushed harder, betting 3,000. Shawn paused. The fingers of his left hand moved musically along his right bicep like the digits of a trumpet players hitting notes with a horn. After a few minutes of reflection, Shawn, whose career poker winnings exceed some 4 million dollars, called.

Nabil, who was holding ace queen, shook his head when Shawn threw down a pair of nines.

Day 1B in the Main Event has now reached the halfway point. The players have just returned from 15 minute break and the action is once again underway. There have been more than 150 entries and 120 players remain. The average stack has just reached 50,000.

Here are some of the latest photos of the action.

After four exciting levels of play, the same player remains at the top of the leaderboard, a place he has occupied since the first few minutes of the tournament (when he became the first player of the day to double up). Congratulations to Upeshka De Silva for maintaining throughout the day so far!

And don’t forget, registration remains open throughout the day so you can come and join the action at any point at the WPT Main Event Day 1B.

At table 19, a recent hand started as a three-way battle between Bradley Smith, Edward Arnold and Schahin Ghiai. As we approached the table the board showed 7d, with Schahin utg.

Schahin checked, and Bradley bet 12,000, called by both Edward and Schahin. The turn was a .

Schahin checked again, and Bradley led out with a bet of 4,200. Edward casually tossed in a high denomination chip, indicating his call. Both players were raised by Schahin, as he made it 11,000 to go. This check-raise was too rich for Bradley’s blood, so when Edward called it was a showdown.

The river was dealt a , after which Schahin shoved all in utg for 35,000. This set up a long period of contemplation for Edward, in which he almost folded, then put his cards down, then stood up, then sat down, then talked out the hand to himself. In the end, he convinced himself that his opponent could only have two pair, Queens and 4s. Unfortunately for him, he was wrong.

Edward:

Schahin:

Schahin had made his straight, and Edward lost half of his stack, frustrated with himself for taking the risk.