Bodog Beat

Team Bodog poker player Patrice 'hotmax9' Libert found himself seated next to Amarillo Slim for Day 1B of the 2009 WSOP Main Event. (Bodog Beat Image)

Players are on their first break here for Day 1B of the 2009 WSOP Main Event and the field was predictably smaller than yesterday's, due to the July 4th holiday in the US. However, we did manage to track down several Team Bodog members out in the fray, including Patrice "hotmax9″ Libert, who found himself seated next to poker legend Amarillo Slim.

We also tracked down Robert "rmobley65″ Mobley, David "DARKHELMET13″ Lee, Jean-Yves "neophrak" Desmoort, Walter "Panicked" Wright and Patricia "MsSassy" Bickley. It's a little too early in the day to report on chip counts (mainly because math is hard and we'll wait for the PokerNews guys to do it for us), but we will definitely be keeping track of them as the day progresses, so make sure to keep coming back here or to our 2009 WSOP Main Event live updates page.

Other notables out in the field today include Doyle Brunson, Joe Sebok, Todd Brunson, Chris Moneymaker, Greg Raymer, Robert Varkyoni, Alex Kravchenko, Mike Caro, Kara Scott and probably a whole lot more.

If you want to be part of Team Bodog at the 2010 WSOP Main Event, it's not too early to secure a spot. The Bodog Mini Poker Series is one of the first events to award a seat for next summer's event and is currently running in the Bodog Poker room.