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Day 1c completed

Posted 2012-07-10 GMT-6

Event 61: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event
Day 1c completed

Haddox Leads Day 1c; Blom, Brunson & Ivey Move on to Day 2c

Posted 2012-07-10 GMT-6 • Level 5: 200-400, 50 ante

Randy Haddox

On Saturday, Day 1a of the 2012 World Series of Poker Main Event drew 1,066 players. The following day, 2,114 turned up for Day 1b. On Monday, that combined total was passed as 3,418 players packed the Rio for Day 1c action, the largest one-day Main Event field in its 43-year history. The final number of 6,598 entrants created a prize pool of $62,021,200, with $8,527,982 of that reserved for first place.

The man best positioned to capture that prize from the Day 1c field is Randy Haddox, who bagged up 188,275 and finished the night as chip leader. He joins William John (266,700) and John Hoang (180,000), who played Day 1a and 1b respectively, as the starting-flight chip leaders.

Some other players who survived Day 1c in decent shape are Doyle Brunson (81,400), who almost didn’t play this year’s Main Event; former Main Event champs Joe Cada (117,375), Jamie Gold (24,800), Johnny Chan (82,300), Tom McEvoy (24,125); 2006 WSOP Player of the Year Jeff Madsen (33,525); the current 2012 WSOP POY frontrunner Phil Ivey (11,525); and Big One for One Drop winner Antonio Esfandiari (78,925).

Another man who will be returning on Day 2c with a decent stack is Viktor “Isildur1” Blom (110,225), who is playing his first WSOP Main Event. In one of his more notable hands, an early position raiser made it 700, a middle-position player limped, and the player in the cutoff three-bet to 2,600. Blom then four-bet to 5,800 from the big blind, the other two players got out of the way, and the cutoff five-bet to 12,000. Blom shuffled his chips before moving in 18,400 for a six-bet. The Swede’s opponent moved all in and Blom let out a sigh and called.

Showdown

Blom
Opponent

Blom was in bad shape, but he got lucky as the board ran out and he doubled to 90,000 in chips.

Unfortunately, not everyone was as lucky as Blom. Day 1c saw plenty of big names come and go including David “Bakes” Baker, Fatima Moreira De Melo, Olivier Busquet, Max Martinez, Jimmy Fricke, Thor Hansen, Brendon Rubie, Justin “Boosted J” Smith, David Bach, Chino Rheem, Jonathan Little, Nacho Barbero, Andrew Robl, Lex Veldhuis, Matt Waxman, Humberto Brenes, Vincent van der Fluit and Jonathan Duhamel, just to name a few.

Likewise, the 2003 World Series of Poker Main Event champ, Chris Moneymaker, hit the rail on Day 1c in Level 4 when he raised to 1,500 from under the gun and cleared the field all the way to Marty Zabib, who made the call from the small blind. Hank Farrell then three-bet to around 6,800 from the big blind, Moneymaker called off for the same amount, and Zabib came along for the ride.

The two active players proceeded to check it down as the board ran out and Zabib rolled over for trips. Farrell simply mucked while Moneymaker showed before taking his exit from the 2012 WSOP Main Event.

The surviving players from Day 1c will return at Noon PST on Wednesday for Day 2c; meanwhile, on Tuesday, July 10, the survivors from Days 1a and 1b will return at Noon PST to play their respective Day 2s in separate rooms. Of course you can follow all that action and more by visiting our Live Reporting Section.

For a quick video overview of today's highlights, Sarah Grant has you covered.

Tags: Randy Haddox.

Official End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)

Posted 2012-07-10 GMT-6

Please note all players showing as bagging a single chip did not report their chip counts on their bags.

Chip Counts
Randy Haddox	188,275
Erik Hellman	175,950
Marco Bognanni	169,600
Daniel Morgan	160,025
Mathias Maasberg	159,150
Anthony Guetti	158,775
Steve Yea	157,175
Max Ovseyevitz	156,300
Dag Martin Mikkelsen	155,900
Paul McTaggart	155,475
Brandon Adams	153,100	-5,000
DID NOT REPORT	148,625	109,525
Asa Smith	148,475
Zennawi Petros	147,150	-1,000
Andrew Moseley	147,075
Bradley Booth	146,025
Roger Lamia	145,000
Steve Merrifield	143,250
Maurice Hawkins	143,000
Trevor Norcross	143,000
Raul Paez	142,100
Sam Soverel	141,500	1,500
Rebhi Attiyah	137,900
Ryan Batchelor	137,400
Eric Legoff	134,000

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Some End-of-Day Chip Counts

Posted 2012-07-10 GMT-6

Here is how the notable names and big stacks fared at the end of Day 1c of the 2012 World Series of Poker Main Event. Stay tuned for a recap of the day's action.

Chip Counts
Randy Haddox			188,275
Erik Hellman			175,950
Marco Bognanni			169,600
Daniel Morgan			160,025
Mathias Maasberg			159,150
Brandon Adams			158,100
Steve Yea			157,175
Paul McTaggart			155,475
Asa Smith			148,475
Zennawi Petros			148,150
Andrew Moseley			147,075
Maurice Hawkins			143,000
Sam Soverel			140,000
Lisa Parsons			127,025
Scott Blackman			125,000
Mark Vanderloo			124,775
Jake Cody			124,675
Joe Cada	PokerStars Team Pro	US	117,375
Paul Volpe			115,875
Erik Audé			112,000
Adam Foster			111,500
Marty Zabib			111,325
Viktor Blom	PokerStars Team Pro		110,225
Russell Thomas			108,675
Jeremy Allen			92,600

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Bagging and Tagging

Posted 2012-07-10 GMT-6 • Level 5: 200-400, 50 ante

Play has ended for the day on all tables and the players are bagging up their chips. The recap of the day's events will be posted shortly, along with official end-of-day counts later on tonight. Thanks for following along.

One More for Ivey

Posted 2012-07-10 GMT-6 • Level 5: 200-400, 50 ante

Within the last few hands of the night, Phil Ivey raised to 900 from the hijack seat and David Grey called from the big blind. The flop came down and Grey checked. Ivey bet 1,200 and Grey called. Both players then checked the turn and river.

"King," said Grey, to hint that he had king high. Ivey then showed the and Grey mucked his hand.

Tags: Phil Ivey, David Grey.

Four More Hands...

Posted 2012-07-10 GMT-6 • Level 5: 200-400, 50 ante

The tournament director has just announced that players will be dealt four more hands before tagging and bagging for the evening. Stay tuned for a recap of the day's events, which will be provided shortly.

Kanji Flushed Out

Posted 2012-07-10 GMT-6

Jamil Kanji and Erik Audé were heads up with the board reading .

"How much you got?" Audé asked Kanji. "Am I allowed to ask that?"

Kanji moved his hands so that Audé could see his stack, then fired 6,000. Audé grabbed a handful of orange T5,000 chips, raising to what looked like 30,000, and Kanji moved all in. Audé called.

Audé
Kanji

Upon seeing Audé's hand, Kanji stood up and grabbed his backpack, throwing it over his shoulder, almost willing a third diamond to come. Indeed, the spiked on the turn, and Kanji was already headed to the exit by the time the completed the board.

"Good luck, everyone," he muttered while leaving.

Audé happily stack his chips and announced that he had "like 120 [thousand]," but upon counting his stack, it's more like 105,000.

Chip Counts
Erik Audé			105,000	57,000
Jamil Kanji			Busted

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Ivey Slipping

Posted 2012-07-10 GMT-6

A player in the hijack opened to 900 and Phil Ivey called from the small blind.

The flop was checked by both, landing the turn. Ivey bet 1,500, his opponent called, and the hit the river. Ivey check-called a bet of 3,000 from his opponent who tabled .

Ivey mucked and is down to about 10,000.

Chip Counts
Phil Ivey			10,000	-2,500

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Wade Gets His Way

Posted 2012-07-10 GMT-6

A player in middle position opened for 800 and action folded over to Tristan Wade in the small blind, who re-popped it to 2,850 total. His opponent called and it was heads-up going to the flop, which came .