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Mike Sowers is already down to 10,000 chips in his stack, just 20 minutes into the day. There were 3,000 chips in the pot by the river of an 
board. Sowers bet 3,000, then called a massive over-raise to 18,000 by his lone opponent. That player turned up the nuts, 
. Sowers did not have the nuts. He mucked.
Well we have our first elimination of the day over in the Pavillion Room. We're not sure of the gentleman's name as he made a hasty exit but the man responsible was Phil Armstrong who flopped a set of eights on the 
flop.
His opponent went all the way with his pocket aces, but couldn't improve on the 
turn and 
river. Armstrong is our early chip leader with a double stack.
On a flop of 
Steve Begleiter called a bet of 1,200 from his opponent before firing 1,700 on the turn. His opponent made the call before both players checked down the 
river.
Begleiter's opponent opened 
for the overpair which was good to rake in the pot. Begleiter slips to 27,500 in the early goings.
Lex Veldhuis spent several weeks (it seemed) off the WSOP as sick as a dog. But he's healthy and in high spirits at the start of today's Day 1c Main Event flight. He was sitting in the small blind for a recent hand in which he called a player's button raise to 225. Veldhuis took the lead on every street from there, betting 500, then 1,450, then 3,675 on a board of 
. His opponent called every bet but couldn't beat Veldhuis' nut flush, 
. Just like that, Veldhuis has about 39,000 chips.
The ESPN cameras rushed over to Table 334 where Faraz Jaka had just bet 6,500 into a pot of around 6,100 and a board reading 
. His sole opponent then moved all in and Jaka instantly mucked.
Even with this loss, Jaka is still sitting with 33,000.
A player in Seat 7 raised to 300 and four players saw a flop, including Vicky Coren from the small blind. The flop came down 
and action checked to the the player in Seat 9, who bet 525.
Coren made the call and the other players folded. Coren then checked the on the turn and Seat 9 bet 1,100. Coren gave it a moment's thought before flicking her cards into the muck.
After the hand, Coren's stack was at 31,000.
We picked up the action on a 
flop in an increasingly large pot involving Johnny Chan. There was about 9,000 already in the pot when we walked up, and Johnny Chan had check-raised an additional 8,700 after letting his opponent bet the flop. The unknown player promptly moved all in for 25,500, and Chan made the call to put him at risk.
Chan tabled 
for middle set, and his opponent couldn't believe that his had run into such bad luck. The turn 
gave him some chop outs, but the river 
was not what he was looking for.
So it goes that Johnny Chan has eliminated a player in the first orbit, doubling up to 61,500 in the process. A fine start indeed.
On a flop of 
, Kathy Liebert smooth-called a 500-chip bet as the rolled off on the turn.
Liebert was faced with another bet; this time to 1,000, but instead of calling, Liebert put in a raise to 3,000.
Her opponent made the call before both players checked the on the river.
Liebert tabled her 
, but it would be her opponent's 
that would see him collect the pot and send Liebert down to 26,900 in chips.
A couple of other notables we've somehow only just noticed nearby to our media desk in the Pavillion Room are Jennifer "Jennicide" Leigh and Liz Lieu. We run good.
Huck Seed may have won the Tournament of Champions, but he won't be following that with a Main Event final table, or really, much of a Main Event at all. Seed was down to his last 500 chips, which he got in with 
. An opponent with 
called to finish off Mr. Seed. See ya next year, Huck.
