Players pack the Pavilion Room on Day 1c of the Main Event
Now that Level 3 has come to an end and players are on a 90-minute dinner break, Day 1c is officially more than halfway done. While official numbers haven't been released, World Series of Poker officials have already confirmed that today's field was the largest starting flight in Main Event history, surpassing last year's Day 1c field of 3,418. Needless to say, that's generated some excitement here at the Rio and everyone is anxiously awaiting final numbers for the 2013 WSOP.
There are still two more levels of play left here on Day 1c, and we'll get to those in an hour and a half. Check back then for all the latest and greatest action from the WSOP Main Event.
Following a raise to 850, David Sands made the call from the button to see a flop fall.
Sands' opponent tossed in 1,300 and Sands made the call as the turn landed the and he was greeted by a 2,500-chip bet.
Taking close to a minute before reaching his decision, Sands made the call as the on the river was followed by a 3,800-chip bet from his opponent.
Sands took a little longer on this street - roughly two minutes - before he made the call only to be shown the of his opponent as he slipped to 14,700 in chips.
Freddy Deeb has been absent for the past 45 minutes
The seat formerly occupied by Freddy Deeb is empty, but Deeb's monster chip stack is still there. Deeb has been gone for about 45 minutes now, letting his chips very slowly blind away. He still had 132,500 in chips when we walked by, so the two-time bracelet winner is in no danger of being blinded out of the tournament. In fact, with a stack that large, he could probably stay away for the rest of the night and still be competitive on Day 2. We'll keep an eye out for Deeb to see if he returns.
We didn't catch her bust out, but as we perused the green and yellow sections we noticed that Vanessa Rousso was missing. Here's what she had to say via twitter:
Johnny Chan, who won the Main Event in back-to-back years (1987 and 1988) and nearly won it a third year in a row, finishing runner-up to Phil Hellmuth in 1989, tossed out a bet of 3,550 on a flop of . His opponent, Jean-Jacques Philippe, moved all in for 24,675, and Chan went deep into the tank.
Finally, after two minutes or so, he called, prompting the Frenchman to flip over for a set of kings. Chan shook his head, and turned over for a set of sixes.
The turn and river bricked , respectively, and Philippe doubled to over 50,000 chips, while Chan fell to jusr 14,750.
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flop fall.
and he was greeted by a 2,500-chip bet.
on the river was followed by a 3,800-chip bet from his opponent.
of his opponent as he slipped to 14,700 in chips.
. His opponent, Jean-Jacques Philippe, moved all in for 24,675, and Chan went deep into the tank.
for a set of kings. Chan shook his head, and turned over 
for a set of sixes.
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and Morneau found himself all in for roughly his last 6,000 with Farha coming along.
to send him to the rail as Farha moved to roughly 40,000 in chips.
