James Keichinger bet 800 from the cutoff on a 
flop, getting a call from Eric Greenberg on the button. Nicola Bracchi folded on the small blind, leaving the remaining two players to go heads-up to the turn.
That card came 
, Keichinger continued with a 1,200 bet, and Greenberg called again. The river fell 
, Kelchinger put in the third barrel for 2,100, and Greenberg shut down.
Two-time bracelet winner Humberto Brenes, accompanied by his inseparable shark card protector, will be starting his quest to become the 2019 Main Event champion at one of the corner tables of Amazon Purple. Brenes jumped into action right away, raising to 500 and Joseph Comins peeled from the big blind.
The flop was 
and Comins check-folded to a bet of 600 from Brenes.
"I have to show!" he said with a wide smile, and tabled the 
to set the tone right away.
Corey Wright opened in the second position with a raise to 600 and Boris Martin three-bet to 2,000 on his left. Action stopped at small blind Preston Lee who thought for a while and then announced a four-bet to 5,700. Both Wright and Martin quickly released their respective beholdings.
Sasha Salinger limped from early position and John Cynn checked his option in the big blind.
The flop was 
, Cynn checked, Salinger bet 300 and Cynn called.
The turn was the 
and both checked.
The river was the 
, Cynn bet 800 and Salinger open folded what appeared to be 
.
Mike "The Mouth" Matusow opened for 500 from the button and took down the blinds in one of the first hands of Day 1c. He did so in the midst of telling a story about losing a 2.5 million chip pot with 97 percent equity, at some other point of his two-decade-plus poker career.
Matusow was one of the "Poker Boom" characters that fueled the game's popularity in the mid-2000s, and the four-time bracelet winner is no stranger to Main Event success. His career accomplishments include two final tables in this event, coming in ninth in 2005 for a career-best $1,000,000 payday, and sixth in 2001 for $239,765.
The legendary character also finished 30th in 2008 ($193,000) and 87th in 2004 ($20,000). A deep run in the 2019 Main Event would no doubt be quite a story.
Matt Affleck raised to 500 from middle position and Richard Lowe defended his big blind.
The flop landed 
and after Lowe checked, Affleck bet 400.
Lowe called, and when the turn fell the 
, he led for 700 and Affleck folded.
"Ace-ten good I think," stated Lowe as he dragged the pot.
The player on the button raised to 600, Chino Rheem three-bet to 1,700 from the small blind and the button called.
The flop was 
, Rheem continued for 1,600 and his opponent folded.
"I was ready to get 60,000 in right now," Rheem commented after the hand.
Kamran Zarghouni made a river bet of 5,500 into a pot of about 14,000. His opponent Matthew Gloier considered the bet on a board that read 
. He thought it over for about thirty seconds before making the call. Zarghouni turned over the 
for trips which was enough to win the pot.
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