In a pot of roughly 3,600 on a board showing 
, Tim Reilly bet out 800 from the big blind. James Sowers took a moment before tossing in a chip for the call.
Reilly turned over 
and Sowers revealed 
for a better pair and enough to scoop the early pot.
Preflop action had a raise to 400 from the cutoff which the button and the big blind, Ron Thiery called. The flop came down 
and the three players checked.
The turn was a 
and once again it was checked around.
A 
showed up on the river and Thiery checked to the cutoff who bet 500. The button folded, Theiry called and cards were up. The cutoff had 
for queen high but Theiry flipped over 
for a flopped set of fours and it was good to take down the pot.
Action was joined on the river with the board reading 
. Brett Apter was on the button and faced a bet of 600 from his opponent in the small blind.
Apter raised to 2,100, which got his opponent to fold and Apter won an early pot.
With 7,000 in the pot, the flop came out 
. The late-position player continued for 2,500 and Alex Phahurat called from the cutoff.
The turn brought the and this time, the late-position player checked. Phahurat took about 30 seconds before putting out a bet of 6,000. His opponent swiftly folded.
Phahurat said "This is for PokerNews" and tabled 
.
Robert Radziemski raised to 3,100 from the small blind and was called by Steven Stolzenfeld from the hijack.
The flop came 
and Radziemski continued for 3,000. Stolzenfeld called, then called another 10,000 bet on the turn.
Radziemzki kept betting on the river, firing out a bet of 25,000. Stolzenfeld quickly called as Radziemski turned over pocket queens.
Stolzenfeld, though, showed for trip kings to take down the massive pot and climb above 100,000 just 10 minutes into the day.
Daniel Negreanu, Brian Hastings, and Seniors event champion Eric Smidinger are among those beginning their Main Event in the Bally's Gold section on Day 1c.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
Cards are now in the air for Day 1c of The Main Event.
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