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Mike Matusow survived Day 1C’s field of 1,928 hopefuls

The WSOP Main Event was in full swing at the Rio. The third flight of Day 1c attracted 1,928 runners.

The Buzz: Although Harrah’s tried to hide the exact number of the main event, word got out that the number finally passed 6,000 and last year’s number. Day 1c was the largest flight to date and helped pushed the over all totals.

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Garry Gates playing poker in his toga

Sight of the Day: Garry Gates lost a prop bet to Evelyn Ng in Guitar Hero. He had to dress up in a toga and fan her and feed her grapes for 30 minutes.

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Lacey Jones playing poker

Hotties in the Field: Lacey Jones, Evelyn Ng, Kara Scott, Isabelle Mercier, Michele Lewis, Tiffany Michelle, and Liz Lieu were all playing on Day 1c.

Day 1c Eliminations: Marcel Luske, Andre Akkari, Tony G, David Plastik, Paul Darden, Jonathan Kalmar, TJ Cloutier, Kirk Morrison, Mark Gregorich, JC Tran, Bryan Devonshire, Steve Paul-Ambrose, Kevin O’Donnell, Anthony Lellouche, Marco Traniello, Bart Hanson, Joe Tehan, Sam Khouiss, David Chiu, Jesper Hougaard, Issac Haxton, ZeeJustin, Matt McCullough, Jeffrey Lisandro, Gavin Griffin, Vivek Rajkumar, Dmitri Nobles, Joe Reitman, Mimi Tran, Terrence Chan, Edward Moncada, Joe Commisso Scott Seiver, Mike Sexton, Daniel Alaei, Davidi Kitai and the Italian Pirate Max Pescatori.

Big Stacks: David Singer, Evelyn Ng, Brad Booth, Kara Scott, and Henning Granstad.

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Evelyn Ng among Day 1C chip leaders

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