All three starting days of the 2014 World Series of Poker Main Event are in the books. A rowdy Day 1C took place on Monday from the Rio in Las Vegas and, although the day wasn’t a complete sellout, a record-setting 3,968 players entered, the largest Day 1 starting flight in Main Event history. The previous record was held by Day 1C of the 2013 Main Event, which drew 3,467 players. There were 6,683 total entrants in the Main Event this year, up from 6,352 last year.

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This year’s Main Event winner will get $10 million, double the second place prize, which means we’ll see a heads-up battle for $5 million in real money. Here’s how the 2014 WSOP November Nine will cash out:

1st Place: $10,000,000
2nd Place: $5,145,968
3rd Place: $3,806,402
4th Place: $2,848,833
5th Place: $2,143,174
6th Place: $1,622,080
7th Place: $1,235,862
8th Place: $947,077
9th Place: $730,725

The 2014 Main Event is the fifth largest all-time in terms of the number of players:

2006 Main Event – 8,773 entrants
2010 Main Event – 7,319 entrants
2011 Main Event – 6,865 entrants
2008 Main Event – 6,844 entrants
2014 Main Event – 6,683 entrants

Phil Ivey (pictured) was one of the hot topics of conversation on Day 1C, ending Monday with the second largest stack at 187,000. According to WSOP.com, “Ivey’s day started out rocky, where he had lost about a third of his chips in the first level. Things quickly turned around for Ivey in Level 2 and only got better after the dinner break.” He eliminated an opponent late in the day after flopping the nut straight and dodging a Broadway draw. Ivey already won a bracelet this year in a $1,500 Eight Game event.

Eric Tracy holds the overall chip lead at 206,000. He is one of only two players to pass 200,000 in chips, with Martin Jacobson being the other.

One of the other memorable stories from Monday was that of Pauly “Walnuts” Bianchi, who had to win three hands of blackjack in a row in order to stamp his Main Event ticket. The Chicago area native and his friends had scrounged up just $1,200 to play the $10,000 buy-in tournament, but managed to drive to Rivers Casino in Des Plaines, Illinois and, in three hands, turn $1,200 into $9,500. Bianchi drove to the airport, hopped on a plane to Vegas, and played on Day 1C, although his name did not appear in the post-day chip reports, so his gambling adventures may have been for naught.

The survivors from Days 1A and 1B will convene on Tuesday at the Rio, while the survivors from Day 1C will play again on Wednesday. Among those Tweeting about their Day 1C experience was former Main Event winner Joe jcada99Cada, who wrote, “Made it though Day 1 of the Main with 66,925. Wish I got to stay at the same table.” Former WSOP Europe Main Event winner John Juanda added, “Ended Day 1 WSOP ME with 40,050. Lucky to still be in after KK < AA and set under set! Wednesday will be new and better day!" Stay tuned to PocketFives for the latest WSOP news, brought to you by Real Gaming, a regulated online poker site in Nevada.

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