November 05 2012, Josh Cahlik

With 100 players bagging up chips at the end of Day 1c, the starting flights for the 2012-13 World Series of Poker Circuit River Rock Main Event have officially come to an end. At the end of Sunday’s Day1c, Lillian Chan was the one holding the most chips with an impressive stack of 228,600. Chan’s stellar performance on Day 1c will put her in fourth overall place going into Day 2 behind only Jingjing Liu (266,000), Norman Overdijk (242,000), John Cracic (231,000).

A total of 386 players sat down at the tables Sunday, bringing the official registration for the event to a whopping 1,032 total entries. The outstanding turnout gave the event a prize pool of $1,548,000, with the top 108 players cashing and the winner receiving a payday of $286,382.

Chan was spotted by our PokerNews Live Reporting team holding onto a big stack early on Day 1c and she continued to blossom as play continued. In one key pot, Chan opened with a raise before the flop only to be three-bet by an opponent on the button. Chan came over the top with a four-bet and found herself facing a five-bet shove from what she described as a “tight player.” Ultimately, Chan decided to make the call and rolled over , which was ahead of her opponent’s . The board came down and she was able to clinch the knockout and pick up roughly 45,000 in tournament chips.

Also making a return to the felt on Day 2 will be Sean Giesbrecht. We caught Giesbrecht sporting a large stack early on in Day 1a but he saw his demise before the day’s end. After firing another bullet on Day 1b and seeing no success, this was Giesbrecht’s last chance for glory. Fortunately, he was able to amass a solid amount of chips and finished the day with 204,600, good for one of the top chip positions going into the second day of play.

Other notables moving on to Day 2 were Roberto D’Amato (210,000) Ki Nam (201,500), Calvin Anderson (165,200), Eric Truong (159,400), and Justin Leeson (122,000).

Day 1c saw the return of several players from previous flights attempt to grasp onto their last chance to move on. Players like Adrienne “talonchick” Rowsome, Matt Affleck, Robert Cheung, Shawn Buchanan, Jeff Blenkarn, Flemming Lund, Doug Lee, and Gavin Smith were all eliminated from play once more without getting the chance to see Day 2.

Two-hundred forty-six players will hit the felt at 12 p.m. PST on Monday in the River Rock Theatre to continue their quest for WSOP Circuit glory. The fields from the three starting days will combine to see the players battle for ten 60-minute levels and a spot among the 108 players to make money.

Here’s a look at the top 10 stacks heading into Day 2:

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December 29 2011, Josh Bell

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