The third qualifying flight (day 1c) of the Anniversary Special Main Event has just begun. Late registration will be open until the end of level 12, that's just over 3 hours with the breaks. Players will be on the felt past the midnight hour until we reach the middle of level 20. Random day 1c updates will be posted right here.

8:30PM: Lots of limps, Sayo wins

With five players limping in, big blind player checked and the dealer felted [as][8c][2h]. Small blind player Martin Corpuz bet 600 and was called by two players, one of them was John Sayo. At the turn of [9d], the three remaining players checked. The river of [ah] had Corpuz and Sayo checking again but the last player bet 1100. Corpuz folded and Sayo called. Sayo won with his king-eight over pocket sixes.

8:15PM: Full house beauty for Tech

Three players were in a raised pot preflop with a board showing [ad][ac][8c]. John Tech bet 1100 and was called by both players in the hand with him. At the turn of [th], action was checked to the button player who bet 2k. He was called but Tech check-raised to make it 6k. Button player called while the other folded. On the river of [qs], Tech was all in and got the call. He won with his [tc][ts] full house.

7:45PM: Ortiz railed, Sato and Polishetty splitsville

Chris Ortiz, Srinivas Polishetty, and Eduard Sato were all in with Ortiz ahead holding pocket jacks against both his opponents ace-king offsuits. Looking pretty good, the board ran [qs][tc][2s] keeping him ahead but the turn of [ac] changed it all and with the river of [4c], Ortiz was out and Sato and Polishetty split his chips.

7:00PM: Notables on the felt

Lots of notables and players who busted out in the previous flights such as Kristian Faering, Joven Huerto, Regie Ann Delos Reyes, Eugene Co, and Rebei Karim. John King, Andrei Dementev, and Martin Corpuz are also in the field.