With the end of the holiday, the day 1 c of the Main Event of the WSOP 2009 began at the Rio with the largest player pool. 1,697 registered for day 1 c. Day 1 c and 1 d will be 5 levels while days 1A and 1 b had 4. Among the superstars in this event on day 1 c, there was Jamie Gold, Dennis Phillips, Joe Hachem, Matt Savage, Daniel Negreanu, Scotty Nguyen and John Juanda. Antonio "Magic Man" Tarver, a category "light heavyweight" champion athletic star also took part in the event. It was Joe Cada, who dominated the day 1 c.
