Jon “pokertrip” Friedberg (pictured at left) has never had any luck in the WSOP Main Event. Not only has he not cashed in any of his four attempts in the Main Event, he’d never gotten any higher than 12k in chips when the Main Event started with 10k and never much more than the initial 20k starting stack last year.

So to see Friedberg with 48k in Level 3 of Day 1D in the Main Event, it’s quite a start for a man who’s hardly even dragged a significant pot in the Main Event until this year. Don’t feel too sorry for Friedberg, however, he did win a bracelet in a huge No-Limit Hold’em field in 2006, taking home $526K.

Senovio “DorsalFin” Ramirez had been stuck in neutral today before scooping a big pot that he wishes would have been bigger. Ramirez check-raised his opponent’s 1,100 bet to 2,800 on a T4T flop and his opponent called. The K peeled off on the turn and Ramirez bet 2K and his opponent called. Ramirez went all-in for over 8K on the river when the 8 dropped. After tanking for a few minutes, his opponent mucked and showed the T. Ramirez later told PocketFives that his opponent made a great lay-down as he turned a boat with K-10. Ramirez’s stack moved up to 18K after the hand.

Devin “TranquilChaos” Porter took some time away from his Phil Jackson novel to win a nice pot in the past level. With blinds at 150/300, Porter raised to 800 in middle position and two players called. On a T76 flop, Devin led out for 1,300 and one player called. The 3 came on the turn and Devin bet 3,000. His opponent made the call and watched the A fall on the river. Devin threw out an orange 5K chip and his opponent thought for two minutes before finally calling. Devin flipped over a monster, the 89 for a flopped straight, which caught the other player by surprise. Porter is up to 29K.

James “POKERPRO33″ Campbell is having a difficult time even staying awake today, but has still managed to pick up blinds here and there in between naps. He is currently at 25K.

Ladbrokes team pros Azad Pirooti and Andreas Hoivold were seated in the Green section of the Amazon room, neck-deep in a sea of players clad in Ladbrokes polo shirts. Though his stack remains healthy compared to the 150/300 blinds, Azad Pirooti was sitting a bit short-stacked compared to his tablemates with only 10K - half of his starting stack. Regardless, when we caught up with his table, he remained aggressive, taking down a couple of pots preflop in position and increasing his stack by a few chips each time. Meanwhile at a few tables over, Andreas Hoivold guarded a 38.5K stack, playing tight and conservatively after nearly doubling up.

Here are some other chip counts midway through Level 3:

Ben “bfineman” Fineman - 65K
Gary “Debo34” Debernardi – 60K
Gus Hansen - 44k
Bryan “bparis” Paris – 43K
Mike “BraveJayhawk” Jensen - 40K
Scott “BigRiskky” Clements - 40K
Ryan “Daut44″ Daut - 39K
Clayton “clayton_27″ Newman - 38.5K
Aaron “ndgrinder59″ Steury - 36K
Shane “shaniac” Schleger - 35K
Glen “choron” Chorny - 32k
Ryan “youngluc” Young - 32K
Cliff “JohnnyBax” Josephy - 30k
Scott “mindwise” Pendergrast - 30K
Tom “titantom32″ Braband - 30K
Kyle “kwob20” Bowker – 28K
Tony “Bond18″ Dunst - 27k
Jeff “jpapola” Papola - 27k
Brandon Schaefer - 25K
Brett “gank” Jungblut - 22K
Frank “Round42” Rusnak – 21K
Russell “rcrane082985″ Crane - 20k
Sasha “bikocruz” Rosewood - 20K
David “ComptonMasta” Barter - 18k
Adam “adamoos” Elpayaa - 18K
Mark “AceSpades” Rodoja – 18K
Tracey “xtrACEy” Nguyen - 11K
Mike “theredbaron” Beaton - 9K

• July 12, 2008 -- Friedberg Busts, Beckman Builds Stack
• July 11, 2008 -- Money Makin’, Super Tables Breakin’
• July 11, 2008 -- People Don’t You Know It’s About Time?
• July 10, 2008 -- Levy’s Ruthless Pursuit of Chips

The final day of Main Event registration is upon us as play will commence at noon. Day 1d will most likely be the busiest of the four Day 1s, so be sure to check in frequently for updates here at P5sLive!

In the meantime, here are the official chip counts of those who made it through Day 1c last night:

David “Bakes” Baker - 163,450
Michael “martine23″ Martin - 123,025
Mohsin “chicagocards1″ Charania - 107,475 (pictured right)
Josh “thenorfman” Norris - 106,325
David “raptor517″ Benefield - 92,525
Sorel “Imper1um” Mizzi - 86,500
Jason “JCarver” Somerville - 80,325
Brian “tsarrast” Rast - 76,150
David “HosniMubarak” Tazbaz - 71,125
Michael “benvo123″ Benvenuti - 52,700
Michael “RunScreamin” Herder - 51,300
Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier - 49,900
David “DavidP18″ Peters - 49,450
Justin “truesyalose” Truesdell - 46,900
Kyle “thetruth503″ Zartman - 45,800
Jason “mkind0516″ Laso - 41,925
Russell “rdcrsn” Carson - 41,375
Matt “mattg1983″ Graham - 37,425
Jerry “sandler1860″ Payne - 36,175
Eric “basebaldy” Baldwin - 33,550
Felipe “Improved” Montenegro - 30,200
Jordan “Octavian_C” Rich - 27,475
Aditya “intervention” Argewal - 25,125
Ron “BigHog1″ Weingrad - 24,650
Leo “SuperfluousMan” Wolpert - 24,300
Tom “werpennstate23″ Cummings - 23,100
Gary “GB2005″ Bogdanski - 20,425
Keven “Stammdogg” Stammen - 23,200
Adam “Roothlus” Levy - 19,325
Eric “Rizen” Lynch - 19,228
Scott “stsitron” Sitron - 17,550
Hung “HQrespect” Nguyen - 16,900
Brian “NeddyFlanders” Garrett - 13,900
Jamie “pokerjamers” Armstrong - 10,600
Patrik “Hoffs28″ Hoffman - 10,125
Chris “cmoney3″ Kline - 9,525

• July 7, 2008 -- WSOP ME Day 1D End of Day Chip Counts
• July 7, 2008 -- By the Numbers: 2008 WSOP Main Event
• July 7, 2008 -- The Titan Can’t Sink
• July 7, 2008 -- ComptonMasta Like Woah

As Day 1C came to a close, we tried to grab as many end of day chip counts as we could.  These are the unofficial numbers we tracked down during the final twenty minutes of play:

David “Bakes” Baker (pictured at right) - 153K
Michael “martine23″ Martin - 123K
Mohsin “chicagocards1″ Charania - 108K
Josh “thenorfman” Norris - 106K
David “raptor517″ Benefield - 95K
Sorel “Imper1um” Mizzi - 85K
Jason “JCarver” Somerville - 80K
Ladbrokes Pro Jonas Danielsson - 79K
Brian “tsarrast” Rast - 76K
Tony “tongni” Rivera - 67K
David “DavidP18″ Peters - 49.5K
Michael “benvo123″ Benvonuti - 47K
Justin “truesyalose” Truesdell - 44K
Russell “rdcrsn” Carson - 43K
Jerry “sandler1860″ Payne - 38.5K
Matt “mattg1983″ Graham - 37.5K
Kyle “thetruth503″ Zartman - 37K
Jason “mkind0516″ Laso - 34K
Felipe “Improved” Montenegro - 33K
Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier - 33K
Matt “Hoss_TBF” Hawrilenko - 33K
Aditya “intervention” Argewal - 27K
Eric “basebaldy” Baldwin - 27K
Jordan “Octavian_C” Rich - 26K
Tom “werpennstate23″ Cummings - 24K
Leo “SuperfluousMan” Wolpert - 24K
Hung “HQrespect” Nguyen - 22K
Gary “GB2005″ Bogdanski - 21.5K
Keven “Stammdogg” Stammen - 21K
Alex Jacob - 19.5K
Adam “Roothlus” Levy - 18K
Scott “stsitron” Sitron - 18K
Eric “Rizen” Lynch - 18K
Jamie “pokerjamers” Armstrong - 11K
Patrik “Hoffs28″ Hoffman - 10.5K
Chris “cmoney3″ Kline - 7.5K

 Around 1,000 players survived to come back for Day 2A of the nearly 2,000 who started play today.  Our own David Baker is currently one of the chip leaders, but the unofficial chip leader as play came to a close was Henning Granstad.

• July 11, 2008 -- Double Double (or Toil and Trouble)
• July 10, 2008 -- Crowe’s Chips Riding a Roller Coaster
• August 23, 2008 -- Baron Back, Baker Baked
• July 6, 2008 -- Finally Friedberg’s Time

Jared “TheWacoKidd” Hamby exited Day 1c at the beginning of Level 5. With five players seeing a flop of J-10-8, a player in early position led out for 3K and Hamby (pictured right) jammed his last 15K into the middle. It folded back around to the bettor, who called with the flopped straight (Q-9) and Hamby’s A-Q was drawing to four kings or three nines to chop the pot. They never appeared and Hamby was sent home.

Jason “mkind0516″ Laso was reseated in the Blue section after disappearing for awhile from PocketFives’ radar. We caught up to his table while he guarded a 34K stack and was involved in a hand with one other player. There was already a small pot brewing on a T47 board, when he raised the flop to 1,050 and his opponent check-raised him to 4,400 more. After thinking awhile, Jason folded and was down to 32K.

Mohsin “chicagocards1″ Charania got involved in a blind vs. blind battle at his table and continued to run hot. The small blind opened to 1200 at 200/400 and Charania raised to 4000 in the big blind. The small blind then four-bet all in for 22K and Charania quickly called with AK. The small blind flipped over JJ and yelled “Hold!” before the dealer prepared to reveal the board. The Q72 flop wasn’t promising for Charania, but he caught the A on the turn and rivered the A for good measure to eliminate the player and increase his stack to 115K.

Michael “benvo123″ Benvonuti (pictured left) and Gary “GB2005″ Bogdanski would also like us to send out a public service announcement for whoever stole their Everest Poker complimentary seat cushions to please bring them back. For those who are unaware, one of the goodies anyone who plays in the Main Even gets is a nice, green seat cushion bearing the Everest Poker seat logo. While Gary and Michael are not sentimentally attached to their cushions, they feel like the culprit should return them out of principle. They can offer no reward, but they wish bad beats and one outers on whoever stole their swag. We here at P5s Live don’t want to start any rumors, but we did see Jon Wein walking out with something like 10 seat cushions….not to point fingers or anything.

Here’s a look at how the other P5ers still alive are faring as the last level is coming to a close:

David “Bakes” Baker - 145K
David “Raptor517″ Benefield - 87K
Brian “tsarrast” Rast - 84K
Tony “tongni” Rivera - 70K
Sorel “Imper1um” Mizzi - 66K
Jason “JCarver” Somerville - 58k
David “DavidP18″ Peters - 46.5K
Russell “rdcrsn” Carson - 46K
Tom “werpennstate23″ Cummings - 44.5K
Matt “mattg1983″ Graham - 40K
Justin “truesyalose” Truesdell - 40K
Eric “basebaldy” Baldwin - 37K
Michael “benvo123″ Benvenuti - 37K
Jordan “Octavian_C” Rich - 36K
Jason “mkind0516″ Laso - 32K
Felipe “Improved” Montenegro - 29.5K
Jamie “pokerjamers” Armstrong - 28K
Gary “GB2005″ Bogdanski - 27K
Kyle “thetruth503″ Zartman - 25K
Scott “stsitron” Sitron - 25K
Keven “Stammdogg” Stammen - 23K
Patrik “Hoffs28″ Hoffman - 23K
Eric “Rizen” Lynch - 23K
Jonathan “driverseati” Tamayo - 22K
Aditya “Intervention” Agarwal - 20K
Hung “HQrespect” Nguyen - 20k
Hung Nguyen - 20K
Leo “Superfluous Man” Wolpert - 17.5K
Adam “Roothlus” Levy - 16K
Jerry “sandler1860″ Payne - 14K
Chris “cmoney3″ Kline - 9.5K

• July 6, 2008 -- BadBeatNinja Disappears Into the Night
• July 9, 2008 -- Dreams Dashed or Doubled Up?
• June 19, 2008 -- Bowker Goes Busto
• June 28, 2008 -- No Way, Jose!

Level 4 of Day 1C saw a rash of eliminations starting with Bryan “badbeatninja” Devonshire (pictured at right). Devonshire had been towards the top of the leaderboard for the majority of the day, but lost a monster pot for his entire stack when he and another player got all-in with the same nut straight, but his opponent had the freeroll to hit the spade flush. The spade came on the river, Bryan was eliminated, and Day 1C found itself a brand new chipleader. Unfortunately, no one found REAL ULTIMATE POWER as a result.

Phil “USCPhildo” Collins was also eliminated this level when he and Eric “basebaldy” Baldwin got involved in a three-way hand. With the blinds at 150/300 ante 25, Eric raised to 800 under the gun and Collins reraised to 2.4K. The player in the small blind and Baldwin both made the call. The flop came down 982 and both the small blind and Eric checked to Phil. Collins thought for at least a minute before moving all-in for nearly 15K. The player in the small blind tanked briefly before moving all-in behind Phil and Eric quickly folded. Collins showed AQ and needed some help against the other player’s JJ. The turn and river came 42 and Phil gave us a friendly, “See you next year!” as he headed for the door.

Amit “amak316″ Makhija, who had been shortstacked for much of the level was also eliminated when his two pair failed to hold against his opponent’s straight draw.

Meanwhile, Ladbrokes team pro John Kalmar (pictured at left) has been struck by lightning. With a board that read AJ23 and a more-than-14K pot in the middle, John’s opponent bet 10K and he went in behind for his entire 37K stack. After calling over the floor to determine if he could expose one of his cards to Kalmar, his opponent tanked for a long time before the clock was called. Finally, he made the the call and John flipped over pocket twos against his opponent’s A3. When the 3 came on the river, John was sent to the rail on a stretcher.

Chris “cmoney3″ Kline has apparently developed quite the table image at his table. A player in early position raised to 900 and three other players called behind him. Kline then moved all-in from the small blind for 8,650. The initial raiser seemed quite frustrated with Kline’s move and accidentally revealed the K as he tossed his cards in the muck. Everyone else folded as well and the man claimed he folded AK.

Gary “GB2005″ Bogdanski (pictured at right)reported during Level 4 that he considered one of his recent plays an emotional victory; he finally won a race. Gary told PocketFives that he held A-Q and bet 900 preflop, only to be met with a 4,400 raise from one opponent. He managed to flop an ace and get his chips in good, winning the pot and chipping up to 24K before the last level of the evening. He and Michael “benvo123″ Benvenuti have both been checking PocketFivesLive for action updates on their iPhones, especially now that David “davidp18″ Peters is also at their table. We’re wondering what the over/under is until they realize that Tom “werpennstate23″ Cummings has also sat down to the table.

Meanwhile, Hung “HQrespect” Nguyen hovered around the 20K mark and saw a flop with four-way action. The board came KJA and all players checked. The T came on the turn and Hung raised to 1K. Two players called and the 8 came out on the river. Again, Hung bet 1K to induce a fold from one other player, but one opponent called him, flipping over K-Q to Hung’s QQ. They chopped the pot and Hung added a few chips to his stack.

Mohsin “chicagocards1″ Charania added 10K to his stack after picking up a pot at the end of Level 4. With 5K in the middle preflop, Charania called a bet of 1.5K on a board of KT2. The K came on the turn and Charania called a bet of 2K. On the river, Charania’s opponent check-called a bet of 4K and Charania showed K8. The other player mucked. He is now at 88K, and at the opposite end of the table from Aditya “Intervention” Agarwal. “I don’t want to double him up,” Charania said of the short-stacked Agarwal as they both went on a 20-minute break.

Also afraid of doubling others up at his table was Justin “truesyalose” Truesdell, who sat at an intimidating table with Michael Binger and David Singer. He reported to PocketFives that he managed to chip up to 45K with pocket aces versus K-J on a jack-high flop. He lamented that he hadn’t gotten the full value for his aces, however, because he put his opponent on a set. Because of the recent addition of Michael Binger to the table, he said he planned on blinding off to the end of the day. We can’t blame you, Justin!

We caught Ezra Galston taking a small hit to his stack on the last hand before break. On a board of A435Q, Galston was facing a bet of 2.7K from an opponent. He contemplated for three minutes before making the call and mucked his cards when his opponent showed AJ. Galston is now at 19.5K.

Here are some notable unofficial chipstacks at the end of Level 4:

David “Bakes” Baker - 130K
Mohsin “chicagocards1″ Charania - 88K
Darren Elias - 86K
Sorel “Imper1um” Mizzi - 67K
Tom “werpennstate23″ Cummings - 49.5K
Justin “truesyalose” Truesdell - 45K
Felipe “Improved” Montenegro - 37K
Jonathan “driverseati” Tamayo - 34K
Jamie “pokerjamers” Armstrong - 32K
Michael “benvo123″ Benvenuti - 30K
Eric “basebaldy” Baldwin - 27.5K
Eric “Rizen” Lynch - 27.5K
Jason “mkind0516″ Laso - 27K
David “Davidp18″ Peters - 26K
Jordan “Octavian_C” Rich - 26K
Matt “mattg1983″ Graham - 24K
Gary “GB2005″ Bogdanski - 24K
Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier - 23K
Adam “Roothlus” Levy - 22K
Patrik “Hoffs28″ Hoffman - 21K
Hung “HQrespect” Nguyen - 20K
Jared “TheWacoKidd” Hamby - 16.5K
Scott “stsitron” Sitron - 14K
Chris “cmoney3″ Kline - 13.5K

• July 5, 2008 -- Main Event Day 1c!
• July 6, 2008 -- Hamby Busts; Sad Pandas at the Rio
• July 9, 2008 -- Dreams Dashed or Doubled Up?
• July 9, 2008 -- Divine Intervention