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Tuesday, March 17, 2015

Updated chip counts at the break

There are 18 players remaining in Event #1 $600 NLH, and they are now on their last break of the night.  Here are updated chip counts for players we have identified:

Fred Paradis - 3,285,000
Mike Cretella - 2,885,000
Joe Nelligan - 2,660,000
Luca Pignatiello - 1,610,000
Timmy Egan - 1,525,000
Sean Barringer - 1,295,000
Ron Dalgo - 1,005,000


Recent eliminations: 19th-27th

19th Place: Joseph Sprague ($6,782)
20th Place: Jordan Fishman ($6,782)
21st Place: Adam Lewis ($6,782)
22nd Place: Lidiron Ramadani  ($5,897)
23rd Place: Nicholas Cyr ($5,897)
24th Place: Eric Arch ($5,897)
25th Place: Brian Renda ($5,111)
26th Place: Charles Saleba ($5,111)
27th Place: Jennifer Barrile ($5,111)

Photos of the final 2 tables

The featured table
The secondary table

Joe Nelligan gets lucky on the river


The board read [9h][2h][Kh][Js] and Joe Nelligan was all in with [Ah][Ks], good for top pair and the nut flush draw.  He had been called Michael Withrow holding [Qh][Ts], however, a made straight and one less heart in the deck for Joe.  No matter, as the [8h] spiked on the river to complete his flush.  Joe now sits on 2,600,000.

Play is down to final 2 tables

With the elimination of Joseph Sprague in 19th place, we are now down to the final 2 tables.  The remaining 18 players have redrawn for seats and will continue to play until 1am or the final table, whichever comes first.

Fred Paradis wins a monster pot


We arrive to Fred Paradis's table to see a huge pot get pushed his way.  Apparently, Fred opened to 60,000 and was reraised to 200,000 from the small blind.  Fred made the call to see a jack high board, and he called his opponent's 300,000 continuation bet.  The turn was a rag and his opponent bet 600,000, leaving around 400,000 behind.  Fred moved all in, and his opponent called, tabling pocket aces.  But Fred had flopped top set with pocket jacks.  No ace fell, and Fred will earn another knockout and increase his stack to 4,100,000, a top three stack in this tournament.

Ron Dalgo doubles up


Ron Dalgo was all in holding [Ah][9h] and needed to get lucky against his opponent's [Kh][Kd].  He did indeed get lucky as the flop fell off [6s][Ad][3s], and no king fell as the board completed [4c][5h].  Ron will double up to 1,500,000.

25th Place: Brian Renda ($5,111)


Brian Renda has been eliminated when his [8d][7d] lost a race to his opponent's [5h][5d].  The [4h][6s][4s] left Brian drawing live to six outs, but the [Th] turn and [Qd] river failed to improve him.  Brian will earn $5,111 for his 25th place finish.

Joe Nelligan gets full value


We arrived to see a board of [Qh][3d][8s][6h] and Joe Nelligan with his last 400,000 chips in the center.  His opponent went in to the tank and eventually said call.  Joe proudly proclaimed, "Aces!"  His [As][Ah] was in great shape against [4c][3d].  A harmless [9s] hit the river to give Joe the doubleup, putting him over 1,200,000.  After the hand, his neighbor complimented Joe, "You got full value."

27th Place: Jennifer Barrile ($5,111)


After losing most of her chips to Luca Pignatiello, Jennifer Barrile got the last of her chips in with [Kh][9c] against her opponent's [Jh][4c].  As the flop fell [5s][Js][6d], Jennifer got up and started putting on her jacket, but with a smile on her face.  Though rooting for a king, the turn and river fell [2h][3c], sending Jennifier to the rail in 27th place, good for $5,111.

Luca Pignatiello doubles through Jennifer Barrile


On a [7c][9s][Td][As] board, Luca Pignatiello was all in with the second nuts, holding [8d][6d].  But he wasn't guaranteed a double up as he was up against Jennifer Barrile's [Qs][8s], a live flush draw and gutshot.  Luca was on his feet as the last card hit, the [5c].  Luca faded his Jennifers's outs, and he now sits on 1,900,000.

29th Place: Stephanie Hubbard ($4,423)


Stephanie Hubbard was all in preflop holding [Ah][Ts] but ran into [Ks][Kh].  The board ran out [9s][4h][7h][7s][2d], and Stephanie could not find an ace.  She will exit the tournament in 29th place, good for $4,423.

Timmy Egan brings the luck of the Irish


Timmy Egan was all in preflop holding [Kd][Qs] and was flipping against his opponent's [8h][8c].  The [Jh][4c][As] flop gave Timmy a gutshot to go with his two overs.  The turn came a [Qh] and Timmy clapped his hand in excitement.  No eight came on the river, but the [Qd] did fall to give Timmy trips to earn the doubleup.  He now sits on 650,000.

Top 6 chip counts in level 28

Mike Cretella is the only player over 3 million
We just counted all the players chips, and we found 6 stacks over 2 million.  Amazingly, four of those stacks are all seated at the same table.  Here are the top chip counts in level 28:

Mike Cretella - 3,150,000
Marc Braunstein - 2,770,000
Nick Cyr - 2,405,000
Fred Paradis - 2,275,000
John Quirk - 2,045,000
Sean Barringer - 2,000,000


30 players remaining are now on break


Only 30 players remain in Event #1 $600 NLH, and they are now on a 15 minute break.  All players are guaranteed $4,423 at this point.

Players are now on dinner break

We have just broken a table, and we are down to the final 45 players.  Those players are now on their one hour dinner break.  When they return, blinds will be 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante.  Play will resume at approximately 7:55pm EST.

Quad Eights on the feature table


Two players were all in on the feature table with nearly identical stacks. The first all in player had [8h][8c] while the small blind called all in for slightly less with [Ac][Kc].  It was a flip for each player's tournament, and the [Ts][8s][4c] put the pocket eights in a huge lead.  The [2d] on the turn meant the ace king was drawing dead, but the [8d] hit the river to make quad eights.  We will lose one player and be down to 55 players after that hand.


Photos from the final 60 players








Fred Paradis doubles up with a little confusion


From middle position, Fred Paradis moved all in and action folded to the small blind, who called.  The big blind folded, and that's where the confusion started.  Apparently the small blind did not see the all in so he thought he was just calling the big blind.  A floor was called, and it was confirmed that the small blind did indeed say call, so it was binding.

Fred [Js][Jd]
SB [As][6h]

The board ran out [Kc][5d][3c][Jc][Ks] to give Fred the winning full house, and he will double up to over 700,000.

Down to the final 75 players

It's 4:30pm and Event #1 $600 NLH is down to the final 75 players.  Everyone is guaranteed $1,965, with a pay jump to $2,260 when we hit 72 players remaining. Blinds are currently 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante, and after this level there will be a break. Dinner break is scheduled after 2 more levels.


Day 2 of Event #1 is under way

Cards are back in the air for Event #1 $600 NLH.  All 231 players that survived one of three starting flights are now in the money and are guaranteed $1,179.  All eyes are on the $157,274 first place prize, and nobody is in better shape to get that prize than chipleader Robert Corcione.

Robert final tabled the Cardplayer Poker Tour Main Event last month, but Robert is not just a local player.  He got 21st place in the WSOP Main Event in 2012 for almost $300,000, busting out of that tournament when his [Ts][Td] fell to [Ad][Qd].  Robert starts the day with 813,000 in chips.

Event #1 Day 2 will begin at 12pm

The final 231 players from the three starting flights of Event #1 $600 NLH will resume play at 12pm EST.  We will be streaming a feature table at www.FoxwoodsLive.com.

Due to the overwhelming size of the field, play will likely extend to Day 3 on Wednesday, as mentioned on the structure sheet.  Day 2 will conclude at 1am or when the final table is reached, whichever comes first.

Also, cards are now in the air for Event #2 $500 NLH.  This tournament features a $50,000 Guarantee and 20,000 in starting chips.  A full structure is available here.

Event #3 $300 Omaha/8 will begin at 12pm.  This tournament features 10,000 starting chips and 30 minute levels.  A full structure is available here.

2015 Foxwoods Poker Classic- Event #1 - $600 NLH - Returning Players

Table-Seat Name Chip Count
12-7 Corcione, Robert 813,000
6-7 Ramadani, Liridon 550,500
17-1 Brackesy, Steven 518,000
24-1 Turcotte, Heather 500,000
17-2 Joeckel, Jordan 486,500
21-6 Bergman, Josh 485,500
16-8 Almonte, Anderson 434,500
22-4 Dalgo II, Ronald 429,500
19-9 Gambordella, Alex 410,000
4-1 Lewis, Jonathan 405,000
12-4 Veloso, David 395,500
19-7 St. Vincent, Brad 386,000
25-8 Carter, James 381,500
16-4 Methia, Ryan 378,000
20-3 Barrile, Jen 374,000
12-2 Moussa, Jean-Claude 371,000
20-2 Murray, Doug 371,000
4-8 Kim, Juno 364,000
22-3 Galavotti, Aaron 358,000
21-9 Calnan, Jason 356,500
9-8 Brunnett, Jason 354,500
12-1 Testa, Ed 351,500
26-1 Mitsopoulos, K. 345,000
17-5 Junior II, John 343,000
2-8 Deveau, Mike 339,000
21-7 Bouris, Eric 329,500
14-7 Arch, Eric 325,500
8-4 Davis, Harold 324,500
6-8 Tieri, Joseph H 322,000
17-3 Chung, John 318,000
12-5 Barringer, Sean 307,500
6-5 Reid, Shane 296,000
26-2 Sousa, David 290,000
24-9 Mercado, Roberto 288,500
13-1 Cyr, Nicholas 282,500
17-9 Wu, Sammy 282,000
25-1 Crane, Michael 280,000
10-1 Ruvolo, Giuseppe 278,500
7-6 Kenney, Kyle 271,000
14-2 Loosian, Derek 266,500
1-8 Sprague, Joe 265,000
10-6 Solerti, Carlos 264,000
26-5 Blatt, Jeremy 257,000
24-4 Patel, Dilipkumar 255,000
14-9 Macri, Ralph 254,000
13-3 Messina, Joseph 253,000
11-7 Butler, Tom 252,500
8-6 Schumacher, Mark 250,500
11-2 Kostrov, Gennadiy 247,000
18-1 Matteo, Paul 246,500
26-8 Penikas, Tom 236,500
9-4 Napolitano, Thomas 235,500
21-5 Pignatiello, Luca 234,000
14-1 Paradis, Fred 233,000
2-1 Sgambato, Frank 230,500
4-5 Kovoor-Chathoth, Jay 230,000
9-7 Pitts, Fletcher 230,000
3-7 Nye, Michael 228,000
26-7 Raine, Sheica 223,500
19-5 Avila, Manny 223,000
15-2 Didente, Rich 220,000
13-6 Escobalez, Johnny 215,500
12-6 Bunker, Charles 206,000
2-9 Alexander, Heidi 205,000
25-7 Gomes, Eurico 205,000
13-9 Al-Khatib, Khaled 204,000
15-5 Lopez, Edgar 204,000
8-1 Eriquezzo, Ryan 203,500
22-6 Marshall, John 203,500
7-8 Grodowski, Joseph 199,500
18-6 Peselev, Gennadiy 198,000
6-6 Brand, Douglas 189,500
23-4 Magner, James 188,000
21-3 Lu, Meng 187,500
10-5 Eriquezzo, Fred 186,500
3-1 Morris, James 185,500
5-4 Martin, Thomas 185,000
18-9 Breggia, Frank 183,500
24-8 Fava, Guido 183,000
13-4 Withrow, Mike 179,000
16-6 Montanino, Peter 176,000
18-4 Walsh, Christopher 175,000
25-4 Zheng, Frank 174,500
23-5 Renda, Brian 173,500
6-4 Frangoulidis, James $173,000
23-3 Borgeson, Brian 171,000
24-7 Zelaya, Neftali 167,000
15-3 Phelps, Clint 166,500
8-8 Fishman, Jordan 166,000
12-8 Moutaouakil, Mustapha 166,000
5-7 Cretella, Michael 164,000
15-1 Langianese, Jason 162,000
10-4 Davis, Ian 161,000
5-1 Harding, Ken 160,500
11-5 Beier, Matthew 158,000
16-9 Ricciuti, Bob 158,000
5-5 Bracy, Danielle 155,500
8-7 Chalifour, Dan 154,000
10-2 DiLiegro, Joseph 152,500
19-6 Wang, Andrew 150,500
12-9 Sadagopan, Thiru 149,000
19-1 Litwin, Morgan 147,000
14-4 Connolly, James 145,000
20-8 Nowicki, Matt 144,500
4-3 Michaud, Paul 144,000
1-1 Flynn, Kenneth 143,500
1-9 Hubbard, Stephanie 143,500
20-4 Trifone, John 143,500
5-3 Colon Jr, Carlos 142,000
3-2 Minxolli, Glen 141,500
26-3 Darling, William JR 141,000
7-2 Dugas, Stephen 140,000
14-6 Souza, Richard 139,500
17-4 Parthasarathy, Srirama 138,500
12-3 Tokatlyan, Mike 137,500
24-2 Bonin, Eric 137,000
21-1 Reynolds, Keith 136,500
9-1 Braunstein, Marc 136,000
20-6 Marmol, Welther 135,000
7-3 Ramrakhani, Sachin $135,000
15-8 Porfino, Vincenzo 134,000
9-9 Williams, Mike 133,500
7-5 Hillard, Gerald 133,000
15-7 Welch, Richard 133,000
15-6 Egan, Tim 132,500
18-2 Ritchie, John 132,500
17-6 Orman, Erik 131,500
19-2 O'Grady, Mike 131,000
19-4 Savino, Michael 130,500
16-7 Mohal, Amrit 128,000
14-3 Nelligan, Joe 128,000
22-1 Guerriero, John 127,500
4-9 Enwright, James 127,000
20-5 Buddenbrock, Patrick 126,000
1-7 Stahursky, Steven 122,500
17-7 Kadimisetty, Anil 120,000
18-3 Romanow, Jason 120,000
6-9 Ventullo, James 119,500
8-5 Striar, Steven 119,000
19-3 Lewis, Adam 118,000
21-8 Pocchia, Thomas 114,500
14-8 Dunn, Peter 113,000
2-5 Wong, She Lok 112,500
11-9 Barrett, Justin 111,000
25-5 Marko, Matthew 110,500
8-2 Saleba, Charles 106,000
25-9 Porter, Randy 105,000
22-8 OBrien, Patrick 103,000
15-4 Bale, Donna 101,500
13-5 Currier, Jonathan 99,500
7-7 Walsh, Thomas 99,500
15-9 Peterson, George 99,000
6-2 Jacobs, Scott 98,500
11-8 Hosgood, Rob 98,000
10-9 Kuey, Natale 97,500
16-2 Tinney, James 95,500
3-6 Just, Michael 95,000
5-2 Lee, Sang 94,000
11-6 O'Neil Tim 93,500
5-6 Weeks, Steven 93,500
18-5 Romanovitz, Keith 92,500
22-7 Sloane, Cheryl 92,500
9-3 Bendiks, Jonas 92,000
26-4 Depaula, Kristina 92,000
13-8 Wilber, Dennis 92,000
25-2 Reid, Jay 91,500
9-2 Alexander, David 90,500
4-2 Lee, Jong 90,500
3-3 Caouette, Nicholas 90,000
4-4 Hanson, Keith 89,000
16-3 Paulino, Victor 87,000
8-3 Schwarz, Corinne 85,000
8-9 Butts, Jeffrey 80,500
9-6 Rinaldi, Michael 80,500
6-1 Smith, Joseph 80,500
21-4 Ouellette, Matthew 80,000
11-3 Dobrilovic, Tom 78,500
7-4 Stefansk, David 78,500
9-5 McElreavy, Matthew 78,000
26-9 Mathieson, Kevin 77,500
3-4 Drory, Joe 77,000
1-3 DaCruz, John 76,500
19-1 Colangelo, Anthony 75,000
5-9 Archambeault, Brandon 74,000
24-6 Kernan, Kevin 73,500
6-3 Labriola, David 73,500
20-1 Adusumalli, Venkata 71,000
23-9 Phoumindr, Jimmy 67,000
23-7 Quirk, John 67,000
1-5 Agard, Sherwin 66,000
16-1 Fifield, Ashley 65,500
13-7 Ackley, Frank 65,000
26-6 Kachittavong, Soukha 65,000
14-5 Dalton, Dan 64,500
21-2 Wolfenden, Michael 64,000
23-2 Carusone, Michael 63,500
7-9 Lowe, Michael 63,500
3-9 Bertoncini, Joseph 60,000
17-8 Raman, Gene 60,000
24-3 Usatii, Victor 60,000
10-7 Gonzalez, Nicholas 59,000
20-7 Gibson, Michelle 57,000
23-1 Lyles, Sam 56,000
3-5 Gamache, Justin 54,500
13-2 Ouellet, Daniel 54,000
10-8 Sanker, Sean 53,000
11-1 Russell, Louise 51,000
25-6 Wiley, Brendan 48,500
4-6 Warm, Geraldine 48,000
2-6 Goldstein, Sheldon 47,500
23-6 Rosow, Chad 45,500
5-8 He, Liam 43,000
7-1 Lundy, Anthony 40,000
24-5 Johnson, Trevor 38,500
23-8 Lawler, Paul 38,500
22-5 Carlson, Sean 37,500
1-4 Witham, Matt 36,500
3-8 Vredenburg, Kyle 34,500
4-7 Cekaj, Kristjan 34,000
18-8 Keraghan, John 33,000
22-2 Rodrigues, Johnny 32,000
2-4 White, Arthur 31,500
1-2 Costa, Ty 29,000
2-7 Beaudoin, Ronald 25,500
20-9 Starratt, Joe 23,500
25-3 DeRosa, Matt 22,500
16-5 Muriqi, Elvir 21,000
22-9 Gamber, Henry 20,000
11-4 Roy, Robert 18,500
18-7 Valentine, David 18,000
2-2 Aeschlimann, Michael 17,000

The bubble has burst!


Two players went out simultaneously with 103 remaining players, so play didn't even make it to hand-for-hand.  We can tell you about one of the bustouts.

The 4-seat opened for a raise before the 6-seat reraised all in, having his opponent covered.  Seat 4 made the call showing [Ac][Kc] and he would be racing against [2s][2d].  The [3h][9h][9s] flop gave him a lot of outs, and the [5c] turn opened up a few more.  When the [Jc] hit the river, he was left with just ace-king high and would be eliminated on the bubble.

The remaining players are now bagging up their chips for the night and will return tomorrow at 12pm EST.