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Sunday, March 29, 2015

Recent eliminations: 22nd-27th

Tarun G.
22nd Place: Daniel Bunker ($6,496)
23rd Place: Greg Himmelbrand ($6,496)
24th Place: Jeffrey Cohen ($6,496)
25th Place: Salvatore Mangiafico ($5,812)
26th Place: Christopher Renaudette ($5,812)
27th Place: Tarun G. ($5,812)

Updated chip counts in Level 20

Will Failla is grinding a short stack
Only 22 players remain as we being Level 20, which is 5,000/10,000 with a 1,000 ante. This will be the last level of the night before the surviving players bag up their chips. Day 3 will begin tomorrow at 11am EST. Here are updated chip counts as we begin the last level:

Eli Berg - 1,016,000
Shawn Busse - 730,000
Curt Kohlberg - 670,000
Andrew Badecker - 450,000
Brian LeBlanc - 405,000
Frank Flowers - 350,000
Bart Guthrie - 310,000
Daniel Bunker - 284,000
Mike Nye - 240,000
Bobby Oboodi - 220,000
George Cicak - 189,000
Justin "Stealthmunk" Schwartz -182,000
Will Failla - 62,000
Chris Pierro - 40,000

Updated chip counts in Level 19

Shawn Busse is 2nd in chips
Eli Berg - 1,050,000
Shawn Busse - 650,000
Andrew Badecker - 550,000
Justin "Stealthmunk" Schwartz - 435,000
Frank Flowers - 340,000
Daniel Bunker - 317,000
George Cicak - 304,000
Brian LeBlanc - 225,000
Bobby Oboodi - 220,000
Mike Nye - 126,000
Will Failla - 110,000
Chris Pierro - 93,000
Curt Kohlberg - 840,000

Over a million chip pot gets shipped to Eli Berg


At 3,000/6,000 blinds, Eli Berg opened to 15,000 on the button before Bobby Oboodi reraised to 54,000 from the small blind. Action folded back to Eli who moved all in for roughly half a million. It was a big all in, but Bobby made the call, sitting on almost 700,000 himself. Whoever won the pot would be the first player over a million, and Bobby had the best shot as he held [Qs][Qd] to Eli's [Th][Td]. The [3h][7s][4c] flop changed nothing, but the [5c] gave some chop possibilities. Devastatingly, the [Tc] hit the river instead, giving Eli a winning set of tens. Bobby could not believe his bad luck, and Eli's stack was counted down to 541,500. After paying off the allin, Bobby still has around 150,000.

To see this hand play out on ShareMyPair, click here.

Recent eliminations: 28th-36th Place ($5,334)

Giuseppe Ruvolo
28th Place: Giuseppe Ruvolo ($5,334)
29th Place: William Frederick ($5,334)
30th Place: Joseph Berardi ($5,334)
31st Place: Dan Chalifour ($5,334)
32rd Place: Noel O'Connor($5,334)
33th Place: Hee-Joong Im ($5,334)
34th Place: Omar Saeed ($5,334)
35th Place: Gregory Demetri ($5,334)
36th Place: Christopher Leveroni ($5,334)

Photos from the bubble

Will "The Thrill" Failla eyes the tournament clock
Curt Kohlberg's making new friends

"Newspaper Dan" Chalifour relaxes on the bubble
Justin "Stealthmunk" Schwartz reraises his opponent
Andrew Badecker is delivered his chips after a reraise


"Bubble Rewind": Mike Nye doubles up with a one outer


Mike Nye was short stacked on the bubble, and he got the last of his chips in with with [Jh][Jd] after [Ad][Jc] opened. It looked as if Mike would be the bubble boy when the flop fell [6c][3c][Ac], and players from other tables were relaying the news of Mike's doom before the turn hit. With only a 3% chance of surviving. the dealer smacked the [Js] on the turn, the one card that could save Mike. He would still need to dodge a club on the river, and when it fell [8h], Mike playfully yelled to the rest of the tournament, "F*** you all." Mike would double up and survive as the bubble played on.

$2,700 Championship is now in the money


After a brutal bubble, Chris MacNeil was the eventual bubble boy after many other short stacks doubled. Action folded to Chris in the small blind and he moved all in for 25,500 at 2,500/5,000 blinds with [Ah][6h] and was called by the big blind who held [6d][3d]. The board ran out [Kd][3s][Tc][Qd][9s] to send Chris to the rail in 37th place.

The remaining 36 players will be in the money, guaranteed at least a $5,334 payday. One of those 36 is Will "The Thrill Failla" who is down to only 12,000 in chips. We expect he will be all in very shortly.

Dinner break is over

The 37 remaining players are now back from their one hour dinner break. Hand-for-hand play will continue until we lose one more player.

Players are now on dinner break, still on the bubble

The 37 remaining players are now on a 1 hour dinner break. Play will be hand-for-hand when the next level, 2,500/5,000 blinds, begins.

Play is now hand for hand

With the elimination of Fred Paradis in 38th place, play is now hand-for-hand. The next player eliminated will be the bubble boy, and the remaining 36 players will be in the money. There is 14 minutes left in this level, and the tournament will take a one hour dinner break at the end of the level whether the bubble has been burst or not.

Mark Dickstein has been eliminated


Omar Saeed moved all in from the button and Mark Dickstein made the call from the small blind. Omar was ahead with [Ah][8d] against Mark's [Ac][6d]. The eight kicker held up on a [2c][2s][Kc][7d[3c] board to double up Omar and cripple Mark.

The next hand, Mark moved all in on the button for his last 20,000 after the UTG player limped for 4,000. Mark had [Ad][8c] against [Kd][Jd], but the [Qs][7c][6s][Kh][Jc] board sent  Mark to the rail in 39th place, just 3 spots from the money.

George Cicak takes a big one off Omar Saeed


We arrived to Table 3 to see George Cicak and Omar Saeed heads up on a [Js][6c][Jh][3s][Qc] river. We were filled in that it went bet-call on the flop, and then bet-raise-call on the turn. With about 120,000 chips in the pot on the river, Omar had checked and George had put out a bet of 75,000 and Omar was in the tank. He eventually made the call, and George showed him a flopped full house with [6s][6d]. Omar looked back at his cards and mucked [Jd][8s] face up. After the hand, Omar was knocked down to 92,000. 41 players remain with the blinds going up to 2,000/4,000 with a 500 ante.

Updated chip counts in Level 15

Shawn Busse leads with 42 remaining
Level 15 is halfway done, and here are updated chip counts for the players we know. 42 players remain, and average chips are just over 200,000. The top 36 players will be in the money.

Shawn Busse - 540,000
Brian LeBlanc - 510,000
Ivano Panetti - 360,000
Daniel Bunker - 335,000
Frank Flowers - 303,000
Justin "Stealthmunk" Schwartz - 296,000
Andrew Badecker - 272,000
Omar Saeed - 231,000
Chris Pierro - 219,000
Curt Kohlberg - 173,000
Tarun G. - 146,000
Dan Chalifour - 114,000
Mark Dickstein - 79,000
Chris MacNeil - 70,000
Will Failla - 54,000
Fred Paradis - 53,000
Mike Nye - 28,000

Chris Tryba has been eliminated


We didn't see how the chips got in, but we arrived to Table 3 to see Chris Tryba paying off Carlo Sciannameo's allin. The board read [4c][6c][9d][Kd][Ac], and Chris had [9s][9h] in front of him. But his set was no good as Carlo had rivered a set of aces with his [As][Ah].

After the hand, Carlo had doubled up to 410,000. Chris was left with only a few chips, and he was eliminated a few hands later in 44th place.

Katayon Khaterzai has been eliminated

The last female in the field, Katayon Khaterzai, has just been eliminated. She ran her pocket sevens into her opponent's pocket aces, and she will exit the tournament 11 players shy of making the money.

Event #20 $300 NLH Big Stack Prize Pool & Payouts

There were a total of 289 entries in today's Event #20 $300 NLH Big Stack, creating a $72,886 prize pool. The top 36 players will be in the money, with a mincash worth $568. Here are the full payouts:

1st Place: $16,713
2nd Place: $10,204
3rd Place: $6,742
4th Place: $5,357
5th Place: $3,936
6th Place: $3,207
7th Place: $2,624
8th Place: $2,077
9th Place: $1,617
10th-12th Place: $1,166
13th-15th Place: $983
16th-18th Place: $874
19th-21st Place: $765
22nd-24th Place: $692
25th-27th Place: $619
28th-36th Place: $568

Photos from the last two levels

Frank Flowers picks up pocket kings
Andrew Badecker
Shawn Busse
Brian LeBlanc
Ivano Panetti
Chris MacNeil
Dan Chalifour

Daniel Bunker sends one home with a one outer

We heard some commotion on Table 2, and we walked over to see what was going on. Apparently three players saw a [Ks][5s][Js] flop, and the preflop raiser bet into Daniel Bunker and another player, who both called. When the [Ac] hit the turn, the original raiser checked and Daniel moved all in. His opponent called, and the original raiser got out of the way. It was a complete cooler as Daniel held the second nuts with [Qs][Ts] and was up against the nuts, [As][8s]. Daniel would need to hit a one outer to make a straight flush. He called for the [9s], and indeed that's what hit on the river. The entire table went nuts, and the dealer counted down the stacks. Daniel had his opponent slightly covered, so he will eliminate that player, bringing the field down to 53 remaining.

Frank Flowers bluffs his way to a top 5 chip stack


Frank Flowers came in to Day 2 in the middle of the pack, and he's been doing well so far today. We came to his table to get a chip count and saw him involved in a pot. He was facing a 25,000 bet on a [Ad][Td][Jc][5c][Jd] river. After some thought, Frank put in a 60,000 raise, which his opponent ended up folding to. Frank smiled and tabled [9s][8c] for a missed straight draw. As he rakes in that pot, Frank is up to 230,000, which is a top 5 chop stack with 63 remaining.

Updated chip counts in Level 13

We are down to 63 players remaining. Here are updated chip counts for select players:

Fred Paradis - 250,000
Frank Flowers - 230,000
Omar Saeed - 212,000
Andrew Badecker - 210,000
Justin "Stealthmunk" - 190,000
Scott Blake - 174,000
Dave Stefanski - 167,000
Mark Dickstein - 146,000
Chris Tryba - 170,000
Curt Kohlberg - 130,000
James Campbell - 110,000
Mike Nye - 77,000
Will Failla -  57,000
Tarun G. - 33,000
Eric Siegel - 20,000

Players are now on break

78 players remain in $2,700 Championship Event, and they are now on break. Blinds will be 1,000/2,000 with a 300 ante when play resumes.

Down to the final 100 players

We are now down to the final 100 players. A table is being broken and there are 11 tables remaining. The top 36 players will be in the money.

Today's schedule: Day 2 of $2,700 Championship at 11am, $300 NLH Big Stack at 11am

On today's schedule at the Foxwoods Poker Classic:

11am:
Event # 19 $2,700 NO LIMIT HOLD’EM CHAMPIONSHIP DAY 2
($2500 Buy-in / $200 Entry fee)
$500,000 Guaranteed
Three Day Event
Full structure is available here.
Streaming live on www.FoxwoodsLive.com

11am:
Event # 20 $300 NO LIMIT HOLD’EM BIG STACK
$25,000 Guaranteed
($260 Buy-in/$40 Entry fee)
“With Re-Entries”
Players start with 30,000 in non-value tournament chips.
Registration will remain open through the end of the 9th level.
Levels 1 - 25 will be played for 20 minutes. Levels 26 & UP will be played for 30 minutes
Full structure is available here.

2015 Foxwoods Poker Classic- Event #19 - $2700 NLH - Day 2 Returning Players

Table-Seat Name Chip Count
9-4 Saeed, Omar 257,600
10-3 Badecker, Andrew 240,800
9-8 McCaffrey, Paul 181,000
2-6 Koch, Bryan 176,500
11-1 Sciannameo, Carlo 172,700
1-1 Duong, Jack 171,500
8-7 Minxolli, Glen 165,500
3-1 Ruvolo, Giuseppe 161,300
9-9 Busse, Shawn 148,400
1-4 Colpoys, Dan 140,500
7-1 Brackesy, Steven 136,000
12-6 Hicks, Ray 131,300
4-8 Kohlberg, Curt 129,400
4-7 O'Connor, Noel 128,500
12-1 Rebello, Todd 125,200
13-5 Leveroni, Chris 120,300
9-6 Hoey, Ken 116,800
10-8 Magner, James 112,500
5-7 Himmelbrand, Greg 110,300
8-9 Ranieri, Steve 109,400
2-4 Gulati, Tarun 107,900
7-7 Paradis, Maurice 107,200
4-4 MacNeil, Chris 106,300
5-2 Flowers, Frank 103,000
1-8 Blake, Scott 102,500
3-4 Gnidash, Denis 102,400
9-1 Stefanski, David 101,500
2-3 Palma, Nicholas 101,200
5-1 Hou, Ernie 100,300
13-6 Sinishtaj, Tony 97,400
6-5 Santora, Gene 97,100
2-5 Armistead, Tedford 93,500
7-3 Campbell, James 93,500
10-2 Berg, Eli 91,100
7-4 Guthrie, Bart 90,200
12-9 LeBlanc, Brian 89,400
9-2 Kuba, Matt 88,900
12-7 Dobrilovic, Tom 86,000
8-8 Spyratos, Gerasimos 85,700
8-4 Kelly, Patrick 85,000
13-9 Espinola, David 84,500
7-9 Kostrov, Gennadiy 84,000
2-2 Sarmiento, Steven 81,800
3-3 Cohen, Jeff 81,700
5-9 Mostafa, Ryan 81,700
3-8 Dickstein, Mark 80,500
10-5 Bianco, Ben 80,100
12-4 Datashvili, David 78,900
7-6 Suppa, Frank 78,300
5-4 Demetri, Greg 77,800
2-1 Bunker, Daniel 77,400
4-2 Tsakov, Petko 75,800
12-8 Kluchman, David 75,700
12-2 Catala, Juan "Magic" 74,100
8-6 Schwarz, Jeffrey 73,100
13-2 Dentale, Michael 73,000
11-3 Undisclosed 68,400
6-3 Corcione, Bobby 67,600
3-2 Tryba, Christopher 67,100
10-1 Lieberman, Mark 67,000
8-1 Renaudette, Chris 66,000
13-1 Grandieri, David 64,400
6-7 Brauer, Paul 63,000
1-5 Israelashvili, Roland 60,700
2-8 Hillard, Gerald 60,300
3-9 Schoultz, Mike 58,900
5-6 Wrobleski, John 58,600
5-5 Khaterzai, Katayon 57,000
4-5 Panetti, Ivano 56,100
4-6 Feingold, Jay 55,000
3-7 Giulino, Joseph 55,000
1-7 Chalifour, Dan 51,000
10-4 Lane, David 50,800
11-2 Caputo, John 50,600
11-4 Debreceni, James 49,300
9-7 McNabola, John 47,200
1-2 Pierro, Christopher 45,400
1-3 Pan, Xin 44,600
13-3 Cicak, George 44,300
8-5 Failla, Will "The Thrill" 44,300
10-9 Im, Hee-Joong 41,100
13-7 Frederick, William 40,600
8-2 Lavoie, Michael 39,400
10-6 Leskowitz, Bryan 38,600
6-9 Fenn, Peter 38,100
7-2 Lewis, Jonathan 37,300
12-3 Oboodi, Bahbak 37,200
7-8 Masi, Vito 36,400
4-1 Nye, Michael 36,200
6-4 Thomas, Tom 35,900
13-8 Rodriguez, Elvis 34,900
10-7 Frey, Ken 34,100
13-4 Vitorino, Michael 33,600
11-7 DiPietro, Justin 33,400
9-3 Bieber, Kevin 33,000
1-9 Montes, Jose 32,200
6-2 Pecoraro, Joe 30,400
6-8 Strileckis, Toby 29,400
3-6 Bowker, Kyle 29,000
11-9 Schwartz, Justin 28,600
12-5 Pahuja, Vineet 28,500
2-7 Berardi, Joseph 27,900
3-5 Siegel, Eric 27,600
5-8 Frangoulidis, James 27,000
4-9 Mangiafico, Sal 24,000
11-5 Peters, Steve 23,800
6-6 Bitker, Adam 15,800
6-1 Aiello, Gerald 15,600
4-3 Kuey, Natale 15,300
11-8 Servidio, Frank 5,300

Event #19 $2,700 Championship Prize Pool & Payouts

Event #19 $2,700 Championship  received 282 entries, creating a $683,850 prize pool. The top 36 players will be in the money, with a mincash worth $5,334. Here are the full payouts:

1st Place: $156,807
2nd Place: $95,739
3rd Place: $63,256
4th Place: $50,263
5th Place: $36,928
6th Place: $30,090
7th Place: $24,618
8th Place: $19,490
9th Place: $15,055
10th-12th Place: $10,941
13th-15th Place: $9,231
16th-18th Place: $8,206
19th-21st Place: $7,180
22nd-24th Place: $6,496
25th-27th Place: $5,812
28th-36th Place: $5,334