Break Time and Color Up with 60 Players Remaining

The players are now on a 10-minute break.

Tournament officials are coloring up the 500 chips.

When play resumes, the blinds will be increased to 4,000-8,000 with a 1,000 ante.

With 60 players remaining, the average stack is now 260,000.

Rob Perelman Eliminated

Rob "veeRob" Perelman

After a raise to 12,000 and a call by another opponent, Rob Perelman moved all in from from the button for 127,000. After thinking for a few minutes, the original raiser moved all in on top and the other opponent folded. They turned up:

Perelman [5c][5d]
Opponent [9d][9s]

The board ran out [Kc][Ks][8h][Kh][4d] and the dealer had to do a count to see who had more chips. In the end, veeRob was slightly outchipped by his opponent and eliminated from the Foxwoods Mega Stack Main Event.

Blind Increase with 79 Players Remaining

The blinds have been increased to 3,000-6,000 with a 500 ante.

With 79 players remaining, the average stack is now just over 197,000.

Adam Hui Actually Lost a Pot...

Adam Hui

Adam Hui started Day 2 with 180,200 in chips but has been on an incredible heater over the first two hours of play today.

He just lost his first pot of the day, a very small all-in race to an opponent, but still sits on over 400,000 in chips.

81 Players Remaining in the Mega Stack Main Event

We are down to the final nine tables in the Foxwoods Mega Stack Challenge Main Event.

With 81 players remaining, the average chip stack is now 192,500.

First Break of the Day in the Mega Stack Main Event

The players are now on the first break of the day.

Tournament officials are currently coloring up the 100 chips.

When play resumes, the blinds will be increased 2,500-5,000 with a 500 ante.

Cabot Extra Sharp Player of the Day: Mike Dentale

Mike Dentale

Our Cabot Extra Sharp Player of the Day was Mike Dentale.

Mike was knocked down to just 4,000 in chips late on Day 1 but built his stack back up and made it through to Day 2 with 90,100 in chips.

Mike will take home the Cabot Extra Sharp Player of Day shirt and hat as well as a month's supply of Cabot Cheese.

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James Woods Now at the Live Stream Feature Table

James Woods

Legendary actor James Woods has just been moved into the eight seat at the Mega Stack Challenge Main Event Live Stream Feature Table.

Just click "Watch LIVE Video" to view the feed.

Day 2 of the Mega Stack Main Event Underway!

Cards are in the air for our final 102 players in the Foxwoods Mega Stack Challenge Main Event.

The blinds are now 2,000-4,000 with a 400 ante.

The average chip stack is just under 153,000.

Click "Watch LIVE Video" at the top of the page to view the live feed.

Paul Darden, Mike "Little Man" Sica & Rob "veeRob" Perelman at Live Stream Table!

Just click "Watch LIVE Video" at the top of the page to view the live stream feed of our feature table.

The feature table line-up to start the day is as follows:

1. Daniel Becker 403,100
2. Frank Lawler 46,500
3. Rob "veeRob" Perelman 300,300
4. Adam Hui 180,200
5. Lionel Barbarossa 226,300
6. Paul Darden 44,200
7. Mike Sica 121,500
8. David Stefanski 78,900
9. Open

$1,200 Mega Stack Main Event Day 2 Set to Begin

Day 2 of the $1,200 Foxwoods Mega Stack Challenge is set to begin in about 15 minutes.

Be sure to follow FoxwoodsLive.com for all of the updates from the event.

The live stream will be up and running in just a few minutes. Just click "Watch LIVE Video" to view the feed.

$1200 Mega Stack Day 2 Returning Players

Place	Name	Chips	Table/Seat
1	Pasquale, Mike	497,400	11-7
2	Camuso, Laura	415,900	6-4
3	Becker, Daniel	403,100	4-1
4	Kouhaiz, Emmanuel	341,800	9-3
5	Renzi, Joseph	329,200	8-9
6	Smith, Steve	315,800	5-2
7	Snead, Paul	304,600	6-1
8	Perelman, Rob	300,300	4-3
9	Kalaitzis, George	292,100	3-9
10	Corrado, Steven	279,100	11-6
11	Rosarbo, Vincent	267,000	9-5
12	Brown, Robert	259,400	12-8
13	Norman, Michael	258,200	12-7
14	Richardson, Chris	258,000	8-2
15	Stefos, Nicholas	253,000	1-6
16	Theodoss, Harry	248,000	9-8
17	Rodriguez, Norman	241,200	7-2
18	Fox, Brian	236,700	6-7
19	Moutaouakil, Mustapha	232,600	5-7
20	Barbarossa, Lionel	226,300	4-5
21	Kleckner, Matthew	224,300	3-8
22	Taylor, Brett	212,200	9-9
23	Hodge, William	210,600	3-4
24	Pease, Ronald	198,300	10-8
25	Ziba, Besnik	197,200	11-1
26	Lin, Wooyang	195,500	11-9
27	Ibrahim, Ramy	189,700	12-5
28	Murray, Brian	183,900	3-2
29	Casterella, Matthew	182,700	2-9
30	Hui, Adam	180,200	4-4
31	Benedict, Doug	177,300	7-9
32	Boynton, James	174,200	9-6
33	Brassard, Ron	172,800	2-4
34	Cammarota, Alfonso	168,800	5-4
35	Ferrier, Robert	166,100	9-7
36	Webb, Dave	164,800	12-9
37	Curry, Malik	162,000	8-7
38	Kelly, Patrick	161,500	9-2
39	Parro, Jayme	159,400	3-3
40	Harrington, Frank	159,000	3-5
41	Barbarossa, L.C.	156,800	2-8
42	Bimonte, Andrew	155,600	1-8
43	Tieri, Joseph	148,100	7-1
44	Sciannameo, Carlo	145,300	10-4
45	Morello, Salvatore	144,300	8-5
46	Robinson, Henry	143,900	10-1
47	Epstein, Mark	142,300	8-3
48	Kreinik, Steven	142,000	12-3
49	Fiorentini, Steven	140,900	7-6
50	Sykes, Mark	138,700	6-6
51	Gilligan, Tommy	136,100	9-4
52	Matrone, Michael	135,200	10-5
53	Paulino, Victor	133,400	12-1
54	Nadeau, Daniel	133,200	6-5
55	Weiss, John	129,700	10-2
56	Orchulli, Jack	127,800	1-3
57	Woods, James	127,600	12-4
58	Ertel, Mike	126,700	3-6
59	Gavin, Ed	126,700	5-5
60	LeBlanc, Brian	125,800	8-4
61	Siegel, Eric	124,000	5-1
62	Sica, Mike	121,500	4-7
63	Ryan, Steve	121,100	2-1
64	Fienberg, Andy	118,300	11-5
65	Cukovic, Fatmir	117,400	2-3
66	Beqaj, Safet	115,300	10-7
67	Reilly, Tim	114,800	6-2
68	Sullivan, Michael	114,600	11-2
69	Courtney, Robert	111,800	8-8
70	Lipman, Avraham	105,400	1-4
71	Cortellino, Leonard	98,700	5-9
72	Kane, Gerard	97,500	3-7
73	Hou, Ernie	90,400	5-3
74	Dentale, Michael	90,100	1-5
75	Carleton, David	89,700	7-3
76	Perry, Michael	87,900	11-4
77	Marshall, Justin	86,000	1-7
78	Casagranda, Brett	86,000	8-6
79	Stefanski, David	78,900	4-8
80	Stevens, David	74,000	6-9
81	Farnen, Don	71,300	7-4
82	Parker, Andrew	70,100	9-1
83	Douglas, Jacoby	69,700	10-6
84	Spurdis, Gregory	66,300	11-8
85	Zisk, Richard	63,900	5-6
86	Paradis, Fred	61,500	6-8
87	Karidis, T.	61,000	12-6
88	Gmerek, K.	60,000	6-3
89	Dobkin, Yevgeniy	55,600	7-5
90	Ziegler, Rick	55,000	1-9
91	Sunderland, Greg	49,900	2-2
92	Wright, Justin	49,200	8-1
93	Benjamin, Stacy	47,500	7-8
94	Goodison, Duane	47,100	2-7
95	Lawler, Frank	46,500	4-2
96	Anderson, David	46,400	1-1
97	Darden, Paul	44,200	4-6
98	Flanagan, Michael	41,000	1-2
99	Dougherty, Kathryn	41,000	2-5
100	Aiello, Gerald	39,600	12-2
101	Russell, Donald	31,100	10-3
102	Holbrook, Thomas	18,900	7-7

Play Concludes on Day 1 of the Mega Stack Main Event

Play has come to an end on Day 1 of the Foxwoods Mega Stack Challenge Main Event.

Players are currently bagging their chips and play will resume at 11am.

It appears that there are just over 100 players remaining.

The chip counts and Day 2 seating assignments will be posted as soon as they become available.

Six More Hands on Day One of the Main Event

The clock has been stopped and it has been announced that there will be six more hands played at each table and then play will conclude for the night.

Mike Dentale Makes a Comeback After Almost Being Felted

Mike Dentale

Mike Dentale lost a monster pot of over 150,000 chips and was left with nothing but four 1,000 chips.

However, he tripled up on the next hand and has since managed to build his stack back up to a very respectable 80,000.

Break Time with 120 Players Remaining

The players are now on their final 10-minute break of the day.

When play resumes, the blinds will be increased to 1,500-3,000 with a 400 ante.

With 120 players remaining, the average chip stack is now 130,000.

Paul Snead Over 300K

Paul Snead

On our most recent pass through the poker room, it appears as if Paul Snead has passed the 300,000 mark in chips.

Blind Increase with 140 Players Remaining

The blinds have been increased to 1,200-2,400 with a 300 ante.

With 140 players remaining, the average chip stack is now just over 111,000.

Ryan Eriquezzo Eliminated

Ryan Eriquezzo

Ryan Eriquezzo, 131st place finisher in the 2010 WSOP Main Event and WSOP Circuit Ring holder, has been eliminated from the Foxwoods Mega Stack Main Event.

Brad McFarland Eliminated

Brad McFarland

Brad McFarland had been knocked down to his last 50,000 chips when he got all in with pocket jacks but ran into an opponent holding pocket aces. He could not improve and McFarland was sent to the rail late on Day One.

James Woods & Rob Perelman Now at the Live Stream Table

James Woods and Rob "veeRob" Perelman

James Woods (seat one) and Rob "veeRob" Perelman (seat eight) are now at the live feature table of the Foxwoods Mega Stack Challenge Main Event.

Just click "Watch LIVE Video" at the top of the page to view the live feed.

Break Time in the Mega Stack Main Event

The players are now on a 10-minute break.

When play resumes, the blinds will be increased to 1,000-2,000 with a 300 ante.

With 170 players remaining, the average chip stack is just under 92,000.

David "BigPotsUTG" Servedio Eliminated

David Servedio

David "BigPotsUTG" Servedio, who won the $300 Mega Stack Challenge event earlier in the week, has been eliminated from the Main Event when his pocket jacks could not outdraw his opponent's pocket aces.

Blind Increase with Less than 200 Players Remaining

The blinds have been increased to 800-1,600 with a 200 ante.

There are now 194 players remaining and the average chip stack is just over 80,000.

Will "The Thrill" Failla Eliminated

Will Failla

Will "The Thrill" Failla has been eliminated from the Foxwoods Mega Stack Challenge Main Event.

Break Time in the Mega Stack Main Event

The players in the Foxwoods Mega Stack Challenge are now on a 10-minute break.

When play resumes, the blinds will be increased to 600-1,200 with a 200 ante.

With 220 players remaining, the average chip stack is now just under 71,000.

James Woods Is So Smooth...

James Woods

James Woods is so smooth that in January, he negotiated a nine-way chop in an event where he had a slight chip lead so that he got first place money and the other eight place chopped the rest evenly. True story...

In the Foxwoods Mega Stack Challenge Main Event, he probably won't be able to do that. However, he has built his stack up to 203,000 and is now one of the chip leader late on Day One action.

Rob "veeRob" Perelman Rakes a Huge Pot!

Rob "veeRob" Perelman

On a board of [3d][2c][2s], it is checked to FoxwoodsLive.com Live Stream guru Rob "veeRob" Perelman. VeeRob bets out 2,700 and his opponent makes the call. The turn was the [4s] and it is once again checked to Perelman.

This time, Perelman fired 6,600 into the pot. His opponent counted out his chips and threw in 26,600. Perelman made the call. The river came the [Qs] and his opponent put out 35,000 in chips. After contemplating his decision for a few moments, veeRob made the call, saying "I can't believe I didn't raise." as his chips are going in the middle.

His opponent taps the table and turns up [Kc][Jd] while Perelman showed [4c][4h] for a turned full house.

Rob "veeRob" Perelman is now sitting on over 225,000 in chips.

Blind Increase in the Mega Stack Main Event

The blinds have been increased to 500-1,000 with a 100 ante.

With 233 players remaining, the average chip stack is now 67,000.

Brad McFarland at the Live Stream Table

Brad McFarland

Brad McFarland, who now sits on over 180,000 in chips, is now in the seven seat at our live stream feature table.

Just click "Watch LIVE Video" at the top of the page to watch.

Mega Stack Challenge Main Event Chip Counts

Here are some chip counts from around the room:

Brad McFarland - 183,000
Rob "veeRob" Perelman - 121,200
James Woods - 115,000
Ryan Eriquezzo - 93,000
Eric Siegel - 92,000
Mike Sica - 90,000
Paul Snead - 86,000
Mike Dentale - 81,000
Will Failla - 66,000
David Servedio - 41,500
Bobby Ferdinand - 16,000

Ronnie Bardah Eliminated

Ronnie Bardah

Ronnie Bardah has been eliminated from the Foxwoods Mega Stack Challenge Main Event during Day One action.

Play Resumes at the Mega Stack Main Event

Players have returned from dinner break and cards are back in the air.

The blinds are currently 400-800 with a 100 ante.

Dinner Break in the Mega Stack Main Event

The players are now on a one-hour dinner break.

Chip counts will be posted shortly.

Ryan Eriquezzo Tops 100,000 Chips

Ryan Eriquezzo

Ryan Eriquezzo, 131st place finisher in the 2010 WSOP Main Event and WSOP Circuit Ring holder, has emerged as another one of our big stacks here on Day One of the Foxwoods Mega Stack Challenge Main Event.

With just 20 minutes until players break for dinner, Eriquezzo has chipped up to over 120,000.

Blind Increase in the Mega Stack Main Event

The blinds in the $1,200 Foxwoods Mega Stack Challenge Main Event have been increased to 300-600 with a 75 ante.

With 317 players remaining, the average chip stack is now just over 49,000.

Rob "veeRob" Perelman Chips Up

Rob "veeRob" Perelman

Rob "veeRob" Perelman, who just took down the Heartland Poker Tour Event in Las Vegas last month for over $158,000, has steadily been increasing his stack through out the day.

Despite losing a flip for about 30,000 in chips a few minutes ago, he has built his stack back up to around 90,000 and sits at nearly double the chip average.

Break Time in the Mega Stack Main Event

The players are now on a 10-minute break.

When play resumes, the blinds will be increased to 200-400 with a 50 ante.

With 323 players remaining, the average chip stack is now just over 48,000.

Blind Increase in the Mega Stack Main Event

The blinds have been increased to 150-300 with a 25 ante.

With approximately 348 players remaining, the average chip stack is 44,800.

$1,200 Mega Stack Final Numbers & Payouts

We had a total of 390 players in the $1,200 Foxwoods Mega Stack Challenge Main Event.

The final 40 spots will finish in the money

Final payouts are as follows:

1st - $98,139
2nd - $56,698
3rd - $36,080
4th - $28,864
5th - $22,473
6th - $18,144
7th - $15,050
8th - $12,164
9th - $9,919
10th-12th - $6,803
13th-15th - $5,154
16th-20th - $3,917
21st-30th - $3,133
31st-40th - $2,803

Break Time in the Mega Stack Main Event

The players are now on a 10-minute break.

When play resumes, the blinds will be increased to 100-200 with a 25 ante.

The final numbers and payouts will be posted shortly.

Brad McFarland already at 100K

Brad McFarland

Early on in level four of the Foxwoods Mega Stack Challenge Main Event, Brad McFarland has already reached 100,000 in chips.

McFarland took a monster pot with [Js][8s] when the flop came 10-9-7 and his opponent held pocket sevens. They got all the chips in on the flop and the straight held for McFarland.

Blind Increase in the Mega Stack Main Event

The blinds in the $1,200 Foxwoods Mega Stack Challenge Main Event have been increased to 100-200.

Photos: Mega Stack Main Event Players

James Woods, Rob "veeRob" Perelman


Ronnie Bardah, Ryan Eriquezzo


Brad McFarland, Luis Vazquez


Paul Snead, "Little Man" Mike Sica


Bobby "The Bus" Ferdinand, Mark Sykes

Break Time in the Mega Stack Main Event

The players are now on their first 10-minute break of the day.

When play resumes, the blinds will be increased to 75-150.

YouTube video: Jonathan Duhamel Gives the Shuffle Up and Deal!

WSOP Main Event Champion Jonathan Duhamel give the "Shuffle Up and Deal" announcement at the February Foxwoods Mega Stack Challenge Main Event.

Click here to view the video in HD

Blind Increase in the Mega Stack Main Event

The blinds have been increased to 50-100.

There are currently over 350 players already in today's field with registration open for another two levels.

Mega Stack Main Event Live Stream Feature Table

The live stream feature table of the Foxwoods Mega Stack Challenge Main Event is up and running.

Just click "Watch LIVE Video" at the top of the page to view the live feed.

Cards In the Air at the Mega Stack Main Event!

Jonathan Duhamel

World Series of Poker Main Event Champion Jonathans Duhamel just gave the "Shuffle Up and Deal" announcement and cards are in the air.

The blinds are starting at 25-50 with 50 minute levels.

Mega Stack Challenge Main Event Set to Begin!

The $1,200 No-Limit Hold 'em Mega Stack Challenge Main Event is set to kick off in about 30 minutes.

Players start with 40,000 chip and the levels are 50 minutes in length.

The blinds will start at 25-50.

Stay tuned to Foxwoods Live for all of the updates from the event as well as the live streaming feature table.