Play Resumes at the Mega Stack Main Event

Cards are back in the air after dinner break and the blinds are now 10,000-20,000 with a 3,000 ante.

With 27 player remaining, the average chip stack is 578,000.

Dinner Break in the Mega Stack Main Event

The 27 remaining players are now on a one-hour dinner break.

James Woods Eliminated

James Woods

James Woods moved all in on the last hand before dinner break with [7h][7s] and was called by Rob Brown holding [Kc][Qd]. The board ran out 10-9-X-X-J to give Brown the straight and the pot.

The incredible run of James Woods comes to an end but he finished in 28th place for $3,133.

"Little Man" Mike Sica Eliminated

Mike Sica

A short stacked Mike Sica was all in before the flop and called by both Adam Hui and Paul Darden. The board came [As][8d][8h][6d][Jd] before Hui bet 170,000 on the river. Darden folded and Hui turned up 8-7 for trips and Darden mucked. Sica turned up a pair of fives and was eliminated from the Foxwoods Mega Stack Main Event.

Blind Increase with 38 Players Remaining

The blinds have been increased to 8,000-16,000 with a 2,000 ante.

With 38 players remaining, the average chip stack is just under 411,000.

In the Money in the Foxwoods Mega Stack Challenge

We are now down to the final 40 players in the Foxwoods Mega Stack Challenge and all players are guaranteed at least $2,803.

Foxwoods Mega Stack Chip Leader Ramy Ibrahim

Ramy Ibrahim

Ramy Ibrahim has taken a commanding chip lead in the Foxwoods Mega Stack Challenge Main Event. With 43 players remaining, Ibrahim already sits on over 1,400,000 in chips, nearly what the average will be at the final table.

Mark Epstein Eliminated

Mark Epstein

Mark Epstein has been eliminated in 44th place when his pocket jacks failed to catch up to his opponent's pocket aces.

Break Time Near the Bubble

The players are now on a 10-minute break.

When they return, the blinds will be increased to 6,00-12,000 with a 2,000 ante.

With 44 players remaining, the average chip stack is now 355,000.

The top 40 spots will finish in the money.

Paul Snead Eliminated

Paul Snead

Paul Snead was eliminated from the Foxwoods Mega Stack Challenge Main Event in the biggest pot of the tournament when his pocket jacks failed to hold up against Ramy Ibrahim's [Ah][Kh] when a king fell on the flop.

Chip and a Chair for James Woods, Literally...

James Woods

I don't even know where to begin with this...

James Woods lost a monster pot with [As][5c] vs.[Td][Th] that he thought eliminated him from the tournament. Instead, it left him with three 1,000 chips.

With antes at 1,000, he folded the next hand. The next hand he threw in his ante and was left with one orange and, after Mike Sica raised to 20,000, he tossed it in. Sica had [Ac][Jc] to Woods' [As][8c]. The board came [7s][5d][4d][3s][8h] and Woods nailed the river to stay alive.

Now with 13,000, he moved all in with [Ah][5s] and was called by an opponent holding [Ac][As]. This time, the board ran out [7c][2s][4c][5h][3d] and Woods managed a huge chop.

The next hand he was all in again with [Kd][2d] vs. [2h][2s] and managed to hit a king on the flop despite the fact that another player stated that they folded a king.

After a big raise from Adam Hui, Woods moved all in again with [Kd][Qh]. Hui made the call and turned up [Qd][Qs]. Yet again, James Woods hit a king on the flop to stay alive.

From a single 1,000 chip, the legendary James Woods now sits on over 140,000.

Matt Kleckner Eliminated

Matt Kleckner

After two players limped in, Matt Kleckner moved all in for 164,000 before the flop with pocket tens. He got one caller in the for of A-Q. Kleckner was ahead but his opponent drilled an ace on the flop to eliminate him from the tournament.

Photos: Foxwoods Mega Stack Main Event Day 2

James Woods, Matt Kleckner


Paul Darden, Adam Hui


Paul Snead, Mike Sica


Eric Siegel, Mark Epstein

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.