8th Place: David Graovaz ($5,068)

David Graovaz moved all in with [As][Jd] and was called by the superior [Ac][Ks].  When the board fell [6h][3s][3d][2d][Ah], David failed to improve his hand and was sent to the rail in 8th place.  He will collect $5,068 for his efforts.

9th Place: William Smith ($4,022)

William Smith finally moved his short stack in with [7d][4h] and was called by John Mengual's [Ah][Jh] with slightly more chips.  It was a stressful run out for John, as shown above, but the best hand held up when he rivered a flush on the [9h][3s][6s][Kh][8h] board.  William will leave this tournament in 9th place, earning $4,022 for his efforts.

Final Table Reached!

The final table has been reached in the $300 Mega Stack Challenge.  Make sure to tune in and watch our live stream at www.FoxwoodsLive.com to catch all of the final table action.  Here are the seating assignments and chip counts:

Seat 1: David Graovaz - 435,000
Seat 2: John Mengual - 360,000
Seat 3: Steven Palumbo - 1,170,000
Seat 4: William Morales - 1,615,000
Seat 5: Michael Kelly - 1,300,000
Seat 6: Jewook Oh - 4,000,000
Seat 7: Ryan Hartman - 1,420,000
Seat 8: Gerald Carlson - 255,000
Seat 9: Daniel Guzman - 1,410,000
Seat 10: William Smith - 540,000

$300 Mega Stack Day 2 has begun

Cards are in the air on day 2 of the $300 Mega Stack Challenge.  There are 27 players remaining in the tournament, and the button will start in the 3 seat with blinds at 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante.  You can watch our featured table at www.FoxwoodsLive.com -- here are those players and their chip counts:

Seat 1: Barrile, Bryan 70,000
Seat 2: Morales, William 495,000
Seat 3: Gray, Sung 530,000
Seat 4: Guzman, Dan 575,000
Seat 5: open
Seat 6: Graovaz, David 370,000
Seat 7: Zujewski, Peter 65,000
Seat 8: Fisette, Roger Jr. 695,000
Seat 9: Carlson, Gerald 450,000
Seat 10: Johnson, Brent 195,0001

Foxwoods February 2012 $300 No Limit Hold'em Mega Stack Challenge Returning Players

Place	Name	Chips	Table/Seat
1	Oh, Je Wook	1,660,000	2-6
2	Hartman, Ryan	1,180,000	3-2
3	Palumbo, Steven	1,040,000	3-7
4	Lapierre, Bernie	855,000	2-10
5	Fisette, Roger Jr.	695,000	1-8
6	Mengual, John	690,000	2-7
7	Masuck, Peter	640,000	2-1
8	Guzman, Dan	575,000	1-4
9	Gray, Sung	530,000	1-3
10	Morales, William	495,000	1-2
11	Carlson, Gerald	450,000	1-9
12	Smallbone, Kinnon	420,000	3-5
13	Kelly, Michael	405,000	3-1
14	Graovaz, David	370,000	1-6
15	Fish, Robert	365,000	3-8
16	Mekhtiyev, Emil	335,000	2-8
17	Relation, Dennis	325,000	3-4
18	Pierce, Matt	275,000	2-4
19	Smith, William	255,000	2-2
20	Manley, Rob	210,000	3-6
21	Johnson, Brent	195,000	1-10
22	Henderson, David	175,000	3-3
23	Masi, Vito	175,000	2-5
24	Hollien, Fred	135,000	3-9
25	Barrile, Bryan	70,000	1-1
26	Zujewski, Peter	65,000	1-7
27	Nowak, George	45,000	2-3

Play has completed for the day

With 28 players left, the $300 Mega Stack Challenge has wrapped up play for the day.  Tomorrow the tournament will resume at 12pm EST and play down to a winner.  Everyone still remaining has locked up at least $1,013, with first place good for $46,253.  Tune in to our live stream tomorrow to see who will win the title and the trophy!

The millionaires club

We don't know their names, yet, but two players are our live featured table have over a million in chips each.  Which one in the photo do you like more?  The player on the left who stacks them high, or the player on the right who has more stacks?

Foxwoods February 2012 Mega Stack Challenge $120 NLH Final Results

Foxwoods February 2012 Mega Stack Challenge $230 NLH Super Bounty Final Results

Foxwoods February 2012 Mega Stack Challenge $180 NLH Final Results

Foxwoods February 2012 Mega Stack Challenge $600 NLH Final Results

YouTube video: $300 Mega Stack Bubble Celebration

With 91 players remaining in the $300 Mega Stack Challenge, a player is eliminated and the room rejoices, especially a player on our live featured table with barely more than a big blind.

Click here to view the video in HD

$300 Mega Stack now in the money!

The room is buzzing with excitement as a player was just eliminated in 91st place, guaranteeing the remaining 90 players a payday of at least $646.  A player on our live stream has barely more than a big blind and is very excited.  A video will be posted of the excitement shortly.

Play is now hand for hand

With 93 players remaining in the field, the tournament is now playing hand for hand.  The top 90 players pay, so with 10 tables to go, three players could easily be eliminated on the same hand.  Therefore, each table will be playing one hand at a time.

The second color up of the day

The players have just returned from a break in which the 100 chips were colored up.  There are 132 players remaining, and they are now playing 2,500/5,000 blinds with a 500 ante.  Top 90 places get paid, with a mincash worth $646, but all eyes are on the 1st place prize of $46,253.

Players are on dinner break

The remaining players are now on their one hour dinner break.  When they return, they will be playing 2,000/4,000 with a 400 ante.

$300 Mega Stack prizepool & payouts

A whopping 855 seats were sold for today's $300 Mega Stack, almost doubling the $125,000 Guarantee!  The large field created a $222,300 prize pool, with first taking home over $46,000.  Here are the full payouts:

1st: $46,253
2nd: $28,032
3rd: $17,035
4th: $13,369
5th: $10,781
6th: $8,625
7th: $6,576
8th: $5,068
9th: $4,022
10th-12th: $2,328
13th-15th: $1,768
16th-20th: $1,380
21st-30th: $1,013
31st-40th: $927
41st-50th: $862
51st-60th: $797
61st-70th: $733
71st-80th: $690
81st-90th: $646

Blinds up, players keep on coming!

Blinds are now at 50/100, and the player count just keeps going up and up!  The board reads 650, but the line to register is almost all the way out of the Rainmaker Casino.  The tournament staff are still taking alternates, so come on down to be part of this $300 tournament with a prize pool that's now over $200,000!

$300 Mega Stack about to begin!

The Foxwoods Poker Room is PACKED with players anxious to get their start in today's $300 Mega Stack.  Any moment now the tournament will be begin.  There is a line of about 20 people waiting to register, who will likely be put in as alternates due to the high demand of today's tournament.  Look for the $125,000 Guarantee to be blown away once again!

As always, you can watch our live stream by going to www.FoxwoodsLive.com

1st Place: Joseph Smith ($28,792)

Mike Zagorites (left) and Joseph Smith (right), winners of the $600 Mega Stack tournament

Coming into heads up play, Joseph Smith and Mike Zagorites were virtually even in chips.  Rather than risk the $16,000 difference between 1st and 2nd, the two decided to chop the prize money evenly, both taking home $28,792.  They ran out one hand for the title and the trophy, and Joseph Smith found a pair to capture 1st place.

Congratulations to all of the players that cashed in this event.

Tomorrow at 11am, a brand new $300 Mega Stack tournament will begin!

3rd Place: Spiro Mitrokostas ($14,160)

Once again, Spiro Mitrokostas found himself in a massive coin flip against Joseph Smith, this time with [As][Th] vs. [6s][6h].  The board favored Joseph once again when it fell [4c][Qd][9d][4d][3s], and Spiro was eliminated in 3rd place for $14,160.

4th Place: Phuong Nguyen ($12,345)

Phuong Nguyen (right) is eliminated in 4th place

Phuong Nguyen was all in on a [3s][5c][6c] flop holding the [9h][6s], which was outkicked by Mike Zagorites's [Ks][6h].  When the turn and the river fell [As][Tc], Mike proudly proclaimed, "King plays," and pumped his fist in celebration.  We are now down to the final three players.

Action is heating up!

Spiro Mitrokostas held only 35,000 at one point when the big blind was 50,000

Just before the color up, we saw a slew of action at this 4 handed final table.

In the first confrontation, Joseph Smith and Spiro Mitrokostas got all of their chips in with a massive coin flip.  Joseph held the [Qc][Jc] against Spiro's [8s][8c].  Joseph made a straight on the river when the board ran out [Tc][6s][Kh][7s][9d].

Left with not even one big blind, Spiro put the rest of his chips in on the next hand and rivered a flush to quadruple up.  He then called all in on the next hand, and found two pair with his [Td][7s] against the [Ah][5c] of Mike Zagorites.

Phuong Nguyen had stayed quiet through all of this with his short stack, but he finally came alive when he pushed all in with [Ah][Qh] and was called by Mike, holding the [Kd][Jd].  Mike had Phuong on the ropes when the flop fell [2s][2c][Jh], but Phuong hit runner runner flush when the board ran out [9h][Kh].

The remaining four players are doing everything in their power to keep the tournament staff in place for at least the first bit of the Super Bowl.

Third time's a charm

The four remaining players have just moved the prize money around again, this time taking $500 off 1st and 2nd place and adding that $1,000 to 4th.  Here are the adjusted payouts:

1st Place: $36,878
2nd Place: $20,706
3rd Place: $14,160
4th Place: $12,345

Mitrokostas doubles through Smith

Spiro Mitrokostas started the action by raising under the gun.  Mike Zagorites folded, and Phuong Nguyen called from the small blind.  Then Joseph Smith moved all in from the big blind.  Spiro elected to call all in, and Phuong made an agonizing laydown, finally flashing pocket nines.  Spiro was in bad shape holding the [Js][Jc] against the [Ks][Kc] of Joseph.  The flop was no help for Spiro, falling [Qs][2h][Ts], but the turn brought Spiro the [Jh] he needed.  He needed to dodge a outs to a straight or a bigger set for Joseph, and he did just that when the river fell [4d].

5th Place: Jim Geoghegan ($9,850)

Jim Geoghegan opened the pot from the cutoff with an all in move and was called by Mike Zagorites.  Jim had a good hand to move all in with, the [Ac][Ts], but Mike had him crushed with the [As][Qs].  The flop of [3c][5s][2d] hinted at a chop, but the turn [Ah] and river [9d] failed to improve Jim's hand.  He will exit in 5th place, good for $9,850.

Another $1,000 chopped away!

The remaining 5 players have just made another deal, awarding 5th place an additional $1,000 off of 2nd place money.  The remaining payouts are now as follows:

1st Place: $37,378
2nd Place: $21,206
3rd Place: $14,160
4th Place: $11,345
5th Place: $9,850

6th Place: Raj Patel ($8,161)

Raj Patel moved all in in early position for 305,000, and Mike Zagorites made the call.  Everyone else folded, and Raj was slightly behind with his [Qd][Js], slightly trailing Mike's [Ad][8s].  When the board ran out [7s][Ah][Kd][2s][4h], Raj missed his straight and was eliminated in 6th place.  He will collect $8,161, $1,000 more than the original 6th place payout before the deal.

Final 6 each are $1,000 richer!

The final 6 just agreed to pay 6th place an additional $1,000 off of 1st place money.  Therefore, all of the remaining players are now $1,000 richer.  Here are the modified payouts:

1st Place: $37,378
2nd Place: $22,206
3rd Place: $14,160
4th Place: $11,345
5th Place: $8,850
6th Place: $8,161

7th Place: Marinko Matura ($5,953)

Marinko Matura was all in preflop holding the [6h][6c] against his opponent's [Ks][Kh].  His opponent's pocket kings held up through a board of [8h][8c][9h][4s][Th], and Marino was eliminated in 7th place, good for a $5,953 payday.

8th Place: Sam Granata ($4,828)

Sam Granata was all in preflop holding the [7h][7d] but was dominated by Phuong Nguyen's [Qs][Qd].  The flop all but sealed Sam's fate when it fell [6s][3d][Qc], and the [9c] turn and [As] could not save him.  Sam will exit this tournament in 8th place, good for a $4,828 payday.

Final 8 players on break

The final 8 players of this $600 Mega Stack tournament are now on break.  The tournament staff is now coloring up and racing off the 1,000 chips as they will no longer be needed.  In the photo above, Mike Zagorites has stayed behind to watch the race.  When the players return, they will be playing 15,000/30,000 blinds with a 5,000 ante.

9th Place: Bryan Barrile ($3,951)

Bryan Barrile was all in preflop holding the [Ts][Tc] and was up against the larger stack of Mike Zagorites, who held two overs with [Ac][Kc].  Unfortunately for Bryan, the board ran out [Ah][Jc][Qh][Ad][9c] and Mike's three aces won the pot.  Bryan will collect $3,951 for his 9th place finish.

10th Place: Rohan Long ($2,735)

Rohan Long was all in preflop holding the [Ah][Qh] and was called by the [Kh][Td] of Mike Zagorites.  When the flop fell [2c][Th][Kd], Rohan was looking for a jack to make a straight or runner runner.  The [Qc] gave Rohan a few additional outs, but the [2s] on the river sealed his fate.  Rohan will exit this tournament in 10th place, good for a $2,735 payday.

Mitrokostas doubles through Barrile

Spiro Mitrokostas was all in preflop with [Ks][Kd] against the [As][Kc] of Bryan Barrile.  When the board ran out [8d][Jh][3s][2d][5c], Mitrokostas doubled his 749,000 chip stack and is now 2nd in chips.

Final Table Reached!

With the elimination of Luis Vasquez in 11th place, we have reached our official final table in the $600 Mega Stack tournament.  Below are the seating assignments and chip counts for our final table.  Play will resume after a brief break with 12:47 on the clock at the 10,000/20,000 blind level.

Seat 1 - Jim Geoghegan - 495,000
Seat 2 - Sam Granata - 468,000
Seat 3 - Raj Patel - 537,000
Seat 4 - Mike Zagorites - 522,000
Seat 5 - Marinko Matura - 622,000
Seat 6 - Phuong Nguyen - 398,000 (short stack)
Seat 7 - Joseph Smith - 2,607,000 (chip leader)
Seat 8 - Spiro Mitrokostas - 972,000
Seat 9 - Bryan Barrile - 986,000
Seat 10 - Rohan Long - 225,000

Here are the payouts for the final 10:

1st: $38,378
2nd: $22,206
3rd: $14,160
4th: $11,345
5th: $8,850
6th: $7,161
7th: $5,953
8th: $4,828
9th: $3,951
10th: $2,735

12 Players Remain

There are 12 players remaining in the $600 Mega Stack tournament.  The field has just returned from break, and they are now playing 10,000/20,000 blinds with a 3,000 ante.  As soon as 2 more players bust, the remaining 10 will combine to form our official final table.  Tune in to www.FoxwoodsLive.com to watch the live stream while waiting for the Big Game!

Day 2 is Under Way

The clock has just struck high noon, and the remaining 17 players have taken their seats, and cards are in the air!  Our chip leader is Bryan Barrile with 915,000, good for 76 big blinds, while our short stack is Rohan Long with 93,000, or only 6 big blinds.

You can watch our featured table by going to www.FoxwoodsLive.com.  Here are the names and chip counts of our current featured table:

Seat 1 - Alias Mourtadh - 463,000
Seat 2 - Bryan Barrile - 915,000 (chip leader)
Seat 3 - Soukha Kachittavong - 597,000
Seat 4 - Mike Zagoritres - 647,000
Seat 5 - empty
Seat 6 - Phuong Nguyen - 214,000
Seat 7 - Luis Vazquez - 867,000
Seat 8 - Jim Geoghegan - 491,000
Seat 9 - Raj Patel - 303,000
Seat 10 - Spiro Mitrokostas - 547,000

Foxwoods February 2012 $600 No Limit Hold'em Mega Stack Challenge Returning Players

Place	Name	Chips	Table/Seat
1	Barrile, Bryan	915,000	1-2
2	Vazquez, Luis	867,000	1-7
3	Zagorites, Mike	647,000	1-4
4	Rossetti, Robert	616,000	2-3
5	Kachittavong, Soukha	597,000	1-3
6	Mitrokostas, Spiro	547,000	1-10
7	Geoghegan, Jim	491,000	1-8
8	Mourtadh, Alias	463,000	1-1
9	Peddar, Jeffrey	446,000	2-5
10	Smith, Joseph	312,000	2-1
11	Sikora, Tony	304,000	2-9
12	Patel, Raj	303,000	1-9
13	Granata, Sam	260,000	2-4
14	Matura, Marinko	253,000	2-10
15	Zamrzla, Miroslav	242,000	2-6
16	Nguyen, Phuong	214,000	1-6
17	Long, Rohan	93,000	2-8

Play has completed for the day

With 15 minutes left on the clock, the tournament staff drew a card, and the players played that many more hands before stopping for the night.

When the dust had settled, only 17 players remained from the starting field of 313. Everyone that remains is guaranteed at least $1,689, with 1st place taking home $38,378.

Play restarts tomorrow at 12pm EST, and we will be streaming live on www.FoxwoodsLive.com until a winner is declared.

Chips counts and seating assignments will be posted on www.FoxwoodsPoker.com shortly.

Bubble has burst!

The bubble has burst, and again it was on our live featured table.  The battle came between the 2 seat and the 3 seat, and the 2 seat emerged victorious when his AQ beat seat 3's pocket queens.  After a brief applause, the remaining 35 players went back to the grind, with 4 minutes left until the next break.  All players are guaranteed $1,319, with the first pay jump happening when the field is trimmed to 30 players.

On the bubble / hand-for-hand

There are now 36 remaining players in today's $600 Mega Stack tournament.  The next player eliminated will receive nothing, while the rest of the field will collect at least $1,319.  As long as the players are on the bubble, the remaining 4 tables will be dealt hand-for-hand.  With first place taking home $38,378, all 36 remaining players are sure to be in the hunt.

Nearing the bubble

The blinds have just been increased to 3,000/6,000 with a 500 ante, and there are only 40 players remaining in this $600 Mega Stack event.  The top 35 players will make the money, with a mincash worth $1,319.  Quite a few players have been eliminated from our live streaming table, so make sure to tune in to http://www.FoxwoodsLive.com to watch the bubble burst momentarily!

Players are on break

Players are now on a 10 minute break while the tournament staff races off the 100 chips.  The board reads 53 players remaining, and the blinds will be 2,500/5,000 with a 500 ante when they return.  The top 35 players will be in the money.

Players are back from dinner break

The 87 remaining players in today's $600 Mega Stack tournament are now back from dinner break.  They are now on level 14, which is 1,200/2,400 blinds with a 300 ante.  The average chip stack at this point is just under 90,000.

Players are on dinner break

There are approximately 91 players remaining in today's $600 Mega Stack tournament, and they have just left for their one hour dinner break.  When the players return, they will be playing 1,200/2,400 blinds with a 300 ante.

Players return from second break

The second break has just completed, which means hat the remaining 230 players of today's tournament are now playing 400/800 blinds with a 100 ante.  With level 9 now underway, the players will be playing 40 minute levels until level 18, rather than the 30 minute levels they were playing up until now.

Don't forget you can watch our live video stream by going to http://www.FoxwoodsLive.com

Foxwoods $600 Payouts & Final Numbers

Registration is now closed for the first event of the Mega Stack series.  The $600 No Limit Hold'em event drew 313 entrants, creating a $165,890 prize pool that shattered the $125,000 guarantee.  The top 35 players will be in the money, with the payouts as follows:

1st: $38,378
2nd: $22,206
3rd: $14,160
4th: $11,345
5th: $8,850
6th: $7,161
7th: $5,953
8th: $4,828
9th: $3,951
10th-12th: $2,735
13th-15th: $2,172
16th-20th: $1,689
21st-30th: $1,432
31st-35th: $1,319

Registration still open!

Level 4 has just begun, and the blinds are now 100/200.  The board now reads 301 players entered in the first tournament of the Mega Stack, but registration is still open for another 30-45 minutes.

Foxwoods $600 No Limit Mega Stack is Under Way

The clock here at Foxwoods Casino reads 11:00am, which means that cards are in the air for the first event of the February Mega Stack series, $600 No Limit Hold'em with a $125,000 Guarantee.  This series runs through February 12th, and you can view the full schedule of events here.

Our live video feed has been upgraded to include a flop camera so that you can follow along and view the community cards.  You can view the live stream, now running our featured table, by clicking on "Watch LIVE Featured Table" at the top of this page or going directly to http://www.FoxwoodsLive.com.

For Foxwoods poker news, results, & updates, please go to http://www.FoxwoodsPoker.com.