Monster stacks

Players are now on break

Players are now on their second to last break of the night. When they return, blinds will be 1,000/2,000 with a 300 ante.

May 2014 - Mega Stack Challenge - Event #8 - $230 HOSE - Final Results

Place	Name	Prize
1	Michael Hollenber, Rockaway, NJ	$2,883
2	Aditya Prasetyo, Cambridge, MA	$1,881
3	Peter Masuck, Norwich, CT	$1,881
4	Alan Robinson, Ledyard, CT	$1,067
5	Timothy Goulter, Marblehead, MA	$824
6	Undisclosed	$631
7	Jeffrey Cohen, Jefferson, MA	$533

Dinner break is over

Players are back from their dinner break. Blinds are now 600/1,200 with a 200 ante.

May 2014 - Mega Stack Challenge - Event #7 - $230 NLH Bounty - Final Results

Place	Name	Prize
1	Andrew Connolly, Melrose, MA	$5,230
2	Paul Brauer, Springfield, MA	$4,853
3	Leonard Rinas, Bristol, CT	$3,165
4	Andrew Lauer, Granby, CT	$2,583
5	Julio Estevez, Hackensack, NJ	$2,016
6	Louise Russell, Danbury, CT	$1,642
7	John O. Matson, Hope Valley, RI	$1,377
8	Kevin Durgin, Scarborough, ME	$1,163
9	Joe Starratt, Middleboro, MA	$985
10	Rose Chase, North Kingstown, RI	$510
11	John Hoetjes, New Milford, CT	$510
12	Jamie Galioto, Bronx, NY	$510
13	Bart Guthrie, Southington, CT	$453
14	Jeffrey Millett, Purchase, NY	$453
15	James Woods, West Hollywood, CA	$453
16	David Christiano, Monroe, CT	$425
17	Pietro Curini, Millbury, MA	$425
18	Dmitri Pidvysotski, West Hartford, CT	$425
19	Robert Delorenzo, Patterson, NY	$397
20	John Yetishefsky, Glastonbury, CT	$397
21	Paul Cardillo, Cranston, RI	$397

Players are now on dinner break

The board reads 103 players remaining, and they are now on their one hour dinner break.  Play will resume at approximately 8:25pm EST, when the blinds will be 600/1,200 with a 200 ante.

Chip counts from level 11

Tesfay Begazyon leads the pack with 178,000

Level 11 is halfway done, and after this level, players will be on their one hour dinner break.  Here are chip counts for our notable players:

Tesfay Begazyon 178,000
Chris Tryba 122,300
Twitter guy 86,700
Sherwin "The Fox" Agard 82,000
Dilipkumar Patel 80,000
Will "The Thrill" Failla 75,500
Michael Nye 68,400
Jeremy Meacham 50,300
Dena Pearlman 33,400
Kevin Calenzo 25,000
David Stefanski 12,000

$1,200 Mega Stack Prize Pool & Payouts

There were a total of 244 entrants for the $1,200 Mega Stack, creating a $265,960 prize pool.  The top 27 players will be in the money, with a min-cash worth $2,579.  Here are the full payouts:

1st Place: $61,529
2nd Place: $37,923
3rd Place: $24,508
4th Place: $20,123
5th Place: $15,221
6th Place: $12,125
7th Place: $9,803
8th Place: $7,869
9th Place: $6,204
10th-12th Place: $4,385
13th-15th Place: $3,869
16th-18th Place: $3,611
19th-21st Place: $3,353
22nd-24th Place: $3,095
25th-27th Place: $2,579

Vinny Maglio has been eliminated

We didn't catch the hand but we saw Vinny Maglio walking away from the tournament area. He has been eliminated from the main event.

Third break of the day

Players are now on a 15 minute break. When they return, blinds will be 400/800 with a 100 ante. Levels for the rest of the tournament will be 50 minutes in length.

Photos from around the room

Will "The Thrill" Failla

Dave Stefanski

Dena Pearlman

Jason Haller

Je Wook Oh & Michael Nye

Jeremy Meacham

Kevin Calenzo

Sherwin "The Fox" Agard

Tesfay Begazyon

Vinny Maglio

Chris Tryba

Players are now on break

Players are now on their second break of the day. When they will return, blinds will be 200/400 with a 50 ante.

Players are now on break

Cards are in the air for the $1,200 Main Event

Event #9 $1,200 NLH is now under way.  This tournament is the Main Event of this series, and has a $200,000 Guarantee.  Players start with 30,000 chips and play nine 40 minute levels, while the rest are 50 minutes.  Registration is open until the end of level 9.

You can watch our Featured Table live at www.FoxwoodsLive.com.

YouTube Video: $400 Mega Stack Final 3 Tables

YouTube Video: $400 Mega Stack Final 3 Tables

May 2014 - Mega Stack Challenge - Event #6 - $400 NLH - Final Results

Place	Name	Prize
1	Daniel Guzman, New London, CT	$25,757
2	Tesfay Begazyon, Atlantic City, NJ	$21,500
3	Kyle Norton, Stony Point, NY	$12,306
4	Sherwin Agard, Randolph, MA	$9,423
5	Dilipkumar Patel, Milwaukee, WI	$7,032
6	Thomas Coan, Hauppauge, NY	$5,626
7	Zach Daly, Stoneham, MA	$4,641
8	Geraldine Warm, Brewster, NY	$3,657
9	Christopher Amaral, Fall River, MA	$2,826
10	Jameson Voll, Charlotte, VT	$2,053
11	Charles Saleba, Worcester, MA	$2,053
12	Joseph Nelligan, West Roxbury, MA	$2,053
13	Jake Vo, Quincy, MA	$1,772
14	Zhang Huang, Saint Augustine, FL	$1,772
15	Brian Barbessi, Monroe, CT	$1,772
16	Arthur Desjardins, Coventry, RI	$1,561
17	Alan Becker, Stamford, CT	$1,561
18	Daniel Kusnerak, Newton, NC	$1,561
19	Kevin Fraser, Hopkinton, MA	$1,350
20	Vesel Haxhillary, Waterbury, CT	$1,350
21	Jeremy Meacham, Edgartown, MA	$1,350
22	David Grandieri, Cheshire, CT	$1,139
23	Heidi Alexander, Gardner, MA	$1,139
24	Randolph Spain, Brewer, ME	$1,139
25	David Deely, New Durham, NH	$998
26	Nicole DeFrancesco, Wallingford, CT	$998
27	Gene Santora, Manhasset, NY	$998
28	Daniel Shapiro, Great Neck, NY	$886
29	Alex Gomez, Hartford, CT	$886
30	Tomislav Dobrilovic, West Nyack, NY	$886
31	Christopher Wall, Harwinton, CT	$886
32	Daniel Yanofski, West Orange, NJ	$886
33	Marty Gorenc, Port Orange, FL	$886
34	David Stefanski, East Lyme, CT	$886
35	Michael Nye, East Bridgewater, MA	$886
36	Joseph Martucci, Easton, CT	$886
37	Sean Davidson, Boston, MA	$787
38	Richard Diotalevi, Milford, MA	$787
39	Rajendra Patel, Meriden, CT	$787
40	Joseph Pitti, East Meadow, NY	$787
41	Shawn Wilder, Boylston, MA	$787
42	Thomas Nguyen, Chelmsford, MA	$787
43	John Caputo, East Haven, CT	$787
44	Daniel Chalifour, Swanzey, NH	$787
45	Joseph Matos, Stratford, CT	$787
46	Larry Goldstein, Ronkonkoma, NY	$689
47	David Riggillo, Stoneham, MA	$689
48	Robert Ricciuti, Johnston, RI	$689
49	Ryan Feldman, Bristol, CT	$689
50	Gory Boulay, Tolland, CT	$689
51	Elan Chabi, Brooklyn, NY	$689
52	William Foxen, Cold Spring Harbor, NY	$689
53	Mario Crisafi, West Haven, CT	$689
54	Richard Pacheco, Marshfield, MA	$345
55	Mark Perry, Cheshire, CT	$344

1st Place: Daniel Guzman ($29,184)

2nd Place: Tesfay Begazyon ($18,073)

Heads up chip counts

Daniel Guzman (left) - 6,300,000 vs. Tesfay Begazyon (right) - 1,900,000

3rd Place: Kyle Norton ($12,306)

Daniel Guzman raised preflop and Kyle Norton moved all in.  Tesfay Begazyon took a moment before folding what he later said was pocket sixes, and Daniel made the call.

Daniel [As][Qc]
Kyle [Js][Jc]

The [Kc][Jh][3h] flop gave Daniel a set, but Kyle still had a chance with a gut-shot straight.  The board ran out [5s][2d], however, to send Kyle to the rail in 3rd place.  He will collect $12,306 for his efforts.

4th Place: Sherwin "The Fox" Agard ($9,423)

Sherwin (right) reacts to being outflopped

Sherwin "The Fox" Agard was all in with [Th][Td] and was up against Tesfay Begazyon's [Ad][8s].  Tesfay took the lead on the [As][Ks][6c] flop, and it held through the [Kd] turn and [2s] river.  Sherwin will exit this tournament in 4th place, good for $9,423.

Kyle Norton doubles through Daniel Guzman

After Daniel Guzman raised from the small blind, Kyle Norton moved all in for 1,260,00 and Daniel made the call.

Daniel [7s][7d]

Kyle [Kd][Kc]

The flop was huge for Kyle, as it fell [Kh][3h][5c].  Daniel begged for a six to come next, but instead it was a [Qd], locking up the double-up for Kyle.  The meaningless [6d] hit the river, and Daniel was knocked down to around 4,400,000.

Tesfay Begazyon doubles through Sherwin "The Fox" Agard

Tesfay Begazyon was all in preflop holding [Qs][Qh] against Sherwin "The Fox" Agard's [Kd][Jd].  A queen in the door was good for Tesfay, but it Sherwin had outs as the flop fanned out [5d][Kc][Qd].  The [6c] turn and [Tc] river kept the set of queens in front, and Tesfay will double up.

5th Place: Dilipkumar Patel ($7,032)

A huge pot was brewing between Daniel Guzman and Dilipkumar Patel.  On a [Ks][5h][4s][Js] board, Daniel bet 1,200,000 and Dilipkumar made the call.  The river was the [2h] and Daniel put Dilipkumar all in.  After a bit of a tank, Dilipkumar made the call and revealed [4h][4d] for a set.  Amazingly, Daniel produced [Kh][Kd] for another set-over-set scenario.  Dilipkumar will earn $7,032 for his 5th place finish today.

A crowd watches on as Daniel Guzman moves all in on the river

Updated chip counts at the break

The five remaining players are now on break, and blinds will be 30,000/60,000 with a 10,000 ante after the break.  Here are estimated chip counts:

Daniel Guzman - 3,500,000
Dilipkumar Patel - 2,600,000
Sherwin "The Fox" Agard - 1,100,000
Kyle Norton - 1,050,000
Tesfay Begazyon - 450,000

6th Place: Tom Coan ($5,626)

7th place finisher Zach wasn't even done getting paid out before Tom was headed to the rail, and it happened in a flash.  He was all in on a [Kc][Qd][Qh][9s][3s] board and was up up against Daniel Guzman.  Tom had a pretty good hand with [3d][3c], but it was an unfortunate river for him as Daniel held [Qc][3h].  Tom will collect $5,626 for his 6th place finish.

7th Place: Zach Daly ($4,641)

Zach Daly is headed to the rail in 7th place, and everyone at the table is shaking their heads at how it happened.  We missed the action before the turn, but we found Zach all in on a [Kc][Qc][8h][6h] board.  It was a heads up pot with Dilipkumar Patel, and he eventually made the call.  Zach showed him the nuts with [Ks][Kd], and Dilipkumar tabled his [6s][6c], saying he almost folded.  The river was amazingly the one card that could hurt Zach, and when the [6d] hit, all he could do was head to the rail to collect this $4,641 payday.  Zach handled it like a true gentleman and said he was saving his better luck for the main event.

8th Place: Geraldine Warm ($3,657)

In a battle of the blinds, Sherwin "The Fox" Agard picked up [Ah][Ac] against Geraldine Warm's [As][Tc].  The board ran out [8d][4s][Ts][2d][Qh], and the stacks were counted down.  Sherwin was slightly outchipped, so he doubled up leaving Geraldine crippled with only a couple of big blinds.  A few hands later she got the last of her chips in with [7s][6s] but could not suck out on her opponent's [Ks][9d].  Geraldine will pick up $3,657 for her 8th place finish today.

9th Place: Christopher Amaral ($2,826)

Sherwin "The Fox" Agard open shoved and Christopher Amaral called all in for a bit less.  Christopher was ahead with [As][Jc] but pointed out that he was only roughly 60% against Sherwin's [Kc][Tc].  Christopher's odds would drop as the flop fell [Qs][3h][Kd], leaving him needing a ten or an ace.  The [5c] turn and [6h] river wouldn't fill his draw, and Christopher will exit the tournament in 9th place, good for $2,826.

10th Place: Jameson Voll ($2,053)

After a raise from Kyle Norton, Jameson Voll moved all in and Kyle made the quick call.  It was a class race as Jameson had [Js][Jc] to Kyle's [Ad][Kd].  The [5s][Ts][9c] flop was safe for Jameson, as was the [2d] turn.  Jameson asked the dealer not to river him, but alas, the [Ks] hit the river to eliminate him in 10th place, good for $2,053.

Final Table Has Begun!

The final 10 players are back from dinner break and are now playing the Final Table.  You can watch all of the action live at www.FoxwoodsLive.com.

Final Table Chip Counts & Seating Assignments

Seat 1: Christopher Amaral - 395,000
Seat 2: Tom Coan - 1,080,000
Seat 3: Daniel Guzman - 1,725,000
Seat 4: Kyle Norton - 1,505,000
Seat 5: Tesfay Begazyon - 590,000
Seat 6: Sherwin "The Fox" Agard - 415,000
Seat 7: Jameson Voll - 620,000
Seat 8: Geraldine Warm - 565,000
Seat 9: Zach Daly - 875,000
Seat 10: Dilipkumar Patel - 815,000

Here are the remaining prizes to be awarded:

1st Place: $29,184
2nd Place: $18,073
3rd Place: $12,306
4th Place: $9,423
5th Place: $7,032
6th Place: $5,626
7th Place: $4,641
8th Place: $3,657
9th Place: $2,826
10th Place: $2,053

Final table reached

On the last hand of play before dinner break, our 11th place finisher was sent to the rail. The final 10 players are now taking their seats and will resume at approximately 7:45 p.m. to play the final table.

Final 2 tables reached

The $400 Mega Stack is now down to the final 2 tables.  The remaining 18 players are now guaranteed $1,561.  There is still just under 9 minutes left on the clock for level 23, which is 8,000/16,000 blinds with a 2,000 ante.  The average stack is around 48,000.

After this level, there will be a break, and then the field will play 2 more levels before going on a one hour dinner break.

$230 Bounty Prize Pool & Payouts

Today's $230 Bounty received 197 entries, creating a $29,550 prize pool.  The top 21 players will be in the money, with a mincash worth $397.  Here are the full payouts:

1st Place: $7,164
2nd Place: $4,610
3rd Place: $2,922
4th Place: $2,340
5th Place: $1,773
6th Place: $1,404
7th Place: $1,135
8th Place: $922
9th Place: $744
10th-12th Place: $510
13th-15th Place: $453
16th-18th Place: $425
19th-21st Place: $397

YouTube Video: $400 Mega Stack Day 1B

Players are now in the money

Only 54 players remain in the $400 Mega Stack, and those players are now in the money.  All players are guaranteed at least $689, with all eyes on the $29,184 first place prize.

Players are now on break

Players are now on their first break of the day. When they return, they will be playing 3,000/6,000 blinds with a 1,000 ante.

$400 Mega Stack Day 2 is Under Way

Cards are back in the air for the $400 Mega Stack.  Players from both Day 1A and 1B have been combined into a single field, and there are 85 players remaining.  The blinds will begin today at 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante, and levels for the remainder of the tournament are 40 minutes.

You can watch our Featured Table at www.FoxwoodsLive.com.  Here is the current featured table:

Seat	Name	Chip Count
1	Gorenc, Marty	94,000
2	Feldman, Ryan	81,000
3	Masuck, Peter	74,000
4	Huang, Zhang	215,000
5	Pitti, Joe	46,500
6	Foxen, William	75,500
7	Romanow, Jason	26,000
8	Holbrook, Tom	46,500
9	Meacham, Jeremy	167,500

May 2014 - Mega Stack Challenge - Event #6 - $400 NLH - Returning Players

Table-Seat	Name	Chip Count
10-6	Norton, Kyle	386,000
5-4	Patel, Dilipkumar	310,000
5-2	DeFrancesco, Nikki	266,000
2-5	Dobrilovic, Tom	226,500
3-3	Guzman, Dan	220,000
3-6	Riggillo, David	217,500
1-4	Huang, Zhang	215,000
4-4	Nguyen, Thomas	205,500
6-5	Begazyon, Tesfay	199,500
10-8	Voll, Jameson	186,000
6-4	Stefanski, David	181,000
2-9	Spain, Randy	179,500
4-8	Vo, Jake	170,000
1-9	Meacham, Jeremy	167,500
7-1	Ortiz, Alex	162,500
4-7	Crisafi, Mario	154,000
10-4	Nelligan, Joe	141,500
5-1	Daly, Zach	140,500
3-8	Sham, Brian	135,000
8-8	Wall, Chris	134,000
3-7	Becker, Alan	132,000
5-6	Miller, William	131,000
10-2	Boulay, Gary	127,500
9-7	Chabi, Elan	123,000
10-5	Warm, Geraldine	123,000
5-9	Coan, Tom	120,000
7-2	Grandieri, David	118,000
4-6	Alexander, Heidi	111,000
8-4	Saleba, Charles	107,500
4-2	Barnes, Chris	101,500
2-1	Davidson, Sean	98,000
1-1	Gorenc, Marty	94,000
9-6	Guthrie, Bart	93,000
6-7	Trumbo, Keith	93,000
9-2	Desjardins, Art	92,000
10-9	Patel, Raj	91,500
6-1	Nye, Mike	91,000
6-9	Haxhillary, Vesel	90,000
8-1	Matos, Joe	89,000
8-2	Yanofski, Dan	88,500
7-8	Galler, Bill	86,500
9-8	Milone, John	86,000
9-4	Wilder, Shawn	83,000
9-1	Chalifour, Dan	81,500
2-3	Caputo, John	81,000
1-2	Feldman, Ryan	81,000
5-8	Shapiro, Dan	80,500
9-3	Lavoie, Michael	80,000
4-5	Schwartz, Justin	78,000
7-4	Amaral, Chris	77,000
1-6	Foxen, William	75,500
1-3	Masuck, Peter	74,000
6-8	Jackson, Christopher	72,000
7-3	Romanovitz, Keith	71,000
7-7	Kusnerak, Daniel	69,500
4-1	Perry, Mark	68,500
7-5	Gilmartin, John	68,000
5-3	Martucci, Joe	67,500
9-5	Santiago, Wilfred	66,100
2-2	Diotalevi, Richard	59,000
10-1	Lauer, Andrew	59,000
6-2	Mestieri, Cory	59,000
3-4	Santora, Gene	57,500
8-6	Deely, David	54,500
8-3	Lau, Johnny	51,000
3-9	Pelli, Dominic	51,000
9-9	Agard, Sherwin	50,000
10-3	Ricciuti, Bob	49,500
7-9	Wang, Xiao	47,000
1-8	Holbrook, Tom	46,500
1-5	Pitti, Joe	46,500
2-7	Bulbulian, Mark	46,000
2-4	Barbessi, Brian	42,000
10-7	Pacheco, Richard	41,500
3-5	Hoglund, Thomas	37,500
8-9	DeMarco, Louis	36,500
6-3	Avilla, Paul	33,500
7-6	Cannava, Brian	33,000
5-5	Fraser, Kevin	28,500
8-5	Wu, Yao	27,000
3-2	Boulanger, Diane	26,500
1-7	Romanow, Jason	26,000
2-8	Goldstein, Larry	21,000
8-7	Perry, Derrick	21,000
4-3	Sgroi, Anthony	18,000

Play has concluded for the day

The final four hands have been played and the remaining 59 players are bagging up their chips for the night. They will return tomorrow at 11am to play down to an eventual winner.

Full chip counts and seating assignments will be posted shortly.

$400 Mega Stack Prize Pool & Payouts

A total of 429 entrants played the $400 Mega Stack, creating a prize pool of $145,645.  The two chip leaders from each day are awarded $1,500 and $1,000, so that leaves $140,645 to be awarded.  The top 54 places are in the money, with a mincash worth $689.  Here are the full payouts:

1st Place: $29,184
2nd Place: $18,073
3rd Place: $12,306
4th Place: $9,423
5th Place: $7,032
6th Place: $5,626
7th Place: $4,641
8th Place: $3,657
9th Place: $2,826
10th-12th Place: $2,053
13th-15th Place: $1,772
16th-18th Place: $1,561
19th-21st Place: $1,350
22th-24th Place: $1,139
25th-27th Place: $998
28th-36th Place: $886
37th-45th Place: $787
46th-54th Place: $689

Last break of the day

Players are now on their last break of the day.  After this break, blinds will be 800/1,600 with a 200 ante.  Levels will now be 40 minutes throughout the remainder of the tournament.  After 3 levels, play will conclude for the night and the remaining players will return tomorrow at 11am to combine with the Day 1A players.  The board currently reads 96 remaining players.

Players are now on break

The tournament is now on their second break of the day.  Since there is no dinner break, this break will be 20 minutes long and the tournament staff will be coloring up and racing off the 25 chips.  The board reads 162 players remaining from the 262 that began, but we will have official numbers shortly.  When players return, they will be playing 300/600 blinds with a 100 ante.

First break of the day

Players are now on their first break of the day. When they return they will be playing 100/200 blinds with a 25 ante.  Registration is still open.

$400 Mega Stack Day 1B is Under Way

Cards are in the air for Event #6 $400 Mega Stack Day 1B.  Today is the second of two starting days, and has a $100,000 Guarantee.  Players start with 20,000 in chips and play 30 minute levels for the first 12 levels, and then 40 minute levels for the remainder of the tournament.

You can watch our Featured Table at www.FoxwoodsLive.com.

YouTube Video: $400 Mega Stack Day 1A

YouTube Video: $300 Mega Stack Final Table

YouTube Video: $300 Mega Stack Day 1 Part 2