3rd Place: Victor "Most" Paulino ($10,000)

On a [Jh][5d][Qd] flop, Victor "Most" Paulino was all in holding [Qc][5c] for two pair but was up against Ron Dalgo's [Kd][6d] for a flush draw. Ron wasted no time in hitting his draw when the turn fell [8d], and Victor prayed for the board to pair on the river. The [Js] did pair the river, but it wasn't the right card to make Victor a full house. He will exit this tournament in 3rd place, good for $10,000.

4th Place: Steve Joseph ($5,820)

Under the gun, Steve Joseph moved all in and Victor "Most" Paulino called from the button. Both James Carter and Ron Dalgo begrudingly folded their hands.

Steve [Jd][Th]
Victor [Ad][6c]

The [5s][8s][9h] flop gave Steve the best odds to win the hand with an open ended straight draw and two overs, but the [6h] turn and [9s] kept ace high in front. Steve will exit the tournament in 4th place, good for $5,820.

Victor "Most" Paulino doubles up

Ron Dalgo opened the pot under the gun before Victor "Most" Paulino moved all in from the small blind. James Carter made the call from the big blind, and Ron got out of the way.

Victor [Ah][Qd]
James [Ad][Th]

James was looking for a ten to knock out his opponent, but the [4c][8s][9h][9c][9s] board gave both places trip nines, with Victor's ace-queen kicker playing. He will double up to 570,000 with 5 minutes left at 12,000/24,000 blinds.

5th Place: Jian Wu ($4,365)

James Carter doubles up

James Carter was all in preflop holding [Js][Jc] and was flipping against [As][Kc]. James asked for low cards, and the flop came [8c][Jd][7d]. James proudly declared his opponent "drawing dead," even though he still had runner-runner outs. The [Kh] sealed the win for James, and he earned a full double up as the dealer placed the meaningless [3c] on the river.

6th Place: Wanbo Li ($3,492)

Wanbo Li was all in with [Qc][Th] and was up against the [Ad][8d] of Ron Dalgo. Wanbo hit a miracle flop when it fell [8c][9c][Jc], giving him a flopped straight with a straight flush redraw. With a 97% chance of doubling up, the dealer placed the [8h] on the turn, giving Ron trip eights and a handful of outs to make a full house and win the pot. Amazingly, the [Js] hit the river to complete that draw, and send Wambo to the rail in 6th place. He will earn $3,492 for his efforts.

Event #4 Recent Eliminations

Action has been fast and furious at the final table in Event #4 $300 NLH. With one level complete, we have already trimmed our final table from 9 players down to 6. The remaining players are guaranteed $3,492, but all eyes are on the $17,679 first place prize. Here are the recent eliminations:

7th Place: Floyd Overton ($2,837)
8th Place: Leonard Rincs ($2,328)
9th Place: Young Kang ($1,825)

Today's schedule

On today's schedule at the Foxwoods Mega Stack Challenge:

11am:
Event # 5 $230 NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
$20,000 GUARANTEED
($200 Buy-in / $30 Entry fee)
Players start with 15,000 in non-value tournament chips.
Each level will be played for 25 minutes.
Full structure is available here.

12pm:
Final Table of Event # 4 $300 NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
Full structure is available here.
Streaming live at www.FoxwoodsLive.com

A full schedule for the series is available here.

April 2015 - Mega Stack Challenge - Event #4 - $300 NLH Returning Players Day 2

Table-Seat	Name	Chip Count
1	Wu, Jian	242,000
2	Paulino, Victor	275,000
3	Overton, Floyd	325,000
4	Carter, James	760,000
5	Kang, Young	100,000
6	Li, Wanbo	258,000
7	Dalgo, Ronald	895,000
8	Rinas, Leonard	116,000
9	Joseph, Steve	445,000

Final Table Chip Counts & Seating Assignments

Here are chip counts and seating assignments for the final table:

Seat 1: Jon-Michael Creelman - 99,000
Seat 2: Jian Wu - 264,000
Seat 3: Victor "Most" Paulino - 221,000
Seat 4: Floyd Overton - 310,000
Seat 5: James Carter - 724,000
Seat 6: Young Kang - 140,000
Seat 7: Wanbo Li - 178,000
Seat 8: Ronald Dalgo - 797,000
Seat 9: Leonard Rincs - 156,000
Seat 10: Steve Joseph - 426,000

Here are the prizes left to play for:

1st Place: $17,679
2nd Place: $11,167
3rd Place: $7,202
4th Place: $5,820
5th Place: $4,365
6th Place: $3,492
7th Place: $2,837
8th Place: $2,328
9th Place: $1,825
10th Place: $1,273

Final Table Reached

With the elimination of our 11th place finisher, the final table has been reached. Players are redrawing for seats at the unofficial final table, and play will continue until the end of the level or when one more player has been eliminated.

Last level of the night

It's almost midnight and Day 1 of Event #4 $300 NLH is almost done for the day. The last level of the night has just begun, 6,000/12,000 with a 2,000 ante. Only 14 players remain, and the day will conclude early if the final players are reached.

Event #4 is now in the money

Hand for hand play didn't even begin when we lost a player in 25th place, leaving the rest of the field in the money.

Event #4 is now on the bubble

With the elimination of our 26th place finisher, we are now hand for hand. The next player eliminated will be the Bubble Boy, while the remaining 24 players will be guaranteed a $909 payday.

Event #4 $300 NLH Prize Pool & Payouts

There were a total of 221 entries in Event #4 $300 NLH, which missed the $75,000 Guarantee by a large margin. Foxwoods will add $17,540 to meet that guarantee. Here are the payouts after the 3% staffing fee:

1st Place: $17,679
2nd Place: $11,167
3rd Place: $7,202
4th Place: $5,820
5th Place: $4,365
6th Place: $3,492
7th Place: $2,837
8th Place: $2,328
9th Place: $1,825
10th-12th Place: $1,273
13th-15th Place: $1,127
16th-18th Place: $1,054
19th-21st Place: $982
22nd-24th Place: $909

Today's schedule

On today's schedule at the Foxwoods Mega Stack Challenge:

11am:
Event # 4 $300 NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
($260 Buy-in / $40 Entry fee)
$75,000 GUARANTEED
“With Re-Entries”
Two Day Event
Players start with 15,000 in non-value tournament chips.
Levels will be played for 30 minutes.
Full structure is available here.

A full schedule for the series is available here.

2nd Place: Jeff Cohen ($21,856)

3rd Place: Don Farnen ($18,500)

Don Farnen was all in preflop holding [As][3d] and was behind Jeff Cohen's [Ah][Ks]. The [9c][9h][4s] flop gave Don chop outs, but the ace-king high held up through a [7s] turn and [8s] river. Don will earn $18,500 for his 3rd place finish.

4th Place: Frank Williams ($18,500)

Frank Williams was all in preflop holding [As][Kc] against Don Farnen's [Qh][Qc]. Earlier in this final table ace-king couldn't lose, but lately it can't win. The board ran out [Jh][7d][3d][5d][3c] to keep the queens in front, sending Frank to the rail in 4th place. He will earn $18,500 for his efforts.

Five way deal reached

The final five have just agreed to a deal. All five, with fairly equal stacks, will each take $18,500 a piece. The tournament will be winner take all for the remaining $5,356, so the winner will walk away with $23,856.

6th Place: Jonathan Ray ($7,307)

Jonathan Ray moved all in from the button and was called by Jeff Cohen in the small blind. John Quirk got out of the way, and Jonathan received the bad news: his pocket sevens had run into Jeff's pocket jacks. The board ran out pure, and Jeff's jacks held up to send Jonathan to the rail in 6th place. He will earn $7,307 for his efforts.

William Dang doubles through Frank Williams

William Dang was all in preflop holding [Ad][Kh] and was up against the [As][Qs] of Frank Williams. William quickly became an underdog when the flop fell [9s][Th][8s], giving his opponent a flush draw, a straight draw, and a live queen. The [7c] turn gave William's opponent three more outs to chop. Amazingly, the [Ah] hit the river, saving William from elimination. He will double up to 1,300,000.

Updated chip counts at dinner break

The final 6 players in Event #1 $600 NLH are now on a one hour dinner break. Play will resume at 7:40pm EST.

Here are updated chip counts for the final six in seat order:

Jonathan Ray - 722,000
Jeff Cohen - 665,000
John Quirk - 1,025,000
Don Farnen - 1,412,000
Frank Williams - 1,955,000
William Dang - 720,000

Jeff Cohen doubles through John Quirk

From the button, Jeff Cohen moved all in and was snap called by John Quirk in the small blind. Don Farnen folded the big blind, and it was another race with Jeff's pocket threes against John's ace-king. The 8-4-4 flop gave John some extra outs, but the turn was a five and the river was a six to keep the small pocket pair in front. For the first time at this final table, ace-king did not win a race, and Jeff was very happy about this as he collected his double-up.

7th Place: Muhammad Abdel-Rahim ($5,977)

Muhammad Abdel-Rahim raised under the gun before Don Farnen moved all in from the button. Action folded back to Muhammad who called all in for less, tabling [Js][Jc]. It was a good call as Don had [Ah][Kd], so it would be another coin flip at this final table. The [7c][3d][Kc] flop put Don in front, but the [8c] gave Muhammed a club flush draw to go with his two jack outs. As Don chanted, "No! No! No!" the dealer put the [Td] on the river, and Don's pair of kings would hold up. Muhammad will exit this tournament in 7th place, good for $5,977.

8th Place: Eric Kitain ($4,733)

On a [7c][7h][Ah] flop, Frank Williams bet out 170,000 before Eric Kitain moved all in. Frank thought about it for a bit but eventually made the call, seeing that his [Ac][Ts] was behind Eric's [Ad][Jh]. Frank asked for a king to chip, but instead the [Td] hit the turn to leave Eric in bad shape. He would need a jack to survive, but instead the [Ks] hit the river. Eric will earn $4,733 for his 8th place finish today.

9th Place: John Brakatselos ($3,666)

From under the gun, John Brakatselos moved all in and was called by Don Farnen on the button. It was a cooler as John had picked up [Ad][Kc] to Don's [As][Ac]. The [Jh][5c][2h] gave John two backdoor straight draws, and the [4c] turn meant he could hit a three to chop. But the river was the [Qs], sending John to the rail in 9th place. He will collect $3,666 for his efforts today.

10th Place: Samrish Variyath ($2,656)

John Quirk raised under the gun and action folded around to Samrish Variyath in the big blind who moved all in. John asked for a count and eventually made the call with [Ac][Kd], which was flipping against Samrish's [Qs][Qc]. Samrish asked the dealer to keep it low, but the [6s][Ah][4d] flop was not what he wanted. He needed to catch one of the two remaining queens, but the [4c] turn and [8d] river didn't hit him. Samrish will exit this tournament in 10th place, good fro $2,656.

Jonathan Ray doubles through Don Farnen

On the first hand of the final table, Jonathan Ray moved all in from UTG+1 for 264,000 at 10,000/20,000 blinds with a 3,000 ante. Action folded to Don Farnen in middle position who thought before moving all in over the top. The rest folded, and the two showed their hands:

Jonathan [Qh][Jh]
Don [9h][9c]

The board ran out [4h][Qs][2d][Tc][Jd] to give Jonathan the double up. Meanwhile, Don has seen his chip count drop to just under 500,000.

Event #1 Final Table Chip Counts & Seating Assignments

Here are chip counts & seating assignments for the final table:

Seat 1: Jonathan Ray - 267,000
Seat 2: Jeff Cohen - 419,000
Seat 3: Samrish Variyath - 451,000
Seat 4: John Quirk - 889,000
Seat 5: Don Farnen - 769,000
Seat 6: Frank Williams - 965,000
Seat 7: William Dang - 711,000
Seat 8: John Brakatselos - 346,000
Seat 9: Eric Kitain - 447,000
Seat 10: Muhammad Abdel-Rahim - 1,195,000

Here are the prizes left to be played for:

1st Place: $38,077
2nd Place: $23,247
3rd Place: $15,360
4th Place: $12,205
5th Place: $8,967
6th Place: $7,307
7th Place: $5,977
8th Place: $4,733
9th Place: $3,666
10th Place: $2,656

Event #1 Final Table Reached

We lost Kyle Carey in 11th place when his ace-ten was rivered by his opponent's ace-deuce. With that elimination, we are now at the final table. The final 10 players are drawing for their seats, and the tournament staff are getting chip counts. We will be resuming shortly.

15th Place: Ralph Macri ($2,241)

Ralph Macri was all in preflop with [Qc][Ts] and was racing against his opponent's [9s][9h]. The [8h][Ac][9d] flop gave Ralph's opponent a set, but Ralph had his own gutshot straight draw. He hit it on the [Jc] turn, but Ralph would still need to dodge the ten outs for his opponent to make a full house. The [8s] that hit the river was one of those outs, and Ralph will be eliminated in 15th place. He will collect $2,241 for his efforts.

Event #3 $230 Omaha/8 Prize Pool & Payouts

There were a total of 63 entrants in Event #3 $230 Omaha/8, creating a prize pool of $12,222. The top 9 players will be in the money, with a mincash worth $427. Here are the full payouts:

1st Place: $3,667
2nd Place: $2,567
3rd Place: $1,589
4th Place: $1,222
5th Place: $916
6th Place: $734
7th Place: $611
8th Place: $489
9th Place: $427

Event #2 $230 Bounty Prize Pool & Payouts

There were a total of 192 entrants in Event #2 $230 Bounty, creating a prize pool of $27,647. The top 21 players will be in the money, with a mincash worth $387. Here are the full payouts:

1st Place: $6,981
2nd Place: $4,493
3rd Place: $2,848
4th Place: $2,280
5th Place: $1,728
6th Place: $1,369
7th Place: $1,106
8th Place: $898
9th Place: $724
10th-12th Place: $497
13th-15th Place: $442
16th-18th Place: $414
19th-21st Place: $387

18th Place: Ryan Methia ($1,992)

Ryan Methia was all in preflop holding pocket jacks and was up against his opponent's king-queen. The ace high flop kept the jacks in front, and the turn was a brick. But a king fell on the river, delivering Ryan a knock-out blow. He will collect $1,992 for his 18th place finish.

Notable chip counts from the final 18

Blinds are 6,000/12,000 with a 2,000 ante, and the average stack is 359,000. Here are updated chip counts for notable players still in the field:

Ralph Macri - 386,000
Joe Hillard - 360,000
John Quirk - 280,000
Ryan Methia - 115,000

Final 2 tables reached

With the elimination of our 19th place finisher, we have reached the final 2 tables in Event #1 $600 NLH. Players will be redrawing for seats shortly. Notables still in the hunt are John Quirk, Ryan Methia, Joe Hillard, and Ralph Macri. We will bring you updated chip counts shortly.

Silvio Mantuano is the unfortunate bubble boy

On table 3, we saw two Jim Procaccini bet the river against Eric Seigel while Silvio Mantuano was all in for the side pot. Eric folded, and Jim's ace-queen high was good against Silvio's ace-seven high. Silvio will be the bubble boy, while the remaining players are in the money. Tournament staff are breaking the outer table, and all seats will be filled in on the final 4 tables.

Event #1 is now on the bubble

The day started with 42 players and we are now down to 37 remaining in Event #1 $600 NLH. The next player eliminated will be the Bubble Boy, while the remaining 36. The blinds are currently 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante.

Event #1 Day 2 is under way

Cards are in the air for Day 2 of Event #1 $600 NLH. 42 players remain, with the top 36 players making the money.

Watch our feature table at www.FoxwoodsLive.com to follow all of the action.

Today's schedule

On today's schedule at the Foxwoods Mega Stack Challenge:

11am:
Event #2 $230 NLH Bounty
$20,000 Guaranteed
($150 Buy-in / $50 Bounty / $30 Entry fee)
“With Re-Entries”
Players start with 15,000 in non-value tournament chips.
Each level will be played for 25 minutes.
Re-Entries are available through the end of registration.
Bounty Chip must be kept on the table and visible at all times.
Full structure is available here.

12pm:

Day 2 of Event #1 $600 NO LIMIT HOLD’EM “With Re-Entries”
$125,000 Guaranteed
($530 Buy-in / $70 Entry fee)
Full structure is available here.

1pm:
Event # 3 $230 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better
$10,000 Guaranteed
($200 Buy-in / $30 Entry fee)
Players start with 10,000 in non-value tournament chips.
Each level will be played for 25 minutes.
Full structure is available here.

A full schedule for the series is available here.

Foxwoods April 2015 Mega Stack - Event #1 - $600 NLH - Returning Players

Table-Seat	Name	Chip Count
1-1	Ray, Jonathan	174,500
1-2	Wantman, Matthew	303,500
1-3	Kachittavong, Soukha	104,000
1-4	Williams, Frank	284,000
1-5	Variyath, Samrish	97,500
1-6	Driscoll, Ted	210,000
1-7	Schumacher, Mark	92,500
1-8	Barnes, Wendell	127,000
1-9	Fishman, Jordan	125,500
2-1	O'Neil, Tim	99,000
2-2	Schwartz, Justin	138,500
2-3	Kraemer, Mackenzie	224,500
2-4	Zhang, Jie	71,000
2-5	Patel, Dilipkumar	145,500
2-6	OPEN SEAT	n/a
2-7	Methia, Ryan	108,000
2-8	Bazinet, Chad	128,500
2-9	Undisclosed	163,000
3-1	Kitain, Eric	75,000
3-2	Brakatselos, John	152,000
3-3	Mondello, Paul	37,000
3-4	OPEN SEAT	n/a
3-5	Pappas, Billy	260,500
3-6	Hillard, Joe	213,500
3-7	Mantuano, Silvio	149,000
3-8	Procaccini, Jim	97,500
3-9	Quirk, John	196,500
4-1	Zara, Greg	69,500
4-2	Abdel-Rahim, Muhammad	129,000
4-3	St.Vincent, Brad	83,500
4-4	Orme, Henry	288,500
4-5	Cohen, Jeff	252,000
4-6	Long, Rohan	212,500
4-7	Farnen, Don	316,000
4-8	OPEN SEAT	n/a
4-9	Carey, Kyle	93,500
5-1	Dang, William	91,500
5-2	Smith, Joseph	89,000
5-3	Dobbs, Michael	134,000
5-4	Macri, Ralph	274,500
5-5	Shotov, Victor	65,500
5-6	Miller, W.	141,000
5-7	Ricci, John	162,500
5-8	Massri, Mike	134,500
5-9	Siegel, Eric	134,000

Play has concluded for the night

With 10 minutes left in the level, a card was drawn. Three more hands were played on all tables before play had concluded for the night. 43 players will advance to Day 2, which will resume at 12pm EST. Full chip counts and seating assignments will be posted shortly.

Two levels remain

The 61 remaining players in Event #1 $600 NLH have returned from their last break of the day. The 100 chips are colored up and raced off, and the field is now playing 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante. They will play this level and one more before bagging up their chips for the night.

99 Players Remain in Event #1

With 6 minutes left in Level 12, we're down to double digits as there's 99 players remaining. The top 36 players will make the money, so there's still a bit of play left before the bubble will be burst.

Event #1 Prize Pool & Payouts

There were a total of 323 entries in Evenet #1 $600 NLH. The top 36 players will be in the money, with a mincash worth $1,295. Here are the full payouts:

1st Place: $38,077
2nd Place: $23,247
3rd Place: $15,360
4th Place: $12,205
5th Place: $8,967
6th Place: $7,307
7th Place: $5,977
8th Place: $4,733
9th Place: $3,666
10th-12th Place: $2,656
13th-15th Place: $2,241
16th-18th Place: $1,992
19th-21st Place: $1,743
22nd-24th Place; $1,577
25th-27th Place: $1,411
28th-36th Place: $1,295

Ralph Macri making a run for the chip lead

We arrived at Ralph Macri's table to count his chips and saw him bet on the button on a queen high flop. His opponent check-raised and Ralph quickly moved all in, putting his opponent to the test. He eventually made the call, Ralph's pocket aces were in front of his opponent's queen-nine. The aces held to eliminate that player, and Ralph collected a nice pot, padding his stack to 207,000 with 10 minutes until dinner break.

Event #1 cards are in the air

Cards are in the air for Event #1 $600 NLH. Players will start with 20,000 in chips, and re-entries will be available through the end of the 8th level.

You can watch our brand new live stream on Twitch at www.FoxwoodsLive.com.

Today's schedule: Event #1 $600 NLH @ 11am

On today's schedule at the Foxwoods Mega Stack Challenge:

11am:
Event #1 $600 NO LIMIT HOLD’EM “With Re-Entries”
$125,000 Guaranteed
($530 Buy-in / $70 Entry fee)
Two Day Event
Players start with 20,000 in non-value tournament chips.
Re-entries will be available through the end of the 8th level.
Levels 1 - 23 will last 40 minutes / Levels 24 + will last 50 minutes
Full structure is available here.

A full schedule for the series is available here.

April 2015 - Weekend Mini Series - Event #1 - $400 NLH Returning Players Day 2

Table - Seat	Name	Chip Count
4-4	Allain, Robert	140,500
6-5	Borges, Al	113,000
4-5	Brackesy, Steven	228,000
1-8	Brown, Michael	21,500
5-8	Caputo, John	92,000
5-5	Cinquemani, Joseph	122,000
2-4	Cooper, Matthew	87,000
3-3	Corcione, Robert	209,000
1-5	Daly, Zach	113,500
6-9	Dang, Vinny	68,000
1-9	Donnelly, Jacob	77,500
2-7	Farnen, Donald	72,000
2-2	Gamache, Justin	30,500
6-3	Gilbert, Keith	69,000
5-6	Guzzardi, Michael	50,000
5-2	Heinzmann, Joseph	68,500
4-1	Kachittavong, Soukha	193,500
2-1	Kang, Young	114,000
6-6	Kelliher, Timothy	70,000
5-7	Lane, Ronald	130,000
6-8	Lee, Seunghwan	143,500
1-3	Lowe, Michael	41,500
5-1	Lu, Meng	99,000
1-7	Macri, Ralph	121,500
6-7	Malkotsis, Spyros	274,500
3-4	Markovikj, Kikja	72,500
1-1	Matson, John	68,000
2-9	McCaughey, William	102,000
4-7	McMahon, Chad	81,000
4-6	Meed, William	54,500
4-3	Methia, Ryan	137,000
3-9	Milien, Rochefort	237,000
4-8	Miller, William	78,500
3-1	Nicastro, David	174,500
3-8	Oh, Jewook	165,000
1-2	Patel, Sunny	45,000
2-5	Perry, Mark	84,000
6-2	Pocchia, Thomas	76,000
6-4	Posa, Stephen	90,500
3-7	Ricci, John	156,000
5-3	Romano, Joseph	80,000
4-2	Scianna, Louis	100,000
3-2	Sgambato, Frank	180,000
2-6	Shaw, Stanley	249,000
2-3	Smith, Aaron	46,000
2-8	Sniffin, Kevin	133,000
6-1	Spanos, Michael	184,000
3-6	Spyratos, Gerasimos	42,000
1-6	Stewart, Daniel	113,500
1-4	Sweeney, David	82,500
5-4	Trumbo, Keith	196,500
4-9	Vo, Jake	154,000
3-5	Yanchek, Jeffrey	19,500