March 2014 - Foxwoods Poker Classic - Event #1 $600 NLH - Returning Players

Place	Name	Chips	Table/Seat
1	Dragone, Tom	480,000	3-3
2	Macri, Ralph	424,500	2-6
3	Shaw, Stan	399,000	1-9
4	Anderson, David	303,000	6-1
5	Merron, Kyle	293,000	3-8
6	Vrabel, Luke	285,500	2-8
7	Methia, Ryan	281,000	2-2
8	Bulbulian, Mark	267,000	5-2
9	Rando, Eric	264,000	2-7
10	Stefanski, David	253,000	6-2
11	Wagner, Peter	244,000	4-4
12	Messer, Joseph	228,000	6-5
13	Vargo, Justin	203,500	3-9
14	Curry, Malik	198,000	4-1
15	Couzens, Dan	196,500	5-8
16	Parro, Jayme	190,000	3-1
17	Frigeria, Vincent	185,500	5-9
18	Usatii, Victor	183,000	5-3
19	Deneen, Zack	178,000	1-5
20	Alexander, Heidi	175,500	2-4
21	Mitchell, Todd	175,500	3-6
22	Maniscalco, Anthony	170,500	3-4
23	Lavoie, Michael	169,000	4-8
24	Kitain, Eric	168,000	4-3
25	Selig, Scott	163,500	2-5
26	Loosian, Derek	162,000	4-6
27	Barbessi, Brian	150,000	2-1
28	Flynn, Jamie	149,000	6-7
29	Goldstein, Rob	146,000	1-4
30	Hurley, Jeff	143,500	1-3
31	Antley, Jeff	140,000	6-6
32	Farnen, Don	137,000	3-5
33	Darden, Paul	118,500	6-3
34	Roche, William	117,000	3-7
35	Sprague, Joe	104,500	6-4
36	Ganias, Chris	101,000	5-4
37	Kosakowski, Alexander	97,000	4-9
38	Shea, Michael	89,000	4-7
39	Tieri, Joseph	88,000	5-5
40	Harris, Roger	86,000	1-8
41	Hemingway, Ryan	83,500	5-6
42	Borges, Al	82,500	6-9
43	Borden, Bill	81,500	1-1
44	Dougherty, Neal	74,500	6-8
45	Pocknett, David	71,500	1-2
46	Savino, Michael	66,500	5-7
47	Chung, Eric	65,000	3-2
48	Chalifour, Dan	61,500	4-2
49	LaScala, Kevin	59,000	2-3
50	Houle, Charlie	26,000	1-6

February, 2014 Foxwoods - CardPlayer Poker Tour - Event #9 $1,650 NLH Main Event - Final Results

February, 2014 Foxwoods - CardPlayer Poker Tour - Event #10 $500 NLH - Final Results

February, 2014 Foxwoods - CardPlayer Poker Tour - Event #7 $400 NLH - Final Results

February, 2014 Foxwoods - CardPlayer Poker Tour - Event #10 $500 NLH - Returning Players

Place	Name	Chips	Table/Seat
1	Long, Rohan	435,000	3-2
2	Kostrov, Gennadiy	298,500	1-3
3	Jaffee, Larry	258,000	3-1
4	A. Y.	245,000	1-7
5	Araujo, Rob	215,000	3-8
6	Barrett, Chris	191,000	2-6
7	Magner, James	191,000	1-1
8	Gardner, Jason	189,500	2-5
9	Escobalez, John	188,500	2-7
10	Carey, Kyle	182,000	2-8
11	Hilton, Damon	174,500	4-6
12	Storella, Johanna	166,500	4-7
13	Patch, Stephen	161,500	3-7
14	Hanley, Ryan	150,500	3-3
15	Dobkin, Yevgeniy	147,000	1-9
16	Levy, David	145,500	4-1
17	Curry, Malik	136,000	2-3
18	Boodoo, Lee	121,500	4-3
19	Beaudoin, Ronald	112,000	4-8
20	Jackson, Daniel	112,000	1-8
21	Schneider, Don	111,500	2-4
22	Oh, Jewook	111,000	3-5
23	Testa, Steve	111,000	4-4
24	Mom, Sotheara	110,000	3-9
25	Ortiz, Alex	100,000	4-2
26	Chin, Derek	91,500	3-4
27	Makridakis, John	83,000	3-6
28	Capello, Joseph	79,500	2-9
29	Wang, Zhong	76,500	2-1
30	Evanier, Marc	67,500	4-5
31	Roselius, Stephen	60,500	1-6
32	Zara, Greg	60,500	1-5
33	Fisch, Andrew	59,500	1-2
34	Walsh, Thomas	53,500	4-9
35	Houle, Charlie	49,000	2-2
36	Salaices, Rich	11,000	1-4

February, 2014 Foxwoods - CardPlayer Poker Tour - Event #9 $1,650 NLH - Day 3 Returning Players

Foxwoods Card Player Poker Tour - Event #009 - $1,650 NLH Championship - Day 2 Returning Players

Place	Name	Chips	Table/Seat
1	Pease, Ronald	336,800	2-8
2	StVincent, Bradley	268,000	11-1
3	Skinner, Robert	220,000	8-5
4	Kostrov, Gennadiy	194,700	9-2
5	Silberzweig, Matthew	187,000	1-7
6	Cyr, Nicholas	185,100	8-3
7	Kluchman, David	181,800	11-4
8	Bianco, Benedetto	181,200	1-6
9	Lavoie, Michael	177,700	4-2
10	Calnan, Jason	165,000	8-1
11	Pahuja, Vineet	146,800	12-7
12	Thomas, Tom	145,400	10-1
13	Rubin, James	144,900	2-4
14	Pignataro, Daniel	142,200	4-5
15	Kelly, Patrick	135,000	10-2
16	Ludwick, Jordan	129,800	3-5
17	Mostafa, Ryan	126,000	7-1
18	Starratt, Joe	124,100	6-8
19	Singer, Jameson	119,600	9-9
20	Lieberman, Mark	118,600	5-2
21	Tryba, Christopher	114,500	6-7
22	Konrad, Gregory	112,000	10-7
23	Schonbach, Chris	110,900	9-1
24	Espinola, David	109,500	2-7
25	Lichtman, Kurt	108,600	7-6
26	Bennett, Nicholas	100,000	1-9
27	Ricciuti, Robert	100,000	7-5
28	Esposito, Michael	98,000	1-4
29	Lavin, Karen	94,500	8-4
30	Bramley, Mark	94,000	10-5
31	Einsidler, Jeff	93,300	10-3
32	Andrews, John	92,700	9-7
33	Cappello, Lucian	92,500	9-5
34	Methia, Ryan	89,200	2-1
35	Vela, Michael	88,700	5-1
36	Leskowitz, Bryan	87,300	1-5
37	Cunningham, William	87,000	5-9
38	Wuerz, Jessica	86,800	12-5
39	Long, Rohan	84,300	5-7
40	Taylor, Samuel	83,700	6-4
41	Malkotsis, Spyros	83,600	2-3
42	Saeed, Omar	82,600	1-3
43	Ruberto, Anthony	78,400	1-2
44	Eriquezzo, Ryan	78,200	11-5
45	Jennings, William	77,800	2-6
46	Bitker, Adam	76,800	4-1
47	Stefanski, David	74,400	5-4
48	Leong, Christopher	73,900	3-8
49	Palombizio, Roger	72,000	8-8
50	Juricek, Steven	71,800	8-2
51	Flowers, Frank	70,900	6-2
52	Chin, Derek	70,500	7-9
53	Israelashivili, Roland	69,300	9-6
54	Jarvela, Michael	69,200	5-5
55	Hammouda, Bassioni	67,700	1-8
56	Zola, Matthew	67,700	3-6
57	Dobrilovic, Tomislav	66,500	4-7
58	Lavigueur, Daniel	62,500	5-6
59	Boesel, Kevin	62,000	5-3
60	Dentale, Michael	61,100	11-6
61	Campbell, James	58,700	7-7
62	Allain, Robert	57,800	12-1
63	Albin, Joshua	55,500	7-2
64	Butler, Thomas	55,200	7-4
65	Kim, Sung	55,000	2-2
66	Schino, Kim	51,600	1-1
67	Zinno, Anthony	51,300	12-6
68	Sklar, Craig	50,900	3-9
69	Smith, Aaron	50,100	11-2
70	Dombrowski, Hilary	49,000	8-9
71	Adams, Justin	47,400	4-4
72	Clark, James	47,400	9-3
73	Papa, Christopher	46,300	12-2
74	Everett, Peter	44,600	3-4
75	Ohannessian, Arthur	44,200	3-3
76	Herskowitz, Keith	43,800	6-5
77	Paul, Francis	43,100	11-3
78	Ibraham, Ramy	43,000	10-4
79	Knezevich, Phillip	42,900	11-8
80	Jordan, Richard	42,800	10-8
81	Casciola, Phillippe	42,100	10-9
82	Eng, Gordon	41,800	7-3
83	Anderson, Rory	40,800	4-3
84	Nelson, Christopher	40,000	8-6
85	Ortizgomez, Alex	40,000	8-7
86	Ruvolo, Giuseppe	38,800	6-3
87	Silberstein, Ken	37,600	4-6
88	Wachter, William	36,800	3-7
89	Khoshkhou, Ghloamreza	36,300	6-6
90	Holtz, Robert	35,800	7-8
91	Cleary, Sean	35,400	2-5
92	Iacovelli, Jonathan	28,700	4-8
93	Awalt, Mark	28,500	11-9
94	Kamer, Russell	26,000	10-6
95	Canedy, Corwin	25,200	5-8
96	Leunis, William	22,500	4-9
97	Grimes, Terry	21,600	9-4
98	Gilbert, Robert	21,200	12-8
99	Paradis, Maurice	20,100	6-1
100	Schino, Frank	19,900	12-9
101	Carey, Kyle	18,500	3-2
102	Pizzolato, Giuseppe	18,500	12-4
103	Sorscher, Jonathan	17,100	12-3
104	Miron, James	14,700	3-1
105	Flynn, Jamie	14,000	9-8
106	Rosado, Benjamin	12,700	6-9

February, 2014 Foxwoods - CardPlayer Poker Tour - Event #1 $600 NLH - Returning Players

February, 2014 Foxwoods - CardPlayer Poker Tour - Event #1 $600 NLH - Returning Players

Place	Name	Chips	Table/Seat
1	Israelashvili, Roland	443,500	1-7
2	Azzaro, Michael	440,500	8-7
3	Geddes, Linsford	385,000	8-4
4	Maxtone-Graham, Guy	356,500	3-1
5	Hupart, Brett	254,500	7-7
6	St.Vincent, Brad	252,500	7-5
7	Wiley, Brendan	248,500	6-8
8	Romaine, William	229,000	8-8
9	Fraser, Kevin	222,500	8-9
10	Anderson, Rory	221,500	5-5
11	Jordan, Richard	220,500	1-1
12	Giordano, Jeffery	201,500	7-8
13	Schonbach, Chris	201,500	3-6
14	Eng, Gordon	201,000	4-4
15	Sanker, Sean	195,500	3-9
16	Kassatly, Charles	194,500	1-2
17	Leong, Christopher	193,000	4-9
18	Geoghegan, Jim	190,000	6-5
19	Carleton, David	184,000	1-9
20	Shannon, Michael	183,000	4-7
21	Carey, Kyle	182,000	2-4
22	Swears, Linda	180,000	5-9
23	Spencer, Ted	178,000	2-8
24	Hughes, Chris	173,000	2-3
25	Campo, Peter	158,500	3-4
26	Luty, David	158,000	7-9
27	Pignataro, Daniel	158,000	8-6
28	Thomas, Milton	156,000	4-1
29	O'Donnell, Robert	150,500	3-7
30	Brown, Rob	148,500	5-1
31	Smallbone, Kinnon	147,000	5-7
32	Clark, Jim	146,000	2-7
33	Long, Rohan	138,000	6-4
34	Sankaran, Krishna	137,000	7-3
35	Ruotolo, Jason	133,000	6-3
36	Schinco, Kim	132,500	1-3
37	Malkotsis, Spyros	130,500	2-9
38	Dombrowski, Hilary	130,000	3-2
39	O'Donnell, Patrick	127,500	1-6
40	Kernan, Kevin	123,000	8-5
41	Hammond, Steve	116,500	7-2
42	Lieberman, Mark	111,500	7-4
43	Sullivan, Ryan	111,000	5-8
44	Hammouda, Bassioni	108,000	4-6
45	Sandberg, John	108,000	4-8
46	Guarino, Joseph	106,500	3-3
47	Palombizio, Roger	103,500	3-8
48	Baxter, Daryll	98,500	2-1
49	Herold, Peter	97,000	6-9
50	Inman, Scott	97,000	6-6
51	Methia, Ryan	94,500	5-4
52	Ricci, John	88,000	5-6
53	Catala, Juan	85,500	1-5
54	Ghods, Ehsan	77,000	5-2
55	Polinsky, Alexander	76,000	2-6
56	Tieri, Joe	75,500	2-5
57	Reed, Billy	75,000	3-8
58	Kelliher, Tim	73,500	8-1
59	Ackley, Peter	68,500	6-2
60	Chaves, David	63,000	4-2
61	Gilbert, Keith	54,500	7-1
62	Merron, Kyle	49,500	8-3
63	Blake, Jeff	45,500	4-3
64	Zisk, Richard	39,500	6-1
65	Ramakrishna, Shashi	19,500	1-8
66	Bueti, Tony	14,500	1-4

Giuseppe Pizzolato Wins the Foxwoods Mega Stack Challenge Main Event ($52,127)

Congratulations to Giuseppe Pizzolato, the winner of the December Foxwoods Mega Stack Challenge.

For his victory, Pizzolato takes home $52,127 and the Mega Stack Challenge trophy!

Thanks to all of our players and have a happy holidays!

Matthew Stark Eliminated in 2nd Place ($36,066)

Matthew Stark has been eliminated from the Foxwoods Mega Stack Challenge Main Event in second place.

Stark and Giuseppe Pizzolato chopped up the remaining $10,000 in the prize pool as well.

Matthew Stark takes home at total of $36,066.

Alias Mourtadh Eliminated in 3rd Place ($22,302)

Alias Mourtadh has been knocked out in third place.  He takes home $22,302 for his portion of the chip chop.

Frank Meaney Eliminated in 4th Place ($30,724)

Frank Meaney has been eliminated in fourth place and takes home $30,724 for his portion of the chip chop.

Seunghwan Lee Eliminated in 5th Place ($36,355)

The final five players in the Foxwoods Mega Stack Challenge Main Event have come to an agreement on a chip equity chop, leaving $10,000 on the table for the eventual winner.

They have also lowered the blinds to 20 minutes per level to speed up play.

Seunghwan Lee was just knocked out in 5th place.  For his portion of the chip chop, he takes home $36,355.

Doug Johnson Eliminated in 6th Place ($13,259)

Doug Johnson raises to 125,000 before the flop and Matthew Stark moves all-in.  Johnson calls all-in for less and they turn over:

Johnson - [As][Kh]
Stark - [Kd][Td]

Johnson has Stark dominated until the board runs out [Qc][Ts][4c][4s][4h].  Stark pairs his ten to wins the pot.

Doug Johnson is eliminated in 6th place for $13,259.

Dick Carson Eliminated in 7th Place ($10,848)

Matthew Stark raises to 90,000 and is called by Dick Carson.  Guiseppe Pissolato three-bets to 290,000 and Stark mucks.  Carson calls and the flop comes [Ah][9d][8c].

Pissolato leads out for 230,000 and Carson moves all-in.  Before the chips can even be pushed in the middle, Pissolato announces call.  They turn over:

Pissolato - [9c][9s]
Carson - [Ac][Qc]

The turn is the [8s], giving Pissolato a full house, and the river comes the [2c].  Pissolato wins the pot.

Dick Carson is eliminated in 7th place for $10,848.

Jim French Eliminated in 8th Place ($8,588)

Jim French raises to 125,000 before the flop and Guiseppe Pissolato three-bets to 295,000.  French moves all-in for around 500,000 total and Pissolato calls.  They turn over:

Pissolato - [Kc][Kd]
French - [Ad][Kh]

The board comes [Qc][9d][8s][7h][3d] and Pissolato wins the pot with his pair of kings.

Jim French is eliminated in 8th place and takes home $8,588.

Zachary Schwartz Eliminated in 9th Place ($6,644)

Jim French raises before the flop to 100,000 and Zachary Schwartz moves all-in for 690,000.  Alias Mourtadh, in the big blind, calls and French mucks his hand.  They turn over:

Mourtadh - [Ad][As]
Schwartz - [8d][8s]

The board runs out [Qh][9c][2s][7d][9s] and Mourtadh takes the pot.

Zachary Schwartz is eliminated in 9th place for $6,644.

Consetta Rinaldi Eliminated in 10th Place ($4,821)

Consetta Rinaldi moves all-in for 550,000 and Frank Meaney moves all-in for more behind her.  The action is folded around and they turn up:

Rinaldi - [Ad][Qc]
Meaney - [Th][Ts]

The board runs out [Kd][9h][3c][Tc][8d] and Meaney takes the pot with his set of tens.

Consetta Rinaldi is eliminated in 10th place for $4,821.

Mega Stack Challenge Main Event Final Table Chip Counts and Seat Assignments

We have reached the final table of ten in the $1,200 Foxwoods Mega Stack Challenge Main Event.

The blinds are currently 12,000-24,000 with a 4,000 ante for another 1:32.  The average chip stack is now 855,000.

You can watch the live stream of the final table by clicking on FoxwoodsLive.com.

Chip counts by seat assignments are as follows:

1. Seunghwan Lee  1,166,000
2. Frank Meaney  1,047,000
3. Giuseppe Pizzolato  1,027,000
4. Alias Mourtadh  1,682,000
5. Douglas Johnson  469,000
6. Jim French  652,000
7. Zachary Schwartz  1,042,000
8. Matthew Stark  666,000
9. Dick Carson  568,000
10. Concetta Rinaldi  331,000

Final payouts are as follows:

1st - $69,095
2nd - $42,187
3rd - $27,873
4th - $22,147
5th - $16,272
6th - $13,259
7th - $10,848
8th - $8,588
9th - $6,644
10th - $4,821

Mega Stack Challenge Main Event Results - 11th-12th ($4,821)

The following players take home $4,821 for their finish:

11th - Mathew Solitro
12th - Andrea Rizzo

Mega Stack Challenge Main Event Results - 13th-15th ($4,067)

The following players take home $4,067 for their finish:

13th - Larry Olanyk

14th - Anthony Serino

15th - Matthew Silberzweig

2 gross coolers to end both tournaments this weekend - I'll win someday @FoxwoodsPoker
— Anthony Serino (@Anthony__Serino) December 16, 2013

Dinner Break in the Mega Stack Challenge Main Event with 13 Remaining

The players in the Foxwoods Mega Stack Challenge Main Event are now on a one-hour dinner break.

When play resumes, the blinds will be increased to 12,000-24,000 with a 4,000 ante.

With 13 players remaining, the average chip stack is now 658,000.

We will have full chip counts and seat assignments as soon as we reach the final table of ten.

Mega Stack Challenge Main Event Results - 16th-18th ($3,615)

The following players take home $3,615 for their finish:

16th - Victor Chu
17th - Gary Chambers
18th - Ryan Eriquezzo

Ryan Eriquezzo Takes a Hit with 18 Left

Bluffed by the best hand for 1.2 mm chip pot. 190k left. #blehh #thewonderofitall

— Ryan Eriquezzo (@RyanEriquezzo) December 15, 2013

Mega Stack Challenge Main Event Results - 19th-21st ($3,163)

The following players take home $3,163 for their finish:

19th - Jason Calnan
20th - Jonas Bendiks
21st - Nicholas Gonzalez

Mega Stack Challenge Main Event Results - 22nd-24th ($2,862)

The following players take home $2,862 for their finish:

22nd - Norman Michalek
23rd - Hilary Dombrowski
24th - Sean Sanker

@FoxwoodsPoker out at 24th for $2,862. One seat kept making small ball raises if 2.5x. I looked down at Q10 in SB. His 88 held up.
— Sean Sanker (@seansanker) December 15, 2013

Mega Stack Challenge Main Event Results - 25th-27th ($2,561)

The following players take home $2,561 for their finish:

25th - Joseph Pitti
26th - David Kurtz
27th - David Espinola

Mega Stack Challenge Main Event Results - 28th-36th ($2,350)

The following players take home $2,350 for their finish:

28th - Glen Minxolli
29th - Ehsan Ghods
30th - Jacob Clifford
31st - William Dang
32nd - Brian Phelon
33rd - Laszlo Madar
34th - Jonathan Reinhardt
35th - Robert Holtz
36th - Justin Gamache

Busto @FoxwoodsPoker main in 28th after half my stack AQ < 87cc and then shipped 13bb with KQ < KJ..gg

— Glen Minxolli (@1TimeChipLeader) December 15, 2013

Connie Rinaldi Goes on a Massive Heater

Bad news: we have 20 bigs. Good news. Itm!!!!! Time to work! #alliwantforxmasis1stplace
— connie rinaldi (@garnet1178) December 15, 2013

When we reached the money in the Mega Stack Challenge Main Event, Connie Rinaldi sent out the above tweet.  She was in the money, but with less than 100,000 in chips.

Since then, Connie picked up aces and kings on back-to-back hands and has eliminated three players in the span of about 15 minutes.

She just sent out the tweet below:

The 14 minute heater. 90k to 490k.
— connie rinaldi (@garnet1178) December 15, 2013

You can watch Connie right now in the two seat at our feature table streaming live at FoxwoodsLive.com.

The Money Bubble Bursts in the Mega Stack Challenge Main Event

After just one hand of hand-for-hand play, the money bubble has burst in the $1,200 No-Limit Hold 'em Mega Stack Challenge Main Event.

All players are now guaranteed at least $2,350.

You can watch the feature table live at FoxwoodsLive.com.

Final payouts are as follows:

1st - $69,095
2nd - $42,187
3rd - $27,873
4th - $22,147
5th - $16,272
6th - $13,259
7th - $10,848
8th - $8,588
9th - $6,644
10th-12th - $4,821
13th-15th - $4,067
16th-18th - $3,615
19th-21st - $3,163
22nd-24th - $2,862
25th-27th - $2,561
28th-36th - $2,350

Day 2 of the Mega Stack Challenge Main Event Now Underway and Streaming Live!

Cards are in the air on Day 2 of the $1,200 No-Limit Hold 'em Foxwoods Mega Stack Challenge Main Event.

With 46 players remaining, the average chip stack is just under 186,000.  The blinds are now 2,000-4,000 with a 500 ante.

The final 36 players will finish in the money. You can view the full list of Day 2 chip counts and seat assignments by clicking here.

You can watch the live stream of the feature table by clicking on FoxwoodsLive.com.

Final payouts are as follows:

1st - $69,095
2nd - $42,187
3rd - $27,873
4th - $22,147
5th - $16,272
6th - $13,259
7th - $10,848
8th - $8,588
9th - $6,644
10th-12th - $4,821
13th-15th - $4,067
16th-18th - $3,615
19th-21st - $3,163
22nd-24th - $2,862
25th-27th - $2,561
28th-36th - $2,350

December, 2013 Foxwoods Mega Stack Challenge - Event #9 $1,200 NLH Main Event - Returning Players

Place	Name	Chips	Table/Seat
1	Mourtadh, Alias	612,000	3-7
2	Lee, Seunghwan	580,000	2-8
3	Serino, Anthony	386,500	6-6
4	Schwartz, Zack	380,000	6-5
5	Eriquezzo, Ryan	355,500	5-2
6	Stark, Matthew	337,000	1-1
7	Solitro, Matt	324,500	5-1
8	French, Jim	298,500	3-3
9	Pitti, Joe	253,000	3-8
10	Silberzweig, Matthew	248,000	4-9
11	Pissolato, Guiseppe	233,500	1-3
12	Rinaldi, Concetta	226,000	1-2
13	Clifford, Jacob	217,000	4-1
14	Johnson, Douglas	192,000	5-5
15	Rivkin, Eric	186,500	4-3
16	Ghods, Ehsan	184,500	5-7
17	Meaney, Frank	182,500	4-6
18	Minxolli, Glen	180,500	4-4
19	Kurtz, David	174,000	2-1
20	Olanyk, Laurence	161,000	5-4
21	Calnan, Jason	156,000	1-8
22	Rizzo, Andrea	156,000	4-5
23	Phelon, Brian	155,000	6-3
24	Dang, William	150,000	2-7
25	Reinhardt, Jon	148,500	1-9
26	Madar, Laszlo	144,000	1-4
27	Sanker, Sean	134,000	1-6
28	Michalek, Norman	133,500	2-5
29	Bird, Marten	122,000	6-2
30	Gamache, Justin	115,500	1-7
31	Spain, Randy	110,000	4-8
32	Rodriguez, Joe	108,000	2-6
33	Gonzalez, Nick	105,000	2-9
34	Dombrowski, Hilary	93,000	2-3
35	Carson, Dick	91,500	6-4
36	Holtz, Robert	84,000	5-8
37	Lewis, Jonathan	84,000	6-7
38	Kerstetter, Jamie	73,000	3-6
39	Espinola, David	70,000	3-1
40	Silva, Jim	68,500	5-3
41	Bendiks, Jonas	59,500	5-9
42	Chu, Victor	57,500	2-2
43	Hemingway, Ryan	51,500	3-9
44	Saunders, Jeff	45,500	6-8
45	Chambers, Gary	31,500	4-2
46	Gavlakian, Sarkis	28,000	3-5

Day 1 of the Mega Stack Challenge Main Event Ends with 46 Remaining

End of Day 1 chip leader Alias Mourtadh has 612,000 in chips.

Play has come to an end on Day 1 of the Mega Stack Challenge Main Event.  There are 46 players remaining and the average chip stack is just under 186,000.

Alias Mourtadh leads the field into Day 2 with 612,000 in chips.

Play will resume at noon on Sunday and play down to a champion.

Full Day 2 chip counts and seat assignments will be posted shortly.

Play to End One Level Early at the Mega Stack Challenge Main Event

Tournament officials have decided to end play on Day 1 at the conclusion of Level 16 instead of Level 17 in order to give players extra time to drive home in the winter storm.

Play will still resume on Sunday at noon as scheduled.

Back-to-Back Final Tables for Anthony Serino?

playing the Foxwoods Main today - gonna go back to back FTs.. #merryChristmas
— Anthony Serino (@Anthony__Serino) December 14, 2013

Anthony Serino is looking good on his promise to make back-to-back final tables.  Serino, who final tabled the $400 Mega Stack Challenge that wrapped up yesterday, is currently among the Main Event chip leaders with over 240,000 chips.

Less Than 100 Players Remaining in the Mega Stack Main Event

We are down to 88 players in the Foxwoods Mega Stack Challenge Main Event with a chip average of 97,000.

The blinds are currently 800-1,600 with a 200 ante in Level 13.  Play on Day 1 is scheduled to continue until the conclusion of Level 17.

You can watch the feature table live right now on FoxwoodsLive.com.

Play Resumes After Dinner Break in the Mega Stack Main Event

The players in the $1,200 No-Limit Hold 'em Mega Stack have returned from dinner break and cards are back in the air.

The blinds are now 600-1,200 with a 200 ante.  With 124 players remaining, the average chip stack is now 69,000.

You can watch the feature table live now at FoxwoodsLive.com.

Ryan Eriquezzo Holds the Mega Stack Challenge Main Event Chip Lead

With registration and re-entries now closed, we have a clear chip leader at the Foxwoods Mega Stack Challenge Main Event.

It is none other than Ryan Eriquezzo, who showed up today just to play the Main Event.

With about 166 players remaining, Eriquezzo is sitting on around 170,000 in chips, more than triple the current average.

Foxwoods Mega Stack Challenge $1,200 No-Limit Final Numbers and Payouts

We had a total of 285 entrants in the $1,200 No-Limit Hold 'em Foxwoods Mega Stack Challenge Main Event creating a total prize pool of just over $300,000.

The final 36 spots will finish in the money with first place taking home $69,095.

Final payouts are as follows:

1st - $69,095
2nd - $42,187
3rd - $27,873
4th - $22,147
5th - $16,272
6th - $13,259
7th - $10,848
8th - $8,588
9th - $6,644
10th-12th - $4,821
13th-15th - $4,067
16th-18th - $3,615
19th-21st - $3,163
22nd-24th - $2,862
25th-27th - $2,561
28th-36th - $2,350

Steve Happas Eliminated from the Main Event

Just busted all in pre with KK against AA @FoxwoodsPoker nice way to end the year. No complaints though solid year of poker!

— Steve*Dakota*Happas (@dakotablog) December 14, 2013

No Back-to-Back Mega Stack Victories for Tarun Gulati

There will be no back-to-back Mega Stack Challenge victory for Tarun Gulati.  Gulati, who won the $400 No-Limit Hold 'em Mega Stack Challenge late last night for over $26,000, was just eliminated from the Main Event.

Overall, an excellent series for Gulati who we will see again in 2014.

Up and Down Day So Far for Chris Tryba

5 way action i flop j64 with 64 for heaps @FoxwoodsPoker Main #65kish
— christopher tryba (@christryba) December 14, 2013

Played AK a lil too f as t....slammed into AA for heaps @FoxwoodsPoker #ouch
— christopher tryba (@christryba) December 14, 2013

41k on 3rd brk @FoxwoodsPoker #up+dwn
— christopher tryba (@christryba) December 14, 2013

Update from the Second Break at the Foxwoods Mega Stack Challenge Main Event

The players are now returning from their second break of the day in the $1,200 No-Limit Foxwoods Mega Stack Challenge.

We currently have 235 total entrants going into Level 7 with registration and re-entries open until the end of Level 9.

The blinds have been increased to 200-400 with a 50 ante.  There are 195 players remaining and the average chip stack is now 36,100.

You can watch the live stream of the feature table by clicking on FoxwoodsLive.com.

No 3-Peat for Dave Stefanski this year in the December Mega Stack Challenge Main Event

@BryanLeskowitz @KCalenzo @FoxwoodsPoker have a wedding to go to today..sucks I can't go for the 3peat #whitewedding
— David Stefanski (@DaveStefanski) December 14, 2013

At the 2011 December Mega Stack Main Event, Dave Stefanski chopped heads-up and took home $69,000.  Last year, Stefanski won the December Mega Stack Challenge Main Event outright for $52,359.

This year, however, there will be no three-peat for Stefanski, as he is unable to play the event due to a wedding.

We will have a new champion this series for the first time in three years!