Play Concludes for the Night!

Day One of the $10,000 Foxwoods World Poker Finals WPT Main Event has come to an end.

Just under 180 players moved on to Day Two action.

Play will resume again tomorrow at noon.

Chip counts and seat assignments will be posted right here on FoxwoodsLive.com the moment they become available.

Seven More Hands In Day One Action

There will be seven more hands played tonight and then action will end for the night.

Cliff Josephy and Jeff Madsen Eliminated

Cliff Josephy


Jeff Madsen

Cliff Josephy and Jeff Madsen have both been eliminated from the Foxwoods World Poker Finals WPT Main Event.

Break Time in the $10K WPT Main Event

The blinds have been increased to 150-300 with a 25 ante.

This will be the final level of Day One play.

199 Players Remaining

Another table has been broke and we are down to 199 players in the Foxwoods World Poker Finals WPT Main Event.

Break Time in the $10K WPT Main Event

The players are now on their final 15-minute break of the day.

Play will continue today for one more level.

Chip Counts from the $10 WPT Main Event

Here are some additional chip counts from around the room:

Hoyt Corkins - 54,000
Barry Greenstein - 52,000
Allen Kessler - 41,000
Men Nguyen - 41,000
Eric Cajalais - 37,000
James Campbell - 33,000
Carlos Mortensen - 25,000
Jonathan Little - 19,000
Victor Ramdin - 14,000
Steve Brecher - 11,000
John Dolan - 9,000

David Williams Eliminated by Ryan Eriquezzo

David Williams raised to 600 preflop and Ryan Eriquezzo reraised to 1,350. Williams moved all in for just under 12,000 chip and Eriquezzo snap-called. They turned up:

Williams 6-6
Eriquezzo A-A

The board blanked out for Williams and he was eliminated from the Foxwoods World Poker Finals Main Event.

Eriquezzo is now up to just over 25,000.

Chip Counts from the $10 WPT Main Event

Here are some chip counts from around the room:

Miami John Cernuto - 58,000
Christian Harder - 56,000
Ronnie Bardah - 50,000
Brian Lemke - 48,000
Jason Mercier - 40,000
Ben Klier - 40,000
Erik Seidel - 39,000
Gavin Smith - 38,000
Justin Smith - 31,000
Chad Brown - 30,000
Dwyte Pilgrim - 29,000
Howard Lederer - 26,000
Kathy Liebert - 22,000
Jeff Madsen - 19,000
Cliff Josephy - 15,000
Nick Schulman - 13,000

Blind Increase in the $10K WPT Main Event

The blinds have been increased to 100-200 with a 25 ante.

Break Time in the $10K WPT Main Event

The players are now on a 15-minute break.

Photos: Foxwoods $10K WPT Day One

Justin Smith, Ronnie Bardah


Kathy Liebert, Christian Harder


Jason Mercier, Dwyte Pilgrim


Hoyt Corkins, Gavin Smith


Erik Seidel, Chad Brown


Carlos Mortensen, Bryan Piccioli


Jake Bazeley, Cliff "JohnnyBax" Josephy


Barry Greenstein, Amnon Filippi


Allen Kessler, Adam Levy


Jeff Madsen, John Dolan


Jonathan Little, Josh Arieh


Matt Brady, Matt Stout


Ryan Eriquezzo, Sorel Mizzi


Tim Begley, Vanessa Selbst


Victor Ramdin, Chris Hunichen

Nick Schulman, Gavin Smith & Erik Seidel on the Live Stream Table!

Nick Schulman has been moved to our live streaming feature table and joins both Gavin Smith and Erik Seidel.

Just click "Watch LIVE Video" at the top of the page to view the live stream.

Blind Increase in the $10K WPT Main Event

Players have returned to their seats and the blinds have been increased to 100-200.

Break Time in the $10K WPT Main Event

The players are now on a 15-minute break.

Photos: Foxwoods $10K WPT Day One

David Williams


Erik Seidel


Jason Mercier


Hoyt Corkins


Gavin Smith


Barry Greenstein


Carlos Mortensen


Justin Smith


Tim Begley


Alex Rocha

Foxwoods WPT $10K: Level 2 Underway

Level two has just started here at the Foxwoods $10,000 WPT Main Event.

The blinds are now 75-150.

There are currently 228 players registered.

First Break of the Day

The players are now on their first 15-minute break of the day.

When play resumes, the blinds will be increased to 75-150.

There are currently 225 players registered.

Live Stream Seating Assignments

The seating assignments on the live stream feature table are as follows:

1. Steve Barshak
3. Leonid Lerner
4. Elijah Berg
5. Andrew Frankenberger
6. Nick Palma
7. Gavin Smith
9. Erik Seidel

Gavin Smith Joins the Live Stream Table!

Gavin Smith has taken his seat at the live streaming feature table.

Just click "Watch LIVE Video" at the top of the page to view the live stream.

Players Spotted Early in the Foxwoods Main Event

Some of the players in today's event include:

Mike Sica, Spiro Mitrokostas, Brock Parker, Tim Begley, Men Nguyen, Victor Ramdin, James Campbell, Hoyt Corkins, Eric Froehlich, Jacobo Fernandez, Matt Glantz, Feming Chan, Barry Greenstein, Adam Levy, Sorel Mizzi, Jake Beasley, Jonathan Jaffe, Cornel Cimpan, Stephen O'Dwyer, Carlos Mortensen, Jonathan Little, Nenad Medic, Ronnie Bardah, David Fox, Will Failla, Kathy Liebert, Christian Harder, Todd Terry, Bryan Piccioli, Vinny Pahuja, Jon Aguiar, Howard Lederer, Jeff Madsen, Jason Mercier, Dwyte Pilgrim, Ben Klier, Miami John Cernuto, Oliver Busquet, Cliff Josephy, Chad Brown, Ryan Eriquezzo, Kyle Loman, Allen Kessler, Josh Arieh, Amnon Filippi, Steve Brecher, Nick Schulman, John Dolan, Matt Stout, Vanessa Selbst, Matt Brady, Andrew Frankenberger, Steve Barshak, Nick Palma, Gavin Smith, Erik Seidel, Tom Marchese, Jeff King and Brian Lemke.

Level One Update

With registration open for most of Day One, we are already over 200 players in today's field.

Blinds are currently 50-100 and levels are 90-minutes in length.

Erik @Erik_Seidel Now at the Live Feature Table!

Poker Hall of Fame inductee Erik Seidel has just taken his seat at the live streaming feature table.

Just click "Watch LIVE Video" at the top of the page to view the feed.

Foxwoods WPT Main Event Now Streaming Live!

Just click "Watch LIVE Video" at the top of the page to watch the live streaming feature table.

Foxwoods $10K WPT Main Event About to Start!

The Main Event of the Foxwoods World Poker Finals is about to get underway in just a few minutes.

Be sure to click "Watch LIVE Video" to view the live stream of the feature table that will be starting momentarily.

Bernard Lee at the WSOPC $10K Final Table!

Foxwoods Spokesperson Bernard Lee has made the final table of the $10,000 World Series of Poker Circuit event in Hammond, Indiana.

By reaching the final table, Lee has secured himself a spot in the $1,000,000 WSOPC Championship event scheduled for May in Las Vegas.

Lee starts off the final table fifth in chips and is guaranteed a payday of at least $48,615 with first place paying $525,449.

Lee will be arriving back here at Foxwoods tomorrow morning to play the $10,000 WPT event.

Best of luck Bernard!