Break Time in the $600 Mega Stack Event

The players in the $600 Mega Stack Challenge event are now on a 10-minute break.

When play resumes, the blinds will be increased to 1,200-2,400 with a 300 ante.

With 59 players remaining, the average chip stack is now just under 98,000.

Blind Increase with 78 Players Remaining

The blinds in the $600 NLHE Mega Stack Challenge have been increased to 800-1,600 with a 200 ante.

With 78 players remaining, the average chip stack is now just over 74,000.

Dinner Break in the $600 Mega Stack Event

The players are now on a 75-minute dinner break.

There are approximately 136 players remaining and the average chip stack is 42,500.

When play resumes, the blinds will be increased to 500-1,000 with a 100 ante.

The Jonathan Duhamel Comeback is Stopped Short!

Jonathan Duhamel

Despite building his stack up from 1,500 to over 16,000, the comeback run for Jonathan Duhamel has come to an end.

His pocket queens ran into his opponent's pocket aces and were unable to improve, sending the 2010 WSOP Main Event Champion to the rail shortly before the dinner break.

Duhamel will be here all week as one of our November Nine Reunion and Mega Stack Challenge hosts!

A Comeback for Jonathan Duhamel!

WSOP Main Event Champion Jonathan Duhamel

After being crippled and left with only 1,500 in chips, Jonathan Duhamel has slowly built his stack back up and is now sitting on a much more comfortable 16,000 in chips.

Blind Increase in the $600 NLHE Mega Stack

The blinds in the $600 NLHE Mega Stack Challenge event have been increased to 300-600 with a 75 ante.

There are approximately 181 players remaining and the average chip stack is now just under 32,000.

November Niner Soi Nguyen Eliminated

Soi Nguyen

2010 World Series of Poker November Niner and one of the hosts of the February Mega Stack Challenge, has been eliminated on Day One of the $600 NLHE Mega Stack event.

His tweet (@SoiNguyen) about his elimination hand was as follows:

"Wow is all I can say. Blinds 1-2 I'm BB utg makes it 550 5 callers b4 me I wake up with KK raise to 2500 all 6 players call. 10h4h6s flop I lead put with 8500 utg makes it 20k utg+2 calls allin I ship my last 10k. Utg tables QhJh other guy Ac6c turn 8c river 3h Busto"

$600 Mega Stack Final Numbers & Payouts

We had a total of 289 players in the $600 NLHE Mega Stack Challenge $75,000 Guaranteed event.

The final 30 spots will finish in the money

Final payouts are as follows:

1st - $35,658
2nd - $20,950
3rd - $13,520
4th - $10,846
5th - $8,320
6th - $6,760
7th - $5,646
8th - $4,606
9th - $3,877
10th-12th - $2,822
13th-15th - $2,302
16th-20th - $1,782
21st-30th - $1,411

November Nine Reunion Drawing Winners!

WSOP November Niner Soi Nguyen drawing the winners!

Here are the winners of the November Nine Reunion Tournament Drawing.

Please contact Jeffrey Toth in the Foxwoods Poker Room to RSVP your seat to the February 8th tournament if your name has been drawn.

First Name	Last Name	Hometown
Anthony	Hammond	Coventry, RI
Mark	Walsh	Boston, MA
Mathhew	Daley	South Easton, MA
Phillip	Jackson	Springfield, MA
James	Brunelle	Worcester, MA
Tae Son	LaVigne	Blackstone, MA
Richard	Grygiel	Chicopee, MA
Peter	Cardin	North Providence, RI
Christopher	Walsh	Brookline, MA
Timothy	Fisher	Manchester, NH
Julio	Orellano	New Haven, CT
William	Raynor	Harrisville, NH
Kevin	Sniffin	Danbury, CT
Benjamin	Hopkins	North Smithfield, RI
John	Makridakis	North Wa;tham, MA
Craig	Petraitis	Sutton, MA
Anthony	Palladino	Franklin Lakes, NJ
Michael	Hashim	Pittsfield, MA

Deja Vu for Jonathan Duhamel?!?!

WSOP Main Event Champion Jonathan Duhamel

Everyone in the poker world saw the now famous Jonathan Duhamel vs. Joseph Cheong hand at the WSOP Main Event final table. Jonathan Duhamel just had to relive that moment, but with a much different result.

After a three-bet from Duhamel preflop, his opponent called and the board came 10-7-7. A bet by Duhamel induced a raise from his opponent and a call from Duhamel. After the turn, Duhamel's opponent moved all in and the WSOP Champion made the call.

Duhamel turned up pocket queens, but his opponent held the A-7, the same hand Cheong held against Duhamel's queens at the Main Event.

However, the outcome did not goes his way this time. The river bricked out and Duhamel was let with around 1,500 in chips.

Since then, he has chipped up to over 2,000 but is still short-stacked.

Break Time in the $600 Mega Stack Event

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

During the break, November Niner Soi Nguyen is drawing the winning names of the players who will be participating in the November Nine Reunion Event on Tuesday.

The winning names will be listed right here on FoxwoodsLive.com later on in the day.

Blind Increase in the $600 NLHE Mega Stack

The blinds have been increased to 50-100.

There are now over 250 players entered in today's event with registration still open.

Soi Nguyen & Jonathan Duhamel Hosting the $600 Mega Stack

Soi Nguyen


Jonathan Duhamel

Main Event Champ Jonathan Duhamel Gets the Event Underway!

Soi Nguyen and Jonathan Duhamel

World Series of Poker November Nine members Soi Nguyen and Champion Jonathan Duhamel just gave the "Shuffle Up and Deal" announcement and cards are in the air here at the $600 NLHE Mega Stack Challenge event.

$600 NLHE Event About to Start!

The first event in the Foxwoods February Mega Stack Challenge Series is about to get underway.

The $600 No-Limit Hold 'em event starts at 11am. Players will start the tournament with 20,000 in chips and levels will last 45 minutes each. The blinds start out at 25-50.