Thomas Miller Eliminated in 3rd Place ($29,000)

Thomas Miller raises to 200,000 before the flop and Robert Garofalo three-bets to 540,000.

Miller calls and the flop comes [9s][7h][5s] and Garofalo bets 500,000.  Miller announces that he is all-in and Garofalo immediately calls. 

They turn over:

Garofalo - [8s][7s]
Miller - [Jc][9c]

The turn is the [7d], giving Garofalo trips.  The river comes the [Ac] and Garofalo wins the pot.

Thomas Miller is eliminated from the $600 No-Limit Mega Stack Challenge in 3rd place.

Prior to Miller's elimination, the three players agreed on an save that guaranteed all players $29,000 with the winner taking home a total of $42,102.

Long Tran Eliminated in 4th Place ($16,222)

Long Tran moves all-in and is called by David Grandieri.  They turn over:

Tran - [9d][7d]
Grandieri - [As][Js]

The board runs out [Ad][Qs][2s][Kd][3s] and Grandieri wins the pot.

Long Tran is eliminated from the $600 No-Limit Mega Stack Challenge in 4th place for $16,222.

Andrew Eiger Eliminated in 5th Place ($12,205)

A short-stacked Andrew Eiger gets all-in before the flop with [Qc][2c] but runs into the [Kc][Qh] of Robert Garofalo.

The board runs out [Kh][3s][2d][5h][9s] and Garofalo wins the pot with his pair of kings.

Andrew Eiger is eliminated from the $600 No-Limit Mega Stack Challenge in 5th place for $12,205.

Arun Korvi Eliminated in 6th Place ($9,330)

David Garofalo raises to 125,000 from under the gun and Arun Korvi moves all-in for 640,000 more.

Garofalo calls and they turn up:

Garofalo - [Ah][Qh]
Korvi - [6d][4d]

The board runs out [Kh][6s][5h][4h][3h] and Garofalo improves to a flush to win the pot.

Arun Korvi is eliminated from the $600 No-Limit Mega Stack Challenge in 6th place for $9,330.

Anderson Almonte Eliminated in 7th Place ($7,244)

Robert Garofalo raises to 160,000 before the flop and Anderson Almonte three-bets an additional 325,000 from the big blind.

Garofalo moves all-in and Almonte tanks for a few moments before announcing call. 

They turn up:

Garofalo - [Ah][As]
Almonte - [Ac][Kc]

The board runs out [Ad][Kh][5c][9h][Jc] and Garofalo takes the pot with his trip aces.

Anderson Almonte is eliminated from the $600 No-Limit Hold 'em Mega Stack Challenge in 7th place for $7,244.

Damon Hilton Eliminated in 8th Place ($5,708)

Damon Hilton moves all-in before the flop for his last 230,000 and is called by both Arun Korvi and Robert Garofalo.

The flop comes [8s][6d][3h] and both players check.

The turn is the [8h] and Korvi checks again.  Garofalo bets out 250,000 and Korvi calls.

The river comes the [4s] and Korvi checks one more time.  This time, Garofalo fires 500,000.

Korvi mucks and Garofalo turns up [Ad][8d] for trip eights.

Hilton says he only looked at one card, the [Ac].  When he flips his other card over, it is the [As].

Hilton is eliminated from the $600 No-Limit Hold 'em Mega Stack Challenge in 8th place for $5,708.

Lou Pito Eliminated in 9th Place ($4,584)

On a flop of [Js][5d][4s], Lou Pito checks to Long Tran.  Tran fires 110,000 and David Grandieri calls.

Pito then moves all-in for an additional 550,000 and Tran moves all-in on top.

Grandieri mucks his cards and they turn over:

Pito - [Kc][Jc]
Tran - [Ac][Ad]

The turn is the [7s] and the river comes the [2c].  Tran takes the pot with his pocket aces.

Lou Pito is eliminated from the $600 No-Limit Mega Stack Challenge in 9th place for $4,584.

The remaining eight players are now on a one-hour dinner break.

Richard Zisk Eliminated in 10th Place ($3,687)

Arun Korvir raises to 80,000 before the flop and Richard Zisk moves all-in for less with his last 45,000.

They turn over:

Korvir - [8c][8h]
Zisk - [Qs][3h]

The board runs out [7h][6d][5h][4d][Ks], giving both players a straight, but Korvir the better straight.

Richard Zisk is eliminated from the $600 No-Limit Mega Stack Challenge event in 10th place for $3,687.

$600 Mega Stack Final Table Chip Counts

We have reached the final table of the $600 No-Limit Hold 'em Mega Stack Challenge event.

The blinds are currently 15,000-30,000 with a 5,000 ante for another 15 minutes.

Chip counts by seat assignments are as follows:

1. Lou Pito  430,000
2. Thomas Miller  1,420,000
3. Anderson Almonte  1,105,000
4. Damon Hilton  995,000
5. Arun Korvi  1,545,000
6. Robert Garofalo  1,270,000
7. Long Tran  1,685,000
8. David Grandieri  805,000
9. Richard Zisk  105,000
10. Andrew Eiger  1,310,000

Final payouts are as follows:

1st - $48,295
2nd - $29,855
3rd - $21,952
4th - $16,222
5th - $12,205
6th - $9,330
7th - $7,244
8th - $5,708
9th - $4,584
10th - $3,687

$230 No-Limit Bounty Mega Stack Final Numbers and Payouts

We had a total of 297 entrants in the $230 No-Limit Hold 'em Mega Stack Challenge Bounty event.

In addition to the payouts below, you earn $100 for every person you eliminate.

Final payouts are as follows:

1st - $6,701
2nd - $4,143
3rd - $3,004
4th - $2,217
5th - $1,663
6th - $1,268
7th - $980
8th - $770
9th - $629
10th-12th - $496
13th-15th - $407
16th-18th - $340
19th-21st - $287
22nd-24th - $248
25th-27th - $214
28th-30th - $189

Day 2 of the $600 Mega Stack Challenge Now Streaming Live!

Day 2 of the $600 No-Limit Hold 'em Mega Stack Challenge event is now underway.

The blinds are currently 5,000-10,000 with a 1,000 ante.

With 45 players remaining, the average chip stack is currently just over 237,000.

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

Final payouts are as follows:

1st - $48,295
2nd - $29,855
3rd - $21,952
4th - $16,222
5th - $12,205
6th - $9,330
7th - $7,244
8th - $5,708
9th - $4,584
10th-12th - $3,687
13th-15th - $3,029
16th-18th - $2,524
19th-21st - $2,107
22nd-24th - $1,822
25th-27th - $1,589
28th-30th - $1,361
31st-33rd - $1,229
34th-36th - $1,075
37th-45th - $987

Foxwoods February 2013 Mega Stack Challenge Event #1 $600 NLH Returning Players

Place	Name	Chips	Table/Seat
1	Vazquez, Luis	728,000	4-3
2	Korvi, Arun	655,000	3-7
3	Ruotolo, Jason	582,000	4-4
4	Maloof, Tom	562,000	4-10
5	Geddes, Linsford	484,000	5-7
6	Tran, Long	466,000	1-2
7	Dreher, Philip	444,000	5-4
8	Grandieri, David	388,000	5-3
9	Hilton, Damon	377,000	1-9
10	Chan, Daniel	371,000	3-5
11	Pabon, Daniel	362,000	5-6
12	Kluchman, David	357,000	1-1
13	Miller, Thomas	355,000	2-3
14	Eiger, Andrew	350,000	2-7
15	Congrove, Dan	331,000	2-8
16	Pito, Lou	322,000	2-1
17	Almonte, Anderson	320,000	4-7
18	Tavss, John	258,000	4-5
19	Matteo, Paul	230,000	3-10
20	Bates, John	224,000	1-3
21	Davis, Brian	217,000	2-10
22	Gulati, Tarun	217,000	4-1
23	Bergman, Doug	208,000	4-6
24	O'Donnell, Patrick	175,000	4-8
25	White, Gregory	166,000	1-7
26	Fraser, Kevin	162,000	3-9
27	Shearer, Sterling	151,000	4-9
28	Zisk, Richard	139,000	1-4
29	Pocknett, David	109,000	2-5
30	Buchas, Louis	101,000	2-4
31	D'Agostino, Jack	100,000	1-10
32	Ruwell, Al	97,000	1-8
33	Hammond, Steve	96,000	2-9
34	Garofalo, Robert	70,000	1-6
35	Orgettas, Michael	70,000	2-2
36	Robinson, William	66,000	3-3
37	Zarb, Barry	65,000	5-1
38	Stachura, Maciej	59,000	5-10
39	Alicea, Jose	57,000	3-6
40	Kernan, Kevin	51,000	5-9
41	Sanker, Sean	50,000	3-8
42	Batcheller, Evan	35,000	5-8
43	Feldman, Ryan	19,000	3-2
44	Ferdinand, Bobby	18,000	3-1
45	Kim, Peter	2,000	5-2