Photos from the last 2 levels

The bubble is looming

With half of level 18 left to play, there are 110 players remaining.  The top 101 players will make it through to Day 2, which means that only 9 players remain to be eliminated to break today's money bubble.

200 players remain

One level after dinner break and just 200 players remain from 837 entrants that began on Day 1C.  The blinds are now up to 1,200/2,400 with a 400 ante, which makes the average stack 83,700.  There will be a break at the end of this level, and the 100 chips will be colored up and raced off.

Good last two levels. 10k to 100k...@FoxwoodsPoker 500k guarantee

— Ken Flynn (@kenflynn27) March 17, 2015

Randal Sklar has been eliminated

On the last hand before dinner break, Randal Sklar was all in with pocket jacks and his opponent held ace king. Unfortunately for Randal, he lost the race and will be eliminated from this tournament.

Players are now on dinner break

The 266 remaining players are now on their one hour dinner break. When they return, blinds will be 1,000/2,000 with a 300 ante. Play will continue until 101 players remain.

Photos of notable players in the fieldWil

We saw a few recognizable faces in the field one level before dinner break...

Will Failla calls an all in

Je Wook Oh (right) reraises his opponent

Chris Amaral

Eric Seigel

Raj Patel

Tarun G.

Event #1 Prize Pool # Payouts

There were a total of 1,912 entries combined from 3 flights of Event #1: $600 NLH, creating a record field at Foxwoods Casino.  This unprecedented number of players created a whopping $1,013,360 prize pool before the Tournament Administration fee.  231 players will make the money, with a mincash worth $1,179.  Here are the full payouts:

1st Place: $157,274
2nd Place: $98,295
3rd Place: $68,807
4th Place: $47,182
5th Place: $35,386
6th Place: $25,950
7th Place: $19,659
8th Place: $14,744
9th Place: $12,409
10th-12th Place: $10,321
13th-15th Place: $8,944
16th-18th Place: $7,765
19th-21st Place: $6,782
22nd-24th Place: $5,897
25th-27th Place: $5,111
28th-36th Place: $4,423
37th-45th Place: $3,735
46th-54th Place: $3,145
55th-63rd Place: $2,653
64th-72nd Place: $2,260
73rd-81st Place: $1,965
82nd=90th Place: $1,769
91st-108th Place: $1,572
109th-135th Place: $1,474
136th-162nd Place: $1,376
163rd-189th Place: $1,277
190th-231st Place: $1,179

Excitement on Twitter

With the announcement of the official numbers, the Twitter world is blowing up with excitement over Event #1.

Glad to be a part of history @FoxwoodsPoker keep em coming!

— Bill DelSanto III (@BillDelSanto) March 16, 2015

Holy shit @FoxwoodsPoker great job crushing the guarantee with over 1900 entrants! Well done!

— Ryan Eriquezzo (@RyanEriquezzo) March 16, 2015

Who needs to go to Florida when you can play at @FoxwoodsPoker where a $600mtt is about to crack $1mm in the prize pool. #thewonderofitall

— Matt Marko (@MattMarko34) March 16, 2015

Nice job @FoxwoodsPoker on this $600 500k guarantee. If you guarantee it they will come! 1 milly in October to kick off World Poker Finals!

— James Campbell (@JCamby33) March 16, 2015

Gotta give props to @FoxwoodsPoker for sticking there neck out w. A good guarantee for once. Well done

— Luke (@bdbeatslayer) March 16, 2015

@FoxwoodsPoker @RyanEriquezzo Looks like you guys doubled the GTD!

— John Ting (@JohnCTing) March 16, 2015

Mike Just goes on a two-hand heater

Mike Just was sitting on "just" 38,000 chips when he was all in with [As][Qh] on a [Kc][Qd][8d] flop.  His opponent had him in terrible shape with [Ah][Ad], and Mike would need a queen or running straight cards to survive.  Miraculously, the [Qs] hit the turn, and the [Jd] river meant he would double up.

While we were counting his chips, Mike had another opponent all in.  This time, Mike had the pocket aces.  His opponent showed [Qs][Qh], and the [7h][3h][Kd][6c][2s] board kept the aces in the lead.  Mike now sits on over 110,000.

Randal Sklar having a tough day

WSOP Circuit Casino Champion Randal Sklar is taking his first shot at at Foxwoods Poker Classic title today, and he is having a tough day.  He built his stack up to over 100,000 only to lose most of it when he was 2-outed with pocket aces vs. pocket sevens.  Randal sits on about 30,000 in chips at the 500/1,000 blind level, so don't count him out just yet.

Back at the wonder of it all For the @FoxwoodsPoker 500k today
— Randal Sklar (@larksjr) March 16, 2015

Official Day 1C numbers

Day 1C received 837 entries, and the final 101 players will advance to Day 2.

Unofficial numbers

The second break is now over, which means registration is now closed for Day 1C and Event #1 $600 NLH in total.  The board reads 836 entries, which means that this tournament had over 1,900 participants and could possibly be the largest tournament in Foxwoods history!  We're waiting on the final official numbers, and will post the prize pool and payouts as soon as we have it.

End of Day 1B Chip Counts

Place	Name	Chips
1	Brackesy, Steven	518,000
2	Gambordella, Alex	410,000
3	Lewis, Jonathan	405,000
4	Brunnett, Jason	354,500
5	Arch, Eric	325,500
6	Davis, Harold	324,500
7	Chung, John	318,000
8	Barringer, Sean	307,500
9	Mercado, Roberto	288,500
10	Cyr, Nicholas	282,500
11	Solerti, Carlos	264,000
12	Patel, Dilipkumar	255,000
13	Schumacher, Mark	250,500
14	Kostrov, Gennadiy	247,000
15	Napolitano, Thomas	235,500
16	Paradis, Fred	233,000
17	Sgambato, Frank	230,500
18	Pitts, Fletcher	230,000
19	Escobalez, Johnny	215,500
20	Bunker, Charles	206,000
21	Eriquezzo, Ryan	203,500
22	Grodowski, Joseph	199,500
23	Magner, James	188,000
24	Eriquezzo, Fred	186,500
25	Renda, Brian	173,500
26	Borgeson, Brian	171,000
27	Zelaya, Neftali	167,000
28	Langianest, Jason	162,000
29	Davis, Ian	161,000
30	Bracy, Danielle	155,500
31	Sadagopan, Thiru	149,000
32	Connolly, James	145,000
33	Hubbard, Stephanie	143,500
34	Parthasarathy, Srirama	138,500
35	Tokatlyan, Mike	137,500
36	Porfino, Vincenzo	134,000
37	Ritchie, John	132,500
38	O'Grady, Mike	131,000
39	Mohal, Amrit	128,000
40	Kadimisetty, Anil	120,000
41	Saleba, Charles	106,000
42	OBrien, Patrick	103,000
43	Peterson, George	99,000
44	Hosgood, Rob	98,000
45	O'Neil Tim	93,500
46	Alexander, David	90,500
47	Hanson, Keith	89,000
48	Schwarz, Corinne	85,000
49	Rinaldi, Michael	80,500
50	Smith, Joseph	80,500
51	Dobrilovic, Tom	78,500
52	DaCruz, John	76,500
53	Kernan, Kevin	73,500
54	Adusumallo, Venkata	71,000
55	Agard, Sherwin	66,000
56	Kachittavong, Soukha	65,000
57	Gibson, Michelle	57,000
58	Gamache, Justin	54,500
59	Lawler, Paul	38,500
60	Carlson, Sean	37,500
61	Vredenburg, Kyle	34,500
62	Keraghan, John	33,000
63	Rodrigues, Johnny	32,000
64	White, Arthur	31,500
65	Starratt, Joe	23,500

Day 1C is Under Way

Cards are in the air for Day 1C of Event #1 $600 NLH.  The top 12% will be in the money an advance to Day 2, along with the 65 players each from Day 1A & 1B.

You can watch our feature table on the live stream at www.FoxwoodsLive.com,

Photos from before the bubble (part 2)

The money bubble has burst

It took quite a bit of time to get down to the final 65 players, but the money bubble has finally burst.  The eventual bubble boy was eliminated when his [Jh][Jd] was outraced by his opponent's [Ac][Ks].  The final board fell [2s][Ad][6d][Tc][5h], and the remaining players will be in the money and will return for Day 2 on Tuesday.