Updated chip counts at the break

There are 18 players remaining in Event #1 $600 NLH, and they are now on their last break of the night.  Here are updated chip counts for players we have identified:

Fred Paradis - 3,285,000
Mike Cretella - 2,885,000
Joe Nelligan - 2,660,000
Luca Pignatiello - 1,610,000
Timmy Egan - 1,525,000
Sean Barringer - 1,295,000
Ron Dalgo - 1,005,000

3.28 million avg is 2.12 million. 18 left. @FoxwoodsPoker

— Fred Paradis (@FredParadis1) March 18, 2015

Recent eliminations: 19th-27th

19th Place: Joseph Sprague ($6,782)
20th Place: Jordan Fishman ($6,782)
21st Place: Adam Lewis ($6,782)
22nd Place: Lidiron Ramadani  ($5,897)
23rd Place: Nicholas Cyr ($5,897)
24th Place: Eric Arch ($5,897)
25th Place: Brian Renda ($5,111)
26th Place: Charles Saleba ($5,111)
27th Place: Jennifer Barrile ($5,111)

Photos of the final 2 tables

The featured table

The secondary table

Joe Nelligan gets lucky on the river

The board read [9h][2h][Kh][Js] and Joe Nelligan was all in with [Ah][Ks], good for top pair and the nut flush draw.  He had been called Michael Withrow holding [Qh][Ts], however, a made straight and one less heart in the deck for Joe.  No matter, as the [8h] spiked on the river to complete his flush.  Joe now sits on 2,600,000.

Play is down to final 2 tables

With the elimination of Joseph Sprague in 19th place, we are now down to the final 2 tables.  The remaining 18 players have redrawn for seats and will continue to play until 1am or the final table, whichever comes first.

Fred Paradis wins a monster pot

We arrive to Fred Paradis's table to see a huge pot get pushed his way.  Apparently, Fred opened to 60,000 and was reraised to 200,000 from the small blind.  Fred made the call to see a jack high board, and he called his opponent's 300,000 continuation bet.  The turn was a rag and his opponent bet 600,000, leaving around 400,000 behind.  Fred moved all in, and his opponent called, tabling pocket aces.  But Fred had flopped top set with pocket jacks.  No ace fell, and Fred will earn another knockout and increase his stack to 4,100,000, a top three stack in this tournament.

Ron Dalgo doubles up

Ron Dalgo was all in holding [Ah][9h] and needed to get lucky against his opponent's [Kh][Kd].  He did indeed get lucky as the flop fell off [6s][Ad][3s], and no king fell as the board completed [4c][5h].  Ron will double up to 1,500,000.

25th Place: Brian Renda ($5,111)

Brian Renda has been eliminated when his [8d][7d] lost a race to his opponent's [5h][5d].  The [4h][6s][4s] left Brian drawing live to six outs, but the [Th] turn and [Qd] river failed to improve him.  Brian will earn $5,111 for his 25th place finish.

Joe Nelligan gets full value

We arrived to see a board of [Qh][3d][8s][6h] and Joe Nelligan with his last 400,000 chips in the center.  His opponent went in to the tank and eventually said call.  Joe proudly proclaimed, "Aces!"  His [As][Ah] was in great shape against [4c][3d].  A harmless [9s] hit the river to give Joe the doubleup, putting him over 1,200,000.  After the hand, his neighbor complimented Joe, "You got full value."

27th Place: Jennifer Barrile ($5,111)

After losing most of her chips to Luca Pignatiello, Jennifer Barrile got the last of her chips in with [Kh][9c] against her opponent's [Jh][4c].  As the flop fell [5s][Js][6d], Jennifer got up and started putting on her jacket, but with a smile on her face.  Though rooting for a king, the turn and river fell [2h][3c], sending Jennifier to the rail in 27th place, good for $5,111.

Luca Pignatiello doubles through Jennifer Barrile

On a [7c][9s][Td][As] board, Luca Pignatiello was all in with the second nuts, holding [8d][6d].  But he wasn't guaranteed a double up as he was up against Jennifer Barrile's [Qs][8s], a live flush draw and gutshot.  Luca was on his feet as the last card hit, the [5c].  Luca faded his Jennifers's outs, and he now sits on 1,900,000.

29th Place: Stephanie Hubbard ($4,423)

Stephanie Hubbard was all in preflop holding [Ah][Ts] but ran into [Ks][Kh].  The board ran out [9s][4h][7h][7s][2d], and Stephanie could not find an ace.  She will exit the tournament in 29th place, good for $4,423.

Out in 28th. Shipped A10 otb over a hj open he had KK. 28th for $4423

— Stephanie Hubbard (@StephHub31) March 18, 2015

Timmy Egan brings the luck of the Irish

Timmy Egan was all in preflop holding [Kd][Qs] and was flipping against his opponent's [8h][8c].  The [Jh][4c][As] flop gave Timmy a gutshot to go with his two overs.  The turn came a [Qh] and Timmy clapped his hand in excitement.  No eight came on the river, but the [Qd] did fall to give Timmy trips to earn the doubleup.  He now sits on 650,000.

Top 6 chip counts in level 28

Mike Cretella is the only player over 3 million

We just counted all the players chips, and we found 6 stacks over 2 million.  Amazingly, four of those stacks are all seated at the same table.  Here are the top chip counts in level 28:

Mike Cretella - 3,150,000
Marc Braunstein - 2,770,000

Nick Cyr - 2,405,000
Fred Paradis - 2,275,000
John Quirk - 2,045,000

Sean Barringer - 2,000,000

2.263 million. Avg is 1.27 million. 30 left @FoxwoodsPoker

— Fred Paradis (@FredParadis1) March 18, 2015

30 players remaining are now on break

Only 30 players remain in Event #1 $600 NLH, and they are now on a 15 minute break.  All players are guaranteed $4,423 at this point.

Players are now on dinner break

We have just broken a table, and we are down to the final 45 players.  Those players are now on their one hour dinner break.  When they return, blinds will be 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante.  Play will resume at approximately 7:55pm EST.

Quad Eights on the feature table

Two players were all in on the feature table with nearly identical stacks. The first all in player had [8h][8c] while the small blind called all in for slightly less with [Ac][Kc].  It was a flip for each player's tournament, and the [Ts][8s][4c] put the pocket eights in a huge lead.  The [2d] on the turn meant the ace king was drawing dead, but the [8d] hit the river to make quad eights.  We will lose one player and be down to 55 players after that hand.

Photos from the final 60 players

Fred Paradis doubles up with a little confusion

From middle position, Fred Paradis moved all in and action folded to the small blind, who called.  The big blind folded, and that's where the confusion started.  Apparently the small blind did not see the all in so he thought he was just calling the big blind.  A floor was called, and it was confirmed that the small blind did indeed say call, so it was binding.

Fred [Js][Jd]

SB [As][6h]

The board ran out [Kc][5d][3c][Jc][Ks] to give Fred the winning full house, and he will double up to over 700,000.

Down to the final 75 players

It's 4:30pm and Event #1 $600 NLH is down to the final 75 players.  Everyone is guaranteed $1,965, with a pay jump to $2,260 when we hit 72 players remaining. Blinds are currently 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante, and after this level there will be a break. Dinner break is scheduled after 2 more levels.

Still grinding the $600 @FoxwoodsPoker 72 left out of 1912. a quick scan of chips. showed I am the shortest stack.with 7bb.#luckoftheirish

— Ken Flynn (@kenflynn27) March 17, 2015

Need me some of that St. Patty's Day luck after break; clipped down to 160k at 3k 10k/20k @FoxwoodsPoker #RunItUPTime #GotLotsOfWorkToDo

— Andrew Wang (@SpikeNYCPoker) March 17, 2015

@FoxwoodsPoker AA>AJ then next hand 10/10>AQ and I'm up to 480k in 500k event 1!

— Poker Sean (@pocket4sean) March 17, 2015

Day 2 of Event #1 is under way

Cards are back in the air for Event #1 $600 NLH.  All 231 players that survived one of three starting flights are now in the money and are guaranteed $1,179.  All eyes are on the $157,274 first place prize, and nobody is in better shape to get that prize than chipleader Robert Corcione.

Robert final tabled the Cardplayer Poker Tour Main Event last month, but Robert is not just a local player.  He got 21st place in the WSOP Main Event in 2012 for almost $300,000, busting out of that tournament when his [Ts][Td] fell to [Ad][Qd].  Robert starts the day with 813,000 in chips.

Event #1 Day 2 will begin at 12pm

The final 231 players from the three starting flights of Event #1 $600 NLH will resume play at 12pm EST.  We will be streaming a feature table at www.FoxwoodsLive.com.

Due to the overwhelming size of the field, play will likely extend to Day 3 on Wednesday, as mentioned on the structure sheet.  Day 2 will conclude at 1am or when the final table is reached, whichever comes first.

Also, cards are now in the air for Event #2 $500 NLH.  This tournament features a $50,000 Guarantee and 20,000 in starting chips.  A full structure is available here.

Event #3 $300 Omaha/8 will begin at 12pm.  This tournament features 10,000 starting chips and 30 minute levels.  A full structure is available here.

2015 Foxwoods Poker Classic- Event #1 - $600 NLH - Returning Players

Table-Seat	Name	Chip Count
12-7	Corcione, Robert	813,000
6-7	Ramadani, Liridon	550,500
17-1	Brackesy, Steven	518,000
24-1	Turcotte, Heather	500,000
17-2	Joeckel, Jordan	486,500
21-6	Bergman, Josh	485,500
16-8	Almonte, Anderson	434,500
22-4	Dalgo II, Ronald	429,500
19-9	Gambordella, Alex	410,000
4-1	Lewis, Jonathan	405,000
12-4	Veloso, David	395,500
19-7	St. Vincent, Brad	386,000
25-8	Carter, James	381,500
16-4	Methia, Ryan	378,000
20-3	Barrile, Jen	374,000
12-2	Moussa, Jean-Claude	371,000
20-2	Murray, Doug	371,000
4-8	Kim, Juno	364,000
22-3	Galavotti, Aaron	358,000
21-9	Calnan, Jason	356,500
9-8	Brunnett, Jason	354,500
12-1	Testa, Ed	351,500
26-1	Mitsopoulos, K.	345,000
17-5	Junior II, John	343,000
2-8	Deveau, Mike	339,000
21-7	Bouris, Eric	329,500
14-7	Arch, Eric	325,500
8-4	Davis, Harold	324,500
6-8	Tieri, Joseph H	322,000
17-3	Chung, John	318,000
12-5	Barringer, Sean	307,500
6-5	Reid, Shane	296,000
26-2	Sousa, David	290,000
24-9	Mercado, Roberto	288,500
13-1	Cyr, Nicholas	282,500
17-9	Wu, Sammy	282,000
25-1	Crane, Michael	280,000
10-1	Ruvolo, Giuseppe	278,500
7-6	Kenney, Kyle	271,000
14-2	Loosian, Derek	266,500
1-8	Sprague, Joe	265,000
10-6	Solerti, Carlos	264,000
26-5	Blatt, Jeremy	257,000
24-4	Patel, Dilipkumar	255,000
14-9	Macri, Ralph	254,000
13-3	Messina, Joseph	253,000
11-7	Butler, Tom	252,500
8-6	Schumacher, Mark	250,500
11-2	Kostrov, Gennadiy	247,000
18-1	Matteo, Paul	246,500
26-8	Penikas, Tom	236,500
9-4	Napolitano, Thomas	235,500
21-5	Pignatiello, Luca	234,000
14-1	Paradis, Fred	233,000
2-1	Sgambato, Frank	230,500
4-5	Kovoor-Chathoth, Jay	230,000
9-7	Pitts, Fletcher	230,000
3-7	Nye, Michael	228,000
26-7	Raine, Sheica	223,500
19-5	Avila, Manny	223,000
15-2	Didente, Rich	220,000
13-6	Escobalez, Johnny	215,500
12-6	Bunker, Charles	206,000
2-9	Alexander, Heidi	205,000
25-7	Gomes, Eurico	205,000
13-9	Al-Khatib, Khaled	204,000
15-5	Lopez, Edgar	204,000
8-1	Eriquezzo, Ryan	203,500
22-6	Marshall, John	203,500
7-8	Grodowski, Joseph	199,500
18-6	Peselev, Gennadiy	198,000
6-6	Brand, Douglas	189,500
23-4	Magner, James	188,000
21-3	Lu, Meng	187,500
10-5	Eriquezzo, Fred	186,500
3-1	Morris, James	185,500
5-4	Martin, Thomas	185,000
18-9	Breggia, Frank	183,500
24-8	Fava, Guido	183,000
13-4	Withrow, Mike	179,000
16-6	Montanino, Peter	176,000
18-4	Walsh, Christopher	175,000
25-4	Zheng, Frank	174,500
23-5	Renda, Brian	173,500
6-4	Frangoulidis, James	$173,000
23-3	Borgeson, Brian	171,000
24-7	Zelaya, Neftali	167,000
15-3	Phelps, Clint	166,500
8-8	Fishman, Jordan	166,000
12-8	Moutaouakil, Mustapha	166,000
5-7	Cretella, Michael	164,000
15-1	Langianese, Jason	162,000
10-4	Davis, Ian	161,000
5-1	Harding, Ken	160,500
11-5	Beier, Matthew	158,000
16-9	Ricciuti, Bob	158,000
5-5	Bracy, Danielle	155,500
8-7	Chalifour, Dan	154,000
10-2	DiLiegro, Joseph	152,500
19-6	Wang, Andrew	150,500
12-9	Sadagopan, Thiru	149,000
19-1	Litwin, Morgan	147,000
14-4	Connolly, James	145,000
20-8	Nowicki, Matt	144,500
4-3	Michaud, Paul	144,000
1-1	Flynn, Kenneth	143,500
1-9	Hubbard, Stephanie	143,500
20-4	Trifone, John	143,500
5-3	Colon Jr, Carlos	142,000
3-2	Minxolli, Glen	141,500
26-3	Darling, William JR	141,000
7-2	Dugas, Stephen	140,000
14-6	Souza, Richard	139,500
17-4	Parthasarathy, Srirama	138,500
12-3	Tokatlyan, Mike	137,500
24-2	Bonin, Eric	137,000
21-1	Reynolds, Keith	136,500
9-1	Braunstein, Marc	136,000
20-6	Marmol, Welther	135,000
7-3	Ramrakhani, Sachin	$135,000
15-8	Porfino, Vincenzo	134,000
9-9	Williams, Mike	133,500
7-5	Hillard, Gerald	133,000
15-7	Welch, Richard	133,000
15-6	Egan, Tim	132,500
18-2	Ritchie, John	132,500
17-6	Orman, Erik	131,500
19-2	O'Grady, Mike	131,000
19-4	Savino, Michael	130,500
16-7	Mohal, Amrit	128,000
14-3	Nelligan, Joe	128,000
22-1	Guerriero, John	127,500
4-9	Enwright, James	127,000
20-5	Buddenbrock, Patrick	126,000
1-7	Stahursky, Steven	122,500
17-7	Kadimisetty, Anil	120,000
18-3	Romanow, Jason	120,000
6-9	Ventullo, James	119,500
8-5	Striar, Steven	119,000
19-3	Lewis, Adam	118,000
21-8	Pocchia, Thomas	114,500
14-8	Dunn, Peter	113,000
2-5	Wong, She Lok	112,500
11-9	Barrett, Justin	111,000
25-5	Marko, Matthew	110,500
8-2	Saleba, Charles	106,000
25-9	Porter, Randy	105,000
22-8	OBrien, Patrick	103,000
15-4	Bale, Donna	101,500
13-5	Currier, Jonathan	99,500
7-7	Walsh, Thomas	99,500
15-9	Peterson, George	99,000
6-2	Jacobs, Scott	98,500
11-8	Hosgood, Rob	98,000
10-9	Kuey, Natale	97,500
16-2	Tinney, James	95,500
3-6	Just, Michael	95,000
5-2	Lee, Sang	94,000
11-6	O'Neil Tim	93,500
5-6	Weeks, Steven	93,500
18-5	Romanovitz, Keith	92,500
22-7	Sloane, Cheryl	92,500
9-3	Bendiks, Jonas	92,000
26-4	Depaula, Kristina	92,000
13-8	Wilber, Dennis	92,000
25-2	Reid, Jay	91,500
9-2	Alexander, David	90,500
4-2	Lee, Jong	90,500
3-3	Caouette, Nicholas	90,000
4-4	Hanson, Keith	89,000
16-3	Paulino, Victor	87,000
8-3	Schwarz, Corinne	85,000
8-9	Butts, Jeffrey	80,500
9-6	Rinaldi, Michael	80,500
6-1	Smith, Joseph	80,500
21-4	Ouellette, Matthew	80,000
11-3	Dobrilovic, Tom	78,500
7-4	Stefansk, David	78,500
9-5	McElreavy, Matthew	78,000
26-9	Mathieson, Kevin	77,500
3-4	Drory, Joe	77,000
1-3	DaCruz, John	76,500
19-1	Colangelo, Anthony	75,000
5-9	Archambeault, Brandon	74,000
24-6	Kernan, Kevin	73,500
6-3	Labriola, David	73,500
20-1	Adusumalli, Venkata	71,000
23-9	Phoumindr, Jimmy	67,000
23-7	Quirk, John	67,000
1-5	Agard, Sherwin	66,000
16-1	Fifield, Ashley	65,500
13-7	Ackley, Frank	65,000
26-6	Kachittavong, Soukha	65,000
14-5	Dalton, Dan	64,500
21-2	Wolfenden, Michael	64,000
23-2	Carusone, Michael	63,500
7-9	Lowe, Michael	63,500
3-9	Bertoncini, Joseph	60,000
17-8	Raman, Gene	60,000
24-3	Usatii, Victor	60,000
10-7	Gonzalez, Nicholas	59,000
20-7	Gibson, Michelle	57,000
23-1	Lyles, Sam	56,000
3-5	Gamache, Justin	54,500
13-2	Ouellet, Daniel	54,000
10-8	Sanker, Sean	53,000
11-1	Russell, Louise	51,000
25-6	Wiley, Brendan	48,500
4-6	Warm, Geraldine	48,000
2-6	Goldstein, Sheldon	47,500
23-6	Rosow, Chad	45,500
5-8	He, Liam	43,000
7-1	Lundy, Anthony	40,000
24-5	Johnson, Trevor	38,500
23-8	Lawler, Paul	38,500
22-5	Carlson, Sean	37,500
1-4	Witham, Matt	36,500
3-8	Vredenburg, Kyle	34,500
4-7	Cekaj, Kristjan	34,000
18-8	Keraghan, John	33,000
22-2	Rodrigues, Johnny	32,000
2-4	White, Arthur	31,500
1-2	Costa, Ty	29,000
2-7	Beaudoin, Ronald	25,500
20-9	Starratt, Joe	23,500
25-3	DeRosa, Matt	22,500
16-5	Muriqi, Elvir	21,000
22-9	Gamber, Henry	20,000
11-4	Roy, Robert	18,500
18-7	Valentine, David	18,000
2-2	Aeschlimann, Michael	17,000

The bubble has burst!

Two players went out simultaneously with 103 remaining players, so play didn't even make it to hand-for-hand.  We can tell you about one of the bustouts.

The 4-seat opened for a raise before the 6-seat reraised all in, having his opponent covered.  Seat 4 made the call showing [Ac][Kc] and he would be racing against [2s][2d].  The [3h][9h][9s] flop gave him a lot of outs, and the [5c] turn opened up a few more.  When the [Jc] hit the river, he was left with just ace-king high and would be eliminated on the bubble.

The remaining players are now bagging up their chips for the night and will return tomorrow at 12pm EST.