Recent eliminations: 22nd-27th

Tarun G.

22nd Place: Daniel Bunker ($6,496)
23rd Place: Greg Himmelbrand ($6,496)
24th Place: Jeffrey Cohen ($6,496)
25th Place: Salvatore Mangiafico ($5,812)
26th Place: Christopher Renaudette ($5,812)
27th Place: Tarun G. ($5,812)

Updated chip counts in Level 20

Will Failla is grinding a short stack

Only 22 players remain as we being Level 20, which is 5,000/10,000 with a 1,000 ante. This will be the last level of the night before the surviving players bag up their chips. Day 3 will begin tomorrow at 11am EST. Here are updated chip counts as we begin the last level:

Eli Berg - 1,016,000

Shawn Busse - 730,000
Curt Kohlberg - 670,000
Andrew Badecker - 450,000
Brian LeBlanc - 405,000
Frank Flowers - 350,000
Bart Guthrie - 310,000

Daniel Bunker - 284,000
Mike Nye - 240,000
Bobby Oboodi - 220,000

George Cicak - 189,000

Justin "Stealthmunk" Schwartz -182,000
Will Failla - 62,000

Chris Pierro - 40,000

Updated chip counts in Level 19

Shawn Busse is 2nd in chips

Eli Berg - 1,050,000

Shawn Busse - 650,000
Andrew Badecker - 550,000
Justin "Stealthmunk" Schwartz - 435,000
Frank Flowers - 340,000
Daniel Bunker - 317,000
George Cicak - 304,000
Brian LeBlanc - 225,000
Bobby Oboodi - 220,000
Mike Nye - 126,000
Will Failla - 110,000
Chris Pierro - 93,000
Curt Kohlberg - 840,000

Over a million chip pot gets shipped to Eli Berg

At 3,000/6,000 blinds, Eli Berg opened to 15,000 on the button before Bobby Oboodi reraised to 54,000 from the small blind. Action folded back to Eli who moved all in for roughly half a million. It was a big all in, but Bobby made the call, sitting on almost 700,000 himself. Whoever won the pot would be the first player over a million, and Bobby had the best shot as he held [Qs][Qd] to Eli's [Th][Td]. The [3h][7s][4c] flop changed nothing, but the [5c] gave some chop possibilities. Devastatingly, the [Tc] hit the river instead, giving Eli a winning set of tens. Bobby could not believe his bad luck, and Eli's stack was counted down to 541,500. After paying off the allin, Bobby still has around 150,000.

To see this hand play out on ShareMyPair, click here.

Well I got it in for like 1.2 million w qq v Tt at 6k bb and I did not win on 7345xxxx
— Bobby Oboodi (@BobbyOboodi) March 30, 2015

Recent eliminations: 28th-36th Place ($5,334)

Giuseppe Ruvolo

28th Place: Giuseppe Ruvolo ($5,334)
29th Place: William Frederick ($5,334)
30th Place: Joseph Berardi ($5,334)
31st Place: Dan Chalifour ($5,334)
32rd Place: Noel O'Connor($5,334)
33th Place: Hee-Joong Im ($5,334)
34th Place: Omar Saeed ($5,334)
35th Place: Gregory Demetri ($5,334)
36th Place: Christopher Leveroni ($5,334)

Photos from the bubble

Will "The Thrill" Failla eyes the tournament clock

Curt Kohlberg's making new friends

"Newspaper Dan" Chalifour relaxes on the bubble

Justin "Stealthmunk" Schwartz reraises his opponent

Andrew Badecker is delivered his chips after a reraise

"Bubble Rewind": Mike Nye doubles up with a one outer

Mike Nye was short stacked on the bubble, and he got the last of his chips in with with [Jh][Jd] after [Ad][Jc] opened. It looked as if Mike would be the bubble boy when the flop fell [6c][3c][Ac], and players from other tables were relaying the news of Mike's doom before the turn hit. With only a 3% chance of surviving. the dealer smacked the [Js] on the turn, the one card that could save Mike. He would still need to dodge a club on the river, and when it fell [8h], Mike playfully yelled to the rest of the tournament, "F*** you all." Mike would double up and survive as the bubble played on.

$2,700 Championship is now in the money

After a brutal bubble, Chris MacNeil was the eventual bubble boy after many other short stacks doubled. Action folded to Chris in the small blind and he moved all in for 25,500 at 2,500/5,000 blinds with [Ah][6h] and was called by the big blind who held [6d][3d]. The board ran out [Kd][3s][Tc][Qd][9s] to send Chris to the rail in 37th place.

The remaining 36 players will be in the money, guaranteed at least a $5,334 payday. One of those 36 is Will "The Thrill Failla" who is down to only 12,000 in chips. We expect he will be all in very shortly.

Dinner break is over

The 37 remaining players are now back from their one hour dinner break. Hand-for-hand play will continue until we lose one more player.

Players are now on dinner break, still on the bubble

The 37 remaining players are now on a 1 hour dinner break. Play will be hand-for-hand when the next level, 2,500/5,000 blinds, begins.

Play is now hand for hand

With the elimination of Fred Paradis in 38th place, play is now hand-for-hand. The next player eliminated will be the bubble boy, and the remaining 36 players will be in the money. There is 14 minutes left in this level, and the tournament will take a one hour dinner break at the end of the level whether the bubble has been burst or not.

Busted 38th @FoxwoodsPoker Main event
— Fred Paradis (@FredParadis1) March 29, 2015

Mark Dickstein has been eliminated

Omar Saeed moved all in from the button and Mark Dickstein made the call from the small blind. Omar was ahead with [Ah][8d] against Mark's [Ac][6d]. The eight kicker held up on a [2c][2s][Kc][7d[3c] board to double up Omar and cripple Mark.

The next hand, Mark moved all in on the button for his last 20,000 after the UTG player limped for 4,000. Mark had [Ad][8c] against [Kd][Jd], but the [Qs][7c][6s][Kh][Jc] board sent  Mark to the rail in 39th place, just 3 spots from the money.

George Cicak takes a big one off Omar Saeed

We arrived to Table 3 to see George Cicak and Omar Saeed heads up on a [Js][6c][Jh][3s][Qc] river. We were filled in that it went bet-call on the flop, and then bet-raise-call on the turn. With about 120,000 chips in the pot on the river, Omar had checked and George had put out a bet of 75,000 and Omar was in the tank. He eventually made the call, and George showed him a flopped full house with [6s][6d]. Omar looked back at his cards and mucked [Jd][8s] face up. After the hand, Omar was knocked down to 92,000. 41 players remain with the blinds going up to 2,000/4,000 with a 500 ante.

Updated chip counts in Level 15

Shawn Busse leads with 42 remaining

Level 15 is halfway done, and here are updated chip counts for the players we know. 42 players remain, and average chips are just over 200,000. The top 36 players will be in the money.

Shawn Busse - 540,000

Brian LeBlanc - 510,000

Ivano Panetti - 360,000
Daniel Bunker - 335,000
Frank Flowers - 303,000

Justin "Stealthmunk" Schwartz - 296,000
Andrew Badecker - 272,000
Omar Saeed - 231,000
Chris Pierro - 219,000

Curt Kohlberg - 173,000
Tarun G. - 146,000
Dan Chalifour - 114,000
Mark Dickstein - 79,000
Chris MacNeil - 70,000
Will Failla - 54,000
Fred Paradis - 53,000
Mike Nye - 28,000

Chris Tryba has been eliminated

We didn't see how the chips got in, but we arrived to Table 3 to see Chris Tryba paying off Carlo Sciannameo's allin. The board read [4c][6c][9d][Kd][Ac], and Chris had [9s][9h] in front of him. But his set was no good as Carlo had rivered a set of aces with his [As][Ah].

After the hand, Carlo had doubled up to 410,000. Chris was left with only a few chips, and he was eliminated a few hands later in 44th place.

999 < AA...A inda riva. #crippled
— christopher tryba (@christryba) March 29, 2015

Katayon Khaterzai has been eliminated

The last female in the field, Katayon Khaterzai, has just been eliminated. She ran her pocket sevens into her opponent's pocket aces, and she will exit the tournament 11 players shy of making the money.

Event #20 $300 NLH Big Stack Prize Pool & Payouts

There were a total of 289 entries in today's Event #20 $300 NLH Big Stack, creating a $72,886 prize pool. The top 36 players will be in the money, with a mincash worth $568. Here are the full payouts:

1st Place: $16,713
2nd Place: $10,204
3rd Place: $6,742
4th Place: $5,357
5th Place: $3,936
6th Place: $3,207
7th Place: $2,624
8th Place: $2,077
9th Place: $1,617
10th-12th Place: $1,166
13th-15th Place: $983
16th-18th Place: $874
19th-21st Place: $765
22nd-24th Place: $692
25th-27th Place: $619
28th-36th Place: $568

Photos from the last two levels

Frank Flowers picks up pocket kings

Andrew Badecker

Shawn Busse

Brian LeBlanc

Ivano Panetti

Chris MacNeil

Dan Chalifour

Daniel Bunker sends one home with a one outer

We heard some commotion on Table 2, and we walked over to see what was going on. Apparently three players saw a [Ks][5s][Js] flop, and the preflop raiser bet into Daniel Bunker and another player, who both called. When the [Ac] hit the turn, the original raiser checked and Daniel moved all in. His opponent called, and the original raiser got out of the way. It was a complete cooler as Daniel held the second nuts with [Qs][Ts] and was up against the nuts, [As][8s]. Daniel would need to hit a one outer to make a straight flush. He called for the [9s], and indeed that's what hit on the river. The entire table went nuts, and the dealer counted down the stacks. Daniel had his opponent slightly covered, so he will eliminate that player, bringing the field down to 53 remaining.

Frank Flowers bluffs his way to a top 5 chip stack

Frank Flowers came in to Day 2 in the middle of the pack, and he's been doing well so far today. We came to his table to get a chip count and saw him involved in a pot. He was facing a 25,000 bet on a [Ad][Td][Jc][5c][Jd] river. After some thought, Frank put in a 60,000 raise, which his opponent ended up folding to. Frank smiled and tabled [9s][8c] for a missed straight draw. As he rakes in that pot, Frank is up to 230,000, which is a top 5 chop stack with 63 remaining.

Updated chip counts in Level 13

We are down to 63 players remaining. Here are updated chip counts for select players:

Fred Paradis - 250,000

Frank Flowers - 230,000

Omar Saeed - 212,000

Andrew Badecker - 210,000

Justin "Stealthmunk" - 190,000

Scott Blake - 174,000

Dave Stefanski - 167,000

Mark Dickstein - 146,000

Chris Tryba - 170,000

Curt Kohlberg - 130,000

James Campbell - 110,000

Mike Nye - 77,000

Will Failla -  57,000

Tarun G. - 33,000

Eric Siegel - 20,000

Players are now on break

78 players remain in $2,700 Championship Event, and they are now on break. Blinds will be 1,000/2,000 with a 300 ante when play resumes.

Down to the final 100 players

We are now down to the final 100 players. A table is being broken and there are 11 tables remaining. The top 36 players will be in the money.

Today's schedule: Day 2 of $2,700 Championship at 11am, $300 NLH Big Stack at 11am

On today's schedule at the Foxwoods Poker Classic:

11am:
Event # 19 $2,700 NO LIMIT HOLD’EM CHAMPIONSHIP DAY 2
($2500 Buy-in / $200 Entry fee)
$500,000 Guaranteed
Three Day Event
Full structure is available here.
Streaming live on www.FoxwoodsLive.com

11am:
Event # 20 $300 NO LIMIT HOLD’EM BIG STACK
$25,000 Guaranteed
($260 Buy-in/$40 Entry fee)
“With Re-Entries”
Players start with 30,000 in non-value tournament chips.
Registration will remain open through the end of the 9th level.
Levels 1 - 25 will be played for 20 minutes. Levels 26 & UP will be played for 30 minutes

Full structure is available here.

2015 Foxwoods Poker Classic- Event #19 - $2700 NLH - Day 2 Returning Players

Table-Seat	Name	Chip Count
9-4	Saeed, Omar	257,600
10-3	Badecker, Andrew	240,800
9-8	McCaffrey, Paul	181,000
2-6	Koch, Bryan	176,500
11-1	Sciannameo, Carlo	172,700
1-1	Duong, Jack	171,500
8-7	Minxolli, Glen	165,500
3-1	Ruvolo, Giuseppe	161,300
9-9	Busse, Shawn	148,400
1-4	Colpoys, Dan	140,500
7-1	Brackesy, Steven	136,000
12-6	Hicks, Ray	131,300
4-8	Kohlberg, Curt	129,400
4-7	O'Connor, Noel	128,500
12-1	Rebello, Todd	125,200
13-5	Leveroni, Chris	120,300
9-6	Hoey, Ken	116,800
10-8	Magner, James	112,500
5-7	Himmelbrand, Greg	110,300
8-9	Ranieri, Steve	109,400
2-4	Gulati, Tarun	107,900
7-7	Paradis, Maurice	107,200
4-4	MacNeil, Chris	106,300
5-2	Flowers, Frank	103,000
1-8	Blake, Scott	102,500
3-4	Gnidash, Denis	102,400
9-1	Stefanski, David	101,500
2-3	Palma, Nicholas	101,200
5-1	Hou, Ernie	100,300
13-6	Sinishtaj, Tony	97,400
6-5	Santora, Gene	97,100
2-5	Armistead, Tedford	93,500
7-3	Campbell, James	93,500
10-2	Berg, Eli	91,100
7-4	Guthrie, Bart	90,200
12-9	LeBlanc, Brian	89,400
9-2	Kuba, Matt	88,900
12-7	Dobrilovic, Tom	86,000
8-8	Spyratos, Gerasimos	85,700
8-4	Kelly, Patrick	85,000
13-9	Espinola, David	84,500
7-9	Kostrov, Gennadiy	84,000
2-2	Sarmiento, Steven	81,800
3-3	Cohen, Jeff	81,700
5-9	Mostafa, Ryan	81,700
3-8	Dickstein, Mark	80,500
10-5	Bianco, Ben	80,100
12-4	Datashvili, David	78,900
7-6	Suppa, Frank	78,300
5-4	Demetri, Greg	77,800
2-1	Bunker, Daniel	77,400
4-2	Tsakov, Petko	75,800
12-8	Kluchman, David	75,700
12-2	Catala, Juan "Magic"	74,100
8-6	Schwarz, Jeffrey	73,100
13-2	Dentale, Michael	73,000
11-3	Undisclosed	68,400
6-3	Corcione, Bobby	67,600
3-2	Tryba, Christopher	67,100
10-1	Lieberman, Mark	67,000
8-1	Renaudette, Chris	66,000
13-1	Grandieri, David	64,400
6-7	Brauer, Paul	63,000
1-5	Israelashvili, Roland	60,700
2-8	Hillard, Gerald	60,300
3-9	Schoultz, Mike	58,900
5-6	Wrobleski, John	58,600
5-5	Khaterzai, Katayon	57,000
4-5	Panetti, Ivano	56,100
4-6	Feingold, Jay	55,000
3-7	Giulino, Joseph	55,000
1-7	Chalifour, Dan	51,000
10-4	Lane, David	50,800
11-2	Caputo, John	50,600
11-4	Debreceni, James	49,300
9-7	McNabola, John	47,200
1-2	Pierro, Christopher	45,400
1-3	Pan, Xin	44,600
13-3	Cicak, George	44,300
8-5	Failla, Will "The Thrill"	44,300
10-9	Im, Hee-Joong	41,100
13-7	Frederick, William	40,600
8-2	Lavoie, Michael	39,400
10-6	Leskowitz, Bryan	38,600
6-9	Fenn, Peter	38,100
7-2	Lewis, Jonathan	37,300
12-3	Oboodi, Bahbak	37,200
7-8	Masi, Vito	36,400
4-1	Nye, Michael	36,200
6-4	Thomas, Tom	35,900
13-8	Rodriguez, Elvis	34,900
10-7	Frey, Ken	34,100
13-4	Vitorino, Michael	33,600
11-7	DiPietro, Justin	33,400
9-3	Bieber, Kevin	33,000
1-9	Montes, Jose	32,200
6-2	Pecoraro, Joe	30,400
6-8	Strileckis, Toby	29,400
3-6	Bowker, Kyle	29,000
11-9	Schwartz, Justin	28,600
12-5	Pahuja, Vineet	28,500
2-7	Berardi, Joseph	27,900
3-5	Siegel, Eric	27,600
5-8	Frangoulidis, James	27,000
4-9	Mangiafico, Sal	24,000
11-5	Peters, Steve	23,800
6-6	Bitker, Adam	15,800
6-1	Aiello, Gerald	15,600
4-3	Kuey, Natale	15,300
11-8	Servidio, Frank	5,300

Event #19 $2,700 Championship Prize Pool & Payouts

Event #19 $2,700 Championship  received 282 entries, creating a $683,850 prize pool. The top 36 players will be in the money, with a mincash worth $5,334. Here are the full payouts:

1st Place: $156,807

2nd Place: $95,739

3rd Place: $63,256

4th Place: $50,263

5th Place: $36,928

6th Place: $30,090

7th Place: $24,618

8th Place: $19,490

9th Place: $15,055

10th-12th Place: $10,941

13th-15th Place: $9,231

16th-18th Place: $8,206

19th-21st Place: $7,180

22nd-24th Place: $6,496

25th-27th Place: $5,812

28th-36th Place: $5,334