Play is now hand-for-hand

The field was stuck at 56 players for awhile, but finally three players dropped to bring the count down to 53 remaining. The clock has been paused, and hand-for-hand play will begin shortly.

Updated chip counts

Blinds have just increased to 2,000/4,000 with a 500 ante. 63 players remain, and here are select chip counts from the field:

Frankie Flowers - 294,000
Kevin Calenzo - 130,000
Ralph Macri - 85,500
John Quirk - 72,000
Raj Patel - 70,000
Larry "Scared Money" Hirsch - 68,500

Flight C is down to 70 players

An elimination at the featured table brought Flight C closer to ending their Day 1. Only 70 players remain with 12 minutes remaining in Level 16. The final 52 players will make the money.

Event #1 Prize Pool & Payouts

Event #1 received 957 entries over 3 flights. The top 116 players will be in the money, with a mincash worth $1,230. Here are the full payouts:

1st Place: $84,208
2nd Place: $54,109
3rd Place: $38,368
4th Place: $27,054
5th Place: $20,906
6th Place: $16,970
7th Place: $13,773
8th Place: $10,822
9th Place: $8,166
10th-12th Place: $6,198
13th-15th Place: $5,214
16th-18th Place: $4,624
19th-21st Place: $4,034
22nd-24th Place: $3,443
25th-27th Place: $2,951
28th-36th Place: $2,459
37th-45th Place: $2,066
46th-54th Place: $1,771
55th-63rd Place: $1,525
64th-72nd Place: $1,377
73rd-81st Place: $1,328
82nd-90th Place: $1,279
91st-116th Place: $1,230

Ralph Macri doubles up

At 1,000/2,000 blinds, Ralph Macri moved all in for 33,400 from middle position and received one caller. Ralph was in great shape to double up with his [Qd][qc] against [7c][7h]. The board ran out a pure [3d][4d][ah][4c][3c] to give Ralph the double up.

Level 15 has begun

The field has played 1 level since returning from dinner break, and are now playing 1,200/2,400 blinds with a 400 ante. 96 players remain and the final 52 players will return tomorrow at 12pm for Day 2.

Players are now on dinner break

The remaining players in Flight B are now on their one hour dinner break. When play resumes at approximately 8:05pm, blinds will be 1,000/2,000 with a 300 ante. 

Larry "Scared Money" Hirsch leads the final 133 players

Level 13 is under way, which means the blinds are 800/1,600 with a 200 ante. 133 players remain, and Larry "Scared Money" Hirsch is at the top of the chip counts. Here are chip counts for notable players:

Larry "Scared Money" Hirsch - 201,000
Jon Reinhardt - 171,000
John Quirk - 144,000
Ralph Macri - 120,000
Soukha Kachittavong - 75,000
Kevin Calenzo - 55,000
Mike Nye - 50,000
Raj Patel - 42,000
Sherwin Agard - 40,000
Jovy Ounthongdy - 37,000
Ted Driscoll - 30,000

6pm Update

It's 6pm, and Flight B is down to 178 players from the 427 entries for the day. There were a total of 957 entries combined for all flights in Event #1.

The field will complete Level 12, and after one more level, they will take a dinner break.

Photos from Flight B

John Quirk 

Mike Dentale

Dave Stefanski

James Campbell

Mike Nye

Dominik Pelli

2:30pm Update

So far Flight C has received 374 entries, and currently 279 players remain. We are midway through Level 7, and registration is open through the beginning of Level 9. We will have pictures from the filed posted shortly.

Event #1 Flight C is Under Way

Cards are in the air for Flight C of Event #1 $600 NLH. This tournament features a $500,000 Guarantee, and players begin with 20,000 chips. Registration and re-entries are available through the start of level 9, or approximately 3:30pm EST. Play will continue until approximately 12% of the field remains, and the survivors will return tomorrow at 12pm for Day 2.

Today's Schedule: Event #1 $600 NLH Flight C @ 11am

Today is Day 3 of the Foxwoods Mega Stack Challenge. This series features over $1,000,000 in Guaranteed Prizes. Here's what's on today's schedule:

11am:
Flight C of Event #1 $600 NLH
$500,000 Guarantee
($530 Buy-in / $70 Entry fee)
Players start with 20,000 in non-value tournament chips.
Registration will remain open until the start of level 9 (approximately 3:30pm).
Levels 1-8 will be 30 minutes. Remaining levels on Day 1 will be 40 minutes.
Day 2 levels will be 60 minutes.
There is a dinner break after Level 13 (approximately 7:05pm).
The day will conclude when 12% of the field remains.
Full structure is available here.

Other Tournaments:
9am: $60 NLH
6pm: $230 NLH
8:30pm: $100 NLH Bounty

A full series schedule is available here.

December Mega Stack Challenge - Event #1 - $600 NLH - Day 1A and 1B Returning Players

Position	Name	Chip Count
1	Moseman, Raymond	457,500
2	LeBlanc, Brian	446,500
3	Brackesy, Steven	384,000
4	Dang, William	374,000
5	Gilmartin, John	366,000
6	Yander, John	326,500
7	Begazyon, Tesfay	325,000
8	Amereno, Vic	313,000
9	Rodrigues, Linda	286,500
10	Alden, James	284,500
11	Sabogali, Alberto	252,500
12	Corcione, Bobby	251,500
13	Carleton, David	242,500
14	Hubble, Clinton	235,000
15	Goldstein, Andrew	227,500
16	Oh, JeeWook	212,500
17	Fisher, T. Don	208,500
18	Wagner, Peter	208,500
19	Iannotti, Richard	198,500
20	Ciofalo, John	188,000
21	Lafemina, Michael	176,500
22	Nakhoul, Ben	170,500
23	Bossard, Marcus	170,000
24	Rubin, James	170,000
25	Lex, James	169,000
26	Rawlinson, Kenneth	158,000
27	Tripp, Peter	145,000
28	Orme, Chris	139,500
29	Leong, Christopher	135,000
30	Kaplan, Stewart	131,500
31	Reyes, Elvis	130,500
32	Tobias, John	130,000
33	Younis, Gary	130,000
34	Sotiropoulos, William	123,500
35	Schumacher, Mark	122,000
36	Bunker, Charles	120,000
37	Linster, Mike	115,500
38	Reilly, Tim	115,000
39	Tong, Jiqiang	113,500
40	Ferdinand, Bobby	110,500
41	Wigfall, Dane	109,500
42	Mahoney, Jared	109,000
43	Giampa, Lou	108,000
44	Ramakrishna, Jammula	106,000
45	Berardi, Joseph	104,500
46	Undisclosed	103,500
47	Thomasen, Jaime	100,000
48	Murphy, Lynn	99,000
49	Ricciuti, Bob	97,000
50	Kantarevic, Suad	94,000
51	Everett, Peter	94,000
52	Daaboul, Michel	92,500
53	Loukas, Christos	89,500
54	Coulombe, Joseph	88,000
55	Goldberg, Leonard	87,500
56	Wantman, Matthew	87,500
57	Nguyen, Phi	85,500
58	Mason, Kevin	78,500
59	Yi, Solomon	78,000
60	Siegel, Eric	70,000
61	Miller, Jeff	61,500
62	Mestieri, Cory	56,500
63	Hong, Seong	32,500
64	LaFaye, Glenn	26,000