December Mega Stack Challenge - Event #5 - $400 NLH - Day 1A Returning Players

Position	Name	Chip Count
1	Cooper, Matthew	259,000
2	Lindenfeld, Nathan	231,000
3	St. Vincent, Brad	231,000
4	Surapaneni, Satish	228,000
5	McDonald, Nick	219,500
6	Ajdo, Dayo	210,500
7	Kachittavong, S.	177,000
8	Alves, Christopher	173,500
9	Labriola, David	173,000
10	Renaudette, Christopher	156,000
11	Miller, Jeff	153,500
12	Rocha, Alex	151,000
13	Vundavalli, Sudhakar	136,000
14	Freeman, Todd	114,000
15	Ardesh, Danial	109,500
16	Renda, Brian	91,500
17	Bukoff, Dan	87,000
18	Carrafa, J.L.	80,500
19	Clemente, Michael	73,000
20	Kuey, Natale	73,000
21	Richter, Raphael	73,000
22	Dobbs, Michael	69,500
23	Paladino, Ramona	67,000
24	Bunker, Charles	63,500
25	Diotalevi, Richard	60,950
26	Puziello, Ralph	59,500
27	McGann, Andrew	51,500
28	Wiley, Brendan	51,000
29	Lawson, Rick	47,500
30	Belardo, Aaron	45,500
31	Pelli, Dominick	44,000
32	Laramee, Jason	42,000
33	Bonfigli, Andrew	38,500
34	Houle, Alex	38,000
35	Joseph, Johanssy	37,000
36	Gordon, Larry	35,000
37	Reyes, Elvis	15,500

Flight B Registration Closed

Registration is closed for Flight B as Level 9 begins. We are awaiting the official count and payouts, but the board reads 222 players.

Here are updated chip counts for select players:

Chris Leong - 100,000
Spiro Mitrokostas - 94,000
James Campbell - 65,000
Eric Siegel - 32,200
Jovy Ounthongdy - 30,600
Chris Tryba - 24,000
Mike Nye - 18,000
Raj Patel - 6,000

Photos from the end of Flight A

Flight A has concluded with 37 players remaining. Names and chip counts will be posted shortly. Here are some pictures from the last few levels of the night:

Five more hands

With 10 minutes left in the level, a card has been drawn and 5 more hands will be played before players will bag up for the night. 40 players currently remain, and they they will combine with survivors from Flight B tomorrow at 12pm.

One orbit with Brad St. Vincent

Fresh off hitting a Royal Flush, we join Brad St. Vincent for an orbit to see how his Day 1 is going. Blinds are 1,000/2,000 with a 300 ante.

Hand 1: Brad is UTG+1 and folds after UTG opens to 6,000. Everyone folds.

Hand 2: Brad is UTG and starts the hand by paying for his massage that just ended. He folds, and the hijack limps along with the button. The small blind moves all in and everyone folds. He shows the [ah].

Hand 3: Alex Rocha opens UTG to 4,500 and all fold to Brad in the big blind. He folds, asking Alex, "Is that the UTG Bluff?" as he folds.

Brad offers two of his tablemates out of a prop bet for $15. Then he offers $10. The prop bet is about the number of players remaining.

Hand 4: Four players limp and Brad limps in the small blind. Alex checks and the flop falls [ah][9s][9c]. One player bets 3,000 and the cutoff raises to 11,000. The original bettor calls and the turn comes [qc]. The cutoff moves all in after being checked to, and his opponent asks for a count. The all in is 51,000, and he tanks for a long time before calling. The all in player has [ac][kd]. The caller has [ad][qs] and the river comes [7c] to send the player with ace king to the rail.

Hand 5: A new player is brought to the table and he folds UTG. The hijack raises to 5,000 and Alex reraises to 14,000 from the small blind. The hijack folds and Alex wins the pot. 

Hand 6: Brad is in the cutoff and folds. Alex limps the button and the small blind calls as well. The big blind moves all in and everyone folds. 

Hand 7: The player on Brad's right opens in middle position and the big blind calls. The flop falls [8s][2d][ac] and the big blind check-folds.

Hand 8: The table gives the big blind a walk. 

Hand 9: UTG opens to 6,000 and Brad reraises to 15,800 from UTG+2. Everyone folds and Brad wins the pot.

Flight B Update

Flight B is currently playing Level 4 and is up to 153 entries so far. Players in the field include Frankie Flowers, James Campbell, Chris Tryba, Raj Patel, Chris Leong, and Mike Nye.

Level 14: Down to 50 players

Level 14 has begun, which means blinds are now 1,000/2,000 with a 300 ante. A table has just been broken, so only 50 players remain. Here are updated chip counts for select players:

Alex Rocha - 190,000
Brad St. Vincent - 180,000
Soukha Kachittavong - 161,500
Dominik Pelli - 41,000

Last break of the day

Players in Event #4 $400 NLH Flight A are now on their last break of the day. Only 60 players remain from the 200 entrants that started the day. When players return, blinds will be 800/1,600 with a 200 ante.

Meanwhile, Flight B is underway with one level already complete. So far 96 players have signed up, and registration is open until approximately 9:30pm.

Photos from the last two levels

Event #4 Flight A is Under Way

Cards are in the air for Flight A of Event #4 $400 NLH. Players start with 20,000 in chips and will play 15 levels today. Registration and re-entries are available until the start or level 9, or approximately 3:30pm.

Today's Schedule

Today is Day 6 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 A of Event #5 $400 NLH
$100,000 Guarantee
($350 Buy-in / $50 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 - 12 will be 30 minutes. Levels 13+ will be 40 minutes.
There is no dinner break on Day 1.
Play will end after level 15 (approximately 7:45pm) or at T.D. discretion.
Full structure is available here.

5pm:
Flight A of Event #5 $400 NLH
$100,000 Guarantee
($350 Buy-in / $50 Entry fee)
Players start with 20,000 in non-value tournament chips.
Registration will remain open until the start of level 9 (approximately 9:30pm).
Levels 1 - 12 will be 30 minutes. Levels 13+ will be 40 minutes.
There is no dinner break on Day 1.
Play will end after level 15 (approximately 1:45am) or at T.D. discretion.
Full structure is available here.

Other Tournaments:
9am: $60 NLH
3pm: $200 Mega Super - 2 $1,650 Seats Guaranteed
8:30pm: $100 NLH Bounty

A full series schedule is available here.

December Mega Stack Challenge - Event #4 - $230 NLH - Final Results

Place	Name	Prize
1	Ralph Macri, Redding, CT	$5,000
2	Joseph Kosko, Southington, CT	$3,730
3	William Sotiropoulos, Ipswich, MA	$3,730
4	John Rowan, Ridge, NY	$3,729
5	Sami Benhayun, Flushing, NY	$3,729
6	Christopher Leong, New York, NY	$1,509
7	John Clifford, Salem, NH	$1,229
8	Stephen Diamantas, Tampa, FL	$978
9	Joe Coulombe, Windsor Locks, CT	$785
10	Hamid Kashvari, New York, NY	$614
11	Steven Weeks, Monroe, CT	$614
12	Richard Salaices, Framingham, MA	$614
13	Willie Landry, Mendon, MA	$558
14	Robert Young, Providence, RI	$558
15	Jie Zhang, North Grafton, MA	$558

December Mega Stack Challenge - Event #3 - $300 NLH - Final Results

Position	Name	Prize
1	AUGUSTEN, AARON, Boston, MA	$7,053
2	PITTI, JOSEPH, East Meadow, NY	$8,052
3	YAP, RICKY, Keene, NH	$8,052
4	MACRI, RALPH, Redding, CT	$7,053
5	FERDINAND, BOBBY, Revere, MA	$7,053
6	TSONIS, NICHOLAS, Leicester, MA	$5,000
7	HIRSCH, LAWRENCE, Patchogue, NY	$5,000
8	KATTELL, JAMES, Manchester, NH	$2,013
9	HAXHILLARY, VESEL, Waterbury, CT	$1,569
10	WRIGHT, DANIEL, Newington, NH	$1,129
11	SIEGEL, ERIC, Melville, NY	$1,129
12	VIVERITO, PETER, Selden, NY	$1,129
13	KOSKO, JOSEPH, Southington, CT	$953
14	MONTEIRO, CARLOS, Minneapolis, MN	$953
15	STUCKI, ERIC, Monroe, CT	$953
16	LAFLEUR, BROC, Somerset, MA	$847
17	BURKE, MICHAEL, Newtown, CT	$847
18	GOMEAU, BRANDON, Warwick, RI	$847
19	THOMASEN, JAIME, Manchester, CT	$741
20	KACHITTAVONG, SOUKHA, Woonsocket, RI	$741
21	BUNKER, CHARLES, Putnam, CT	$741
22	MITROKOSTAS, SPIRO, W. Yarmouth, MA	$670
23	LEE, SEUNGHWAN, Albertson, NY	$670
24	SALAICES, RICHARD, Framingham, MA	$670
25	GALLUZZO, MICHAEL, Medford, MA	$600
26	PLOTKIN, ALEXANDER, Nanuet, NY	$600
27	WESS, PHILIP, Needham Hghts, MA	$600
28	LAU, JOHNNY, Flushing, NY	$550
29	ADALIS, THEODOROS, Hyannis, MA	$550
30	LYDON, TIMOTHY, Dorchester Cntr. MA	$550
31	FIORENTINI, STEVEN, Millis, MA	$550
32	DEMPSEY, JOSHUA, Columbus, OH	$550
33	ANTINORE, DAVID, Stafford Springs, CT	$550
34	FUTERAN, MICHAEL, Huntington, NY	$550
35	WILBER, DENNIS, Patchogue, NY	$550
36	KARAJIC, IRFAN, Chelsea, MA	$550

December Mega Stack Challenge - Event #2 - $230 Omaha Hi Lo - Final Results

Place	Name	Prize
1	Paul Zarcone, Holbrook, NY	$3,462
2	Alexander Frye, Norwood, MA	$2,361
3	William Perry, Duxbury, MA	$2,000
4	David Pacheco, Fall River, MA	$1,222
5	Peter Terry, East Hartland, CT	$916
6	Christopher Dichiara, Coventry, RI	$734
7	Andre Laje, East Providence, RI	$611
8	William Pelegrin, Watertown, MA	$489
9	David Carvara, Seekonk, MA	$427

YouTube Video: Event #1 $600 NLH Final Table