Event #8 Final Table With Chip Counts

Seat 1 - James Bendiks - 1,195,000
Seat 2 - Dan Fairweather - 1,905,000
Seat 3 - Kareem Marshall - 1,020,000
Seat 4 - Brad St. Vincent - 1,365,000
Seat 5 - Andres Benitez - 2,070,000
Seat 6 - Steve Happas - 985,000
Seat 7 - John Dimeglio - 590,000
Seat 8 -Timothy Lydon - 420,000
Seat 9 - David Drory - 785,000
Seat 10 - Peter Gelzhinsky - 295,000

Broadcasting live at www.foxwoodslive.com with commentary by Chris 'Fox' Wallace, and "Minnesota Molly" Mossey.

Event #9 ($300 NLH Bounty) Update

Event #9 is down to the final 30 players, with 18 players making the money.  They are currently playing level 16, with 1,500/3,000 blinds and a 500 ante. 

Shout Out From Andres Benitez - Event #8

Andres Benitez - Current Chip Leader w/ 14 Remaining

Andres Benitez would like to thank all of his friends and coworkers that have spent the day watching the blog updates and live feed, when they were supposed to be selling servers :)

Live Feed Update - Event #8 ($400 NLH PPC)

The live stream on foxwoodslive.com may be down for a few minutes while we run some tests in preparation for the commentary and live stream of the final table. 

We will get everything back up and running ASAP. 

Thank you for your patience while we work to bring you the most stellar final table feed possible. 

Final Two Tables With Chip Counts - Event #8 ($400 NLH PPC)

Feature Table:
Seat 1 - Matthew Sedgeman - 242,000
Seat 2 - Jon Nykvist - 650,000
Seat 3 - Kareem Marshall - 902,000
Seat 4 - Vivian Leslie - 240,000
Seat 5 - Timothy Lydon - 200,000
Seat 6 - Peter Gelzhinsky - 1,045,000
Seat 7 - Dan Fairweather - 360,000
Seat 8 - David Drory - 355,000
Seat 9 - John Dimeglio - 530,000

Second Table:
Seat 1 - Steve Happas - 860,000
Seat 2 - Weither Marmol - 350,000
Seat 3 - Will Morales - 510,000
Seat 4 - Not Reported - 630,000
Seat 5 - Andres Benitez - 907,000
Seat 6 - Ryan Stanhope - 867,000
Seat 7 - Jonas Bendiks - 470,000
Seat 8 - Brad St. Vincent - 415,000
Seat 9 - Raj Patel - 875,000

Event #8 ($400 NLH PPC) Players Dinner Break

The final 18 players in Event #8 are now on a 60 minute dinner break.  They will return to 12,000/24,000 blinds and a 4,000 ante. 

Event #9 ($300 NLH Bounty) Prize Pool Information

There were a total of 158 entries in today's $300 No Limit Hold Em Bounty Event.

The top 18 places will be paid out as follows:

1 - $8,307
2 - $5,399
3 - $3,578
4 - $2,684
5 - $2,045
6 - $1,661
7 - $1,342
8 - $1,086
9 - $863
10-12 - $607
13-15 - $543
16-18 - $511

Total Prize Pool:  $31,948

Vincent Rosarbo Double Up in Event #9 ($300 NLH BOUNTY)

A Friend of Vincent Rosarbo Looks On After His Double Up

Event #9 ($300 NLH BOUNTY)
Blinds: 200/4400  Ante: 50
 
On a board reading [qh][js][8d][3h], Vincent Rosarbo checks in the cutoff, and the button bets 7,000.  Rosarbo calls.

When the river comes the [2s], Rosarbo again checks, the button shoves all in, and Rosarbo quickly calls, turning over [ad][as].

The button says, "You win," as he turns over [7h][8h].

Rosarbo is awarded a full double up, and is now sitting with 55,000 in chips. 

Brad St. Vincent - Event #8 ($400 NLH PPC)

Brad St. Vincent is currently sitting with one of the biggest stacks in Event #8.  There are 46 players remaining at the moment, all of them officially in the money. 

Kinnon Smallbone Chipping Up in Event #9 ($300 NLH Bounty)

Kinnon Smallbone

Event #9 ($300 NLH Bounty)
Blinds: 100/200 Ante: 25

On a board reading [ad][3d][2s], the player in the small blind bets 1,500, Kinnon Smallbone raises to 4,000 in the cutoff, and the small blind calls. 

Both players check the [qc] turn. 

When the [7d] comes on the river, the small blind checks, and Smallbone shoves all in for 3,675.  The small blind thinks for over a minute before ultimately folding [ah][qs] (two pair) face up. 

Smallbone does not show his cards. 

No Hand For Hand, Bubbble Burst in Event #8

PPC Regular Vivian Leslie

With 65 players remaining, two players were eliminated on separate tables, and now all remaining players are officially in the money and guaranteed at least $700. 

Everyone has their eye on the top two spots, which guarantees not only their share of the prize pool, but also a $5,000 package to the PPC Aruba Championship.  For more information please see www.ppcpokertour.com. And for a full list of payouts for Event #8 please see think link.

Event #8 - Russell Sanzeri Eliminated By Steve Happas

Steve 'Dakota' Happas

On a board reading [as][5h][2d][10d], Russell Sanzeri moves his stack in from of him, shoving all in for nearly 80,000, and Steve Happas quickly calls.

Sanzeri: [qc][10c] (pair of tens)
Happas: [ac][ad] (set of aces)

The [kh] comes on the river, sending Sanzeri home just short of the money.

Happas is now sitting with around 150,000 in chips.

There are now 66 players remaining, with 63 getting paid.

Nearing the Money Bubble in Event #8 ($400 NLH PPC)

We are now down to just 69 players, with 63 of them making the money in Event #8. 

Event #8 - John Yanni Eliminated By John Dimeglio

John Dimeglio Contemplates His Decision

Action folds around to Matthew Sedgeman in the cutoff who raises to 11,000.  The button folds, and with action on John Yanni in the small blind, he shoves all in. 

John Dimeglio asks for a count in the the big blind.  Upon hearing the total of 60,500 he says, "I need a minute here guys." 

After a minute of thinking about it, Dimeglio reshoves over the top of Yanii, and the original raiser Sedgeman folds his hand. 

Dimeglio: [ad][qd]
Yanni: [7c][7s]

The [jh][8d][4c] flop is safe for Yanni, but unfortunately the [qc] turn gives Dimeglio a higher pair.  The [kd] on the river does not improve his hand, and Yanni is sent home within ten players of making the money.  

Event #8 - Bruce Peterson Doubles Through Dan Fairweather

On a board reading [10h][8c][4h], Bruce Peterson is all in and has been called by Dan Fairweather.

Peterson:  [qd][10d]
Fairweather: [ah][ks]

The [10c] on the turn and [2d] on the river ensures a full double up for Peterson.

"How do you call pre there," Fairweather asks as Peterson is stacking his chips. 

Bruce Peterson - 125,000
Dan Fairweather - 150,000

Reminder - Feature Table Streaming Live - Event #8 ($400 NLH PPC)

As a reminder, we are streaming a feature table of Event #8 on www.foxwoodslive.com.

Starting day 2 @FoxwoodsPoker @PPCPokerTour 101 players left I'm starting play on the live stream table seat 7 https://t.co/P3BWr6oddh

— Steve*Dakota*Happas (@dakotablog) February 11, 2016

Cards In the Air - Event #9 $300 NLH Bounty

Event #9 has just kicked off, and players are taking their seats.  This $300 buy-in event provides 20,000 in chips, and players are allowed to enter and re-enter up until the start of level 9 (all levels are 30 minutes in length).

A full structure for this event can be found here. 

Cards In the Air for Day 2 of Event #8 ($400 NLH PPC)

The 101 players combined from flights A and B have just taken their seats, and play has begun.  This event will be paying out 63 spots in addition to the two $5,000 PPC Tour Aruba packages awarded to the top two finishers. 

For more information on the PPC please see www.ppcpokertour.com.

February Mega Stack Challenge - Event #8 - $400 NLH - Returning Players for Day 2

Table-Seat	Name	Chip Count
12-1	Benitez, Andres	365,000
4-5	Marshall, Kareem	298,500
3-1	Baughman, Luke	269,000
3-6	Scianna, Louis	265,000
5-6	Farnen, Don	263,000
12-9	Lydon, Timothy	258,500
6-7	Sedgeman, Matthew	257,000
5-4	St. Vincent, Brad	255,000
3-9	Yi, Solomon	255,000
1-8	Israelashvili, Roland	215,500
4-3	Barringer, Sean	200,500
9-1	Saklad, Steve	188,000
2-4	Leslie, Viian	182,000
4-6	Patel, Dilip	166,500
5-7	Marmol, Welther	166,000
11-1	Silva, Hendricks	166,000
2-3	Macri, Ralph	163,500
11-7	Wang, Kevin	151,500
4-9	Morales, Will	151,000
9-7	DiPietro, Justin	142,000
10-2	Nykvist, Jon	140,000
9-8	Birmingham, David	135,000
9-9	Tronilo, Jose	132,000
1-7	Happas, Steve	130,000
8-9	Pan, Xin Feng	129,000
10-3	Moretti, Tony	123,500
6-8	Bitondo, Attilio	121,500
10-6	Perez, Jaimen	121,000
3-2	Gelzhinsky, Peter	120,000
11-4	Winn, Conner	118,000
12-4	Kaufmann, Wayne	117,000
12-7	Stanhope, Ryan	117,000
3-5	Ricciuti, Bob	112,000
1-3	Fairweather, Dan	110,500
8-5	Goff, Kyle	108,000
7-8	Joseph, Johanssy	107,000
9-5	Caporuscio, Gary	106,500
8-1	Frisch, Roger	106,500
10-7	McKay, Michael	106,500
2-8	Tahajian, David	105,000
6-5	Piscatelli, Matthew	103,500
3-3	Bunker, Charles	99,500
5-2	Reppucci, Michael	98,500
1-2	Decaro, Zack	96,000
2-7	Corcione, Bobby	95,500
6-2	Macaro, Zachary	95,500
5-9	Petteruti, Christopher	94,000
8-2	Dandreo, Puck	90,500
2-9	Patel, Raj	89,000
3-7	Drory, Joseph	88,000
10-9	Zhang, Hui Fang	88,000
4-8	Colangelo, Anthony	87,000
12-2	Tobin, Justin	87,000
6-1	Dimeglio, John	85,000
1-9	Peterson, Bruce	83,000
7-3	Ciobanu, Sorin	82,500
11-2	Germain, Joe	82,000
8-7	Reyes, Elvis	79,000
2-2	Aiello, Gerald	78,500
10-8	Burr, Ian	77,500
9-2	Maley, Ed	77,500
6-6	Cuppone, Anthony	77,000
12-6	Chan, Alan	76,000
4-1	Pasquale, Mike	76,000
7-2	Lavoie, Michael	74,500
9-6	Cherry, Tommy	71,500
7-7	Pierce, Glen	69,000
2-6	Berberian, J. Scott	66,500
1-1	Stewart, Dan	65,000
12-5	Masi, Vito	63,000
7-6	Bendiks, Jonas	62,500
5-3	Durgin, Kevin	61,500
7-9	Litwin, Morgan	61,500
5-5	Ebrahimpour, Andrei	61,000
6-3	Coldrick, Dan	60,000
11-8	Chan, Christopher	59,000
7-4	Gulati, Tarun	59,000
4-4	Pedersen, Chris	58,000
11-5	Persaud, Krishen	55,500
6-4	He, Jiahuan	55,000
1-6	Sanzeri, Russell	54,500
10-4	Caputo, John	52,000
12-8	McDonald, Nicholas	50,000
8-3	Santora, Gene	50,000
6-9	Yanni, John	50,000
8-6	Abrahamson, Patrick	49,000
8-8	Murray, John	48,000
2-1	Chen, Timothy	44,500
3-8	Cambareri, Carmelo	41,000
7-1	Rosarbo, Vincent	40,000
10-5	Huvelle, Nathan	39,000
4-2	Negron, Gabriel	39,000
9-3	Drory, David	37,500
11-6	Manning, Chris	37,000
3-4	Montecalvo, Alessandro	35,500
11-3	Larsen, Nick	35,000
9-4	Robbins, Paula	35,000
5-1	Martin, Arndre	33,500
2-5	McConnell, Patrick	23,000
1-5	Santos, Mike	23,000
4-7	Lazelle, Glenn	22,500

Schedule For Thurs. Feb. 11th Mega Stack Challenge

9am:
$60 No Limit Hold Em

12pm:
Event #8 $400 NLH PPC Event - Day 2

12pm:
Event #9, $300 NLH Bounty
($219 Buy-in / $40 Entry Fee / $50 Bounty)
With Re-Entries
Players start with 20,000 in non-value tournament chips
Levels: 30 minutes
Registration open until the start of level 9
Full structure is available here.

3pm:
$200 Mega Super Satellite (win a $1,650 voucher)
2 seats guaranteed

8:30pm:
$100 No Limit Hold Em Bounty.

A full schedule for this Mega Stack Series is available here.