$2,500 Championship NLH: Manny Okrah Leads the 19 Day 1A Survivors

$2,500 FPC Championship NLH (Re-Entry)
$300,000 GTD

End of Level 10: 500/1,000/1,000 BB Ante

Day 1A Entries: 51
Day 1A Players Remaining: 19

Livestream Feature Table Link: https://www.twitch.tv/foxwoodspoker

Manny Okrah

Michael Linden

Aaron Smith

Day 1A of the Foxwoods Poker Classic Championship has come to an end after 10 levels of play and it's Manny Okrah leading the way with 349,100.

Michael Linden sits in second with 246,800 and Aaron Smith rounds out the top three Day 1A chip stacks with 167,800.

There are 20 Day 1A survivors that will be returning Sunday March 24 at 12 PM to resume Day 2 play.

Below is a look the chip counts from the Day 1A players that will be advancing.

A full list of Day 2 chip counts and seating assignments will be posted before the start of Day 2 play.

Manny Okrah- 349,100
Michael Linden- 246,800
Aaron Smith- 167,800
Michael Hechavarria- 154,300
Mike Meskin- 139,000
Aleksey Filatov- 112,000
David White- 111,000
Eric Vogel- 103,700
James Frangoulidis- 100,000
Donald Himbele- 93,300
Bryan Leskowitz- 86,500
Ken Frey- 69,500
Dave Stefanski- 61,400
Joe Heinzmann- 51,700
Andrew Ostapchenko- 49,600
Stephen Song- 37,100
Ricky Lee- 31,800
Aaron Augusten- 25,500

$2,500 Championship NLH: Linden Leads, Okrah Gaining Ground

$2,500 FPC Championship NLH (Re-Entry)
$300,000 GTD

Level 9: 400/800/800 BB Ante

Day 1A Entries: 51
Day 1A Players Remaining: 28

Livestream Feature Table Link: https://www.twitch.tv/foxwoodspoker

Michael Linden

The Day 1A Championship field is thinning down and just 28 players remain. Michael Linden took the chip lead early and he is showing no signs of slowing down.

Linden is now playing just over 200,000 and he's holding strong at the top of the chip counts.

Manny Okrah

Manny Okrah scooped a big pot just before dinner holding pocket aces against the pocket queens of his opponent.

He's up to 178,000 and quickly gaining ground on the Day 1A chip leader.

$2,500 Championship NLH: Song Busts Mostafa to Vault to the Top

$2,500 FPC Championship NLH (Re-Entry)
$300,000 GTD

Level 8: 300/600/600 BB Ante

Day 1A Entries: 51
Day 1A Players Remaining: 30

Livestream Feature Table Link: https://www.twitch.tv/foxwoodspoker

Stephen Song

Stephen Song raised to 1,400 from the hijack and Ryan Mostafa re-raised to 5,000 from the cutoff. It folded back to Song who made it 15,000 and Mostafa moved all in for about 60,000.

Song snap called turning over his A♦️A♠️ and Mostafa showed 10♠️10♥️. 

The board ran out clean for Song and Mostafa was sent to the rail. Song scooped the monster pot and he is now near the top of the Day 1A chip counts with 150,000.

$2,500 Championship NLH: Victor Ramdin Among the Day 1A Field

$2,500 FPC Championship NLH (Re-Entry)
$300,000 GTD

Level 8: 300/600/600 BB Ante
Day 1A Entries: 47

Livestream Feature Table Link: https://www.twitch.tv/foxwoodspoker

Victor Ramdin

Day 1A Championship registration and re-entry remains open and we have seen a number of late entries. Victor Ramdin was among the latest wave of players to take their seats before the dinner break.

Ramdin's largest tournament score came right here at Foxwoods after winning the 2006 $10,000 Foxwoods Poker Classic NLH Main Event for over $1,300,000.

Ramdin has earned over $4,500,000 throughout his career and he will surely be one to keep an eye as the tournament progresses.

$2,500 Championship NLH: Heinzmann Flies with the Birds

$2,500 FPC Championship NLH (Re-Entry)
$300,000 GTD

Level 8: 300/600/600 BB Ante
Day 1A Entries: 47

Livestream Feature Table Link: https://www.twitch.tv/foxwoodspoker

Joe Heinzmann

Joe Heinzmann and Michael Linden were just involved in a pre-flop raising war at the livestream feature table.

The end result was Heinzmann moving all in for 43,200 and Linden calling. Heinzmann turned over A♠️A♦️ and Linden saw the bad news as he tabled his K♣️K♦️. 

The board ran out clean for Heinzmann and his pocket rockets held up to earn him the monster pot and the double up. 

Joe Heinzmann- 89,100 
Michael Linden- 57,000