Registration remained open through the first level of play on Friday in the World Poker Tour's (WPT) Foxwoods World Poker Finals. When the cash boxes closed for business, 242 players had. Daniel Santoro Wins the 2011 WPT Foxwoods World Poker Finals. World Poker Tour (WPT) 2:34. Matt Stout on Day 3 of the Foxwoods World Poker Finals. On the 145th hand of final table play, Stout was bounced from the WPT Foxwoods World Poker Finals in third place, earning $265,000. He was all-in pre-flop with 3-2 and all three players saw the. As a precaution due to Coronavirus (COVID-19), the Poker Room and Tournament Area are closed until further notice. When it comes to poker, Foxwoods is aces. At Foxwoods, we have the largest poker room on the East Coast and it's filled with every type of poker game imaginable.
It was a short day for the World Poker Tour, as the final 10 competitors resumed play in the ballroom just outside the Great Cedar hotel in Foxwoods, Connecticut. Here were the 10 players and their chip counts:
Seat 1: David Pham — 1,242,000
Seat 2: Jonathan Jaffe — 1,780,000
Seat 3: Jonathan Little — 1,407,000
Seat 4: Dimitri Haskaris — 945,000
Seat 5: Tom Nguyen — 615,000
Seat 6: Henry Doiban — 591,000
Seat 7: Charles Marchese — 963,000
Seat 8: Jack Schanbacher — 1,600,000
Seat 9: Mike Matusow — 1,857,000
Seat 10: Anthony Newman — 1,391,000
The field needed to be trimmed by four, and that process took just five hours. Here's how it all went down according to CardPlayer.com's live updates page:
Anthony Newman limped, and Dimitri Haskaris completed from the small blind. Tom Nguyen checked his option from the big blind, and the flop came Q 9 7.
Haskaris checked, and Nguyen bet 60,000. Newman folded, and Haskaris called.
The turn was the 10, and after Nguyen bet, Haskaris moved in. Nguyen called with Q 6 for top pair and a diamond flush draw, but Haskaris had caught his gin card and showed J 8 for a flush draw with the made straight.
Nguyen needed a diamond to stay alive, but the river was the 10, eliminating him in 10th place. He earned $36,826 for his efforts.
Jonathan Jaffe raised to 80,000, and Henry Doiban moved all in holding pocket tens. Jaffe made the call with A Q, and the two were off to the races.
The board came J 6 2 A 6, and Jaffe paired his ace on the turn to bust Doiban in ninth place.
This was Doiban's first major tournament. He played a satellite after being urged by good friend Eugene Todd, and it seemed to have paid off handsomely to the tune of $44,600.
Charles Marchese raised to 90,000, and Dimitri Haskaris called from the big blind. The flop came Q 6 4, and Haskaris moved all in. Marchese called with the A Q and was ahead of Haskaris and his K 9 flush draw.
The turn and river came J and 6, and Marchese doubled up to just under 1.1 million. Haskaris took a major hit down to 1.5 million.
Jonathan Jaffe raised to 72,000, and Dimitri Haskaris reraised to 172,000. Jaffe called, and the flop came K 10 9.
Haskaris checked, and Jaffe bet 250,000. Haskaris check-raised to 600,000, and Jaffe reraised to 1 million. Haskaris put it all in for 1.3 million, and Jaffe called wth Q J for the nut straight.
Haskaris showed a set of tens and needed the board to pair, but the turn and river came J and 6 to give the massive pot to Jaffe and send Haskaris home in eighth place. He earned $58,148 for his final-table finish.
Jaffe then had an overwhelming chip lead with 3.7 million.
Charles Marchese raised to 120,000, and Mike Matusow reraised to 360,000. Marchese moved all in for an additional 479,000, and Matusow called, showing pocket tens.
Marchese showed pocket kings, and the board bricked out. Matusow now had just over 700,000 in chips.
Anthony Newman Eliminated in Seventh Place ($85,283)
Anthony Newman was all in with pocket fours against the K Q of Jonathan Little.
The board came Q 9 5 A 2, and Newman was eliminated in seventh place. He earned $85,283 for his final-table performance.
Here are the official chip counts and seating assignments for tomorrow's final table, which begins at 5 p.m. ET.
Seat 1: David Pham — 2,038,000
Seat 2: Jonathan Jaffe — 4,131,000
Seat 3: Jonathan Little — 2,021,000
Seat 4: Charles Marchese — 1,718,000
Seat 5: Jack Schanbacher — 1,592,000
Seat 6: Mike Matusow — 816,000
A total of 353 players entered the World Poker Tour's (WPT) Foxwoods World Poker Finals, a drop of 14% from the 412 who took to the felts last year. At the end of Day 1, Todd Terry leads the way.
Terry made the final table of August's WPT Legends of Poker, banking $231,000 for his third place performance. Terry holds 165,000 chips in the New England casino entering Day 2 play on Friday, when 206 survivors will resume at Noon ET. Late action on Thursday featured Mohsin 'chicagocards1' Charania doubling up at the expense of Gavin Griffin. Charania was all-in pre-flop holding A-Q, dominating the 6-8 of Griffin. The Team PokerStars Pro front man flopped top pair on a board of 8-3-2, but Charania hit a queen on the turn to move in front for good. Charania finished in the money three times during the WPT's seventh season.
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Among those who stood atop the leaderboard when play concluded at Foxwoods was Michael 'The Grinder' Mizrachi, who gained a chunk of his chips when an opponent ran pocket kings into Mizrachi's aces. Mizrachi owns a stack of 125,900 entering Day 2, good for sixth overall. He is in search of his third WPT title after taking down the L.A. Poker Classic during Season 3 and the Borgata Poker Classic during Season 4. Despite his early success, he has not cashed in a WPT tournament since March of 2008.
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Holding the 11th largest chip stack after one day of play is Jonathan Jaffe, the runner-up in the World Poker Finals last year. Jaffe owns a mountain of 116,000 chips and is one of 18 players to cross the six-figure mark. Jaffe earned $670,000 for his second place showing in 2008, as he fell to Jonathan 'FieryJustice' Little heads-up at the feature table. Also making last year's six-handed finale were David 'The Dragon' Pham, Charles Marchese, Jack Schanbacher, and Mike 'The Mouth' Matusow.
Here are the chip counts after one day of play in the $10,000 buy-in WPT tournament:
1. Todd Terry – 165,700
2. Danny Shiff – 159,525
3. Adam Lippert – 159,000
4. Jack Schanbacher – 148,775
5. Soheil Shamseddin – 126,000
6. Michael Mizrachi – 125,900
7. Chris Moore – 123,700
8. Danny Illingworth – 121,600
8. Alan Sasser – 121,600
10. John Barucci – 119,950
Other players still in the hunt for the $910,000 first place prize include:
Matt 'mattg1983' Graham – 99,175
Billy 'Patrolman35' Kopp – 94,575
Christian 'charder' Harder – 91,575
Poorya Nazari – 89,400
Jason Mercier – 84,750
Steve Sung – 76,275
Nick Schulman – 76,000
Eric 'basebaldy' Baldwin – 75,100
Nenad Medic – 69,150
Prahlad Friedman – 67,450
Cornel Cimpan – 65,450
John 'World' Hennigan – 61,250
Matt Hawrilenko – 51,250
'Cowboy' Kenna James – 49,425
Chad 'lilholdem954' Batista – 47,000
Kathy Liebert – 46,025
Gavin Smith – 42,375
Liv Boeree – 40,550
Steve Brecher – 35,675
Isaac 'westmenloAA' Baron – 34,475
Victor Ramdin – 32,750
Amnon Filippi – 31,675
Adam 'Roothlus' Levy – 31,200
Tommy Vedes – 30,450
Gavin Griffin – 21,125
When play ended on Thursday, the action was in Level 8 and blinds were 400-800 with a 100 chip ante.
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Haskaris checked, and Nguyen bet 60,000. Newman folded, and Haskaris called.
The turn was the 10, and after Nguyen bet, Haskaris moved in. Nguyen called with Q 6 for top pair and a diamond flush draw, but Haskaris had caught his gin card and showed J 8 for a flush draw with the made straight.
Nguyen needed a diamond to stay alive, but the river was the 10, eliminating him in 10th place. He earned $36,826 for his efforts.
Jonathan Jaffe raised to 80,000, and Henry Doiban moved all in holding pocket tens. Jaffe made the call with A Q, and the two were off to the races.
The board came J 6 2 A 6, and Jaffe paired his ace on the turn to bust Doiban in ninth place.
This was Doiban's first major tournament. He played a satellite after being urged by good friend Eugene Todd, and it seemed to have paid off handsomely to the tune of $44,600.
Charles Marchese raised to 90,000, and Dimitri Haskaris called from the big blind. The flop came Q 6 4, and Haskaris moved all in. Marchese called with the A Q and was ahead of Haskaris and his K 9 flush draw.
The turn and river came J and 6, and Marchese doubled up to just under 1.1 million. Haskaris took a major hit down to 1.5 million.
Jonathan Jaffe raised to 72,000, and Dimitri Haskaris reraised to 172,000. Jaffe called, and the flop came K 10 9.
Haskaris checked, and Jaffe bet 250,000. Haskaris check-raised to 600,000, and Jaffe reraised to 1 million. Haskaris put it all in for 1.3 million, and Jaffe called wth Q J for the nut straight.
Haskaris showed a set of tens and needed the board to pair, but the turn and river came J and 6 to give the massive pot to Jaffe and send Haskaris home in eighth place. He earned $58,148 for his final-table finish.
Jaffe then had an overwhelming chip lead with 3.7 million.
Charles Marchese raised to 120,000, and Mike Matusow reraised to 360,000. Marchese moved all in for an additional 479,000, and Matusow called, showing pocket tens.
Marchese showed pocket kings, and the board bricked out. Matusow now had just over 700,000 in chips.
Anthony Newman Eliminated in Seventh Place ($85,283)
Anthony Newman was all in with pocket fours against the K Q of Jonathan Little.
The board came Q 9 5 A 2, and Newman was eliminated in seventh place. He earned $85,283 for his final-table performance.
Here are the official chip counts and seating assignments for tomorrow's final table, which begins at 5 p.m. ET.
Seat 1: David Pham — 2,038,000
Seat 2: Jonathan Jaffe — 4,131,000
Seat 3: Jonathan Little — 2,021,000
Seat 4: Charles Marchese — 1,718,000
Seat 5: Jack Schanbacher — 1,592,000
Seat 6: Mike Matusow — 816,000
A total of 353 players entered the World Poker Tour's (WPT) Foxwoods World Poker Finals, a drop of 14% from the 412 who took to the felts last year. At the end of Day 1, Todd Terry leads the way.
Terry made the final table of August's WPT Legends of Poker, banking $231,000 for his third place performance. Terry holds 165,000 chips in the New England casino entering Day 2 play on Friday, when 206 survivors will resume at Noon ET. Late action on Thursday featured Mohsin 'chicagocards1' Charania doubling up at the expense of Gavin Griffin. Charania was all-in pre-flop holding A-Q, dominating the 6-8 of Griffin. The Team PokerStars Pro front man flopped top pair on a board of 8-3-2, but Charania hit a queen on the turn to move in front for good. Charania finished in the money three times during the WPT's seventh season.
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Among those who stood atop the leaderboard when play concluded at Foxwoods was Michael 'The Grinder' Mizrachi, who gained a chunk of his chips when an opponent ran pocket kings into Mizrachi's aces. Mizrachi owns a stack of 125,900 entering Day 2, good for sixth overall. He is in search of his third WPT title after taking down the L.A. Poker Classic during Season 3 and the Borgata Poker Classic during Season 4. Despite his early success, he has not cashed in a WPT tournament since March of 2008.
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Holding the 11th largest chip stack after one day of play is Jonathan Jaffe, the runner-up in the World Poker Finals last year. Jaffe owns a mountain of 116,000 chips and is one of 18 players to cross the six-figure mark. Jaffe earned $670,000 for his second place showing in 2008, as he fell to Jonathan 'FieryJustice' Little heads-up at the feature table. Also making last year's six-handed finale were David 'The Dragon' Pham, Charles Marchese, Jack Schanbacher, and Mike 'The Mouth' Matusow.
Here are the chip counts after one day of play in the $10,000 buy-in WPT tournament:
1. Todd Terry – 165,700
2. Danny Shiff – 159,525
3. Adam Lippert – 159,000
4. Jack Schanbacher – 148,775
5. Soheil Shamseddin – 126,000
6. Michael Mizrachi – 125,900
7. Chris Moore – 123,700
8. Danny Illingworth – 121,600
8. Alan Sasser – 121,600
10. John Barucci – 119,950
Other players still in the hunt for the $910,000 first place prize include:
Matt 'mattg1983' Graham – 99,175
Billy 'Patrolman35' Kopp – 94,575
Christian 'charder' Harder – 91,575
Poorya Nazari – 89,400
Jason Mercier – 84,750
Steve Sung – 76,275
Nick Schulman – 76,000
Eric 'basebaldy' Baldwin – 75,100
Nenad Medic – 69,150
Prahlad Friedman – 67,450
Cornel Cimpan – 65,450
John 'World' Hennigan – 61,250
Matt Hawrilenko – 51,250
'Cowboy' Kenna James – 49,425
Chad 'lilholdem954' Batista – 47,000
Kathy Liebert – 46,025
Gavin Smith – 42,375
Liv Boeree – 40,550
Steve Brecher – 35,675
Isaac 'westmenloAA' Baron – 34,475
Victor Ramdin – 32,750
Amnon Filippi – 31,675
Adam 'Roothlus' Levy – 31,200
Tommy Vedes – 30,450
Gavin Griffin – 21,125
When play ended on Thursday, the action was in Level 8 and blinds were 400-800 with a 100 chip ante.
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One of the toughest draws on Friday is at Table 22, where World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner and Team PokerStars Pro member Jason Mercier will join fellow online poker pros Adam 'Roothlus' Levy and Isaac 'westmenloAA' Baron. Also at Table 22 will be Tommy Vedes, who is fresh off winning the WPT's Festa al Lago event in October, and John 'World' Hennigan, a two-time WSOP bracelet winner.
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The WPT Foxwoods World Poker Finals crowns a champion next Tuesday, November 10th. Stay tuned to Poker News Daily for the latest WPT coverage.
