Foxwoods Resort Casino, the largest resort casino in North America, is hosting the annual Foxwoods Poker Classic from March 14-30. The two-week tournament will attract top fields of both professional and amateur poker players, so you don't want to miss out!
Held in the largest poker room on the East Coast and spanning 17 days, this 21-event series will be highlighted by a $600 No-Limit Hold’em event, which will feature a $500,000 guarantee; and a $2,700 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event, which will also feature a $500,000 guarantee.
Last year’s Foxwoods Poker Classic had a total of 4,458 entries and paid out over $2.1 million in prize money, with the Main Event drawing 226 entries and a prize pool of over $548,000. This year, Foxwoods added several increased guarantees to their events, totaling $1,600,000.
Foxwoods Poker Room boasts close to 100 tables in the sprawling main room featuring a variety of live-action games that are spread around the clock. An additional 60 tournament tables are located in a separate tournament room offering weekly no-limit hold’em events with total payouts over $200,000 and guarantees totaling over $70,000. Foxwoods is also associated with the World Series of Poker and will host a WSOP Circuit event beginning May 13-24, so mark your calendar. In addition, Foxwoods will also offer satellites for the WSOP Main Event from June 1-14.
For more information and results from the Foxwoods Poker Classic, as well as other poker events happening at Foxwoods Resort Casino, visit www.foxwoods.com, like Foxwoods on Facebook, and follow Foxwoods on Twitter.
In a hand from Level 8, James Hall raised t o2,500 from early position only to have a play three-bet jam for right around 18,000. Hamid Feiz then called off for 16,175 from the cutoff, the button and blinds all folded, and Hall got out of the way.
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Feiz woke up with the weapons of mass destruction at just the right time, and he got paid after the board ran out a clean . Feiz's Opponent was left with 1,775, and busted in the very next hand.
Ryan Phan fired a bullet earlier on Day 1b, and opted to reenter upon busting it. Unfortunately for him, the second time didn't prove to be the charm.
We missed how the action unfolded, but we do know Phan got his stack of 17,500 all in preflop and was up against John Maras.
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Phan was behind, but he did hold two live cards. The flop contained one paint card, but it was the one Phan didn't need. Neither the turn nor river helped Phan, and his Day 1b officially came to an end.
With the start of Level 9, registration came to a close for the Day 1b field. The afternoon flight officially attracted 166 runners, which with Day 1a's 149 brings the current total to 315 entrants. That means the guarantee had already been crushed with the third and final starting flight yet to go. Day 1c will kick off in just a couple of hours.
Yesterday, Jim Devaney was one of the first players eliminated from the tournament. He decided to give it another go, and he's no doubt glad he did as he's got some chips.
In a recent hand, RunGood Ambassador Clint Tolbert got his stack all in preflop and was at risk against Devaney.
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Tolbert needed some help to stay alive, but it didn't happen as the board ran out to give Devaney the win. Tolbert will more than likely give it a final try on Day 1c, while Devaney has his eyes set on making Day 2.