Ostapchenko Bags Huge Lead After Day 1a of the Foxwoods Main Event
Day 1a of the World Series of Poker Circuit $1,700 Main Event at Foxwoods in Connecticut is in the books. The day attracted 161 entries and when the dust settled after fifteen levels of play just 31 remained with chips to bag for the night.
Bagging the lead was Andrew Ostapchenko who survived with an astonishing 736,000. That is more than twenty times the starting stack and more than double the second-largest stack. He was spotted from early in the day collecting chips and gained a considerable amount as play progressed including a hand where he flopped quads in a preflop all-in flip to surge up the counts. Ostapchenko’s great Day 1 was a continuation of his week of success as he took home $97,220 from Parx Casino in Philadelphia earlier this week.
The other big stacks, some distance behind the leader, include Guang Li, (355,000) and Vinny Pahuja (332,000) as the only other two with over 300,000.
Also among the notable players to bag for the night was Mukul Pahuja with 210,000, 13-time ring winner Maurice Hawkins who used a late-night surge to bag a decent amount at 198,000, and Stanley Lee who finished with 163,500.
However it was not a profitable day for the majority of the field, as many players who entered the day did not make it to the end including Allen Kessler, Matt Brady, Nicholas Palma and Joseph Giulino.
Day 1b will begin Saturday, August 24 at noon local time. Flight B will take center stage where many players, returning or new, will converge on Foxwoods for their last chance at making Sunday’s Day 2.
Just as with Flight A, PokerNews will provide all the coverage so make sure to tune in then!
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came down on the turn card and Israekashvili was now drawing to just an ace to stay alive. 
completed the board, failing to hit Israelashvili as he was eliminated by the two pair of Neal.
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for quads to put Giulino all but out the door who took out his phone to take a pic of the carnage his stack had just undergone.
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and there was around 9,000 in the pot. Action checked to Joseph Giulino who bet 3,800 and a small blind opponent check-called. Vincent Moscati check-raised to a massive 25,000 and Giulino was the only person to call.
fell as the turn card and Moscati moved all in for this remaining 6,300. Giulino snap-called and the two tabled their cards.
changed nothing, missing Moscati who was eliminated from the tournament to the likes of Giuilino and his pocket ladies.
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