Tournament reporting from the felt
32 reports filed on this day.
Play has come to an end on Day 1 of the World Poker Finals Main Event. There look to be around 140 players remaining. Play will resume at noon and play will continue for another five levels. The end of Day 1…
The clock has been stopped and it has been randomly selected that there will be four more hands of play tonight. At the end of four hands at each table, players will bag their chips and play will conclude for…
Jon Aguiar has been knocked out of the World Poker Finals Main Event late on Day 1 when his A-K ran into the pocket aces of Grant Lang.
Justin Schwartz, who at around 4am this morning won the $2,500 No-Limit Hold 'em event for over $68,000, has just been eliminated late on Day 1 of the World Poker Finals Main Event.
Tony Dunst, host of the Raw Deal on the World Poker Tour, talks with Jay Newnum during a break on Day 1 of the World Poker Finals Main Event. Click here to view the video in HD
Jason Mercier, David Sands James Campbell, Jon Aguiar Jeff Forrest, James Carroll Jon Turner, Jonathan Little
The players have returned from break and the blinds have been increased to 150-300 with a 25 ante. There are approximately 153 players remaining and this will be the final level of the night.
Kyle Loman, Matt Brady Matt Glantz, Matt Matros Kathy Lieber, Miami John Cernuto Rob Brown, Tony Dunst Will Failla, Matt Stout
2010 World Poker Finals Champion Jeff Forrest is seated next to Jonathan Little and the Godfather of Online Poker, Cliff "JohnnyBax" Josephy.
David William, Erik Seidel Hoyt Corkins, Cliff Josephy Christian Harder, Chris Tryba Andy Frankenberger, Allen Kessler
The man behind the World Poker Tour's Raw Deal, Tony Dunst, has been moved to the live stream feature table. Just click "Watch LIVE Feature Table" at the top of the page to view the feed. It won't be hard to…
The players have returned from break and the blinds have been increased to 100-200. The board reads 180 players currently registered with registration remaining open until the beginning of play tomorrow.
Late in Level 2 of the World Poker Finals Main Event, Jason Mercier has taken his seat.
Another interesting table match-up finds former WPT Champion Dwyte Pilgrim seated next to Justin Schwartz and David Inselberg. Schwartz won the $2,500 No-Limit Hold 'em event here at the World Poker Finals…
Rob Brown and Andy Frankenberger find themselves seated next to each other on Day 1 of the $10,000 World Poker Finals Main Event. Brown won the $500 Bounty Deep Stack event here at the 2011 World Poker Finals…
You can now watch the feature table on Day 1 of the World Poker Finals Main Event. Just click "Watch LIVE Feature Table" at the top of the page to view the live feed.
Erik Seidel has just doubled up through Will Failla early in Level 2 when Failla flopped two pair with A-K on an A-K-Q board. However, Seidel held pocket queens to win the pot and double his chip stack.
The players in the $10,000 World Poker Finals Main Event are now on their first break of the day. There are currently 175 players registered. When play resumes, the blinds will be increased to 75-150.
Some players spotted early on in today's action include: Steve Brecher, Ryan Welch, Dwyte Pilgrim, David Inselberg, Mike Sica, David Tuthill, Lee Markholt, Matt Glantz, Matt Matros, Matt Brady, Kyle Loman…
Michael Forca has the unfortunate honor of being the first player knocked out of the World Poker Finals Main Event. Forca got all-in before the flop with [Ac][Kc] but ran into the pocket kings of James…
We have just been told that registration will remain open until the cards are in the air on Day 2. There are a number of players who are going to be arriving late and this will allow players to register after…
Mike Sexton just gave the "Shuffle Up and Deal" and cards are in the air on Day 1 of the $10,000 World Poker Finals Main Event!
The World Poker Tour $10,000 World Poker Finals Main Event is about to get underway. Players start with 30,000 in chips and levels are 90 minutes in length. Stay tuned to www.FoxwoodsPoker.com for all the…
Justin Schwartz is the champion of the $2,500 No-Limit Hold 'em event. He takes home $68,131, the World Poker Finals Trophy and the watch! Congrats Justin and be sure to join us at noon tomorrow for the…
Micah Raskin limps in from the small blind for 30,000 and Justin Schwartz announces that he is all-in, having Raskin covered. Raskin calls and they turn over: Schwartz - [Ah][8h] Raskin - [8c][8d] Raskin's…
The blinds are being increased to 15,000-30,000 with a 5,000 ante. Chip counts from the break are as follows: 1. Justin Schwartz 1,650,000 2. Micah Raskin 1,000,000
Micah Raskin raises to 52,000 from the button and Nick Petranglo moves all-in from the small blind. Behind him, Justin Schwartz reraises all-in from the big blind. Raskin folds and they turn up: Petranglo -…
Bernard Lee raises to 61,000 from under the gun and Justin Schwartz makes it 150,000 from the big blind. Lee moves all-in and Schwartz calls. They turn over: Lee - [Jc][Js] Schwartz - [Qc][Qd] The board runs…
Here are the updated chip counts by seat assignments in the $2,500 No-Limit Hold 'em event: 1. Justin Schwartz 694,000 2. Bernard Lee 356,000 3. Micah Raskin 519,000 4. Nick Petranglo 1,088,000
Mike McNeil moves all-in for his last 131,000 from under the gun and is called by Nick Petranglo. They turn up: McNeil - [Td][2d] Petranglo - [Jh][Js] The board comes [Qs][Th][5s][4c][8s] and Petranglo's jacks…