The second stop of the 2018/19 World Series of Poker Circuit season is currently playing out at Foxwoods, and it was there that one player notched a six-figure score over the weekend.
The second stop on the 2018/2019 WSOP Circuit schedule is now in full swing, with Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Connecticut currently playing host to the popular series. And a first gold ring has already been awarded to its rightful winner as part of the ongoing poker festival. Vittorio Faricelli, a real estate broker from.
- Two-time World Series of Poker Circuit Main Event ring winner Dylan Wilkerson comes into final the day with the second biggest stack and is looking to add a third main event ring to his collection. Justin Carey who won Event 6 ($18,313) for his first ring earlier this week is looking for his second as well as Jason Bolton.
- $ 1,000 + 100 Limit Hold'em 2004 World Poker Finals, Mashantucket 14th $ 1,988 29-Oct-2004: United States: $ 500 + 65 Seven Card Stud 2004 World Poker Finals, Mashantucket 1st $ 41,888 25-Oct-2004: United States: $ 100 + 20 No Limit Hold'em Multiplay Final Day 2004 World Poker Finals, Mashantucket 70th.
Alex Jim, 26, bested a field of 1,560 entries in Event #2: $600 NLH Multi-Flight to claim a $134,570 first-place prize and his first WSOPC gold ring.
“I’ve been grinding hard for a few years now, mostly online,' Jim told WSOP officials after the win. 'I started transitioning to playing a lot more live poker as of recently and it’s nice to finally close one out and get a nice result and decent score after getting close so many times.”
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With 50 points on the stop’s leaderboard, Jim revealed that he plans to make a run at the Foxwoods Casino Champion title, which comes with a seat into the season-ending Global Casino Championship.
Prior to the win, Jim’s previous best score was $10,664 for finishing runner-up in the 2015 Foxwoods World Poker Finals Event #4: $300 NLH Big Stack.
Official Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alex Jim | Brooklyn, NY | $134,570 |
| 2 | Jeremy Wing | Randolph, MA | $83,313 |
| 3 | Chris Chou | Georgetown, MA | $62,665 |
| 4 | Charles Sawyer | Attleboro, MA | $47,802 |
| 5 | Stephen Saranteas | Peabody, MA | $36,394 |
| 6 | Bassioni Hammouda | Danbury, CT | $27,958 |
| 7 | Soukha Kachittavong | Woonsocket, RI | $21,773 |
| 8 | Gregory Gratton | Islip, NY | $17,112 |
| 9 | Paul Jones | Ashland, MA | $13,730 |
| 10 | Jeff Giordano | Saint Jams, NY | $11,006 |
The tournament was comprised of four flights which drew 260, 332, 283, and 685 runners respectively. On Day 2, 290 returned to action but 129 of them left empty-handed as only 171 would get paid.
Among them were Zach Donovan (18th - $7,391), Matt Wantman (21st - $6,186), Julie Bae (38th - $2,570), two-time MSPT champGreg Himmelbrand (45th - $2,570), David Paredes (70th - $1,847), and Antonio Mariano (138th - $1,044).
In other WSOP Circuit Foxwoods news, Vittorio Faricelli topped a 113-entry field to win Event #1: $400 NLH Reentry for $11,187 and his first gold ring. Likewise, Matthew Deterra navigated a field of 360 entries to win Event #3: $250 NLH Turbo for $16,560 and his first ring.
Other events coming up this week include Event #8:$400 Pot-Limit Omaha, Event #12: $3,250 High Roller, and this weekend’s $1,700 Main Event.
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Foxwoods World Poker Finals 2018 Schedule
The first day of the World Poker Tour Foxwoods World Poker Finals is in the record books after 353 players took to the felt hoping to collect the $910,058 first-place prize. After five levels of play, poker pro Todd Terry sits atop the chip counts with 165,700, but a number of top pros remain in the game including Soheil Shamseddin (126,000), Michael 'The Grinder' Mizrachi (125,900) and last year's second-place finisher Jonathan Jaffe (116,000).
In addition to the big-name players at the top of the chip counts, a number of other notables remain in contention including Billy Kopp (94,575), David Fox (92,650), Christian Harder (91,575), Jason Mercier (84,750), Eric Froehlich (83,250), Steve Sung (76,275) and former Foxwoods WPT winner Nick 'The Takeover' Schulman (76,000).
Although a number of pros are still alive in the field, many of the game's elite met their demise on Day 1, including Men 'The Master' Nguyen, Matt Glantz, Mike Leah, Josh Arieh, Mark Seif, Miami John Cernuto, Olivier Busquet, Robert Mizrachi, Chad Brown, Carlos Mortensen, Jason Young and David Williams.
Play resumes today at 12:00 p.m. EST as the remaining 206 players jockey for position, all vying for a piece of the $3,321,377 prize pool.
Foxwoods World Poker Finals 2018 Results
Chip Leaders
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 'The Grinder' Mizrachi - 125,900
7. Chris Moore - 123,700
8. Danny Illingworth - 121,600
8. Alan Sasser - 121,600
9. John Barucci - 119,950
Foxwoods World Poker Finals 2018 Winners
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