March 27 - April 9
by Kaelaine Minton
Tuesday, 21st of March 2006 12:04 PM The Foxwoods Poker Classic (FPC) also features Best Overall Player Awards. The top three tournament players, based on points, will receive hotel accomodations for the 2007 FPC. The top overall player also receives a trophy. Players receive one tournament point for entering a qualifying FPC tournament and additional points are awarded for finishing in the top 16 places: | Place | Points | Place | Points | Place | Points | Place | Points | | 1 | 50 | 2 | 44 | 3 | 40 | 4 | 36 | | 5 | 32 | 6 | 28 | 7 | 24 | 8 | 20 | | 9 | 16 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 10 | | 13 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 16 | 2 |
All events of the FPC are qualifying tournaments EXCEPT the Shootout and the Ladies Only events. Friday, 17th of March 2006 05:04 PM Not only does the New England Poker Classic have a new name for 2006, The Foxwoods Poker Classic, but it’s also being introduced on the World Poker Tour. The final table of the $10,000 Championship event is going to be filmed by the WPT and aired on the Travel Channel. Last year’s New England Poker Classic featured 8 preliminary events with a $5,000 NLHE Championship event. These are the results of the preliminary events with buy-in and number of entrants in each event: |
| $200 NLHE Shootout | 889 | Steven Brackesy | Waltham, MA | $48,996 | | $500 Omaha Hi/Lo | 183 | Vipul Kothari | Edison, NJ | $34,128 | | $500 Limit 7-Stud | 226 | Thomas Noyes, Sr. | Port St. Lucie, FL | $40,538 | | $500 Limit Hold'em | 366 | Steve Schlesinger | Syosset, NY | $59,663 | | $500 Limit 7-Stud Hi/Lo | 149 | Barbara Schwartz | Bayside, NY | $29,070 | | $500 NLHE | 494 | Barry Berger | Englewood, NJ | $131,073 | | $1,000 NLHE | 288 | Anthony Snyder | Leonia, NJ | $97,875 | | $2,000 NLHE | 207 | Steven Rosen | Armonk, NY | $149,460 |
The $5,000 Championship event had 387 entrants and paid 35 places: | Rank | Player | From | Winnings | | 1 | Kevin Cantwell | Shrewsbury, MA | $630,488 | | 2 | Matthew R Casterella | White Plains, NY | $342,125 | | 3 | Raymond M Sgambati | East Elmhurst, NY | $185,725 | | 4 | Thomas Schreiber | Danielson, CT | $127,075 | | 5 | Mazen J Nesheiwat | Poughkeepsie, NY | $87,975 | | 6 | Barry S Berger | Englewood, NJ | $73,312 | | 7 | Dick Carson | Las Vegas, NV | $58,650 | | 8 | Carlos Zambrano | Babylon, NY | $48,875 | | 9 | Jeffrey "P" King | East Hampton, NY | $43,988 | | 10 | Keith M Geller | New York, NY | $39,100 | | 11 | Justin Peckholdt | Babylon, NY | $34,212 | | 12 | Robert Barrett | Bedford, MA | $29,325 | | 13 | Seth Gomes | New York, NY | $24,438 | | 14 | Alfred Matthews | Peabody, MA | $19,550 | | 15 | Geoffrey Munday | Boston, MA | $14,672 | | 16 | Todd Bourgacelt | Fairhaven, MA | $12,707 | | 17 | Michael Salem | Hope Valley, RI | $12,707 | | 18 | Tonio Scali | New York, NY | $12,707 | | 19 | Guy Cicconi | Chaddsford, PA | $12,707 | | 20 | Stephen "Dakota" Happas | Braintree, MA | $12,707 | | 21 | Shahrokh Sarrafzadeh | Roslyn, NY | $10,752 | | 22 | David Singer | Mamaroneck, NY | $10,752 | | 23 | Gavin Smith | Las Vegas, NV | $10,752 | | 24 | Christopher Griffen | Malden, MA | $10,752 | | 25 | Matthew Szymaszek | Smithfield, RI | $10,752 | | 26 | Luke Clark | East Falmouth, MA | $8,797 | | 27 | Gerard Nadeau | Greenland, NH | $8,797 | | 28 | Paul Matteo | Plainville, CT | $8,797 | | 29 | George Kalaitzis | Brockton, MA | $8,797 | | 30 | John Aglialoro | Haddonfield, NJ | $8,797 | | 31 | Kenny Chanthamara | East Lyme, CT | $6,842 | | 32 | Fran Cipriano | Waterbury, CT | $6,842 | | 33 | Jonathan Schwartz | Thornhill, Ontario | $6,842 | | 34 | Michael Luciano Polera | Poughquag, NY | $6,842 | | 35 | John Burgess | Memphis, TN | $6,842 |
This year’s schedule also features 8 preliminary events, but the Omaha and 7-Card Stud Hi/Lo events are gone in favor of a Ladies Only NLHE event and a $3,000 NLHE event. And of course the final event is a $10,000 buy-in event. Foxwoods is still adding cash to the prize pools for all events. Click here for the complete schedule. No Limit Hold’em is all the rage and draws the biggest fields, so it seems logical to give the people what they want.  With the addition of the Foxwoods Poker Classic to the WPT Schedule, this year’s field for the Championship should be even larger than last year’s main event, despite the larger buy-in. Also, this will be the final event in WPT Season 4 prior to the WPT Championship at Bellagio in April, so that’s another reason not to miss this event! I will be at Foxwoods bringing you all the action with live updates on PokerPages.com beginning Monday, March 27th until the final river card falls in the WPT event on Sunday April 9th. Keep clicking on PokerPages.com for the most comprehensive poker reporting on the internet! |
