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Okay Ladies and Gentlemen...here's what you've been waiting for! The end of day chip counts. There are 157 players remaining in the field. The average stack is about 55,000. Here are the remaining players, sorted by chip count:

Table	Seat	Name	Chip Count
13	3	Monaldi, Greg	222,000
7	2	Wilson, Ron	188,000
12	1	Breiner, Greg	171,200
17	5	Griffith, John	165,800
17	3	Nguyen, Anh Van	159,700
3	1	Leontakianakos, John	154,500
4	8	Billias, George	140,200
8	6	McAffrey, Paul	137,000
17	1	Hailos, Demetris	131,900
7	8	Mogelefsky, Brian	128,700
18	9	Haber, Eric	119,400
3	5	Zolotow, Stephen	114,000
12	7	March, Aaron	113,900
14	9	Keikoan, Todd	113,400
17	2	Glantz, Matt	113,400
1	6	Keller, Brent	107,900
2	7	Klur, Larry	105,900
2	2	Jordan, Ed	104,800
9	7	Mele, Dustin	104,600
1	9	Jacob, Alex	104,000
12	3	Panatiotou, Eric	103,000
2	1	Wintermans, Keith	97,700
15	4	Sorensen, Dan	97,600
11	2	Mitrokostas, Spyridon	93,100
4	5	Roy, Jean Guy	90,100
16	8	Russell, John	89,200
14	3	Napolitano, Vinny	82,300
1	5	Giroux, Chuck	80,900
9	6	Chanthamala, Khenh	80,900
4	9	Haddad, Sam	80,200
18	1	Juanda, John	78,000
4	6	Yucius, Don	75,100
12	4	Lang, Marty	74,200
2	9	Seidel, Erik	73,600
9	1	Darden, Paul	73,400
16	3	Adams, Brandon	72,200
5	9	Shak, Daniel	72,100
9	2	Dong, Zelong	72,000
6	6	Yin, Lee	70,100
10	8	Durkee, Will	70,100
6	3	Cowan, James	70,000
16	9	Schreiber, Thomas	69,800
15	3	Kater, Bruce	68,800
5	7	Heimowitz, Jay	67,000
18	5	Bonyadi, Farzad	65,700
6	9	Paddon, James	65,200
17	9	Lewis, David	64,900
7	6	Lindgren, Erick	64,800
9	9	Mullis, Don	64,100
16	6	Pecorale, Ralph	64,000
10	3	Vacca, Ralph	59,400
2	6	Rebello, Todd	58,900
7	7	Schmidt, Joseph	58,700
15	1	Samos, Edward	58,600
6	8	Deeb, Freddie	58,300
8	9	Bill Gazes	58,300
14	2	Kohlbers, Curt	58,100
11	4	Engel, Alan	56,700
9	3	Schoenberg, Eric	55,500
11	3	Villa, Justin	55,500
1	8	Coomey, Brian	55,300
8	1	Blais, Allen	55,200
6	5	Wall, Chris	55,100
14	1	Mercier, Isabelle	54,800
13	4	Boukai, Rami	53,300
16	5	Fink, Laura	52,900
5	4	Daniel, Gregory	52,600
10	1	Rosenblum, Russell	52,200
5	6	Hernandez, Samuel	50,700
2	5	Stepp, Blake	50,400
15	6	Stone, Andy	49,800
18	3	Strickland, Stanley	49,600
4	4	Thayer, Rich	49,200
15	7	Douroudian, Amir	48,600
3	9	Wang, Lin Po (Tommy)	48,500
9	8	Chhim, Phyrun	47,900
15	5	Farris, Michael	46,900
7	4	Pearlman, Akiva	46,500
1	4	Josephy, Cliff	46,100
11	8	Puzantyan, Allan	46,000
5	1	Maher, Dennis	45,300
13	7	Van Alstyne, James	44,500
16	4	Filippi, Amnon	44,100
7	9	D'Agostino, John	43,700
14	4	Snead, Paul	43,700
6	2	Corkins, Hoyt	41,500
12	5	Haveson, Brian	41,200
8	2	Medeiro, Gary	39,500
4	3	Reves, Stamatis	39,300
6	1	Iemolo, John	38,600
5	5	Johnson, Doug	38,400
13	2	Erickson, Fletcher	37,700
11	1	Katikakis, Costa	37,600
3	6	Hansen, Michael	36,600
11	5	Spain, Randy	36,600
16	7	Djokovic, Avdo	35,300
10	2	Mannino, Robert	35,200
3	8	Tsiprailidis, Chris	34,700
5	3	Epstein, David	34,600
2	8	Frangoulidis, James	34,200
1	1	Ramdin, Victor	34,100
1	2	Peters, Greg	34,100
8	7	Nguyen, Hoa	33,700
18	6	open	32,600
18	7	Madore, Terrance	32,600
14	6	Luciano, Frank	32,200
13	8	Rake, Richard	32,100
13	6	Hawkins, Brandon	32,000
12	8	Kessler, Allen	31,600
8	3	Latto, Andrew	31,300
6	7	Goslins, Martin	30,300
18	2	Duffy, Thomas	30,100
12	2	Chasen, Robert	29,700
11	7	Petro, Mike	28,700
13	9	Du Charam, Tab	28,700
10	5	Frederick, Steve	27,700
10	9	Ramirez, Senovio	27,000
14	5	Scaturro, Paul	26,900
18	4	Camp, Pat	26,900
17	7	Dibuduo, Berenard	26,600
5	8	Ashton, Shane	26,000
5	2	Lizka, Eli	25,300
3	3	Nunes, Curtis	25,200
7	3	Lamanna, Brian	25,100
11	6	White, William	24,500
1	7	Van Hess, Monty	24,400
9	5	Brooks, Dylan	24,300
14	8	Feldmen, Peter	24,100
16	1	Bunevith, Joseph	23,900
12	9	Lee, John	23,800
6	4	Cohen, Richard	23,700
11	9	Cope, Tom	23,600
7	5	Turk, Greg	22,500
2	3	Ross, Stephen	22,400
15	9	Zambrano, Carlos	22,100
10	6	Gambale, Michael	21,800
8	4	Schultz, Dean	21,500
17	8	Bradley, Ian	21,000
8	8	Fazlibeglu, Dino	20,300
18	8	Wrobeleski, John	19,200
10	4	Tubb, Joseph	19,000
15	2	Turner, Bruce	18,300
13	1	Berger, Barry	18,100
3	7	Candela, Nicholas (Mike)	17,100
8	5	Hwang, Robert	16,400
4	1	Sunar, Surinder	16,300
13	5	Poliquin, Bill	15,500
10	7	Graffeo, Michael	14,800
14	7	Capener, Michael	14,000
1	3	Borrow, Ken	13,800
3	2	Failla, Will	13,500
2	4	Ferdinand, Robert	10,900
4	7	DiPaoli, James	10,500
3	4	Akin, Steven	9,300
7	1	Saloomey, Paul	8,600
16	2	Thompson, Alan	7,400
4	2	Chiappetta, Mike	3,200

Here's the same list, sorted alphabetically by last name, so you can find your favorites:

Table	Seat	Name	Chip Count
16	3	Adams, Brandon	72,200
3	4	Akin, Steven	9,300
5	8	Ashton, Shane	26,000
13	1	Berger, Barry	18,100
8	9	Bill Gazes	58,300
4	8	Billias, George	140,200
8	1	Blais, Allen	55,200
18	5	Bonyadi, Farzad	65,700
1	3	Borrow, Ken	13,800
13	4	Boukai, Rami	53,300
17	8	Bradley, Ian	21,000
12	1	Breiner, Greg	171,200
9	5	Brooks, Dylan	24,300
16	1	Bunevith, Joseph	23,900
18	4	Camp, Pat	26,900
3	7	Candela, Nicholas (Mike)	17,100
14	7	Capener, Michael	14,000
9	6	Chanthamala, Khenh	80,900
12	2	Chasen, Robert	29,700
9	8	Chhim, Phyrun	47,900
4	2	Chiappetta, Mike	3,200
6	4	Cohen, Richard	23,700
1	8	Coomey, Brian	55,300
11	9	Cope, Tom	23,600
6	2	Corkins, Hoyt	41,500
6	3	Cowan, James	70,000
7	9	D'Agostino, John	43,700
5	4	Daniel, Gregory	52,600
9	1	Darden, Paul	73,400
6	8	Deeb, Freddie	58,300
17	7	Dibuduo, Berenard	26,600
4	7	DiPaoli, James	10,500
16	7	Djokovic, Avdo	35,300
9	2	Dong, Zelong	72,000
15	7	Douroudian, Amir	48,600
13	9	Du Charam, Tab	28,700
18	2	Duffy, Thomas	30,100
10	8	Durkee, Will	70,100
11	4	Engel, Alan	56,700
5	3	Epstein, David	34,600
13	2	Erickson, Fletcher	37,700
3	2	Failla, Will	13,500
15	5	Farris, Michael	46,900
8	8	Fazlibeglu, Dino	20,300
14	8	Feldmen, Peter	24,100
2	4	Ferdinand, Robert	10,900
16	4	Filippi, Amnon	44,100
16	5	Fink, Laura	52,900
2	8	Frangoulidis, James	34,200
10	5	Frederick, Steve	27,700
10	6	Gambale, Michael	21,800
1	5	Giroux, Chuck	80,900
17	2	Glantz, Matt	113,400
6	7	Goslins, Martin	30,300
10	7	Graffeo, Michael	14,800
17	5	Griffith, John	165,800
18	9	Haber, Eric	119,400
4	9	Haddad, Sam	80,200
17	1	Hailos, Demetris	131,900
3	6	Hansen, Michael	36,600
12	5	Haveson, Brian	41,200
13	6	Hawkins, Brandon	32,000
5	7	Heimowitz, Jay	67,000
5	6	Hernandez, Samuel	50,700
8	5	Hwang, Robert	16,400
6	1	Iemolo, John	38,600
1	9	Jacob, Alex	104,000
5	5	Johnson, Doug	38,400
2	2	Jordan, Ed	104,800
1	4	Josephy, Cliff	46,100
18	1	Juanda, John	78,000
15	3	Kater, Bruce	68,800
11	1	Katikakis, Costa	37,600
14	9	Keikoan, Todd	113,400
1	6	Keller, Brent	107,900
12	8	Kessler, Allen	31,600
2	7	Klur, Larry	105,900
14	2	Kohlbers, Curt	58,100
7	3	Lamanna, Brian	25,100
12	4	Lang, Marty	74,200
8	3	Latto, Andrew	31,300
12	9	Lee, John	23,800
3	1	Leontakianakos, John	154,500
17	9	Lewis, David	64,900
7	6	Lindgren, Erick	64,800
5	2	Lizka, Eli	25,300
14	6	Luciano, Frank	32,200
18	7	Madore, Terrance	32,600
5	1	Maher, Dennis	45,300
10	2	Mannino, Robert	35,200
12	7	March, Aaron	113,900
8	6	McAffrey, Paul	137,000
8	2	Medeiro, Gary	39,500
9	7	Mele, Dustin	104,600
14	1	Mercier, Isabelle	54,800
11	2	Mitrokostas, Spyridon	93,100
7	8	Mogelefsky, Brian	128,700
13	3	Monaldi, Greg	222,000
9	9	Mullis, Don	64,100
14	3	Napolitano, Vinny	82,300
17	3	Nguyen, Anh Van	159,700
8	7	Nguyen, Hoa	33,700
3	3	Nunes, Curtis	25,200
18	6	open	32,600
6	9	Paddon, James	65,200
12	3	Panatiotou, Eric	103,000
7	4	Pearlman, Akiva	46,500
16	6	Pecorale, Ralph	64,000
1	2	Peters, Greg	34,100
11	7	Petro, Mike	28,700
13	5	Poliquin, Bill	15,500
11	8	Puzantyan, Allan	46,000
13	8	Rake, Richard	32,100
1	1	Ramdin, Victor	34,100
10	9	Ramirez, Senovio	27,000
2	6	Rebello, Todd	58,900
4	3	Reves, Stamatis	39,300
10	1	Rosenblum, Russell	52,200
2	3	Ross, Stephen	22,400
4	5	Roy, Jean Guy	90,100
16	8	Russell, John	89,200
7	1	Saloomey, Paul	8,600
15	1	Samos, Edward	58,600
14	5	Scaturro, Paul	26,900
7	7	Schmidt, Joseph	58,700
9	3	Schoenberg, Eric	55,500
16	9	Schreiber, Thomas	69,800
8	4	Schultz, Dean	21,500
2	9	Seidel, Erik	73,600
5	9	Shak, Daniel	72,100
14	4	Snead, Paul	43,700
15	4	Sorensen, Dan	97,600
11	5	Spain, Randy	36,600
2	5	Stepp, Blake	50,400
15	6	Stone, Andy	49,800
18	3	Strickland, Stanley	49,600
4	1	Sunar, Surinder	16,300
4	4	Thayer, Rich	49,200
16	2	Thompson, Alan	7,400
3	8	Tsiprailidis, Chris	34,700
10	4	Tubb, Joseph	19,000
7	5	Turk, Greg	22,500
15	2	Turner, Bruce	18,300
10	3	Vacca, Ralph	59,400
13	7	Van Alstyne, James	44,500
1	7	Van Hess, Monty	24,400
11	3	Villa, Justin	55,500
6	5	Wall, Chris	55,100
3	9	Wang, Lin Po (Tommy)	48,500
11	6	White, William	24,500
7	2	Wilson, Ron	188,000
2	1	Wintermans, Keith	97,700
18	8	Wrobeleski, John	19,200
6	6	Yin, Lee	70,100
4	6	Yucius, Don	75,100
15	9	Zambrano, Carlos	22,100
3	5	Zolotow, Stephen	114,000

And that's it, folks. Play resumes at 11am. Players will return to the same seats they were in today.

Friday, 07th of April 2006 12:17 AM

Needless today, play is done for today. I'm compiling the final chip counts and will post them as soon as I'm done.

Thursday, 06th of April 2006 10:55 PM

Pete Giordano, WPT final tablist, just busted out. Sully Erna has also departed. 172 players and 31 minutes remain.

Thursday, 06th of April 2006 10:44 PM

Olga Varkonyi is out. With her departure, there are only 3 women left in the field of 176 remaining players. Isabelle Mercier is one of the three.

Thursday, 06th of April 2006 10:30 PM

Greg Breiner asked me to let his peeps back home know he is still in and doing well with 68,000 in chips. The average stack with 191 remaining is a little over 45,000.

Thursday, 06th of April 2006 10:21 PM

Play has resumed in Levvel 8, the last for today. Blinds are 600/1200 with 200 ante. During the break, I found these biggest stacks:

Ron Wilson about 166,000
Eric Panayiotou about 127,000
George Billias about 122,000
Aaron March about 119,000
Greg Monaldi about 110,000

Recent eliminations: Barry Greenstein, Brad Kondracki, Andy Bloch, and Doug Carli. There are 191 players remaining.

At the end of this level, the remaining players will count and bag their chips, then call it a night. Once we have the complete list of remaining players with chip counts, I'll post them here. Players will resume play at 11am tomorrow in the same seats they are in today.

Thursday, 06th of April 2006 09:38 PM




	Sully Erna of Godsmack

With 24 minutes left in level 7, we are down to 212 players -- less than half the number that started at 11am today. One notable player still in the hunt is Sully Erna, lead singer for the group Godsmack. Apparently he is a regular player here at Foxwoods.

Thursday, 06th of April 2006 08:48 PM




	Ron Wilson - chip leader




	Aaron March - 2nd in chips




	Daniel Negreanu - out

Level 7 has just begun; blinds are 400/800 with 100 ante.

There are a couple of new big stacks on the floor. In second place is Aaron March with 121,700. Aaron is the player who sent Daniel Negreanu to the rail with a straight to beat Negreanu's set. At the top of the leader board is Ron Wilson. Just before the break he took out two players, nearly tripling up, when his nut flush beat the second-nut flush and a smaller flush with straight-flush redraw. Ron's sitting on 165,000 chips.

Thursday, 06th of April 2006 07:57 PM

Both of the big stacks have lost ground since play resumed. We're down to 265 players remaining.

Thursday, 06th of April 2006 07:31 PM

Play has resumed. Blinds are now 300/600 with 75 ante.

Here are the biggest stacks I could find during the break:

Larry Klur over 115,000 (he just moved from the poker room)
Shane Ashton about 104,000
Brian Mogelefsky about 80,000
Paul McAffrey about 79,000

Just before the dinner break, Kathy Liebert was eliminated.

Now that all players are in the room I can provide better chip leader info and players remaining. There are currently 31 9-handed tables remaining, so 279 or fewer players remain.

Three more levels to play tonight, so we should be done by midnight.

Thursday, 06th of April 2006 05:44 PM

Just got the word that John Phan was eliminated over in the poker room.

In about 23 minutes, Players will be on a 1 hour 15 minute dinner break. During dinner, all the players left in the poker room will be moved over here to the Sunset Ballroom. Once the move is complete, I'll get a better picture of where the chip leader are, so my next chip leader update will come at the end of the dinner break (7:30ish).

Thursday, 06th of April 2006 04:57 PM




	Paul McAffrey - 2nd in chips after Level 4

Play has just resumed after the break. Blinds are now 200/400 with 50 ante.

During the break, I checked in with our previous chip leaders. Tom has lost some ground and is down to about 60,000. Meanwhile Brian Mogelefsky has continued to build and has taken the chip lead (in this room at least) with over 85,000. The next biggest stacks I found was Paul McAffrey with 75,200, Lee Yin with about 72,000, and Shane Ashton with about 66,000.

These players are all in the Sunset Ballroom. No way to know what's going on over in the poker room. There are now 7 empty tables here in the ballroom, so we are on track for getting the players all in this room over the dinner break.

Sean McCabe, winner of the $3000 NLHE event here yesterday, is out. Also, Joe Sebok was busted by John Juanda.

Thursday, 06th of April 2006 04:04 PM




	Mark Adams and "the hole"

An unknown player who was a bit upset about the way he was dispatched from the tournament, left his mark by punching a hole in the wall in the hallway outside the tournament room. In the photo, The Real Deal's Mark Adam's reenacts the event.

Thursday, 06th of April 2006 03:31 PM




	Tom Cope - chip leader




	Brian Mogelefsky - 2nd in chips

Break is over. As of the break, it looks like these guys are the chip leaders:

Tom Cope about 71,000
Brian Mogelefsky about 67,000
Dino Montanari about 53,000

Tom Cope won the Ultimate Poker Challenge $1000 NLHE event last July, good for over $45,000, and he has several other final table appearances. Brian Mogelefsky has a couple of cashes over $20,000 at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure and the Borgata Poker Open.

Blinds are now 100/200 with 25 ante.

Thursday, 06th of April 2006 03:07 PM

Tim Anders, children's book author who finished 4th earning over $157,000 at the WPT Rendezvous a Paris event, has been eliminated. Nick Schulman, who took home over $2 Million after winning the WPT World Poker Finals main event here at Foxwoods last November, has been eliminated.

Thursday, 06th of April 2006 02:47 PM




	David Pham




	Gavin Smith

Latest news: Gavin Smith is out - his full house was sunk by quads. David "The Dragon" Pham is also out.

Thursday, 06th of April 2006 02:00 PM

Play has just resumed at Level 3, 100/200 blinds. During the break, I cruised the room looking for the big stacks and this is what I found here in the Sunset Ballroom:

Tom Cope about 60,000
Paul Scaturro about 46,000
Ahmad Davis about 44,000

Those were the biggest stacks I found. Not sure what's going on over in the poker room, but these guys are definitely among the chip leaders. The TD hopes to have the tables in the poker room moved over here no later than the dinner break. We currently have two empty tables here, which means at least 18 players have busted out (9 handed tables).

Thursday, 06th of April 2006 01:31 PM

Rumor has it that Sully Erna, lead singer for the group Godsmack, is playing in today's tournament. He's at a table over in the poker room, so I can't confirm this rumor, but we'll be on the lookout for him!

Thursday, 06th of April 2006 01:12 PM

The numbers are in and here are the payouts:

Place	Payout	Best Overall Player Points
1	$1,331,889	50
2	$655,507	44
3	$417,520	40
4	$292,264	36
5	$208,760	32
6	$167,008	28
7	$125,256	24
8	$83,504	20
9	$75,153	16
10	$66,803	14
11	$62,628	12
12	$58,453	10
13	$54,278	8
14	$50,102	6
15	$45,927	4
16	$41,752	2
17	$37,577
18	$33,402
19	$29,226
20	$25,061
21-25	$20,876
26-30	$16,700
31-40	$12,525

The winner also receives a $25,500 entry to the Season 4 WPT Championship at the Bellagio later this month, a trophy, and jacket.

Thursday, 06th of April 2006 12:13 PM




	Allen Kessler




	Bill Edler




	Brad Kondracki

Registration has officially closed and the final count is 431 players. The payouts are not available yet, but first place will be about $1.3 Million. Here are some of the big names in today's field: Chris Bigler, Andy Bloch, Doug Carli, Hoyt Corkins, John D'Agostino, Paul Darden, Freddie Deeb, Bill Edler, Bill Gazes, Barry Greenstein, John Juanda, Allen Kessler, Brad Kondracki, Erick Lindgren, Isabelle Mercier, Carlos Mortensen, Daniel Negreanu, David "the Dragon" Pham, John Phan, Joe Sebok, Erik Seidel, Gavin Smith, Surinder Sunar, Olga and Robert Varkonyi, and Steve Zolotow. I've probably missed many more. Noticeably absent from today's field is Tuan Le, former Foxwoods champ.




	Paul Darden

I'm stationed in the Sunset Ballroom where 38 of the tables are located. Other tables over in the poker room are in use today, also. I'll get some shots of the folks in this room for now and try to catch the others when they get moved over here (hopefully by the dinner break).

Thursday, 06th of April 2006 08:31 AM




	Kathy Liebert




	Hoyt Corkins




	Isabelle Mercier

Today's the day! Day 1 of the $10,000 ($9,700 + $300) NLHE Championship begins at 11am. I was star-watching last night as some of the big names were coming in to register: Kathy Liebert, Barry Greenstein, Isabelle Mercier, John Juanda, Hoyt Corkins are just a few.

According to Tournament Director Mike Ward, there are 150 online qualifiers -- players who have won their seats via online poker sites. Foxwoods has also seated about 175 via ACT III satellites, so Mike is expecting about 450 entries for today's tournament.

Although the tournament begins at 11am, they will be taking late registrations through the first level, so we won't have a final count until later today.

The levels are 75 minutes long with a 10 minute break after each. Players begin with 20,000. For day 1, the plan is to play 8 levels with a 1 hour dinner break after level 5.

This is just the start of an exciting 4-day event!

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