Live Tournament Updates
15-Minute Break
Level 1: 50-100, ante
Level 1 comes to an end, and the players take a 15-minute break.
Sorted In: Tournaments, Foxwoods Resort Casino, Season VII, Foxwoods World Poker Finals10:36 AM, 11/05/08
Little Takes Down a Pot
Level 1: 50-100, ante
A player raises from middle position to 400 and Tom Schreiber re-raises to 1,150 from the cut off. Jon Little then makes another raises to 4,200 from the big blind. The original raiser folds and Schreiber thinks for a minute before making the call.
The flop comes A
42
and Little bets out 6,000. Schreiber folds and Little takes down the pot.
10:36 AM, 11/05/08
Prior Champions of Foxwoods' WPT World Poker Finals
Level 1: 50-100, ante
The Foxwoods World Poker Finals has been a perennial stop on the World Poker Tour since the first season six years ago. Here's a look back at the past champions in this event. Season I (2002) Winner: Howard Lederer ($345,400) Field: 89 players Note: Howard Lederer would go on to win the PartyPoker Million later that season on his way to becoming the Season I WPT Player of the Year. Season II (2003) Winner: Hoyt Corkins ($1,089,200) Field: 313 Note: Hoyt Corkins was the first player to win $1 million in a regular-season WPT tournament. Season III (2004) Winner: Tuan Le ($1,574,588) Field: 674 Note: Every WPT winner receives, as part of their prize, entry into the season-ending championship. Tuan Le is the only player in history to parlay that entry into a victory in the WPT World Championship. Season IV (2005) Winner: Nick Schulman ($2,167,500) Field: 783 Note: Nick "The Takeover" Schulman was the first player to win more than $2 million in a regular-season WPT tournament. At the age of 21, he was also the youngest player to ever earn a WPT title. Season V (2006) Winner: Nenad Medic ($1,717,194) Field: 609 Note: This was the first WPT tournament with multiple women at the final table. Kathy Liebert finished fifth, while Mimi Tran finished third. Season VI (2007) Winner: Mike Vela ($1,704,986) Field: 575 Note: This was nearly the first WPT tournament to have a repeat champion. The prior two champions, Nick Schulman and Nenad Medic, both made the final table. Medic finished third, while Schulman finished second. Who will be the next player to win the WPT World Poker Finals here at Foxwoods? Stay tuned to WorldPokerTour.com as we cover all the action over the next week.
Sorted In: Tournaments, Foxwoods Resort Casino, Season VII, Foxwoods World Poker Finals10:14 AM, 11/05/08
Big Willie Style
Level 1: 50-100, ante
Joe Sebok and Matt Stout have been going on all level about Will Faillia’s outfit. Shouting various fashion insults back and forth between tables, Will defends his look, calling it “retro gangster”. His ensemble consists of a black 1920’s style gangster hat, a black windbreaker and extra short workout shorts. This, and more tournament pictures to come shortly.
Sorted In: Tournaments, Foxwoods Resort Casino, Season VII, Foxwoods World Poker Finals10:06 AM, 11/05/08
First Player Eliminated
Level 1: 50-100, ante
Despite starting the day with 30,000 in chips and with blinds of 50-100, the first player of the day has been eliminated half way through the first level.
Sorted In: Tournaments, Foxwoods Resort Casino, Season VII, Foxwoods World Poker Finals09:54 AM, 11/05/08
Preliminary Player Count: 160 Players
Level 1: 50-100, ante
The field is rather small today, and we expect a lot of the traveling players chose the Day 1b start so they could stay home and vote yesterday, rather than travel. Action is starting with 19 tables, but with some empty seats we'll call it 160 players at the start of play. Registration remains open, so that number may yet increase.
Sorted In: Tournaments, Foxwoods Resort Casino, Season VII, Foxwoods World Poker Finals09:28 AM, 11/05/08
Familiar Faces
Level 1: 50-100, ante
Erik Seidel T.J. Cloutier Joe Sebok Kathy Liebert Kevin "Bel0wAb0ve" Saul Chad Brown Josh Arieh Paul Sneed Noah "fouruhaters" Schwartz Mike Vela Jonathan Little Adam Junglen Matt "AllInAt420" Stout Scott Seiver Shaun Deeb Bernard Lee Jason Potter Bradley Berman Jon Friedberg
Sorted In: Tournaments, Foxwoods Resort Casino, Season VII, Foxwoods World Poker Finals09:25 AM, 11/05/08
Shuffle Up & Deal!
Level 1: 50-100, ante
The players are seated and ready to go here on Day 1a of the WPT Foxwoods World Poker Finals. Time to shuffle up and deal! The opening blinds are 50-100, and each player begins with 30,000 in chips.
Sorted In: Tournaments, Foxwoods Resort Casino, Season VII, Foxwoods World Poker Finals09:08 AM, 11/05/08
WPT Foxwoods Begins at 12:00 Noon ET
Level 1: 50-100, ante
Most of the United States (and the world, for that matter) has had their eyes on the U.S. presidential election, watching admittedly proud poker player Barack Obama win a solid victory last night with record levels of voter turnout. But the poker world turns their eyes back to the tournament circuit with the WPT World Poker Finals kicking off today at 12:00 noon. Last year's field was 575 players; will the record turnout in the election spill over into a larger field here at Foxwoods? We'll have to wait and see. In the preliminary events, there were two standout victories. Vanessa Selbst, who won a WSOP bracelet this summer and finished as the runner-up in the first WPT Ladies Championship, won $115,000 in the $2,000 no-limit hold'em event. Then there was Bernard Lee, who won his third event in three years here at Foxwoods' World Poker Finals, earning more than $630,000. Bernard Lee added another final table a couple of days ago, and comes into the championship event near the top of his game. Action starts today at 12:00 noon ET, and you can follow all the action, with chip counts, photos, and video interviews with Amanda Leatherman, here at WorldPokerTour.com.
Sorted In: Tournaments, Foxwoods Resort Casino, Season VII, Foxwoods World Poker Finals08:23 AM, 11/05/08
