Victor Ramdin wins 1st place.

Alex called and Victor moved all in. Alex called and showed AK of clubs; Victor has pocket 9s. A 9 on the flop sealed his double up (he had 2.115 million).


Alex now has 3.96 million to Victor's 4.89 million.



Alex moved in with KJ offsuit and Victor called with AJ offsuit. The board came Q 7 3 8 J giving Victor the win!


Victor Ramdin finished in 1st place, earning $1,331,889 and a $25,500 buy-in to the Season 4 WPT Championship at Bellagio.


Alex Jacob finished in 2nd place, earning $655,507.


Final stats...

1 Victor Ramdin Bronx, NY $1,331,889
2 Alex Jacob New Haven, CT $655,507

3 Ed Jordan Belle Meade, NJ $417,520
4 Larry Klur Pembroke Pines, FL $292,264

5 John Russell Auburn, MA $208,760
6 Bruce Kater Salem, NH $167,008

Sean McCabe wins at Foxwoods $2800 + $200 buy in WPT championship. Sean won 1st prize which was $204,168 out of 204 entries.


Gary Rabin, a New York City resident, tried to cut into Sean's ever growing stack. Sean beat back the challenge and soon was relegating Gary to 3rd position when Gary failed to catch his straight. His reward was $60,816. Two were left for the title and with the blinds at 10K/20K it was soon over. Raymond Millard, a resident of Tamarac, FL, was all-in with 56 after a K53 flop but Sean had K7 and Raymond was the 2nd place winner of $110,048. Sean McCabe was the $3000 No-Limit Hold'em Champion for 2006!


Here are the other finishes.


1 Sean McCabe (Sunny Isles Beach, FL, USA) $204,168
2 Raymond Millard (Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA) $110,048

3 Gary Rabin (New York, NY, USA) $60,816
4 Anthony Salerno AKA "Tony" (Howell, NJ, USA) $40,544

5 Hoa Minh Nguyen (Sterling, VA, USA) $28,960
6 Jin Kim (Los Angeles, CA, USA) $23,168

7 James Kolodny (Cleveland, OH, USA) $17,376
8 Steve Happas AKA "Dakota" (Braintree, MA, USA) $14,480

9 Steve Zoine (Merrick, NY, USA) $13,032
10 David "Dragon" Pham (Cerritos, CA, USA) $11,584

11 Alex Todd (New York, NY, USA) $10,136
12 Daniel B Stewart (Ham Lake, MN, USA) $8,688

13 Vinod Vangimalla (Silver Spings, MD, USA) $7,240
14 Robert D Williams (Barrie, ON, Canada) $5,792

15 Robert D Metayer (Standish, ME, USA) $4,348
16 Eugene Todd AKA "Mr Brooklyn" (Brooklyn, NY, USA) $3,764

17 Daniel McMahon (Whitman, MA, USA) $3,764
18 Emanuel Failla (Commack, NY, USA) $3,764

19 Mohammed Masoud (Homestead, FL, USA) $3,764
20 Richard Murnick (Upper Montclair, NJ, USA) $3,764

Foxwoods Poker Classic / WPT Event Season 4 $9,700+$300 buy in.



Here are the chip counts for the WPT No Limit Hold'em Championship at the end of day 1.




Player Names, Chip Count and Table and Seat number.


Greg Monaldi, 222,000 13-3
Ron Wilson, 188,000 7-2

Greg Breiner, 171,200 12-1
John Griffith, 165,800 17-5

Anh Van Nguyen, 159,700 17-3
John Leontakianakos,154,500 3-1

George Billiass, 140,200 4-8
Paul McCaffrey, 137,000 8-6

Demetris Hailos, 131,900 17-1
Brian Mogelefsky, 128,700 7-8

Eric Haber, 119,400 3-5
Steve Zollow, 114,000 18-9

Aaron March, 113,900 12-7
Matt Glantz, 113,400 17-2

Todd Keikoan, 113,400 14-9
Brent Keller, 107,900 1-6

Larry Klur, 105,900 2-7
Ed Jordan, 104,800 2-2

Dustin Mele, 104,600 9-7
Alex Jacob, 104,000 1-9

Eric Panatiotou, 103,000 12-3
Keith Wintermans, 97,700 2-1

Dan Sorensen, 97,600 15-4
Spiro Mitrokostas, 93,100 11-2

Blake Stepp, 90,400 2-5
Jean Guy Roy, 90,100 4-5

John Russel, 89,200 16-8
Vinny Napolitano, 82,300 14-3

Khenh Chanthamala, 80,900 9-6
Chuck Giroux, 80,900 1-5

Sam Haddad, 80,200 4-9
John Juanda, 78,000 18-1

Don Yucius, 75,100 4-6
Marty Lang, 74,200 12-4

Erik Seidel, 73,600 2-9
Paul Darden, 73,400 9-1

Brandon Adams, 72,200 16-3

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Joe Toth wins first place at the Foxwoods Poker Classic / WPT Event Season 4. It was a $1850 +$150 buy in to the competition with a prize pool of $464,800 with 248 entries.


Entering heads up play, Joe has a 2 to 1 chip advantage over Mazen Nesheiwat of Poughkeepsie, NY. Mazen took a stand with 56 after a K76 flop but Joe had K8; an 8 on the river gave Joe two pair and the Championship. Mazen was rewarded with $88,312 for 2nd position. Joe Toth wins the first prize of $163,842.



Here are the top 20 finishes.


1 Joe Toth (Sharpsoille, PA, USA) $163,842

2 Mazen J Nesheiwat (Poughkeepsie, NY, USA) $88,312
3 Salvatore Passariello AKA "PokerWiz" (Rowley, MA, USA) $48,804

4 Greg Monaldi (Davie, FL, USA) $32,536
5 Brian J Lesser (Weston, MA, USA) $23,240

6 Dick Carson (Las Vegas, NV, USA) $18,592
7 Robert Tresca (Newton, MA, USA) $13,944

8 Bill Edler (Las Vegas, NV, USA) $11,620
9 Stephen Leveson (Skillman, NJ, USA) $10,458

10 Loren Klein (Golden, CO, USA) $9,296
11 Luis Rodi (Sharon, MA, USA) $8,134

12 Emanuel Failla (Commack, NY, USA) $6,972
13 Andrew Goetsch (Enfield, CT, USA) $5,810

14 Michael Bayar (Ossining, NY, USA) $4,648
15 David Kalicka (Longmeadow, MA, USA) $3,487

16 Leonard M Cortellino (Lewiston, ME, USA) $3,021
17 Akiva Pearlman (Providence, RI, USA) $3,021

18 Hoa Minh Nguyen (Sterling, VA, USA) $3,021
19 Andrew Stone (Burlington, CT, USA) $3,021

20 Joseph Schmidt (Bronx, NY, USA) $3,021


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The Foxwoods Poker Classic starts Thu, Apr 6 at 11:00 AM.


Foxwoods Resort Casino, 39 Norwich Westerly Rd., Rt. 2 P.O.Box 3777, Mashantucket, CT 06338, US
860-312-3000 Toll-Free: (1) 800-48 poker


* Tournaments will be played until the final table has been reached or until approximately 2 am (which ever comes first). Play will resume at 4 pm the following day. • The buy-in portion of the cost to play will go directly into the corresponding prize pool. • The entry fee portion of the cost to play will be retained by Foxwoods Resort Casino. • The added money represents the amount Foxwoods Resort Casino is adding to the prize pool.


Thu, Apr 6 at 11:00 AM WPT No Limit Hold'em Championship (Day 1) $9,700+$300

Notes: Added Prize Money $20,000
Fri, Apr 7 at 11:00 AM WPT No Limit Hold'em Championship (Day 2) $9,700+$300

Sat, Apr 8 at 11:00 AM WPT No Limit Hold'em Championship (Day 3) $9,700+$300
Sun, Apr 9 at 4:00 PM WPT No Limit Hold'em Championship

$9,700+$300