Day 2 of the Foxwoods Poker Classic

Paul Snead Finishes with the Chip Lead

Two days of action have shrank the tournament field close to the money bubble here at the 2008 Foxwoods Poker Classic. This World Poker Tour event was scheduled for six days, but the small number of entrants have made for a much shorter affair. Only 75 players remain, leaving us just a few levels away from payday for the top 40 players.

Day 2 started out the way that day 1 ended, with a flurry of bustouts as the 218 remaining players quickly whittled themselves down to 170 players by the end of the first level. Among the notables to hit the rail were Phil Ivey, Joe Brooks, Bill Gazes, Chris Reslock and Beth Shak.

The next level was more of the same as the players continued to drop at an alarming rate considering the relatively low blinds and the 30,000 starting stacks. Defending champion Raj Patel also continued where he left off the night before, taking chips off of one of the more stacked tables in the room. Patel raised from late position to 4,000 and Paul Spitzberg called on the button. Elmer Lynn reraised to 15,500 from the small blind and only Patel made the call. The flop came J 10 3 and Lynn bet 30,000. Patel announced all in, and he Lynn's remaining 100,000 easily covered. Lynn called immediately with pocket aces. Patel turned over J 10 for two pair and the board bricked out for Lynn giving Patel nearly 400,000 after the massive pot was counted down. Patel ended the day with 393,700, good enough for second place in the chip counts.

The top players continued to bust as Men Nguyen, Joe Sebok, Bill Edler, JC Tran, Hevad Khan and Victor Ramdin were all sent home prematurely in the chaos that surrounded the second and third levels of the day.

While Patel was busy adding to his stack, another familiar face from last year’s final table took quick strides to catch up. Tony “bagels” Cavezza, who finished third in last year’s contest, spent the early part of the day chipping up and terrorizing his table to amass a stack of over 250,000. Unfortunately, Cavezza faltered down the stretch and he was eliminated when his opponent rivered jacks full against his unseen hand.

Ted Forrest was much more fortunate when he got his stack all in against Shane Schleger and another unknown at the table. Schleger showed pocket eights, the unknown showed pocket jacks, and Forrest turned over pocket aces. The flop gave Forrest a set of aces and the massive pot was shipped his way,considering he had both players covered. Forrest ended the day with 339,100, good for fourth place.

Other notables to survive the day included Barry Greenstein, Erick Lindgren, John Juanda, Nam Le, Erik Seidel and Paul Darden. The top 10 chip counts are listed below:



1. Paul Snead – 472,700
2. Raj Patel – 393,700
3. Eddie Ting – 388,200
4. Ted Forrest – 339,100
5. Dave Stefanski – 337,000
6. Michael Ferris – 317,300
7. Daniel Woolsen – 293,900
8. Joe Tehan – 287,300
9. Mike Santoro – 273,300
10. Jim Silva – 259,500

News Added: 06 April, 2008

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