Poker Tournament Results

Foxwoods Poker Classic / WPT Event Season V

Casey Griswold

Tournament Report

'THE KID' GRISWOLD COPS TOP PRIZE OF $193,871! The 2007 Foxwoods Poker Classic $2000 No-Limit Championship resumed at Noon on Tuesday with 20 players of the record 317 who started the event. The total prize pool was $572,736 with First Place paying $193,871! When the final table began just before 3 pm, the chip leader was Casey 'The Kid' Griswold and when it was over 3 hours later, Casey was the one with all the chips! The Cortland, NY, resident took home not only the prize money but also the Championship Trophy and a commemorative jacket. The first half hour of play saw four players leave the final table. Ray Ho Lin of New York, NY, had quickly built his stack to 230K and just as quickly went all-in with AK; David 'The Lion' Singer called with pocket 9's. Ray got no help from the board and he was the 10th place winner of $8,877. John Davis helped Casey add to his stack when he was all-in with A5 and Casey held A9. Both were suited, but Casey flopped a set of 9's and then caught the river flush to send John home to Tampa, FL, with 9th place money of $11,455. Shortly thereafter, Matt Boggio, a resident of Windsor, CT, pushed all-in with A9 and was called by Dino Moustakis with A10. Dino's cards held up and Matt finished in 8th position for $14,318. The A9 hand was also not friendly to John Trifone of Newington, CT, who ran up against Casey's pocket Q's. With no help from the board, John was the recipient of $17,182 for 7th place. Play slowed until David Lewis pushed all-in from the big blind with 65 after a 34Q flop; Casey called with 94. No aid from the turn or river gave David, who hails from Weston, CT, 6th place money of $20,046. With 5 players remaining, Casey 'the Kid' had 3 times the stack of the other players and the play moved quickly to a conclusion. David 'The Lion' Singer lost most of his stack with pocket J's to AK when Horace York turned a K. 'The Lion' took 5th place money of $25,773. Will 'The Thrill' Failla was at his 2nd final table of the 2007 FPC. Will improved on his 9th place finish in the $600 Shoot-out by placing 4th in the $2000. Will pushed all-in with AJ but Horace called with AQ and a KJ10 flop left 'The Thrill', a resident of Commack, NY, with $34,364. Three players remained and Dino Moustakis of Danvers, MA, was the short stack. After a 972 flop, Dino was all-in with A7; but Horace had 98. The turn and river were no help and Dino had 3rd place and $54,410 for his efforts. Horace and Casey were almost dead even entering heads up action but Casey almost immediately began whittling into Horace's stack. Horace had 67 and after an A108 flop he moved all-in with the straight draw. But Casey's set of 10's held and a clean-shaven Horace York of Limington, ME, took 2nd position and $97,365! And Casey 'The Kid' Griswold was the 2007 FPC $2000 No-Limit Champion! Reported by Jeffrey A Toth for Foxwoods Resort Casino