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Foxwoods Poker Classic / WPT Event Season 6

WPT No Limit Hold'em Championship
Final Day

April 8, 2008 at 5:00 PM
Foxwoods Resort Casino
Tournament Schedule

Buy-In	$9,700 + $300
Prize Pool	$3,230,014
Entries	333
Report Available Live Coverage

Erik Seidel

Place	Name	Prize
1	Erik Seidel (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$967,390
2	Robert Richardson	$558,792
3	Andrew "AK" Barta (Clifton, NJ, USA)	$281,011
4	Frank Cieri AKA "Frankie Funerals" (Yonkers, NY, USA)	$200,261
5	Adam Katz (Delray Beach, FL, USA)	$151,811
6	Ted Forrest (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$103,360
7	Natale Kuey (Bronx, NY, USA)	$71,061
8	Allen Bari (West Orange, NJ, USA)	$48,450
9	Michael Farris (Pelham, NH, USA)	$40,378
10	Steven Weinstein (Andes, NY, USA)	$33,915
11	Radjendra Patel (Rocky Hill, CT, USA)	$33,915
12	Randolph Spain (Brewer, ME, USA)	$33,915
13	Chris Dombrowski (Dade City, FL, USA)	$30,685
14	Joe Simmons (Philadelphia, PA, USA)	$30,685
15	John Spadavecchia (Lighthouse Pt., FL, USA)	$30,685
16	Benjamin Zamani (Boca Raton, FL, USA)	$29,070
17	Matt Brady (Havertown, PA, USA)	$29,070
18	Michael Santoro AKA "karate mike" (Egg Harbor Township, NJ, USA)	$29,070
19	Richard Meli (Hopewell Junction, NY, USA)	$27,455
20	Edward Sabat (Lancaster, CA, USA)	$27,455
21	John Brock ""tsoprano"" Parker (Silver Springs, MD, USA)	$27,455
22	Kenny Chanthamalo (East Lyme, CT, USA)	$25,840
23	James M Martin (Fall River, MA, USA)	$25,840
24	Paul Darden Jr (Hamdem, CT, USA)	$25,840
25	Edwin Ting (Bronx, NY, USA)	$24,225
26	Eddie D Gravalese (Revere, MA, USA)	$24,225
27	James M Silva (Bridgewater, MA, USA)	$24,225
28	Alexanda Kamberis (Round Lake, IL, USA)	$22,610
29	James Petrillo (South Easton, MA, USA)	$22,610
30	Paul Snead (Kings Park, NY, USA)	$22,610
31	Chris McCormack (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$22,610
32	Phil Bodey (Southington, CT, USA)	$22,610
33	Dan Woolson (Worcerter, MA, USA)	$22,610
34	Ken Adams AKA "DC Kid" (Washington, DC, USA)	$22,610
35	Scott Blackman (Webster, NY, USA)	$22,610
36	David Stefanski (Waterford, CT, USA)	$22,610
37	Jason Suh AKA "TheShagMan21" (Los Angeles, CA, USA)	$22,610
38	Joseph Tehan (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$22,610
39	Kevin Mason (Everett, MA, USA)	$22,610
40	Matthew Crawley (Poughkeepsie, NY, USA)	$22,610

Tournament Report

Eric Seidel Wins Longest Final Table in WPT History

With two well-known pros coming to the final table #1 and #2 in chips, everyone expected the 2008 Foxwoods Poker Classic to come down to a heads-up battle between Erik Seidel and Ted Forrest. That would not come to pass as Ted Forrest had the misfortune of running pocket 9s into pocket Kings, then running pocket Jacks into pocket Aces. Ted's quest for a second WPT title was over with him earning 6th place and $103,360.
Internet pro Adam Katz got his chips in good with top pair against a flush draw with one overcard. He had to dodge twelve outs twice and unfortunately the overcard paired on the river. Adam finished in 5th place, earning $151,811.
Frank Cieri started the final table as the short stack, but clawed his way back into contention by moving in and pushing his opponents off their hands. This worked well for him the first seven times, but on his 8th all-in, he got looked up by amateur Robert Richardson, who held top pair. Frank's middle pair and flush draw needed to improve, but he couldn't find any of his outs and Robert doubled through, leaving Frank's stack crippled. Frank had to move in one more time, this time with Queen-high, only to run into Robert's King-high. That was it for Frank and he left with 4th place and $200,261.
The final three players found themselves locked in a three-way battle for more than five hours. Then Andrew Barta moved in with AQ and Erik Seidel made the call with pocket Jacks. A Jack on the flop gave Erik a monster lead that Andrew could not overcome. Andrew was left with only 30k in chips, which were committed to the ante and small blind on the next hand. Erik and Robert checked down the hand and Erik won it with Ace-high, sending Andrew home with 3rd place and $281,011.
Heads-up play got underway shortly after 4am, a mere 11 hours after play began. It lasted only one hand. Robert moved in on the turn with third pair. Erik called him down with top pair and it held up to give Erik his first WPT title, $967,390, and a $25,500 seat in the WPT Championship. Robert Richardson earned 2nd place and $558,792 in his first ever WPT event.