Sunday, August 18, 2013 11:39 AM Local Time
Play has come to an end for Flight B of the Foxwoods Circuit Main Event. A total of 243 player took their shot in the second session of the day and it looks like approximately 79 of them survived.
The remaining Flight B players will combine with the rest of the field tomorrow at noon to kick off Day 2. Registration will officially be closed at that time. Final numbers and payouts will be made available then.
Frank Pezzullo emerges as the Flight B chip leader, finishing the day with 225,100. Some notable players that advance with above average stacks include Peter Campo (120,700), Ryan Eriquezzo (110,500), Grant Lang (90,300), John Dibella (77,400) and Jamie Kerstetter (66,700).
The players have bagged up and will return at 12 noon on Sunday for Day 2 action. Until then, here is a look at the unofficial top five from the end of Flight B:
1. Frank Pezzullo 225,100
2. J.E. Feehan 180,600
3. Patrick Gray 162,600
4. Charles Hawkins 152,700
5. Ryan Mostafa 135,600
A full recap of all the Day 1 action is available on WSOP.com.
Sunday, August 18, 2013 3:29 AM Local Time
Play has come to an end for Flight B of the Foxwoods Circuit Main Event. A total of 243 player took their shot in the second session of the day and it looks like approximately 79 of them survived.
The remaining Flight B players will combine with the rest of the field tomorrow at noon to kick off Day 2. Registration will officially be closed at that time. Final numbers and payouts will be made available then.
Frank Pezzullo emerges as the Flight B chip leader, finishing the day with 225,100. Some notable players that advance with above average stacks include Peter Campo (120,700), Ryan Eriquezzo (110,500), Grant Lang (90,300), John Dibella (77,400) and Jamie Kerstetter (66,700).
The players have bagged up and will return at 12 noon on Sunday for Day 2 action. Until then, here is a look at the unofficial top five from the end of Flight B:
1. Frank Pezzullo 225,100
2. J.E. Feehan 180,600
3. Patrick Gray 162,600
4. Charles Hawkins 152,700
5. Ryan Mostafa 135,600
A full recap of all the Day 1 action is available on WSOP.com.
Sunday, August 18, 2013 2:02 AM Local Time
Play has come to an end for Flight B of the Foxwoods Circuit Main Event. A total of 243 player took their shot in the second session of the day and it looks like approximately 79 of them survived.
The remaining Flight B players will combine with the rest of the field tomorrow at noon to kick off Day 2. Registration will officially be closed at that time. Final numbers and payouts will be made available then.
Frank Pezzullo emerges as the Flight B chip leader, finishing the day with 225,100. Some notable players that advance with above average stacks include Peter Campo (120,700), Ryan Eriquezzo (110,500), Grant Lang (90,300), John Dibella (77,400) and Jamie Kerstetter (66,700).
The players have bagged up and will return at 12 noon on Sunday for Day 2 action. Until then, here is a look at the unofficial top five from the end of Flight B:
1. Frank Pezzullo 225,100
2. J.E. Feehan 180,600
3. Patrick Gray 162,600
4. Charles Hawkins 152,700
5. Ryan Mostafa 135,600
A full recap of all the Day 1 action is available on WSOP.com.
Sunday, August 18, 2013 1:21 AM Local Time
The board shows 79 players remaining here in the final stages of Flight 1B. The crew will play five more hands before bagging and tagging for the night.
Sunday, August 18, 2013 12:50 AM Local Time
Level: 12
Blinds: 600/1200
Ante: 200
Sunday, August 18, 2013 12:49 AM Local Time
Ryan Methia raises to 2,500 from the cutoff, Ryan Eriquezzo calls from the small blind, and the player in the big blind gives it quite a bit of thought before calling as well.
The trio sees a flop o and it checks around. The turn is the , prompting Eriquezzo to bet 3,500. The player in the big blind slowly calls, leaving around 8,000 behind. Methia folds.
The river brings the and Eriquezzo wastes no time announcing he is all-in, having his opponent easily covered. The other player folds and Eriquezzo takes the pot.
Ryan Eriquezzo - 90,000
Sunday, August 18, 2013 12:42 AM Local Time
Frank Pezzullo limps in from
under the gun as does Ryan Eriquezzo to his left. After another player limps for 1,000, Ralph Massey three-bets to 6,500 total.
Ryan Methia folds his big blind and chip leader Pezzullo announces that he is all-in. Eriquezzo and the last limper quickly muck and Massey calls all-in.
Massey shows but Pezzullo turns over . The board runs out and Pezzullo takes yet another big pot.
Pezzullo - 204,000
Massey - Eliminated
Sunday, August 18, 2013 12:37 AM Local Time
In the past level, the field has gone from from over 100 players to just 88. Tables keep breaking at a steady clip as many players, like Gorodn Eng, Ronnie Bardah, and Andrew Spears, find their second bullet ended no better than the first one.
There are still 13 minutes remaining in Level 11 and one more level to go after that before the Flight 1B field bags and tags for the night. If this pace continues, we could easily be bringing back just 60 or so players to join the Flight 1A survivors at noon Sunday for Day 2 action.
Sunday, August 18, 2013 12:34 AM Local Time
The rash of bustouts continues with bracelet winner Ronnie Bardah's exit. Even though Bardah is an accomplished tournament pro, he has surprisingly never won a big event at Foxwoods, which he considers his home casino.
Sunday, August 18, 2013 12:32 AM Local Time
Sunday, August 18, 2013 12:30 AM Local Time
We catch the action between Ryan Eriquezzo and chip leader Frank Pezzullo on the river. Pezzullo bets 3,000 on a board reading .
Eriquezzo puts in a raise to 15,000 total and Pezzullo quickly calls. Eriquezzo turns over for
quads and rakes in the pot.
Eriquezzo - 63,500
Pezzullo - 128,000
Sunday, August 18, 2013 12:26 AM Local Time
There are over 30,000 chips in the pot and the board reads when Andrew Spears' opponent shoves all-in for 30,400.
Spears has his opponent covered, but not by much. He takes his time before announcing "call".
The other player rolls ove r for top set. Spears nods and mucks, giving the other player the pot.
After the hand, Spears is down to just 4,500--just under five big blinds.
Andrew Spears - 4,500
Sunday, August 18, 2013 12:13 AM Local Time
Level: 11
Blinds: 500/1000
Ante: 100
Sunday, August 18, 2013 12:11 AM Local Time
There is around 10,000 already in the pot and the board reads when the player in the big blind checks and action moves to John Dibella in middle position. Dibella thinks for a while, eyeing his opponent and his opponent's stack before announcing he is all-in.
Dibella, who is sitting on around 27,000, has the other player's remaining 21,000 or so covered. The other player briefly counts his stack, mulls over his options, and folds.
John Dibella - 40,000
Saturday, August 17, 2013 11:57 PM Local Time
There is around 6,000 already in the pot when three players see a flop of . Ralph Massey is in the big blind and checks. Frank Pezzullo is in early position and bets 3,000. The player in middle position folds, and Massey calls.
Both players check when the turn brings the , then check again when the river comes .
"Ace-ten," Massey announces as he turns over . Pezzullo mucks and Massey takes the pot.
Even though Massey won the pot, Pezzullo is still sitting pretty, having chipped up even more since we last checked on him. He currently appears to be the chip leader of the remaining 115 or so Flight 1B players.
Ralph Massey - 35,000
Frank Pezzullo - 136,000
Saturday, August 17, 2013 11:55 PM Local Time
Saturday, August 17, 2013 11:33 PM Local Time
Players are back from the last break of the night and the home stretch of Flight 1B is upon us.
There are currently around 135 players left in the Flight 1B field hankering to join the 115 Flight 1A survivors for Day 2 action on Sunday. They still have three more levels of action to tough it out in order to bag and tag.
Earlier today, we saw the current chip leader, Ray Haddad, surge to the top of the counts during this final stretch of play. Will any of the Flight 1B players be able to make the push to surpass his more than 300,000 chips?
Saturday, August 17, 2013 11:30 PM Local Time
Level: 10
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
Saturday, August 17, 2013 11:19 PM Local Time
Current Casino Champion frontrunner Ryan Methia opens to 1,400 from under the gun and Frank Pezzullo calls behind him. Ryan Eriquezzo is in middle position and calls as well.
The flop comes and Methia bets 2,700. Pezzullo calls, then Eriquezzo folds. The turn brings the and Methia elects to check. Pezzullo bets 5,000 and Methia calls.
The river is the and Methia checks again. Pezzullo once again bets 5,000. Methia thinks about it for a spell, then calls.
Pezzullo turns over for treys full of aces. Methia drops his hand face down on the felt, mucking, then decides to turn it over and show the table his for trip aces.
With that pot, Pezzullo is now closing in on current chip leader Grant Lang at the top of the counts.
Frank Pezzullo - 115,000
Ryan Methia - 76,500
Saturday, August 17, 2013 10:40 PM Local Time
Level: 9
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75