Foxwoods Poker Classic Continues with Big Numbers

Two Events Attract Nearly 1,000 Players Each
The Foxwoods Poker Classic continues with its preliminary events, which lead up to the World Poker Tour $10,000 championship event, which will start Friday. The series started last Monday, and the preliminary events have been attracting large numbers of entrants to the WPT-themed poker room of Foxwoods.The second event was a $600 seven-card Stud event that attracted a respectable 192 entrants. It was won by Neal Friets, who took home $22,152 of the $98,707 prize pool.

Wednesday’s $600 no-limit event attracted 938 entrants, who generated a prize pool of $492,226. Andrew Kloc would end up with all of the chips and $115,797. Kloc, of Naugatuck, Connecticut, now has more than $215,000 in tournament winnings in a career that goes back to 2005.

Thursday’s $600 limit hold’em event attracted 179 entrants, underlining the popularity of no limit. Bryan Tessier won $22,500 for taking down this event.

Friday’s $1,000 no-limit hold’em event brought in 582 players who generated a prize pool of $513,731. William Hill won $108,329, bringing his tournament winnings total to more than $400,000. Christopher MacNeil finished second and won $97,900.

Saturday was a $600 ladies event that attracted 204 players. The $32,018 top prize went to Karen Goncalves.

The series continues this week with more prelims, including a $3,000 event tomorrow and a one-day $5,000 event Wednesday.

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