The Foxwoods Poker Classic went early into the morning of April 10th and it still wasn’t decided. The WPT $9,700 + $300 Championship event at the Foxwoods Resort Casino attracted 333 players playing for the $3,230,014 prize pool.
The Foxwoods Poker Classic got underway Sunday, March 24th with a $260 + $40 No Limit Hold’em Shootout. There are 10 preliminary events with buy-ins all the way up to $4,800 leading to the Championship, which began Friday, April 4th.
Three players remained: Erik Seidel, Andrew Barta and Robert Richardson. Each had around three million in chips and no one was really making any moves. It would be Seidel’s first WPT Championship if he can hold on to win. Andrew Barta has two previous cashes, one an 11th-place finish in a WPT event in 2005. Robert Richardson has no major cashes to his credit and would be considered the underdog to win it.
For the fifth consecutive year the WSOP is returning to New Orleans for the Harrah’s New Orleans Bayou Poker Challenge. The event will take place from May 9-21, 2008 and will include 15 major tournaments and tons of satellite action. Harrah’s is also giving away 40 single-table satellite entries, free of charge, by random drawing. On April 1 any player inside the room can win a single-table satellite voucher and go on to take a seat in the main event valued at $5,150. There will also be 21 free super-satellite entries awarded. Players awarded these will get into a super satellite on April 27th.
In previous years the poker tournament has attracted poker superstars including Chris “Jesus” Ferguson, Dan Harrington, Phil Ivey, Daniel Negreanu, Gavin Smith, Phil Gordon, and many others. This year should attract even more of poker’s top stars, who will be gearing up for the WSOP the following month.
