Raj Patel(credit: World Poker Tour)
A total of 346 players took to the felt when the Foxwoods Poker Classic Main Event began on Friday, April 4, 2008 bringing the total prize pool for the event up to $967,300. David “The Dragon” Pham made an uncharacteristically early exit from the event. He busted out with about 20 minutes left in Level 1. Other notable eliminations included Ammon Filippi, recent WPT winner Lee Markholt and TJ Cloutier.
At the end of the day, 218 remained included Nam Le, one of the chip leaders, and Barry Greenstein, “The Robin Hood of Poker.”
Day Two saw fast and furious action. Early on, Bill Gazes, Beth Shak, Chris Reslock and Phil Ivey hit the rail. Defending champ Raj Patel was going strong and ended the day with the second highest number of chips. Ted Forrest, Erik Seidel and John Juanda were among the pros who survived to see Day 3.
75 players made it all the way to Day 3, 40 of these would make bank. Svetlana Gromenkova was the bubble girl for the event. John Juanda, Erick Lindgren, Barry Greenstein and Alan Goehring didn’t take home cash from the event either.
Raj Patel continued his title defense while Paul Darden and Joe Tehan inched their way to the near-top of the leaderboard. At the end of Day 3, 33 players remained. On Day 4, they will play down to the final 18 or 10, depending upon how fast the action goes.
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