Monday, August 28, 2017 7:28 AM Local Time
Mike Azzaro Leads the Final Nine Down the Stretch
This edition of the WSOP Circuit Foxwoods Main Event drew 486 entries, and now just nine players remain.
Mike Azzaro (pictured) rides a long-standing chip lead into today's finale. His stack of 2.7 million chips is worth 90 big blinds at the starting level, and the pack in chase is far in his rear-view mirror.
Jeremy Meacham represents the most immediate threat to Azzaro's position, and Meacham knows his way around this final table well. He's sitting at it for the second-consecutive year, having finished in third place the last time around. Meacham enters this final table with a 50-big-blind stack.
Here's the lineup for today's finale:
Seat 1: Fabio Dagata - 280,000 (9 bb)
Seat 2: Ralph Massey - 700,000 (23 bb)
Seat 3: Galen Hall - 1,000,000 (33 bb)
Seat 4: Larry Greenberg - 1,440,000 (48 bb)
Seat 5: Mike Azzaro - 2,690,000 (90 bb)
Seat 6: Phil Stavrakis - 205,000 (7 bb)
Seat 7: Bob Ricciuti - 970,000 (32 bb)
Seat 8: Jeremy Meacham - 1,500,000 (50 bb)
Seat 9: Sean Thomson - 935,000 (31 bb)
Ralph Massey, Galen Hall, and Meacham have all had their hands on the chip lead at one point or another, but everyone is looking up at Azzaro for the time being.
Here are the remaining payouts up for grabs today:
1st: $156,735
2nd: $96,957
3rd: $70,713
4th: $52,488
5th: $39,366
6th: $30,035
7th: $23,328
8th: $18,225
9th: $14,602
In addition to the cash, the winner will also collect the gold ring and a seat to the season-ending Championship event.
Play resumes at 12 p.m. with 15,000/30,000 blinds and a 5,000 ante.