Event #9: $1,700 MAIN EVENT

On a board that read      Vincent Moscati moved all in for about 28,000 into a pot of about the same amount and was called by his opponent. Moscati turned over the    while his opponent had the   . The river was a harmless   and Moscati gained a big double up.

Vincent Moscati

87,000

60,000

While PokerNews is only live reporting the High Roller and Main Event tournaments at the World Series of Poker Circuit Foxwoods stop, there have been plenty of other side events playing out all week long.

One of them was Event #5: $600 No-Limit Hold'em, a tournament that drew 156 entries and created an $80,340 prize pool. Up top was $21,050, and capturing that prize – and doubling his lifetime earnings in the process – was 25-year-old Michael Zaino from Wethersfield, Connecticut.

He began the final table as the chip leader and went wire-to-wire to captured his first WSOP Circuit gold ring. To do it he had to defeat Stephen Friedrich in heads-up play, and also went through Andrew Lauer, who was denied a fourth gold ring after busting in sixth place for $3,495.

Final Table Results

While PokerNews is only live reporting the High Roller and Main Event tournaments at the World Series of Poker Circuit Foxwoods stop, there have been plenty of other side events playing out all week long.

One of them was Event #4: $400 NLH Turbo, a tournament that drew 322 runners and created a $106,260 prize pool. Among those to finish in the top 49 and make the money were Jason Pardy (14th - $1,317), Cheryl Lanigan (22nd - $818), Steven Sanzaro (27th - $733), Mike Azzaro (33rd - $573), Roland Israelashvili (41st - $573), Hiroaki Harada (47th - $552).

In the end, it was 29-year-old poker dealer Max Wiosna of Vernon, Connecticut coming out on top to win $23,664 and his first gold ring.

"It's kinda surreal. I work a lot at MGM Springfield, so I don't get a lot of time to play," explained Wiosna. "I just do it for fun. I used to try to have too much fun, and it kinda hurt my bankroll."

He added: "I needed a job and the casino was opening up last August, so I just decided to take the class and see where it would go."

Final Table Results

On the turn the board read     , Michael Rossitto bet 5,100 over to his opponent who called. The river was the  . Rossitto fired again, this time for 8,500.

This bet caused his opponent to think it over for several moments before tossing his cards into the muck and Rossitto took in the pot.

Michael Rossitto

61,000

3,000

Scott Efron moved all in for his remaining 126,000 after his opponent bet 23,000 on a wet flop of    . His opponent thought for a while without deciding. He counted out the call and assessed Efron who began to say something out loud before being told by the dealer to remain quiet.

After several moments the call was made. Efron turned over the    and saw the bad news as his opponent had the    for two pair. The turn was the   and the river came the   to give Efron what was likely the largest pot of the day thus far.

Scott Efron

270,000

270,000

Mitch Garshofsky had his opponent covered and at risk preflop holding    against    . A deuce hit the flop to send Garshofsky into the lead and he would not look back as a the turn and river kept his pair of twos ahead to bust his opponent.

Mitch Garshofsky

63,000

2,000

The flop showed     and there was around 9,000 in the pot. Action checked to Joseph Giulino who bet 3,800 and a small blind opponent check-called. Vincent Moscati check-raised to a massive 25,000 and Giulino was the only person to call.

A   fell as the turn card and Moscati moved all in for this remaining 6,300. Giulino snap-called and the two tabled their cards.

Vincent Moscati:   
Joseph Giulino:   

Moscati needed to hit to keep his hopes alive, but an   changed nothing, missing Moscati who was eliminated from the tournament to the likes of Giuilino and his pocket ladies.

Joseph Giulino	152,000	89,000
Vincent Moscati	0	-38,000