Event #2: $580 No-Limit Hold'em Re-Entry

Event #2
No Limit Hold'em Re-Entry
Buy-In: $500 (+$80)
Total Entries: 1,443
Prize Pool: $721,500

Soheb Porbandarwala Wins First Circuit Ring and $124,456 in Foxwoods Re-Entry Event

Mashantucket, Connecticut (August 22, 2016) – After three days of play, Soheb Porbandarwala has just bested a field of 1,443 to take down the $580 No-Limit Hold'em Re-Entry event at Foxwoods Casino. This is Porbandarwala's largest score to date, and prior to this win his World Series of Poker earnings totaled $8,566. After today he adds an additional $124,456 to that number.

Porbandarwala is a part time poker player that focuses mostly on cash games, saying that he plays about 75% cash and only 25% tournaments. He is also a family man, married to his wife Afreen, and loves spending as much time as he can with his two daughters. When he does play poker, a lot of it is online and in local home games. 

"I prefer not to travel for poker, even to Foxwoods. I don't like being away from my home and my two daughters any more than I have to be. I also don't play many tournaments because they are too time consuming," Porbandarwala explains.

Coming into the final table on Day 3, Porbandarwala was 4th in chips out of the ten remaining players. The theme of the final eight players was essentially, "Double up the short stacks."  A lot of chips were transferred back and forth over the first few hours of play, but Porbandarwala was not involved in many of the exchanges early on.  His climb to the top really began with eight players remaining when he doubled up after rivering a king high flush holding    against his opponent's   . The other big hand that he felt really helped to push him to the top was a double through Sean Carlson    vs.   . He flopped two clubs, and then rivered a flush, taking the monster chip lead at that point. He then proceeded to knock out all of the remaining players; Zach Donovan in 4th place ($43,009), John Caputo in 3rd place ($56,573), and Sean Carlson in 2nd place ($77,201) earning himself the title and the ring.  

"I feel really great," Porbandarwala said, "I would really like to thank my friends for always telling me that I am better than I actually am, and my family for their support in everything that I do."

Below are the results of the final table. Full results from this event are available by clicking the Results tab above.  

1 – Soheb Porbandarwala – $124,456
2 – Sean Carlson – $77,201
3 – John Caputo – $56,573
4 – Zachary Donovan – $43,009
5 – Jeffrey Baker – $32,742
6 – Jean Elie Joseph – $25,216
7 – Brian Metter – $19,646
8 – Theodore Driscoll – $15,483
9 – Samuel Taylor – $12,345

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At the conclusion of this event, Andrew Lauer in still leading the Foxwoods Casino Champion race. Lauer won Event #1, the $365 No-Limit Hold'em on Friday, and then took down Event #3 ($365 No-Limit Hold'em Turbo) yesterday, giving him a total of 100 points.  But with eight more ring events to play out at this stop, it's still anyone's game. 

The player who accumulates the most overall points in the twelve gold ring tournaments at Foxwoods Casino earns the title of Casino Champion, and receives an automatic entry into the $1 million 2017 WSOP Global Casino Championship. The winner of the Foxwoods Main Event earns an automatic entry to the Global Casino Championship as well. All players who cash in ring events will receive points that apply to both the Casino Champion race and the season-long race to claim one of the 50 at-large Global Casino Championship bids awarded to the top point earners throughout the season. More information on the points system is available on WSOP.com.

 

Sean Carlson - 2nd Place - $77,201

Sean Carlson shoves all in on the button, and Soheb Porbandarwala quickly calls. 

Carlson has a commanding lead holding   , against Porbandarwala's   .  But that all changes when the flop comes    , giving Porbandarwala a straight.  The board paired on the turn when the   arrived, but Carlson was unable to improve on the   river, and he is eliminated in 2nd place, taking home $77,201.

Zach Donovan - 4th Place - $43,009

Zach Donovan was just eliminated after shoving all in holding   , and getting called by Soheb Porbandarwala holding   .

Porbandarwala flopped an eight, and Donovan failed to improve.  Donovan will take home $43,009 for his 4th place finish.

Jean Elie Joseph - 6th Place - $25,216

Jean Elie Joseph was just eliminated from play after shoving all in from the hijack holding   , and getting called by Jeffrey Baker holding   .  The board ran out jack high, eliminating Joseph from play.

Ted Driscoll - 8th Place - $15,483

On a board reading    , Ted Driscoll checks and the big blind bets out. Driscoll calls, and the turn comes the  . This time Driscoll bets out 3/4 pot, and the big blind calls.

The river is  . Driscoll moves all in, and the big blind snap calls.

Driscoll shows    for a flopped straight, and the big blind shows    for the flush.

This cash puts Driscoll just over the $500,000 mark in total lifetime earnings. 

John Lyons was recently eliminated after shoving all in with    and getting called by Sean Carlson holding   .  The flop came    ], giving Carlson the lead with his pair of aces.  Lyons was unable to improve on the turn and river, and he was eliminated in 10th place, for $9,957. 

John Lyons - 10th Place - $9,957

With 27:27 minutes left in level 28, the field is down to its final 10 players and they have combined to the unofficial final table.The floor has determined that they will stop play for the night and all ten players will return tomorrow at 12:00 pm to play down to a winner.

Here is a look at the final ten players at the end of Day 2:

Complete Day 2 chip counts and table draws can be found above under the Reports Tab above.

Here is a look at the top 10 stacks heading into Day 2:

The winner of this event will take home $124,456, in addition to the gold ring and 50 Casino Champion points.

Play resumes at noon, with 174 players returning, and 153 of them making the money. For full payout information, please see the Prizepool tab above.

There were a total of 1,443 entries in Event #2.  153 players will make the money when Day 2 resumes at noon on Sunday.

All players making the money are guaranteed at least $967, and first place will take home a massive $124,456.

Here is a look at the final numbers per flight. As Flight D will not conclude for another level, the players advancing will be determined.  We will post the final number to bag, along with chip counts after the conclusion of Level 15. 

The prizepool has just been posted and is available under the Prizepool tab above. 

Here is a quick glance at the final table payouts for this event:

Flights B and C have wrapped up for the night, with a total of 68 more players advancing to Day 2.  Flight B saw a total of 286 entries, with 38 advancing to Day 2.  Flight C saw a total of 249 entries, with 30 players advancing to Day 2. 

Notables advancing from each flight include: 

Flight B: Steven Brackesy, Caleb Clarke (final tabled Event #1), Michael Clemente, Aristoteles Neto, David Pimentel (final tabled Event #1), Carlo Sciannameo, David Stefanski, Stacey Sullivan, and the General

Flight C: Peter Campo, Rex Clinkscales, Andrew Lauer (winner of Event #1), Jose Montes, and JeWook Oh.

For full lists of returning players please click here.

The final flight (D) starts tomorrow at 11 am, and Day 2 is Sunday at noon.

Here are the numbers for the re-entry event so far: