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2010 Foxwoods World Poker Finals Is Underway

$10,000 WPT Main Event Begins Oct. 28

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Foxwoods Resort CasinoThe 2010 Foxwoods World Poker Finals began Monday and will continue through November 2 at the Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Connecticut.

Several events in a variety of games are on the schedule leading up to the 6-day World Poker Tour $10,000 no-limit hold’em championship starting on October 28.

Last year’s World Poker Finals saw some of the biggest names in poker take down preliminary events. Carlos Mortenson won the $5,000 no-limit hold’em event for $152,857, Kathy Liebert won the $2,500 no-limit hold’em event for $74,616, and Vanessa Selbst won the $1,500 no-limit hold’em event for $74,224.

The $10,000 WPT no-limit hold’em championship event had 353 entries in 2009, creating a prize pool of $3.3 million. A tough final table featuring the likes of Matt Stout , Eric Froehlich and Lee Markholt was won by Cornel Cimpan for $910,058.

Here’s a look at this year’s events schedule:

Oct. 11 $600 NLHE 11 a.m.
Oct. 12 $300 NLHE 11 a.m.
Oct. 12 $400 7 Stud 5 p.m.
Oct. 13 $400 NLHE Deep Stack 11 a.m.
Oct. 14 $300 NLHE Shoot-out Rd. 1 10 a.m.
Oct. 14 $300 NLHE Shoot-out Rd. 2 1 p.m.
Oct. 14 $300 NLHE Shoot-out Finals 4 p.m.
Oct. 14 $400 LHE 5 p.m.
Oct. 15 $500 NLHE 11 a.m.
Oct. 16 $600 NLHE 11 a.m.
Oct. 16 $400 Omaha H/L 5 p.m.
Oct. 17 $500 Seniors NLHE 11 a.m.
Oct. 18 $400 NLHE 11 a.m.
Oct. 18 $400 PLO 5 p.m.
Oct. 19 $300 NLHE Rebuy – Day 1a 11 a.m.
Oct. 20 $300 NLHE Rebuy – Day 1b 11 a.m.
Oct. 20 $400 7 Stud/8 5 p.m.
Oct. 21 $500 NLHE Deep Stack 11 a.m.
Oct. 21 $300 NLHE Rebuy – Day 2 2 p.m.
Oct. 22 $1,500 NLHE 11 a.m.
Oct. 22 $400 H.O.S.E 5 p.m.
Oct. 23 $300 Ladies NLHE 11 a.m.
Oct. 23 $2,500 NLHE Noon
Oct. 24 $1,000 NLHE 11 a.m.
Oct. 24 $400 LHE/Omaha 5 p.m.
Oct. 25 $5,000 NLHE Noon
Oct. 26 $400 NLHE Bounty 11 a.m.
Oct. 28 $10,000 WPT Championship Day 1 Noon
Oct. 29 WPT Championship Day 2 Noon
Oct. 30 WPT Championship Day 3 Noon
Oct. 31 WPT Championship Day 4 Noon
Nov. 1 WPT Championship Day 5 Noon
Nov. 2 WPT Championship Final Table