Justin Schwartz Wins Foxwoods Poker Classic For $112k

Justin Schwartz has won the Foxwoods Poker Classic Main Event, after defeating a field of 192 players over three days to capture the title, and collect the $112,582 first place prize.
A whole slew of talented pros were attracted to the $2,325 buy-in event in Mashantucket, Connecticut to create a prize pool worth $433,007. By the end of Day 1 that field had been cut in half and by the end of Day 2 that number had been reduced further to 30 players, with Justin Schwartz fourth overall in chips.
On Day 3 the money bubble then burst with Aaron Smith collecting $4,806 for his 21st place finish, and amongst those notable names also cashing in at the tournament but falling short of the final table was Peter Campo in 20th ($4,806), Stefanski in 17th ($5,672), Lawrence Allen in 14th ($6,754) and Olanyk in 10th ($8,227).
As the final table of nine got underway, Justin Schwartz was the table leader on 1.6 million in chips, and eventually managed to make it through to  heads-up phase of the competition holding a 4.282 million to 1.486 million lead over tough competitor Ryan Eriquezzo. Amongst Ryan Eriquezzo’s list of accolades is victory last year at the $1,600 WSOPC Atlantic City for $191,194, followed in July with a prestigious win at the $10k WSOP National Championship for $416,051.
However, after a tough heads-up battle at the Foxwoods Resort Casino, Ryan Eriquezzo found his tournament life on the line hoding 5-5 to Schwartz’s 10-10. Unfortunately for Eriquezzo, the board then rolled out 10-3-3-2-3 to relegate him to a runner-up finish worth $69,541, while Justin Schwartz was crowned the 2013 Foxwoods Poker Classic champion.
The final table payouts were as follows:
1 Justin Schwartz $112,582
2 Ryan Eriquezzo  $69,541
3 Martin Koschik  $50,229
4 Mike Lavoie      $36,849
5 Fred Kulikowski $27,539
6 Nick Petrangelo $20,914
7 Raj Patel      $16,152
8 John Dibella      $12,687
9 Rob Brown      $10,137