A player in middle position raised to 900 and the big blind shoved all-in for his last 1,100 chips. Tanya Gawarecki made the call, as did one other player.
The flop rolled out and Gawarecki instantly slid her stack of 4,500 into the middle. The other two players folded and Gawarecki tabled her for two-pair on the flop. The all-in player held and was hoping to hit a queen or a nine in order to survive.
The turn and river brought the and the respectively, eliminating the all-in player and padding Gawarecki's stack to a little over 8,000.
We caught Bill Scara going all in on the flop against one other player for 3,675. Scara has played in the Seniors event four times and cashed last year. Making the final table is on his bucket list and he hopes to accomplish it this year.
One player called his all in and turned over for an open-ended straight flush draw. Scara turned over for two pair. The board ran out with the on the turn and on the river. Scara took down the pot and now sits with around 9,000 in front of him.
Susie Isaacs (Event # 5) Making A Strong Showing on Day 1 Of Seniors Championship
We passed by Susie Isaacs' table to get a quick chip count and watched as the tournament veteran and former bracelet winner put a fellow player to the test. After the opponent raised to 1,200 from early position and the button called, Isaacs put on the classic squeeze play and reraised to approximately 5,200. The original bettor decided to call for his remaining stack and the button quickly got out of the way.
Showdown:
Isaacs:
Opponent:
Isaac's showed down a professional's hand and when the flop rolled out , her hand had held up so far. She began chanting "twos, twos, twos" in an effort to materialize the safe low cards, and lo and behold the dealer delivered the and on the turn and river.
We passed by just as Paul Magriel was scooping a large pot. It appeared that someone had gone all-in against Magriel. Magriel had on a for jacks-full. We did catch what his opponent had, but in any case, Magriel's stack is now up to just over 20,000.
We caught up on a hand just in time to see Gino Coburn, who told us proudly that he's "from Brooklyn baby," pushing his stack into the middle for an all-in. He was called by one opponent and Brooklyn Gino, holding , seemed to know what he was up against, asking "you got the nuts?"
His opponent answered by silently turning over his and Coburn was in bad shape. The board ran out and Gino was headed back to Brooklyn with a story to tell. As we hovered around the table waiting to ask the winner's name, Gino surprised us by coming right up and asking "what's this deal here, goin' up the blogs or somethin'?"
After informing him that the hand would indeed be featured on PokerNews, Gino Coburn only had one thing to say, telling us in typical Brooklyn style that "This is a great tournament here... I wanna thank the WSOP and everyone here for giving us old guys a chance to play with you young motherf---ers!" as he howled with laughter. Even in defeat, the competitors here at the Seniors Championship invariably come away loving every minute of their WSOP experience.
During the recent twenty-minute break a man walked up to report that he now sits with 42,000 chips. We recognized the player from a few previous events this year and it turned out to be Charlie Sewell of Edmond, Oklahoma.
We first encountered Sewell during Event # 3, the $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em tournament, in which he finished in 277th place and earned $2,444 for his efforts. The field in that event topped out at 4,178 runners, meaning Sewell has experience navigating his way through the minefield of the WSOP's largest events.
Sewell was also the one-time chip leader during Event # 12, the Triple Chance No-Limit Hold’em tournament, and according to him, he is "running really good" so far this summer. Now that we know Sewell is in attendance today, we will be sure to check back in to see if he continues running good in this Senior's Championship.
We passed by a table and caught Jim Puritz with all of his chips at risk against the held by his opponent. Puritz was dominated with his and stared stoically at the dealer while awaiting the board cards.
The dealer spread a flop of and Purtiz was down to three outs if he was to survive. The on the turn closed his window even further and now the would be no good, as it would make his opponent the nut flush.
When the dealer flipped up the on the river, Puritz dropped his poker face and broke into a huge grin. "Woo-hoo, how fun!" he exclaimed as the pot was pushed his way, and with the win Puritz positioned himself to make Day 2 with a stack of around 12,000 chips.
and Gawarecki instantly slid her stack of 4,500 into the middle. The other two players folded and Gawarecki tabled her 
for two-pair on the flop. The all-in player held 
and was hoping to hit a queen or a nine in order to survive.
and the 
respectively, eliminating the all-in player and padding Gawarecki's stack to a little over 8,000.![[user198140]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
for two pair. The board ran out with the 
on the turn and 
on the river. Scara took down the pot and now sits with around 9,000 in front of him.
, her hand had held up so far. She began chanting "twos, twos, twos" in an effort to materialize the safe low cards, and lo and behold the dealer delivered the 
and 
on the turn and river.
on a 
for jacks-full. We did catch what his opponent had, but in any case, Magriel's stack is now up to just over 20,000.
, seemed to know what he was up against, asking "you got the nuts?"
and Gino was headed back to Brooklyn with a story to tell. As we hovered around the table waiting to ask the winner's name, Gino surprised us by coming right up and asking "what's this deal here, goin' up the blogs or somethin'?"
held by his opponent. Puritz was dominated with his 
would be no good, as it would make his opponent the nut flush.
on the river, Puritz dropped his poker face and broke into a huge grin. "Woo-hoo, how fun!" he exclaimed as the pot was pushed his way, and with the win Puritz positioned himself to make Day 2 with a stack of around 12,000 chips.