Event #46: $1,000 Seniors No-Limit Hold'em Championship | 2024 World Series of Poker

2024-06-22 15:48 UTC-8

Randy Levin Eliminated in 7th Place ($115,823)

Livello 36 : Blinds 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante

Randy Levin moved all in under the gun for 1,100,000 and was called by Renmei Liu out of the small blind. Mark Bramley then shoved all in for roughly 14,000,000 and Liu folded.

Randy Levin: Q♦9♦ All in
Mark Bramley: K♠9♣

There was no help for Levin on the 10♥4♦7♠10♠8♦ runout, and he was the seventh-place finisher in this event.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Mark Bramley	16,900,000 2,800,000	2,800,000
Renmei Liu	13,500,000 -1,100,000	-1,100,000
Randy Levin	Eliminato

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2024-06-22 15:47 UTC-8

Limped Pot Gone Wrong or Right

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Livello 36 : Blinds 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante

Khang Pham limped in middle position and Renmei Liu called from the cutoff, Randy Levin called from the small blind and Marc Wolpert checked in the big blind. The flop came out with 9♥4♠J♦. Wolpert announced, "Check to the limper" and everyone checked.

On the turn Q♣ everyone checked to Liu who moved all in for 3,800,000 and Levin with a few more chips quickly called.

Both players announced, "Straight" but it was Liu who held the better straight.

Renmei Liu: K♠10♣ All in
Randy Levin: 10♥8♦

The river 8♥ was irrelevant and Liu scored a big pot which left Levin descimated.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Marc Wolpert	70,900,000 -4,300,000	-4,300,000

Khang Pham	16,500,000 3,100,000	3,100,000

Renmei Liu	14,600,000 2,500,000	2,500,000
Randy Levin	1,000,000 -6,100,000	-6,100,000

Tags: Khang Pham Marc Wolpert Randy Levin Renmei Liu

2024-06-22 15:40 UTC-8

Pham Rivers Top Pair

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Livello 36 : Blinds 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante

Marc Wolpert raised to 1,700,000 from the button and Khang Pham defended out of the big blind.

Both players checked a board of Q♠2♣7♠2♠K♥ all the way down. Pham flipped over K♦J♠ for the winner as Wolpert showed AxJx.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Marc Wolpert	75,200,000 -800,000	-800,000

Khang Pham	13,400,000 2,000,000	2,000,000

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2024-06-22 15:40 UTC-8

Life Outside Poker: UFC's Bruce Buffer Dishes on Poker Games w/ Leonardo DiCaprio

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Livello 36 : Blinds 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante

Life Outside Poker is a new podcast for PokerNews hosted by Connor Richards that seeks to pull back the curtain on poker players and allow viewers and listeners to get to know them on a personal level.

In the eighth episode, Connor speaks with legendary UFC ring announcer Bruce Buffer in an exclusive in-depth interview after Buffer's deep run in the 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) $50,000 High Roller. Buffer, a longtime poker player, finished in eighth place for a career-best $212,423 after kicking off Day 3 with his trademark "it's time" introduction.

Buffer talked about finding his long-lost half-brother, Michael Buffer, and becoming his manager, the early days of the UFC, the similarities between poker and martial arts, his relationships with Joe Rogan and Dana White, playing poker with Tobey Maguire and Leonardo DiCaprio and the time he injured himself in a poker tournament before announcing the biggest UFC fight in history.

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2024-06-22 15:36 UTC-8

Wolpert Extends His Lead

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Livello 36 : Blinds 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante

Marc Wolpert raised to 1,600,000 and Khang Pham called out of the big blind.

The 4♣4♦6♣ flop saw Pham check-fold to a bet of 2,500,000 from Wolpert.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Marc Wolpert	76,000,000 5,100,000	5,100,000

Khang Pham	11,400,000 -6,100,000	-6,100,000

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2024-06-22 15:27 UTC-8

Bramley Folds on the river

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Livello 36 : Blinds 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante

Mark Bramley raised it up from the cutoff to 1,500,000 and Luke Graham smooth called from the big blind. The flop came out with 10♥10♣9♥ and Graham checked and Bramley bet out 2,000,000. Graham made the call.

Both players checked the turn Q♦.

On the river 3♠ Graham took the lead and bet out 3,600,000 and Bramley turned his cards face up in disgust that he didn't hit any of his outs with A♥8♥.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Luke Graham	20,000,000 -200,000	-200,000
Mark Bramley	14,100,000 -2,100,000	-2,100,000

Tags: Luke Graham Mark Bramley

2024-06-22 15:24 UTC-8

Stories From Friends and Family of the Final Table Members

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Livello 36 : Blinds 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante

There is quite a rail forming at the final table of Event #46: $1,000 Seniors No-Limit Hold'em Championship. Friends and family are showing there support for there loved ones and sharing their stories with PokerNews.

Eugene Singer has been best friends with chip leader Marc Wolpert since they discovered No-Limit Hold'em in 2004. " We started playing home games in Georgia and it was obvious Marc was the best player in our group. He won a seat to the Main Event twice playing in a league at our local golf club. Marc had some success and eventually moved to California, being closer to Las Vegas allowed Marc to play more World Series Events and sharpen his skills for this moment."

Justin Meng has been poker buddies with Renmei Liu or as his friends like to call him Karl, for over a decade. When Liu first started playing poker he would be the first to admit he was clueless, but after having some early success Liu caught the poker bug and has been playing and studying to improve his game. Liu, Meng, and bracelet winner Xing He are part of a poker group in Canada called the Three Musketeers. The group has helped each others game grow by leaps and bounds. In fact both Liu and He made the WSOP International Circuit Event Main Event Final Table together in April finishing 9th and 3rd respectively.

Both Wolpert and Liu are looking to capture there first World Series of Poker Bracelet but will have some tough competition standing in the way of the ultimate goal.

2024-06-22 15:18 UTC-8

Bramley's Squeeze Works Out

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Livello 36 : Blinds 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante

Marc Wolpert raised to 1,600,000 under the gun and Khang Pham called from the hijack. Mark Bramley then three-bet squeezed to 4,500,000 out of the small blind. After the big blind folded, Wolpert asked to see Bramley's stack. A few moments later he elected to fold and Pham followed suit with a fold shortly after.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Marc Wolpert	70,900,000 -1,600,000	-1,600,000

Khang Pham	17,500,000 -1,900,000	-1,900,000

Mark Bramley	16,200,000 -500,000	-500,000

Tags: Khang Pham Marc Wolpert Mark Bramley

2024-06-22 14:51 UTC-8

Updated Chip Counts

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Livello 36 : Blinds 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Marc Wolpert	72,500,000 1,300,000	1,300,000

Luke Graham	20,200,000 -1,500,000	-1,500,000
Khang Pham	19,400,000 775,000	775,000

Mark Bramley	16,700,000 4,700,000	4,700,000
Renmei Liu	12,100,000 -1,100,000	-1,100,000
Ray Devita	11,300,000 -1,100,000	-1,100,000
Randy Levin	7,100,000 -2,100,000	-2,100,000

Livello: 36

Bui: 300,000/600,000

Ante: 600,000