A player under the gun raised to 300 and a player in the cutoff called. Rob Cozion three-bet to 1,000 from the small blind. The big blind folded, the under the gun player called, and the cutoff folded, leaving the players heads up.
The flop came 5♥9♣7♣ and Cozion bet 1,000 and was called by the player under the gun.
After the J♥ on the turn, the under the gun player called another bet for 1,000 from Cozion.
The river was the 2♦ and Cozion bet 6,000 and got a fold, to take down a pot early into the day.
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Today sees the start of Event #59: $1,000 Super Seniors No-Limit Hold'em here at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.
This four-day event gets underway at 10 a.m. local time, with late registration open for eight levels. There will be 20-minute breaks every two levels, with a 75-minute dinner break at the end of Level 6 (~4:40 p.m.). One reentry is permitted in this event.
The starting stack is 20,000 chips, with the plan for Day 1 to play ten 60-minute levels. For the surviving players, Day 2 resumes at 11 a.m. Tuesday and closes after ten more levels. Day 3 follows the same structure, stopping when five players remain, before a winner is crowned on Day 4.
Last year’s event saw a field of 3,121 entries, generating a prize pool of $2,777,690. The winner was Klaus Ilk who defeated Ronald Lane heads up to win $371,603 and his first WSOP bracelet.
After the tournament, Ilk spoke to PokerNews and was asked what it meant to be only Austria’s seventh bracelet winner. – “More than I could possibly say. My main aim was to climb the ladder and win more money, so I am not sure if I am awake or asleep!”
Year
Entries
Winner
Country
Payout
2023
3,121
Klaus Ilk
Austria
$371,603
2022
2,669
Massoud Eskandari
United States
$330,609
2021
1,893
Jean-Luc Adam
France
$255,623
2019
2,650
Michael Blake
United States
$359,863
2018
2,191
Farhintaj Bonyadi
United States
$311,451
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