Event #59: $1,000 Super Seniors No-Limit Hold'em Giorno 1 | 2024 World Series of Poker

2024-06-24 21:02 UTC-8

Kang Finds Value

Livello 10 : Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

A player from early position raised to 4,000 and was called by a player in middle position, and the big blind Hye Gyung Kang.

All three players checked after the 6♥8♦A♥ flop.

On the turn was the 7♦ and Kang bet 4,000. She was called by player in early position, and the player in middle position folded.

The river brought the 5♣ and Kang bet out 9,000, which was called by the early position player. She tabled 9♥9♣ for a pair of nines, and her opponent mucked their hand, giving Kang the pot.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Hye Gyung Kang	87,500

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2024-06-24 20:59 UTC-8

Heath’s Big Raise Gets a Customer

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Livello 10 : Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Six players saw the flop of 9♣A♥2♣. After both blinds checked, the player under the gun bet 3,000. The bet got called by the player in early position, while the player in middle position folded. Action was then on Greg Heath on the button, who made it 15,000. Both blinds folded, as did the player under the gun.

The last player left in the hand was the early position and after some thought, he decided to go all in for a few thousand more. Heath said he was worried about a set but called.

Early position: A♦7♣ All in
Greg Heath: A♠9♦

The turn and river came the K♣ and 7♦ respectively and while Heath’s opponent also made two pair by the river, Heath’s aces and nines took down the pot.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Greg Heath	150,000 15,000	15,000

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2024-06-24 20:49 UTC-8

Some Chip Updates

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Livello 10 : Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Nick Bennett	214,000
Philippe Rup	172,000
Ronald McDonald	147,000
Ken Stacy	134,000 95,000	95,000
Kevin O'Toole	95,000 58,600	58,600
Steve Selbrede	32,000 15,900	15,900

2024-06-24 20:46 UTC-8

Breaking the Kings Curse

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Livello 10 : Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

The table was excited to retell the story of how Orville Schlosser had lost with pocket kings to pocket aces three times and he still had a decent stack.
During this conversation a hand unfolded with action on the flop of 10♠2♣7♦ and a built pot of about 25,000. The player in the big blind made a bet of 75,000 and Chris Barbeisch was in the cutoff and moved all in for 93,000. The big blind was pot committed and called.

Chris Barbeisch: K♦K♥ All in
Big blind: Q♠Q♣

The turn came with the 10♥ and the river came with the 9♦ and kings held. The table could not help themselves to tease Schlosser and someone said, "Now that is how you play kings", which elicited laughter.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Chris Barbeisch	123,000 123,000	123,000
Orville Schlosser	57,000 57,000	57,000

Tags: Chris Barbeisch Orville Schlosser

2024-06-24 20:30 UTC-8

Prize Pool Announced

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Livello 10 : Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

The tournament has posted the pay outs. With 3,362 entries, the field has created a prize pool worth $2,958,560. The top prize is worth $368,025, and a minimum cash is $2,001.

Complete Prize Pool

Place	Prize	Place	Prize
1st	$368,025	63rd-71st	$5,612
2nd	$238,748	72nd-80th	$4,753
3rd	$178,250	81st-89th	$4,060
4th	$134,075	90th-98th	$3,498
5th	$101,606	99th-152nd	$3,039
6th	$77,584	153rd-206th	$2,664
7th	$59,693	207th-269th	$2,355
8th	$46,281	270th-332nd	$2,101
9th	$36,161	333rd-505th	$2,001
10th-11th	$28,474
12th-13th	$22,598
14th-17th	$18,077
18th-26th	$14,576
27th-35th	$11,848
36th-44th	$9,709
45th-53rd	$8,021
54th-62nd	$6,681

2024-06-24 20:26 UTC-8

Borison Just Doesn’t Believe Salta

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Livello 10 : Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

According to the players, Adrian Salta opened preflop from the button and Dan Borison defended the big blind.

The flop was 4♣3♥2♥. Borison check-raised Salta’s flop continuation bet, and Salta called.

The turn was the 3♦. Borison checked and called Salta’s 8,000-chip bet.

The river was the 4♠. After Borison checked, Salta grabbed a big stack of yellow 1,000 chips, 17 to be exact, and pushed them to the middle. Borison very quickly called. Salta turned over 9♦4♦ for the rivered full house and Borison mucked his hand. In line with the cheerful mood at the table, Borison noted: “I just didn’t believe you!” “Clearly!” replied Salta. Borison added that he had called him down with an ace.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Adrian Salta	90,000 90,000	90,000
Dan Borison	34,000 34,000	34,000

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Livello: 10

Bui: 800/1,600

Ante: 1,600

2024-06-24 20:06 UTC-8

Aces Versus Kings Played A Bit Differently

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Livello 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Hand started with a player opening from under the gun to 2,700. Dave Asaki was in middle position and made it 12,300. Greg Heath on the button called. Under the gun folded.

Before the flop was even dealt, Asaki announced that he is going all in and Heath also quickly said he’s going to call. Both players efficiently had their bets in the middle before the dealer started dealing out the flop, which came 9♣K♠8♦. At this point the players turned over their hands.

Dave Asaki: A♠A♣ All in
Greg Heath: K♥K♦

Asaki was the player at risk and got an unfortunate flop. The turn was the 10♦. The river 10♥ gave Heath the full house and Asaki was sent packing.

The under-the-gun player, who had folded to the big three-bet and call preflop, said he had pocket tens and would have made quads by the river.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Greg Heath	135,000 135,000	135,000
Dave Asaki	Eliminato

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2024-06-24 19:58 UTC-8

O'Donnell Building a Stack

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Livello 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Kevin O'Donnell was on the button and faced a raise from the player in the hijack of 4,000. O'Donnell three-bet to 10,200 and the hijack moved all of his chips in for 37,200 and O'Donnell made the call.

Hijack: J♣J♥ All in
Kevin O'Donnell: A♥A♦

The board ran out with no save for the hijack with 3♣5♥3♠8♠3♥ and O'Donnell added to his already mighty stack.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Kevin O'Donnell	223,600

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2024-06-24 19:51 UTC-8

"And the Crowd Went Wild"

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Livello 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

The Director announced the prize pool with a first place prize of $358,045 and the total prize pool of $2,958,560 and the bubble will burst at 505 players with the min cash being $2,001. The room was silent which prompted the Director to state, "And the crowd went wild". This elicited some applause and cheering.