Event #26: $1,000 Seniors No-Limit Hold'em Championship
Dia 1 Iniciado
2013 World Series of Poker
Event #26: $1,000 Seniors No-Limit Hold'em Championship
Dias: 1
Event Info
Resultado Final
Event Info
Informações sobre o nível
2013 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,000
Entradas
4,407
Nível
31
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
15,000
Welcome Seniors!
Welcome to Event #26: $1,000 Seniors No-Limit Hold'em Championship. Last year this event drew 4,128 players and another large field is expected today. We will be keeping our eyes open for Allyn Jaffrey Shulman, last year's winner, to see if she will be defending her title.
Cards are in the air earlier than usual, at 10 a.m. today. Due to the large field expected, we will be playing eleven levels today and you will find players in the Brasilia and Pavillion rooms. It is arguably the most friendly tournament of the series with plenty of stories to be told. Keep your browser on PokerNews.com, for the latest updates and some good stories from the field.
Before the tournament starts, check out yesterday's happenings at The WSOP.
Close To Breaking The Record
We have hit 4,000 players and according to Seth Palansky, we are close to breaking the record:
Holy Seniors Day at the @WSOP We are 200 players away from breaking the all-time record for entries in the Seniors event. Starts at 10 amFollow @SethPalansky
Nível: 1
Blinds: 25/25
Ante: 0
It Is Dad's Turn
A few famous poker playing sons are shining the spotlight on their dads.
Happy to have my dad @Scottshorr in Vegas for the @WSOP this weekend! Warming up with the $235 deepstack today. Tomorrow $1k Senior's event.Follow @ShannonShorr
Swapped 2% of me in this $1500 for 3% of pops in the $1k seniors event #ShipTheSocialSecurityFollow @basebaldy
Before the Boom
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Chris Moneymaker's improbable win at the World Series of Poker Main Event in 2003 began the poker boom that brought many of us to the game of Texas Hold'em, but one year earlier another unlikely champion claimed poker's biggest prize.
The 2002 Main Event was won by Robert Varkonyi, a mild mannered investment banker from Brooklyn, and had ESPN and PokerStars been involved in that event, it may have been his victory that launched poker into the mainstream.
The 52-year old Varkonyi is in the building today, competing in the Senior's event in pursuit of his fourth WSOP cash, and perhaps even his second bracelet.
As one of the most decorated players in attendance here this morning, we will be sure to track Varkonyi's progress as this Day 1 continues.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
3,000 | 3,000 |
Allyn Jaffrey Shulman Is Here To Defend
Last year, Allyn Jaffrey Shulman beat former November-niner, Dennis Phillips, heads up to win The Senior's Championship beating a record field of 4,179 players. Her husband, Barry Shulman, and step-son, Jeff Shulman, all made final tables in the 2012 WSOP, but it was Shulman that brought home the win.
Shulman has had a great start to this year's WSOP with two cashes: a 33rd-place finish in Event #5 - $ 2,500 Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo and a 111th-place finish in Event #17 - $ 1,500 No Limit Hold'em. Expect Shulman to be on top of her game as she maneuvers through another record field in the hopes of making another final table and securing her second bracelet.
Oklahoma Johnny Circles the Welcome Wagon
Nível 1
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After delivering a heartfelt opening speech to begin today's Senior's Championship, in which he managed to name drop his website OKJohnny.com and memorialize Jerry Buss in just a few short minutes, Oklahoma Johnny Hale has kept himself busy.
Although Hale never won a gold bracelet, Oklahoma Johnny finished 2nd or 3rd in six WSOP events during the 1980's, and his status as one of poker's living legends is undisputed. Today, Hale has been seen buzzing around the Brasilia Room on his motorized scooter, wishing players at every table good luck and welcoming them to the Senior's Championship.
"I just want to thank ya'll for coming out to the play in the Senior's event," said Hale with genuine enthusiasm. "We appreciate each and every one of ya'll and wish you the best of luck today."
When his rounds were completed, Hale took his seat and began play, hoping to take down his first WSOP bracelet in the event that has become his personal passion.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
3,000 | 3,000 |
Tácticas de Poker:
Tony Flasco Makes His Broadway Debut
Nível 1
: 25/25, 0 ante
With the board reading 
, Tony Flasco made a small raise after an opponent bet into him, and he was delighted to here the other player three-bet for the rest of his chips.
Flasco called with his 
, and having turned the nuts with a Broadway straight, he was in great shape against the all-in player's 
. When the 
failed to pair the board on the river, the pot was pushed to Flasco, and he is off to a great start early in this Senior's Championship.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,100 | 5,100 |
Nível: 2
Blinds: 25/50
Ante: 0