The early position player bet 40,000 and was met with an all-in for 265,000 from middle position. Azim Popatia also moved all in for 735,000 in the small blind. The early position player opted to fold.
Middle Position: K♠K♣
Azim Popatia: 10♥10♠
Popatia was behind, but struck a ten on the turn on the completed board of 7♦8♥3♠10♣2♠ to move over the million mark and to send the middle position player home.
Event #48: $1,000 Seniors Championship at the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) saw 1,624 runners make it back for Day 2. Only 1,227 players would be eligible for the $1,607 min-cash and the bubble would burst at about 1 p.m. on a hand by James Clarke where his ace-nine would hold against Dennis Otto’s king-three.
After ten levels of play, 217 players remained and have locked up a $5,138 cash. Leonard Clementi bagged the chip lead with 4,200,000. Others to bag big stacks were Chun Li (3,165,000), David Palm (2,335,000), James Clarke (2,250,000), and Bryant Morrison (2,055,000).
Top Ten Chip Counts
Rank
Name
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Leonard Clementi
United States
4,200,000
168
2
Chun Li
United States
3,165,000
127
3
David Palm
United States
2,335,000
93
4
James Clarke
United Kingdom
2,250,000
90
5
Christopher Stevens
United States
2,195,000
88
6
Bryant Morrison
United States
2,055,000
82
7
Amie Martini
United States
2,000,000
80
8
Brad Anderson
United States
2,000,000
80
9
Jeff Banghart
United States
1,980,000
79
10
Randi Singer
United States
1,975,000
79
Some other notable names to make it through to Day 3 were Victor Ramdin (1,005,000) Mike Matusow (250,000), Allen Kessler (105,000), and JJ Liu (145,000).
As for Ramdin who has multiple deep WSOP runs, he will go into Day 3 with a very healthy stack despite making a big lay-down in a hand late on Day 2 that he would find out was a stone-cold bluff.
Unfortunately, not everyone was so fortunate. Among those to bust on Day 2 were Barry Greenstein, Richard Ashby, Jeff Lisandro, Barny Boatman, and Brendan Byrne.
Players that bagged for Day 3 of the Seniors Championship will return on Saturday, June 24th, at 10 a.m. local time and play another ten levels. Day 4 will play down to five players, with the final table on Day 5 of the event (Sunday).
Stay tuned to PokerNews for live updates straight from the tournament floor of Event #48: $1,000 Seniors Championship.