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Gina Bacon among the top stacks for Day 3
At 11 a.m. local time, Day 2 of Event #31: $1,000 Seniors No-Limit Hold'em Championship will get underway with 67 hopefuls out of a record-breaking field of 5,389 entries remaining. All remaining players have $7,693 locked up already, but all eyes are set on the first-place payout of $617,303 and the elusive gold WSOP bracelet. The largest-ever World Series of Poker Seniors Event created an astonishing prize pool of $4,850,100 to go in the history books of poker.
At the top of the counts is Dan Heimiller with 1,021,000 chips who won this very event in 2014 already and will be aiming to claim his third bracelet. Heimiller is closely followed by Eluterio Rodriguez (983,000) and Paul Spitzberg (859,000), while other notables still in contention include David Michaud (836,000), Gina Bacon (788,000), Anthony Licastro (645,000), Bill Klein (480,000), and Sean Byrne (410,000). Byrne hails from Ireland and cashed in the top 60 in the past three years.
Day 3 will kick off in the Brasilia room with 30 minutes left in Level 21 at blinds of 6,000/12,000 with a running ante of 2,000, and full 10 hours of play or down to the last nine will be played, whichever of the two comes first. The PokerNews live reporting team will be providing all the action from the tables.
William Pitts opened with a raise to 42,000 from under the gun. Action folded to Dan Heimiller in the small blind and he decided to reraise, moving all in with a covering stack.
"Well, I came here to win," Pitts said. "I call."
Pitts:
Heimiller:
The flop was safe for Pitts when it came , but it gave Heimiller extra outs to a flush draw. The on the turn was safe, but the on the river completed the flush and eliminated Pitt from the tournament.
"I'm not marrying her now," Pitts said about the dealer.
"I thought he had a pair," Heimiller said. "I wasn't sure how big, but I was ready to gamble."
Heimiller now has a commanding chip lead over the field and will look to grow that even more here on Day 3.
Bill Klein moved all in under the gun for roughly 200,000. Action folded around to Thomas Symonds and he called the all-in with a shorter stack. Ron Jenkins was next to act and he called the all-in as well with a shorter stack. Everyone else folded, bringing the three players to a show down.
Klein:
Symonds:
Jenkins:
The board ran out , making Symonds' hand best, earning him a full triple-up. Jenkins' hand was the second-best, and Klein was forced to double up what was left of his stack. Klein was left with just over 40,000 after the hand, but promptly found a double when his outraced Federico Castaing's on the next hand.
After his live misclick earlier, Seth Brown has made a nice recovery after earning a triple-up through Ron Jenkins and Paul Spitzberg. Brown moved all in over a raise and was called in both spots.
Brown:
Spitzberg:
Jenkins:
The board came out , which was safe all the way for Brown and he was able to quickly recover from his earlier mistake.
"I thought I was done after I messed up earlier," Brown said in reference to the earlier hand.
"Well, usually when that kinda stuff happens, you win those hands," one of the tournament floors told him.
Over on table 700, Gina Bacon has just knocked out two players in a row. The first to depart was Stephen Jarrett, who battled with a short stack for quite some time and had last been spotted with around 10 big blinds. He got it in with out of the big blind and Bacon had the from under the gun.
The board came and Jarrett missed out on his flush draw and one overcard.
Exactly one hand later, Tommy Vinas pushed from under the gun with the and Bacon called in the big blind with . The board ran out and the six on the turn saw Vinas also join the rail.
Moments later, Jimmy Tran was left empty-handed to bust in 29th place.
Down to just 85,000, Raafat Thomas moved all in from the button and Jeff Martin asked for a count, then called in the big blind.
Thomas:
Martin:
The flop of left Thomas in desperate shape and he was drawing dead as soon as the hit on the turn. Martin even made a full house thanks to the river and Thomas headed to the payout desk to collect $20,890 for his efforts.
Jeff Martin had a bluff gone wrong and dropped to just 100,000 before doubling up right after. His fortune didn't last long, as he just bowed out against dominating chip leader Dan Heimiller.
Heimiller pushed from the small blind for effectively 300,000, as that's what Martin had left, and he was quickly called.
Martin:
Heimiller:
The flop of improved Heimiller and he stayed in the lead after the turn and river to eliminate Martin in 23rd place for $20,890.
David Ives raised from the button and faced the three-bet of Gina Bacon on the button for 275,000. Once the blinds got out of the way, Ives moved all in and Bacon quickly called.
Ives:
Bacon:
Ives sighed immediately after the cards were revealed and he found no help on the board of to join the rail in 21st place for $20,890.
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, but it gave Heimiller extra outs to a flush draw. The 
on the turn was safe, but the 
on the river completed the flush and eliminated Pitt from the tournament. 
, making Symonds' hand best, earning him a full triple-up. Jenkins' hand was the second-best, and Klein was forced to double up what was left of his stack. Klein was left with just over 40,000 after the hand, but promptly found a double when his 
outraced Federico Castaing's 
on the next hand.
, which was safe all the way for Brown and he was able to quickly recover from his earlier mistake. 
and Jarrett missed out on his flush draw and one overcard.
and Bacon called in the big blind with 
. The board ran out 
and the six on the turn saw Vinas also join the rail.
and Fair's rail gave him some words of congratulations before he headed to the rail.
left Thomas in desperate shape and he was drawing dead as soon as the 
river to eliminate Martin in 23rd place for $20,890.
to join the rail in 21st place for $20,890.