Event #32: $1,000 Seniors No-Limit Hold'em Championship Dia 3 | 2019 World Series of Poker

2019-06-15 23:58 UTC-7

Mash is the Chip Leader for the Second Straight Day in Seniors Event

Nível 30 : 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

What a day it was in Event #32: $1,000 Seniors No-Limit Hold’em Championship! The atmosphere was friendly and lively, yet fierce and competitive as the field narrowed to the final 19 players. The rail kept growing in the Amazon Room throughout the night, and spectators were truly treated to a show.

Day 2 chip leader Howard Mash (13,990,000) went wire-to-wire and finished Day 3 atop the leaderboard once again. Mash narrowly edged out Jean-René Fontaine (12,250,000), Farhad Jamasi (10,425,000) and Alan Ho (10,065,000), and that quartet of players were the only ones to finish the night above the 10-million chip mark.

The competition will be fierce when players return to finish the tournament on Day 4, as players like Dennis Brand (9,045,000), James McNurlan (8,800,000), Adam Richardson (7,975,000) and Roger Stewart (7,105,000) are right on the heels of the leaders.

The tournament was scheduled to play down to a final six on Day 3, but after 10 hour-long levels 19 players still remained, and many of them have plenty of chips. The final 19 will return to the Rio Sunday at 12 noon and play down to a winner, and it’s truly anybody’s tournament to win.

With the WSOP bracelet and a first prize of $662,594, Day 4 will no doubt be highly competitive. Mash will be chasing the biggest cash of his career, as his previous best is a $49,935 cash at the 2018 Wynn Summer Classic.

Fontaine is an EPT champion, taking down the EPT Barcelona National for a €547,000 in 2018. He’ll be looking to add another six-figure payday, as well as a WSOP bracelet, to his career accomplishments.

Notable bustouts on Day 3 included Layne Flack. The six-time WSOP bracelet winner busted out on the final level of the day, losing a nearly 10-million chip pot to Jamasi after going all in with a flopped combo draw that didn’t improve.

Barry Greenstein finished 57th ($10,122), Victor Ramdin finished 63rd( $10,122), Joe Schulman, who made the final table of this event last year, finished 64th ($8,410), and John Esposito finished 70th ($8,410).

Day 3 started with 252 players, and only 19 remain as this entertaining event comes to a finish on Sunday. Blinds will return to 80,000-160,000, with a 160,000 big blind ante, after 10 levels were completed on Day 3.

Follow along with the PokerNews live reporting team to see who takes the bracelet as the Seniors Event reaches its climax!

Final day seating and chip counts

Room	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
Amazon	1	1	Mansour Alipourfard	United States	7,625,000
Amazon	1	2	Adam Richardson	United States	7,975,000
Amazon	1	3	Mike Lisanti	Canada	6,000,000
Amazon	1	4	Ali Zihni	United Kingdom	7,300,000
Amazon	1	5	Donald Matusow	United States	2,885,000
Amazon	1	8	Dane Nielsen	United States	5,205,000
Amazon	1	9	Jean Fontaine	France	12,250,000

Amazon	2	2	Howard Mash	United States	13,990,000
Amazon	2	3	Samir Husaynue	United States	1,850,000
Amazon	2	4	Roger Stewart	United States	7,105,000
Amazon	2	5	Farhad Jamasi	United States	10,425,000
Amazon	2	6	Valerie Roussel-Galle	France	3,400,000
Amazon	2	8	Mats Karlsson	Sweden	6,062,000

Amazon	3	1	Dennis Brand	United States	9,045,000
Amazon	3	2	Peter Mullin	United States	480,000
Amazon	3	3	Robert Pacleb	United States	1,450,000
Amazon	3	7	Paul Ferdiani	United States	1,750,000
Amazon	3	8	Alan Ho	United States	10,065,000
Amazon	3	9	James Mcnurlan	United States	8,800,000

2019-06-15 23:08 UTC-7

Mullin Quadruples to 3bb Last Hand of the Night

Nível 30 : 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

As if on cue for maximum drama, micro-stacked grinder of the day Peter "Mick" Mullin kept the dream alive with a quadruple-through on the last hand of the night. The number of all-ins he's survived when at risk is now somewhere in the mid twenties and he's delighted to make the final day.

All in under the gun for just 90,000 (the bb is 120,000), he was called by Alan Ho on the button and the small and big blinds.

"Either way, I enjoyed playing with you guys," said Mullin, "And for those who qualify, see you at the Super Seniors."

The board was checked down by all three active players until it read .

"I only looked at one," said Mullin, turning over the for trip deuces.

Tags: Peter Mullin

2019-06-15 23:00 UTC-7

Roussel-Galle Loses a Million, Gains It Back Plus Some

Nível 30 : 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Valerie Roussel-Galle has been involved in two pots in quick succession in the second half of the final level. The first merely added to day-long chip leader Howard Mash's huge stack, and the second doubled her back into contention for Day 4.

Roussel-Galle, heads up against Mash, had bet out on a flop of and been called, the pot total now reaching 1,650,000. On the turn, she check-raised Mash's 450,000 bet to 1,000,000 straight. Mash thought for a while, then made the call. When she checked on the river, Mash checked straight away behind her and they both showed down pairs of aces: hers had the kicker and his the .

"You put me to the test..." said Mash.

Shortly thereafter she moved all in preflop from the big blind over a preflop button open from Roger Stewart (400,000). He called the 1,390,000 total, turning over , which was only ahead of her until the flop, which paired her nine.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Howard Mash	15,000,000	2,000,000
Roger Stewart	6,200,000	2,350,000
Valerie Roussel-Galle	3,000,000	400,000

Tags: Howard Mash Roger Stewart Valerie Roussel-Galle

2019-06-15 22:48 UTC-7

Layne Flack Eliminated in 20th Place ($22,988)

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Nível 30 : 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Layne Flack, in the small blind, called an early position open from Farhad Jamasi. Flack started the hand with 4.7 million chips, and he instantly went all in when he saw the flop . Jamasi quickly called.

Layne Flack:
Farhad Jamasi:

Neither player could get away from their hand on this flop, with Flack needing help with an open ended straight draw plus a flush draw. No help came, however, with the turn and river running out .

Just before Flack, Todd Keikoan was eliminated in 21st place, earning the same cash for his deep run.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Farhad Jamasi	10,500,000	4,000,000
Layne Flack	Eliminado

Tags: Farhad Jamasi Layne Flack

2019-06-15 20:41 UTC-7

Lehman Lays Down Jacks to Flack

Nível 28 : 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

A big preflop laydown for Mitchell Lehman saw him consider Layne Flack's shove over his initial 340,000 open for a good few minutes, during which Flack talked about 80% of the time. It was only Lehman's tournament life on the line, as Flack had him covered comfortably.

"You really do have something!" Flack said, "Didn't think you were that strong." Meanwhile we discovered that Flack is drinking vodka, pineapple and 7up, and that he's predicted that Lehman and he would play a four million chip pot at some point.

Finally, Lehman folded, showing pocket jacks.

"There's not a man on God's green earth that would lay that down to me," said Flack, tabling .

"If I make it 600 [thousand] or 900, you might shove on me," he mused, "You're WELCOME!"

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Layne Flack	4,700,000	580,000
Mitchell Lehman	1,900,000	500,000

Tags: Layne Flack Mitchell Lehman

2019-06-15 19:24 UTC-7

Donev Busts to River One-Outer

Nível 27 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

All the chips went in preflop, Alan Ho raising in the cutoff and Ivo Donev moving in for his last 560,000 or so. Ho made the call to see how close their hands were:

Ho:
Donev:

The word "chop" was bandied around before the flop came down, propelling Donev towards a double up. The turn brought the giving Ho one out to win the pot, and it popped out on the river: the .

The table let out a collective shout at the vagaries of the game and a rather shocked Donev headed out of the tournament, winning $12,281, saying, "Even I've got to take a picture of this," as he snapped the board for posterity.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Alan Ho	3,400,000	780,000
Ivo Donev	Eliminado

Tags: Alan Ho Ivo Donev

2019-06-15 15:08 UTC-7

Six Million for Mash

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Nível 24 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Howard Mash has just taken outright possession of the chip lead, busting out Kenneth Goldstein and another opponent in consecutive hands.

Mash said the first hand involved his against Goldstein's , taking all of Goldstein's 1.6 million chips.

On the next hand, Mash got to the flop with and the board came out . Goldstein and his opponent went back and forth with raises on the flop until all of the opponent's chips were in, and the at-risk player showed . The flush came in on the river, but so did the full house for Mash with the .

Mash now sits at 6,000,000 as Day 3 approaches the end of Level 24.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Howard Mash	6,000,000	2,900,000
Kenneth Goldstein	Eliminado

Tags: Howard Mash Kenneth Goldstein

2019-06-15 12:19 UTC-7

Ramdin Not Invincible to Suckouts

Nível 22 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Though yesterday it looked as if Victor Ramdin's stack could only head upwards, he just suffered a near million-chip suckout against a player who did not provide their name at count last night.

All 447,000 of Ramdin's opponents chips went into the middle after Ramdin raised in mid-position and he made the call with - in good shape against the all-in player's . The flop brought a gutshot draw for the ace-deuce: and the turn paired Ramdin's queen (). The on the river brought a chorus of "whoa"s from the rail and the table, while the all-in player said, "Uncle Joh-nny!" by way of celebration.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Victor Ramdin	1,100,000	-588,000

Tags: Victor Ramdin

2019-06-15 11:38 UTC-7

Greenstein Going Strong

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Nível 21 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Barry Greenstein put out two big stacks of 5000s for a 200,000-chip bet with the board showing . Kevin O'Donnell thought it over for a bit before conceding the pot.

"Thank you for not having a nine," Greenstein said as he pulled in enough chips to put him back up to just under the 1-million mark.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Barry Greenstein	925,000	-17,000
Kevin O'Donnell	490,000	-274,000

Tags: Barry Greenstein Kevin O'Donnell

2019-06-15 09:44 UTC-7

Event #32: $1,000 Seniors No-Limit Hold'em Championship Restarts at 11am

Event #32: $1,000 Seniors No-Limit Hold'em Championship has reached its penultimate day, with Howard Mash leading the last 252 out of a 5,619-runner field. All are comfortably in the money (888 are paid), the bubble having burst yesterday.

While Mash may be the only player to have surpassed two million chips, other deep stacks pepper the field, such as those of Anthony Martin (1,759,000), WPT champion Victor Ramdin (1,688,000), Ron Fetsch and Thomas Loya (1,493,000 apiece). Also guaranteed at least $3,279 for making it to Day 3 are prior bracelet winners Michael Moore, Ivo ‘Chessmaster’ Donev, Barry Greenstein, Layne Flack, Peter Eichhardt, Yue Du, Philip Tom and James Van Alstyne.

Such has been the popularity of this event in recent years that four full days of scheduled play are a necessity to decide a winner; this event is no less demanding for being restricted to over-50s. Today we aim to decide a final table, the next step on the road to awarding the 2019 Seniors bracelet and $662,594 first prize.

Action begins at 11am in Amazon Orange, along with live reporting here on Pokernews.

Tags: Barry Greenstein Howard Mash James van Alstyne Michael Moore Layne Flack Peter Eichhardt Philip Tom Ron Fetsch Thomas Loya Victor Ramdin Yue Du