Event #58: $1,000 Super Seniors No-Limit Hold'em
Dia 1 Começado
Event #58: $1,000 Super Seniors No-Limit Hold'em
Dia 1 Começado
Welcome to Day 1 of Event #58: $1000 Super Seniors No-Limit Hold’em of the 2021 World Series of Poker inside the beautiful Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in sunny Las Vegas, Nevada. This is a four-day event with a minimum age of 60 years old to enter.
Day 1 of this event starts at 10:00 a.m local time. All players who enter will receive a starting stack of 20,000 tournament chips. Players will play ten levels today with each level lasting 60 minutes. The blinds will start at 100-100 with a 100 big blind ante. There will be a 20-minute break every two levels with a 75-minute break after Level 8. Each player is allowed a single re-entry with late registration ending before Level 9 starts at approximately 8:15 p.m. local time.
Michael Blake is the reigning champion. He defeated a field of 2,650 super seniors in 2019 to take home the WSOP gold bracelet and a top prize of $359,863 making it his best career cash. In 2018 Blake finished this event in 109th place for $2,209 and in 2017 he finished in 168th for $1,723. The 2009 WSOPE main event champion Barry Shulman finished in second place for $222,295 and Cary Marshall finished in third for $162,536.
Some other notables who played this event in 2019 are the late Mike Sexton, Hall of Famer's Barry Greenstein, TJ Cloutier, and two-time bracelet winner Dan Harrington.
Stay tuned for more coverage of this event and the entire 2021 World Series of Poker from the PokerNews Live Reporting Team
Nível: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 100
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24,000 | 24,000 |
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20,000 | 20,000 |
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20,000 | 20,000 |
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20,000 | 20,000 |
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Nível: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
The action was picked up on the flop of and Henry Zou checked to a player behind.
The player behind followed with a check to the turn and again both players checked.
The river was and Zou bet 600 which was enough to take down the pot.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
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23,000 | 3,000 |
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Barry Greenstein raised to 600 pre-flop from the button, and two players called.
The flop was . First to act checked to Greenstein who then placed a bet of 600 and only first to act called.
It went heads up to the turn of . First to act checked, and Greenstein bet 1,000 and got called.
The river was the and Greenstein flipped over
for the winner, two pair kings and nines.
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24,000 | |
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Nível: 3
Blinds: 200/300
Ante: 300
The action in the super seniors has a reputation for getting off to a slow start, but Bill Isbell is getting involved early; here's a couple of hands captured.
Hand #1:
The pot was already over 4,000 in chips, the flop was , and the button bet 2,000, which Isbell and another player called.
The turn was checked through, and the river
was also checked through. Isbell showed the third pair with
to scoop the pot.
Hand #2:
The button raised to 600, and Isbell called from the small blind, and it was checked down to the river , and his opponent showed
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Isbell showed he wasn't afraid to call a raise with to take it down with the worst pair on the board.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
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25,000 | 25,000 |
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20,000 | |
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