Event #47: $1,000 Seniors Championship Dia 3 | 2022 World Series of Poker

2022-06-25 21:49 UTC-7

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Nível 31 : 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

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2022-06-25 21:54 UTC-7

Thomas Burri Eliminated in 21st Place ($27,271)

Nível 31 : 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Eric Smidinger opened from early position for 450,000. Thomas Burri moved all in from the big blind, and Smidinger called.

"I was hoping you would fold," Burri, the small stack, said as they tabled their hands.

Thomas Burri:
Eric Smidinger:

Smidinger was ahead already and improved by pairing his ten on the flop. The turn and river were of no help to either player, and Burri was eliminated in 21st place for a cash of $27,271.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Eric Smidinger	12,500,000 1,900,000	1,900,000

Thomas Burri	Eliminado

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2022-06-25 22:00 UTC-7

Keith Littlewood Eliminated in 20th Place ($27,271)

Nível 31 : 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Action was picked up on the turn with a board of and around 1,500,000 already in the pot.

Alexander Hill moved all in with his opponent covered, and got a call from Keith Littlewood.

Keith Littlewood:
Alexander Hill:

Littlewood had trip aces, but they were no good against Hill's full house, but he could still survive with an ace or a queen on the river. Instead, that river came the , providing no help. Hill scooped the pot while Littlewood exited the tournament in 20th place, good for a cash of $27,271.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Alexander Hill	11,800,000 6,900,000	6,900,000
Keith Littlewood	Eliminado

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2022-06-25 22:15 UTC-7

Jonathan Bailey Eliminated in 19th Place ($27,271)

Nível 31 : 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Alexander Hill opened from the cutoff to 800,000 and Brian Brunner shoved his stack of 4,725,000 into the middle. Jonathan Bailey only had 325,000 remaining behind his 200,000 big blind and tossed it in. Hill folded.

Jonathan Bailey:
Brian Brunner:

The flop came which gave Brunner trip aces and Baily was still drawing to diamonds.

However, the board ran out and Bailey had to settle for 19th place.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Alexander Hill	14,125,000 2,325,000	2,325,000
Brian Brunner	6,250,000 3,725,000	3,725,000
Jonathan Bailey	Eliminado

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2022-06-25 22:54 UTC-7

Kathy Liebert Leads the Pack After Day 3 in Event #47: $1,000 Seniors Championship No-Limit Hold'em

Nível 31 : 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

It was an exciting day of play for the seniors in Event #47: $1,000 Seniors Championship No-Limit Hold'em at the 2022 WSOP at Bally's and Paris Las Vegas. The field had been whittled down from 7,188 combined entries from the two starting flights, to just 198 seniors left to start Day 3. When it was time to bag, just 18 remained in contention for the bracelet.

Kathy Liebert bagged the biggest stack at the end of the night, with 21,000,000. Liebert was running hot all day, getting dealt pocket aces five different times, at one point running her stack up to over double the next biggest in the field. Liebert will hope to ride her big stack and lucky streak to her second WSOP bracelet.

She has just one fellow bracelet holder left in the field, Argentinian Andres Korn. Korn bagged one of the bigger stacks at the end of the night at 10,550,000. Other big stacks included Americans Alexander Hill (12,500,000), Eric Smidinger (13,275,000) and Day 2 chip leader Ben Sarnoff (15,500,000).

The remaining field is predominantly American but does include Australian Jan Pettersson (10,525,000), Canadian Domenico Scalamogna (6,350,000), Italian Biagio Morciano (6,000,000), and Ukranian Valerii Lubenets, who bagged just 175,000 at the end of the night, less than one big blind when play resumes.

Event #47: $1,000 Seniors Championship Top Ten Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count
1	Kathy Liebert	United States	21,000,000
2	Ben Sarnoff	United States	15,500,000
3	Eric Smidinger	United States	15,500,000
4	Alexander Hill	United States	12,500,000
5	Andres Korn	Argentina	10,550,000
6	Jan Pettersson	Austrailia	10,550,000
7	Mark Pett	United States	8,675,000
8	Steven Himebaugh	United States	7,025,000
9	Patrick Martorella	United States	7,000,000
10	Domenico Scalamogna	Canada	6,350,000

Players will return for Day 4 on June 26th at 11 a.m. local time. They will play until just five seniors remain. Those five will then return for the final table on Day 5 on June 27th, restart time to be determined.

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