Event #48: $1,000 Seniors Championship Dia 3 | 2023 World Series of Poker

2023-06-24 23:33 UTC-7

Blast From the Past: Baxter Seeking Bracelet Number Eight

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

There was no doubt about the big story on Day 3 of Event #48: $1,000 Seniors Championship at the 2023 World Series of Poker.

Seven-time bracelet winner and Hall of Famer Billy Baxter quietly worked his way through the field and is firmly in contention with 29 players remaining in the tournament. Baxter will be keenly eyeing the $765,731 for first place, although he and all the other remaining players have $24,390 locked up already at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.

Gordon Eng currently leads the pack, with 15,975,000 in chips, closely followed by Lonnie Hallett (15,300,000) with David Stearns (10,575,000) rounding out the top three. Former Seniors champion Dan Heimiller (3,625,000) is also still in the hunt.

Leonard Clementi began the day as the chip leader with 217 players remaining. He fought gamely but did not quite manage to see the day out, ultimately falling in 58th place when Baxter hit a two-outer to end his tournament.

Top Ten Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Gordon Eng	United States	15,975,000	64
2	Lonnie Hallett	Canada	15,300,000	61
3	David Stearns	United States	10,575,000	42
4	Amin Mostafavi	United States	10,525,000	42
5	Jamie Baker	Canada	9,700,000	39
6	Ron Fetsch	United States	8,700,000	35
7	Billy Baxter	United States	6,400,000	26
8	Rudolf Fourie	South Africa	6,000,000	24
9	Loren Cloninger	United States	6,000,000	24
10	David Thompson	United States	5,675,000	23

Baxter is by far the biggest name left in the event, with many notable players dropping out as the day progressed. Among those who didn’t make it through were Victor Ramdin, JJ Liu, Men Nguyen, and Waheed Ashraf.

The 29 players who bagged up at the day’s end will return for Day 4 on Sunday, June 25 at 12 p.m. local time (not 10 a.m. as previously advertised). They return to Level 32, meaning blinds are 125,000/250,000 with a 250,000 big blind ante.

Action will be streamed on PokerGO once the tournament reaches its final three tables. Levels will be 60 minutes in length, with a 15-minute break at the end of every two levels.

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Tags: Amin Mostafavi Big Blinds Billy Baxter Dan Heimiller David Stearns Gordon Eng Jamie Baker JJ Liu Leonard Clementi Lonnie Hallett Loren Cloninger Men Nguyen Ron Fetsch Rudolf Fourie Sunday June Victor Ramdin Waheed Ashraf

2023-06-24 19:40 UTC-7

Baxter Sends Clementi to the Rail

Nível 29 : Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Action folded to day 2 chip leader Leonard Clementi in middle position who went all in for 650,000. It folded to seven time bracelet winner Billy Baxter in the small blind who also jammed. The big blind folded and the cards hit their backs.

Leonard Clementi: K♠Q♦
Billy Baxter: 10♦10♠

The 8♠J♥2♣ flop was clean for Baxter but the Q♥ turn left him drawing to two outs. Right on time the 10♣ hit on the river and Baxter would send Clementi to the rail after an impressive showing.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Billy Baxter	4,100,000 1,200,000	1,200,000

Leonard Clementi	Eliminado

Tags: Billy Baxter Leonard Clementi

2023-06-24 19:02 UTC-7

The Biggest Pot of the Tournament; Four-Way All In

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Nível 29 : Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

James Clarke raised under the gun to 250,000, David Stearns called from middle position, as did Gunnar Wedde in the cutoff, and Shawn Stuart in the small blind.

The flop came 10♦9♥5♦. Stuart started proceedings by open jamming for 1,525,000. Clarke flat called the bet as did Stearns who called off for his last 1,100,000.

Gunnar Wedde then re-jammed over the top for 4,850,000. The action was back on Clarke who got several counts before finally deciding to call.

David Stearns: 9♦9♠
Gunnar Wedde: K♦J♦
Shawn Stuart: K♠10♣
James Clarke: A♥A♣

With this massive four-way all in, the dust settled with a 6♠ turn and a 4♥ river. A triple up for Stearns, a huge side pot for Clarke and both Wedde and Stuart hit the rail.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
James Clarke	14,200,000 6,700,000	6,700,000
David Stearns	5,700,000 4,920,000	4,920,000
Gunnar Wedde	Eliminado
Shawn Stuart	Eliminado

2023-06-24 17:18 UTC-7

No 11th Bracelet As Johnny Chan Falls in 14th in WSOP $1,500 Big O

Nível 27 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

As ten-time bracelet winner Phil Ivey competes in Day 2 of the $50,000 Poker Players Championship at the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP), another Poker Hall of Famer was looking for his eleventh piece of WSOP gold with a deep run in Event #41: $1,500 Big O.

Johnny Chan entered the third and final day of the Omaha event toward the bottom of the counts with 18 players remaining as the 1987 and 1988 Main Event champion hoped to finally break the three-way tie between himself, Ivey and the late Doyle Brunson in second place on the all-time bracelet list.

Sadly for poker fans sweating the $1,500 buy-in event, "The Master" was eliminated 14th place for $13,982 after a confrontation with Scott Abrams.

Read About Chan's Elimination

2023-06-24 16:14 UTC-7

Khorsandi Busts

ChrisBean

Nível 27 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

After taking a massive dent to their stack in the previous hand, Mojtaba Khorsandi moved all in from middle position for 600,000.

James Clarke on the button weighed up all the possible decisions and opted to make the call.

Mojtaba Khorsandi: A♠5♥
James Clarke: K♠J♠

The flop of 3♣2♣2♠ was more helpful to Khorsandi, but the K♣ turn gave Clarke the lead. The 7♦ was a brick that sent Khorsandi to the exit and Clarke is amassing a stack to challenge for the bracelet.

Tags: James Clarke Mojtaba Khorsandi

2023-06-24 12:54 UTC-7

Song Not Afraid to Get Chips in the Middle

OllieGarland

Nível 24 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Louis Galasso raised from early position to 90,000. Kevin Song to his immediate left raised to 225,000 and Galasso called.

On the flop of 6♦2♣6♣, Galasso decided to retake the lead for 250,000. Song retaliated with a raise to 600,000 which promptly put an end to this hand.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Kevin Song	1,760,000 1,005,000	1,005,000

Louis Galasso	1,600,000 -200,000	-200,000

Tags: Kevin Song Louis Galasso

2023-06-24 11:00 UTC-7

Matusow Eliminated by Miller

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Nível 22 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

As recounted by the players at the table, Mike Matusow shoved his short stack from the button and was looked up by Kevin Miller in the small blind.

Mike Matusow: A♦3♠
Kevin Miller: AxAx

The board ran out with no help for Matusow's dominated hand and he made his way to the payout desk.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Kevin Miller	910,000 390,000	390,000
Mike Matusow	Eliminado

Tags: Kevin Miller Mike Matusow

2023-06-24 09:00 UTC-7

Day 3 of Event #38: $1,000 Seniors No-Limit Hold'em Championship Gets Underway at 10 AM

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The record-breaking Event #38: $1,000 Seniors No-Limit Hold’em Championship has come to the business end of the tournament as the 8,180 entrants, creating a prize pool of $7,280,200, have been whittled down to only 217. Those who still have a shot at the dream to pick up the coveted World Series of Poker gold bracelet and a cool $765,731 will return to the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas today to do battle on the felt.

Leonard Clementi comes into Day 3 with the chip lead amassing an incredible 4,200,000 chips. This is Clementi's first-ever WSOP cash and will be looking to make it to the final table. Chun Li is second in chips with 3,165,000 and David Palm is third with 2,335,000.

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	Mojtaba Khorsandi	United States	2,275,000	91
5	James Clarke	United Kingdom	2,250,000	90
6	Christopher Stevens	United States	2,195,000	88
7	Bryant Morrison	United States	2,055,000	82
8	Amie Martini	United States	2,000,000	80
9	Brad Anderson	United States	2,000,000	80
10	Randi Singer	United States	1,975,000	79

There are several big names still in contention for the title. Mike Matusow will be looking to win his first bracelet in ten years. Men Nguyen will be looking to grab his eighth WSOP Bracelet, Victor Ramdin is on the hunt for his first bracelet, while Allen Kessler and JJ Liu return with short stacks.

Play will resume at 10 a.m. local time at Horseshoe where play will start at Level 22 with the blinds at 10,000/25,000 and a big blind ante of 25,000. There are ten 60-minute levels scheduled, with a 15-minute break after every two levels and a 60-minute dinner break after Level 27.

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Tags: Allen Kessler Amie Martini Brad Anderson Bryant Morrison Christopher Stevens Chun Li David Palm James Clarke JJ Liu Leonard Clementi Men Nguyen Mike Matusow Mojtaba Khorsandi Randi Singer Victor Ramdin