Johnny Landreth Leads Super Seniors Event
The first day of the Super Seniors tournament is in the books. This tournament, where only players older than 64 can participate, drew a record 1,720 entries. That was an increase of more than 200 runners from the previous two years. The tournament created a prize pool of $1,548,000.
Johnny Landreth ended the day with the most chips. He built his 5,000-chip starting stack into a whopping 227,200 — almost 80,000 more than his nearest rival — by the end of the day. Landreth is no stranger to the WSOP, with 16 cashes to his name and just under $300,000 in career earnings. He’s also won a World Poker Open title as well as three WSOP Circuit rings.
Some other players with big stacks are Alan Wheeler (144,200), Jean Luc Adam (135,100), Paul Foster (117,400), and Steve Hohn (155,200). There are also some other familiar names back for Day 2, including James Woods (73,600), Ken Aldridge (54,500), TJ Cloutier (52,700), and Tom McCormick (40,000).
The clock showed 258 players left at the end of the day. John Cernuto, Billy Baxter, David Sklansky, Lyle Berman and Perry Green are just some of the many who did not survive the first day.
The story of the day was both reigning champions from the first two years of this event still being in contention. Jon Andlovec (42,600) and James Moore (20,500) both successfully maneuvered their way through the Day 1 field to bag chips and give themselves a shot at becoming a two-time champion in this event.
The remaining players will start again tomorrow morning at 11 a.m. PDT, all guaranteed a payday of at least $1,502.
Day 2 Seat Draw
Room | Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count |
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Brasilia | 701 | 1 | John Jensen | United States | 16,100 |
Brailisa | 701 | 2 | Donald Fujita | Canada | 10,800 |
Brailisa | 701 | 3 | Jon Gordon | United States | 19,800 |
Brasilia | 701 | 4 | David Smith | United States | 54,700 |
Brailisa | 701 | 5 | Esmarelda Alderete | United States | 16,500 |
Brasilia | 701 | 6 | Archie Snider | United States | 41,100 |
Brasilia | 701 | 7 | Johnny Falco | United States | 44,200 |
Brasilia | 701 | 8 | Kris Hawkins | United States | 13,100 |
Brasilia | 701 | 9 | Allen Shaffer | United States | 11,400 |
Brasilia | 702 | 1 | Peter Cross | Canada | 36,200 |
Brasilia | 702 | 2 | Johnny Landreth | United States | 262,800 |
Brailisa | 702 | 3 | Clifford Rutherford | United States | 28,700 |
Brailisa | 702 | 4 | Timothy Long | United States | 24,600 |
Brailisa | 702 | 5 | Burton Howard | United States | 4,400 |
Brasilia | 702 | 6 | Leonard Burris | United States | 10,300 |
Brailisa | 702 | 7 | Edward Rodger | United States | 42,400 |
Brasilia | 702 | 8 | Perle Odaniel | United States | 8,001 |
Brasilia | 702 | 9 | William Payne | United States | 11,000 |
Brasilia | 703 | 1 | Andor Schiller | United States | 48,000 |
Brailisa | 703 | 2 | Douglas Redmann | United States | 32,600 |
Brailisa | 703 | 3 | Judy Rhodes | United States | 28,300 |
Brasilia | 703 | 4 | Gary Weems | United States | 40,400 |
Brasilia | 703 | 5 | Wayne Lippman | United States | 37,900 |
Brasilia | 703 | 6 | Harold Costa | United States | 16,400 |
Brasilia | 703 | 7 | Dennis Gilman | United States | 55,300 |
Brailisa | 703 | 8 | Jan Stein | United States | 6,700 |
Brasilia | 703 | 9 | Rex Macy | United States | 6,700 |
Brasilia | 704 | 1 | John Columbo | United States | 80,300 |
Brasilia | 704 | 2 | Kathleen Stackpoole | United States | 48,300 |
Brasilia | 704 | 3 | James Woods | United States | 73,600 |
Brasilia | 704 | 4 | Peter Mylenki | United States | 11,100 |
Brasilia | 704 | 5 | Louis Decanio | United States | 32,600 |
Brailisa | 704 | 6 | Arthur Cohen | United States | 68,200 |
Brasilia | 704 | 7 | Wolfgang Arp | Canada | 29,200 |
Brailisa | 704 | 8 | Kerry Goldberg | United States | 59,100 |
Brasilia | 704 | 9 | DID NOT REPORT 1 | United States | 38,100 |
Brasilia | 705 | 1 | Harold Lilie | United States | 20,600 |
Brasilia | 705 | 2 | Richard Seale | United States | 40,600 |
Brasilia | 705 | 3 | Janette Zawacki | United States | 14,300 |
Brailisa | 705 | 4 | John Ogradney | United States | 17,700 |
Brasilia | 705 | 5 | Eugene Teibloom | United States | 31,800 |
Brailisa | 705 | 5 | LaVonne Joyce | United States | 72,300 |
Brailisa | 705 | 6 | Thomas Elliott | United States | 27,700 |
Brasilia | 705 | 7 | Richard Mendelsohn | United States | 1,300 |
Brasilia | 705 | 8 | Michael Shahade | United States | 13,400 |
Brasilia | 705 | 9 | Veronica Daly | United States | 61,400 |
Brailisa | 706 | 1 | William Kam | United States | 21,800 |
Brasilia | 706 | 2 | Paul Kessler | United States | 29,300 |
Brailisa | 706 | 3 | Wayne Anderson | United States | 38,400 |
Brasilia | 706 | 4 | Gary Cook | United States | 21,300 |
Brailisa | 706 | 5 | Robert Stec | United States | 4,100 |
Brasilia | 706 | 6 | John Junker | United States | 32,700 |
Brailisa | 706 | 7 | Jean-Luc Adam | France | 135,100 |
Brasilia | 706 | 8 | Richard Brandeburg | United States | 17,600 |
Brasilia | 706 | 9 | M Kostival | United States | 16,900 |
Brailisa | 707 | 1 | Milton Foley | United States | 52,000 |
Brasilia | 707 | 2 | William Farrell | United States | 45,600 |
Brasilia | 707 | 3 | Gary Allen | United States | 26,800 |
Brasilia | 707 | 4 | TJ Cloutier | United States | 52,700 |
Brasilia | 707 | 6 | Federico Cuellar | United States | 22,500 |
Brasilia | 707 | 7 | John Ostwald | United States | 39,000 |
Brailisa | 707 | 8 | Theresa Justin | United States | 16,800 |
Brailisa | 707 | 9 | Lacy Wills | United States | 11,600 |
Brasilia | 708 | 1 | John Tierney | United States | 16,500 |
Brasilia | 708 | 2 | William Sindelar | United States | 22,300 |
Brasilia | 708 | 3 | Dale Hanke | United States | 41,100 |
Brailisa | 708 | 4 | Jim White | United States | 22,200 |
Brasilia | 708 | 5 | Robert Cutshall | United States | 5,300 |
Brailisa | 708 | 6 | Uta Kaiser | United States | 29,400 |
Brasilia | 708 | 9 | Florentino Zamora | United States | 1 |
Brailisa | 708 | 9 | Skip Richardson | United States | 20,200 |
Brailisa | 709 | 1 | Donald Anderson | Canada | 5,100 |
Brasilia | 709 | 2 | Ed Aulick | United States | 24,700 |
Brasilia | 709 | 3 | Dennis Crowley | United States | 39,800 |
Brailisa | 709 | 4 | Robert Beck | United States | 24,000 |
Brasilia | 709 | 5 | Gary Dolenga | United States | 4,800 |
Brailisa | 709 | 6 | George LaValley | United States | 36,700 |
Brasilia | 709 | 7 | Joann Hall | United States | 116,000 |
Brasilia | 709 | 8 | Michael Blake | United States | 30,100 |
Brasilia | 709 | 9 | Peter Gross | United States | 13,200 |
Brasilia | 710 | 1 | Jerry Kleinsasser | United States | 18,500 |
Brasilia | 710 | 2 | Stephen Thacker | United States | 54,200 |
Brasilia | 710 | 3 | Tom McCormick | United States | 40,000 |
Brasilia | 710 | 4 | Jon Andlovec | United States | 42,600 |
Brasilia | 710 | 5 | Robert Kelly | United States | 1 |
Brasilia | 710 | 6 | Keith Wieland | United States | 30,000 |
Brasilia | 710 | 7 | Errol Rosen | United States | 49,800 |
Brasilia | 710 | 8 | Clayton Taul | United States | 116,300 |
Brailisa | 710 | 9 | Curtis Liudahl | United States | 12,500 |
Brasilia | 711 | 1 | Jay Kennedy | United States | 39,000 |
Brasilia | 711 | 2 | Jerry Leva | United States | 34,300 |
Brailisa | 711 | 3 | John Urpsis | United States | 23,500 |
Brasilia | 711 | 4 | Scott Mayfield | United States | 50,300 |
Brailisa | 711 | 5 | Albert Hahn | Canada | 77,700 |
Brasilia | 711 | 6 | Gary Schwartz | United States | 33,700 |
Brasilia | 711 | 7 | Ronald Rindone | United States | 1 |
Brasilia | 711 | 8 | Charles Champlin | United States | 39,900 |
Brasilia | 711 | 9 | David Smith | United States | 56,400 |
Brailisa | 712 | 1 | Susan Smith | United Kingdom | 24,000 |
Brasilia | 712 | 3 | Alden Hermansen | United States | 69,600 |
Brailisa | 712 | 4 | Alfred Giardina | United States | 18,100 |
Brailisa | 712 | 5 | Peter Lockwood | United States | 8,900 |
Brasilia | 712 | 6 | Richard Taylor | United States | 21,900 |
Brailisa | 712 | 7 | Grant Gaalema | United States | 40,200 |
Brasilia | 712 | 8 | William Hanson | United States | 51,000 |
Brasilia | 712 | 9 | Thomas Knust | United States | 12,400 |
Brasilia | 713 | 1 | Paul Anlauf | United States | 3,200 |
Brailisa | 713 | 2 | Arild Orsleie | United States | 35,400 |
Brailisa | 713 | 3 | Jeffrey Duvall | United Kingdom | 31,100 |
Brasilia | 713 | 4 | Gary Gibbs | United States | 55,200 |
Brasilia | 713 | 5 | Richard Phelps | United States | 34,600 |
Brasilia | 713 | 6 | Richard Baxter | United States | 49,000 |
Brasilia | 713 | 7 | Larry Daigle | United States | 12,400 |
Brailisa | 713 | 8 | Paul Bedichek | United States | 26,300 |
Brasilia | 713 | 9 | Jonathan Hildner | United States | 61,600 |
Brasilia | 714 | 1 | Rodney Legendre | United States | 27,400 |
Brasilia | 714 | 2 | Robert Corbeil | Canada | 40,200 |
Brasilia | 714 | 3 | Marcia Godinez | United States | 31,400 |
Brasilia | 714 | 4 | Gary Waid | United States | 19,200 |
Brasilia | 714 | 5 | Paul Foster | United States | 117,400 |
Brasilia | 714 | 6 | Sallie Avino | United States | 4,200 |
Brailisa | 714 | 7 | James Moore | United States | 20,500 |
Brasilia | 714 | 8 | Robert Webb | United States | 15,400 |
Brasilia | 714 | 9 | Kenneth Riha | United States | 50,700 |
Brasilia | 715 | 1 | Michael Borgetti | United States | 13,600 |
Brailisa | 715 | 2 | Dennis Murdock | United States | 35,600 |
Brasilia | 715 | 3 | Darrell Ticehurst | United States | 51,900 |
Brasilia | 715 | 4 | Lawrence Petersen | United States | 24,100 |
Brasilia | 715 | 5 | Dave Hill | United States | 42,000 |
Brasilia | 715 | 6 | Josef Monro | United States | 98,500 |
Brasilia | 715 | 7 | Joel Abramson | United States | 40,500 |
Brasilia | 715 | 8 | Ross Fabrizio | United States | 48,300 |
Brasilia | 715 | 9 | Thomas Miller | United States | 4,500 |
Brasilia | 716 | 1 | Mark Abrahams | United States | 49,900 |
Brasilia | 716 | 2 | Dan Lacourse | United States | 22,600 |
Brasilia | 716 | 3 | George Neunzig | United States | 20,300 |
Brasilia | 716 | 4 | James Randash | United States | 7,100 |
Brailisa | 716 | 5 | Brian Townsend | Canada | 11,100 |
Brailisa | 716 | 6 | Stephen Sallot | United States | 36,600 |
Brasilia | 716 | 7 | Charles Moore | United States | 19,400 |
Brailisa | 716 | 8 | Terrie Bressette | United States | 8,400 |
Brasilia | 716 | 9 | Skipper Pearson | United States | 23,300 |
Brasilia | 717 | 1 | Ty Tanaka | United States | 4,700 |
Brasilia | 717 | 2 | Fred Berger | United States | 8,800 |
Brailisa | 717 | 3 | David Rice | United States | 10,900 |
Brasilia | 717 | 4 | Larry Hirons | United States | 48,000 |
Brasilia | 717 | 5 | Richard Monroe | United States | 18,700 |
Brailisa | 717 | 6 | Terry Stuhldreher | United States | 30,190 |
Brasilia | 717 | 7 | Michael Mueller | Germany | 32,600 |
Brasilia | 717 | 8 | Robert Heard | United States | 32,500 |
Brasilia | 717 | 9 | Surrinder Ahluwalia | United States | 16,800 |
Brasilia | 718 | 1 | Susie Isaacs | United States | 28,400 |
Brailisa | 718 | 2 | Jon Whitters | Canada | 69,900 |
Brailisa | 718 | 3 | John Isler | United States | 47,600 |
Brailisa | 718 | 4 | Ronald Swain | United States | 47,300 |
Brasilia | 718 | 5 | Daniel Colby | United States | 16,300 |
Brasilia | 718 | 6 | Paul Poindexter | United States | 32,700 |
Brasilia | 718 | 7 | Lawrence Gratt | United States | 38,100 |
Brasilia | 718 | 8 | Robert Barca | United States | 30,500 |
Brasilia | 718 | 9 | Hugh Bryan | United States | 12,400 |
Brasilia | 719 | 1 | Ernest Ruybalid | United States | 24,500 |
Brasilia | 719 | 2 | Cleveland Rutherford | United States | 24,700 |
Brailisa | 719 | 3 | William Starr | United States | 10,300 |
Brasilia | 719 | 4 | Kanokvan Somchub | United States | 26,100 |
Brailisa | 719 | 5 | Richard Malacaria | United States | 35,800 |
Brasilia | 719 | 6 | Daniel Declaire | United States | 34,400 |
Brailisa | 719 | 7 | Lois Unzelman | United States | 16,700 |
Brasilia | 719 | 8 | Rollo Fox | United States | 34,200 |
Brailisa | 719 | 9 | Michael Sommers | United States | 1,800 |
Brasilia | 720 | 1 | Mason Sacks | United States | 63,300 |
Brasilia | 720 | 3 | Michael Viola | United States | 19,000 |
Brasilia | 720 | 4 | Gary Lucci | Canada | 36,000 |
Brasilia | 720 | 5 | Luella Hoge | United States | 32,500 |
Brasilia | 720 | 6 | Alan Wheeler | United States | 144,200 |
Brasilia | 720 | 7 | Ken Aldridge | United States | 54,500 |
Brailisa | 720 | 8 | Robert Colby | United States | 7,200 |
Brasilia | 720 | 9 | Francis Ackley | United States | 74,500 |
Brasilia | 721 | 1 | Donald Colclazier | United States | 38,500 |
Brasilia | 721 | 2 | Steve Hohn | United States | 115,200 |
Brailisa | 721 | 3 | William Korn | United States | 45,100 |
Brasilia | 721 | 4 | DID NOT REPORT 2 | United States | 41,000 |
Brasilia | 721 | 5 | Loren Cloninger | United States | 76,400 |
Brailisa | 721 | 6 | Michael Campos | United States | 12,400 |
Brasilia | 721 | 7 | June Jenkins | United States | 36,600 |
Brasilia | 721 | 8 | James Loudon | Canada | 4,100 |
Brailisa | 721 | 9 | Robert Flowers | United States | 7,800 |
Brailisa | 722 | 1 | Robert Vandever | United States | 12,700 |
Brasilia | 722 | 2 | Larry Newman | United States | 4,700 |
Brasilia | 722 | 3 | William L. Payne | United States | 31,300 |
Brasilia | 722 | 4 | Bruce Pirie | United States | 9,100 |
Brasilia | 722 | 5 | James Chiara | United States | 21,400 |
Brasilia | 722 | 6 | Bruce Wesley | United States | 7,400 |
Brasilia | 722 | 7 | Peter Knutson | United States | 16,100 |
Brasilia | 722 | 8 | Peter Sullivan | United States | 36,000 |
Brasilia | 722 | 9 | Peter Lipman | United States | 6,700 |
Brasilia | 723 | 1 | John Marchiando | United States | 13,200 |
Brasilia | 723 | 2 | Gordon Robinson | United States | 15,500 |
Brailisa | 723 | 3 | James Kremer | United States | 39,200 |
Brailisa | 723 | 4 | Earnest Holthusen | United States | 44,100 |
Brasilia | 723 | 5 | Robert Goldstein | United States | 21,900 |
Brasilia | 723 | 6 | Roy Jones | United States | 45,200 |
Brasilia | 723 | 7 | Edwin Childress | United States | 33,500 |
Brailisa | 723 | 8 | Bill Boston | United States | 8,600 |
Brasilia | 723 | 9 | Donald Marshall | United States | 38,200 |
Brasilia | 724 | 1 | David Russell | United States | 1,400 |
Brailisa | 724 | 2 | Hassan Kamoei | United States | 80,600 |
Brasilia | 724 | 3 | Louis Lingren | United States | 39,300 |
Brasilia | 724 | 4 | Paul Thompson | United States | 6,000 |
Brasilia | 724 | 5 | Neil Drake | United States | 10,600 |
Brasilia | 724 | 6 | Edward Thompson | United States | 23,000 |
Brasilia | 724 | 7 | David Brownworth | United States | 30,500 |
Brasilia | 724 | 8 | Jose Rosenkrantz | Costa Rica | 27,100 |
Brasilia | 724 | 9 | Nancy Hersha | United States | 1 |
Brailisa | 725 | 1 | Robert Bermudez | United States | 11,300 |
Brasilia | 725 | 2 | Lewis Thomashow | United States | 2,200 |
Brailisa | 725 | 3 | Walter Bell | United States | 61,900 |
Brasilia | 725 | 4 | Alfred Shanfeld | United States | 62,500 |
Brasilia | 725 | 5 | Stanley Siegel | United States | 30,400 |
Brailisa | 725 | 6 | Daniel Haefs | United States | 18,800 |
Brasilia | 725 | 7 | Allan Celestin | United States | 36,400 |
Brailisa | 725 | 8 | Daniel Heit | Canada | 61,200 |
Brailisa | 725 | 9 | Dennis Scholfield | United States | 4,800 |
Brasilia | 726 | 1 | DID NOT REPORT 3 | United States | 1 |
Brasilia | 726 | 2 | Frank Cullen | United States | 1 |
Brasilia | 726 | 3 | Robert Meyers | United States | 13,100 |
Brasilia | 726 | 4 | Daniel Favreau | United States | 43,600 |
Brasilia | 726 | 5 | Chris Bjorin | Sweden | 30,600 |
Brasilia | 726 | 6 | Harvey Bundy | United States | 12,600 |
Brasilia | 726 | 7 | Wilbur Lewis | United States | 12,800 |
Brasilia | 726 | 8 | Armand King | Canada | 52,000 |
Brailisa | 726 | 9 | Khin Maung | United States | 97,300 |
Brasilia | 727 | 1 | James Cronk | United States | 6,100 |
Brasilia | 727 | 2 | Peter Osborne | United States | 20,700 |
Brailisa | 727 | 3 | Fredrick Morris | United States | 12,900 |
Brasilia | 727 | 4 | Earl Hirakawa | United States | 144,900 |
Brailisa | 727 | 5 | Michael Mastrangelo | United States | 36,900 |
Brasilia | 727 | 6 | Maurice Sova | United States | 8,600 |
Brasilia | 727 | 7 | Miles Harris | United States | 29,500 |
Brasilia | 727 | 8 | Bob Buckenmayer | United States | 59,100 |
Brailisa | 727 | 9 | Joseph Villhauer | United States | 90,000 |
Brasilia | 728 | 1 | Tom Franklin | United States | 53,700 |
Brasilia | 728 | 2 | Stephen Leventhal | United States | 2,100 |
Brailisa | 728 | 3 | Herbert Vandyke | United States | 20,200 |
Brailisa | 728 | 4 | Donald Zimmer | United States | 36,900 |
Brasilia | 728 | 5 | Edie Norman | United States | 25,900 |
Brasilia | 728 | 6 | Carl Cox | United States | 14,900 |
Brasilia | 728 | 7 | James Rankin | United States | 49,600 |
Brasilia | 728 | 8 | Randall Hempling | United States | 27,300 |
Brailisa | 728 | 9 | James Biers | United States | 15,000 |
Brasilia | 729 | 1 | Tom Hanna | United States | 14,500 |
Brasilia | 729 | 2 | Dearborn Douglas | Canada | 57,500 |
Brailisa | 729 | 3 | Harry Wong | United States | 34,500 |
Brasilia | 729 | 4 | Edward Klein | United States | 25,900 |
Brailisa | 729 | 5 | Joseph Zaik | Canada | 18,500 |
Brasilia | 729 | 6 | Patrick Ronan | United States | 19,400 |
Brasilia | 729 | 7 | Kim Rasmussen | United States | 27,900 |
Brasilia | 729 | 8 | Kenneth Jacoby | United States | 24,200 |
Brasilia | 729 | 9 | Paul Silverstein | United States | 28,900 |