2011 World Series of Poker

Event #30: $1,000 Seniors No-Limit Hold’em Championship
Day: 1
Event Info

2011 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
610
Prize
$557,435
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$3,376,800
Entries
3,752
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000

Early Bird Special

Level 6 : 100/200, 25 ante

We caught up on the action with one player already all-in for his last 3,225 and Jose Carmelotes contemplating his next move. Holding {10-Spades}{10-Diamonds}, Carmelotes decided to make the call and put his opponent at risk in one of the last hands dealt before our dinner break. The other player tabled his {K-Spades}{Q-Hearts} and we were off to the races.

The door card was a queen but the flop fell {Q-Clubs}{10-Clubs}{7-Clubs} to give Carmelotes a set of tens. The {K-Hearts} on the turn was a dramatic card, as now his opponent could make a full house on the river, but the {7-Hearts} offered no help and Carmelotes scored the knockout.

With a minute or so still showing on the tournament clock, another player at the table asked if he could leave for dinner. When the dealer told him there would be one more hand dealt before the break officially started, the player turned and left anyway, apparently too accustomed to his early-bird specials to risk arriving late.

Tags: Jose Carmelotes