Event 29: $1,000 Seniors No-Limit Hold'em Championship Day 2 | 2012 World Series of Poker

Event 29: $1,000 Seniors No-Limit Hold'em Championship

Day 2 Started

06-16-2012 11:52 UTC-6

Day 2 Is Here!

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Day two of Event 29: $1,000 Seniors No-Limit Hold'em Championship begins today with 462 players, just a fraction of the field size from yesterday. 4,128 seniors came out yesterday for their chance of winning a golden bracelet and a nice pay day. Spreading three rooms at the Rio this tournament broke the record for the largest single day start in poker history.

Today we expect the money bubble to burst fairly quickly seeing as we are only 39 people away from it. Players consistently dropped off yesterday, while a handful built up their stacks. One of those who did a tremendous job of building up their stack was Radwan Khuri who finished the day bagging 112,600 and is our current chip leader. Other notables in the field are Marcel Luske, and Dennis Phillips. Phillips played very strong yesterday consistently acquiring chips. Losing a few pots late last night caused him to dip down to 44,500, but he still possesses a healthy stack.

Today will be filled with eliminations, some happy to have made some money, some angry to not have gone further. To follow all the details stay tuned here at PokerNews for all the exciting action.

Level: 12

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 200

06-16-2012 12:01 UTC-6

Shuffle Up And Deal!

donpeters

Level 12 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

The cards are in the air for Event 29's second day of action. Money bubble here we come!

06-16-2012 12:10 UTC-6

Recent Eliminations

donpeters

Player	Chips	Progress
Joseph Marchal	Busted
Carl Buckland	Busted
Donald Manganaro	Busted
William Vosney	Busted
Brian Rasberry	Busted

06-16-2012 12:14 UTC-6

Schmehl Busts Grenell and Pollard with Aces

donpeters

Burt Grenell, Mark Pollard and Gerald Schmehl were all in preflop over on Table 408. Grenell was at risk with the {A-Clubs} {7-Spades} and Pollard was also at risk holding the {K-Hearts} {K-Diamonds} . Schmehl had them both beat preflop with the {A-Spades} {A-Hearts} .

The flop contained an ace and that was all Schmehl needed to win the hand to eliminate both of his opponents. Grenell and Pollard headed to the rail and, unfortunately, finished short of the money.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gerald Schmehl	40,000 13,600	13,600
Burt Grenell	Busted
Mark Pollard	Busted

Tags: Burt Grenell Gerald Schmehl Mark Pollard

06-16-2012 12:21 UTC-6

Recent Eliminations

donpeters

Player	Chips	Progress
Dorothy Powers	Busted
Elias Celaya	Busted
Michael Halford	Busted
George Huber	Busted
Thomas Kasperski	Busted
Daniel Brown	Busted
Piero Mormina	Busted

06-16-2012 12:23 UTC-6

Abecassis Defends His Big Bling Strong

donpeters

Level 12 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Action folded to Robert Goldstein in the small blind and he put in a raise against Michel Abecassis's big blind. Abecassis reraised and Goldstein called to see the flop come down {J-Spades} {9-Hearts} {9-Clubs} . Goldstein checked and Abecassis fired 4,800. Goldstein gave it up and Abecassis won the pot.

Tags: Michel Abecassis Robert Goldstein

06-16-2012 12:24 UTC-6

Landgraf Doubles Through Peterson

donpeters

Larry Landgraf was all in preflop with the {A-Diamonds} {K-Clubs} . He was up against the {9-Hearts} {9-Clubs} for John Peterson. After the board ran out {Q-Spades} {7-Hearts} {7-Clubs} {J-Spades} {K-Diamonds} , Landgraf hit a king to double up and stay alive.