Clifford Matthews Leads Day 1 of Event #36: $1,000 Super Seniors No-Limit Hold'em; Two-Time Champ Moore Eliminated
Event #36: $1,000 Super Seniors No-Limit Hold'em drew a massive field of 2,191 entries and just 347 players are left in the hunt. The age threshold for this year's Super Seniors event has been lowered from 65 to 60 and the field size was significantly increased from last year's total of 1,720.
After 10 levels of Day 1 play, it's Clifford Matthews leading the way with 137,900 after catching fire in the last two levels. Henri Bisson is right on his heels with 130,000. It was smooth sailing for Bisson on Day 1 who built a big stack early and sat near the top of the chip counts for much of the day.
Two-time defending Super Seniors champion James Moore will not be making it a three-peat. Moore was nursing a short stack following the dinner break and was eliminated in the last level of the night.
Other players to fall by the wayside today include Marcel Luske, TJ Cloutier, Neil Bluminfield and Dan Harrington.
The 351 Day 1 survivors will return on Monday, June 18 at 11 A.M. to Pavilion White in the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino to resume Day 2 play. The money bubble is looming as the final 329 players will all make the money and be guaranteed at least $1,500 for their efforts. PokerNews will be on the floor start-to-finish as we continue down to crowning our new Super Seniors champion.
