James Finch Wins Event #2: $300 Seniors 50+
Level 3
: 100/300, 0 ante
This weekend’s HPT St. Louis Main Event is the culmination of a whole festival of tournaments, which actually kicked off over a week ago.
One of those tournaments was Event #2: $300 No-Limit Hold’em Seniors 50+, which attracted 259 entries and created a $66,255 prize pool paid out to the top 27 places.
Among those to cash but fall short of the final table were Christopher Moore (12th - $1,364), Patrick Fleming (15th - $1,065), Scott Statland (19th - $732), Paul Hornung (23rd - $732), and Ralph Sitzes (27th - $732).
In the end, James Finch of Granite City, Illinois finished as the last player standing to capture the title and accompanying $15,975 first-place prize.
Event #2 Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | James Finch | Granite City, Illinois | $15,975 |
| 2 | Randy Dack | Overland Park, Kansas | $9,850 |
| 3 | Louis Pedroli | St. Louis, Missouri | $6,656 |
| 4 | Earl Morford | Chesterfield, Missouri | $4,725 |
| 5 | Arthur Dodd | St. Joseph, Illinois | $3,361 |
| 6 | Stephen Green | Wentzville, Missouri | $2,995 |
| 7 | Ricky Hendrickson | Arnold, Missouri | $2,496 |
| 8 | Anthony Edgar | Belleville, Illinois | $2,096 |
| 9 | Roy Davis | Greenwood, Indiana | $1,730 |
| 10 | John Wanko | St. Louis, Missouri | $1,364 |
and Sebesta took down the pot after he lead out for 2,500.
flop. 
and Sudar would eliminate his opponent after the 
fell on the river.
flop was checked to Dodson who fired out 1,800 and was called by two players while the button player folded. Action was on Sebesta who raised to 6,000 from the big blind and Dodson jammed for his remaining stack and was called by Sebesta. 
giving Dodson the straight and he improved to a flush with the 
river, eliminating Sebesta from the tournament.