Robert Toft moved all in from the small blind for 275,000 and Papa Levy in the big blind looked down and found yet another big pair and made the call with . Toft was in trouble with . Levy would end up hitting a full house and Toft was eliminated in 6th place.
We just had a monster pot go down here in the Seniors Event. The action started with Bruce Benedict moving all in for 95,000. Addison Alston made it 200,000 to go and Khaled Alwan called, curiously leaving himself with 2,000 behind. Papa Levy in the big blind announced that he was all in for 205,000 total. Alston and Alwan both made the call and we turned over four pocket pairs:
Bruce Benedict
Addison Alston
Khaled Alwan
Papa Levy
A crowd gathered around the table, the excitement in the air obvious. Would Levy's Aces be able to hold up against three pocket pairs?
The first card in the window was paint, but fortunately for Levy it was not a Jack or Queen - it was a King as the flop came .
The turn was another safe card... the and when the river came Levy started with his trademark shout "SEND IT TO PAPA!" and yelled it at least ten times while half running around the room in excitement. Benedict was the shortest stack and finished in 8th place while Alwan finished in 7th.
A short stacked Chris Edwards put the last of his chips in after Dean DelleDonne raised to 75,000 and Addison Alston raised to 160,000. DelleDonne called and when the flop came , Alston moved all in and DelleDonne folded.
Alston had and Edwards was in trouble with .
"Queen or Eight," he begged - but it was not to be and he was eliminated in 9th place.
Chris Edwards opened to 55,000 and Lou Manges moved all in for a total of 169,000. It was folded back to Edwards who made the call with . Manges held and would receive the help he needed right away when the flop cane .
The on the turn and the on the river changed nothing and Manges scores a much needed double up while Edwards is crippled.
Dean Delledonne raised to 52,000 and was called by Bruce Benedict from the button. Addison Alston made it 245,000 to go and Delledonne put his last 105,000 in the middle. Benedict didn't waste much time in folding and later claimed that he folded Queens. Delledonne had and was flipping against Alston who had . "That's what I wanted," said Delledonne when he saw Alston's cards.
The board ran out and an excited Delledonne clapped his hands and yelled "Yes!" while thrusting his arms up in the air. "Yes!" he said again, almost shaking, as he started to stack his chips. Alston is still in good shape with 400,00 in chips while Delledonne moved to 375,000 after he dragged the pot.
We missed the action as we were updating the chip counts and last hand but the seat once held by Jim McKeon is now empty and he is our 10th place finisher.
It started off with John Manzella raising and a short stacked Dennis Dekenipp calling for less all in. Robert Toft moved all in from the button and Dennis Farrell also went all in from the big blind. John Manzella decided he too was going to go all in and the cards were turned over:
John Manzella
Dennis Dekenipp
Robert Toft
Dennis Farrell
The board would give Toft the hand easily as it came . Dekenipp would finish in 13th place, Farrell in 12th place while Manzella was left with 4,000 in chips and would be eliminated on the very next hand in 11th place.