Level: 5
Blinds: 200/300
Ante: 300
Level: 5
Blinds: 200/300
Ante: 300
The player in early position limped and the player in middle position raised to 1,100. Kevin Ryan three-bet to 2,800 from the big blind and the player in early position four-bet shoved for 12,500. The player in middle position snap-folded but Ryan made the call.
Opponent: ![]()
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Kevin Ryan: ![]()
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The board ran out ![]()
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and Ryan took down the pot with his pair of kings, eliminating his opponent.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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40,000 |
The flop showed ![]()
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and a player threw in a bet. Mitchell Mantin called the bet of his opponent and the
fell as a turn card.
The initial better moved all in for about 14,000 and Mantin snap-called. Mantin tabled ![]()
for a straight and was way ahead when his opponent turned over ![]()
for just a pair.
An
landed on the river and Mantin took down the pot, eliminating his opponent from the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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38,000 |
The player under the gun limped and Joseph Seal called from middle position along with David Moses in the small blind and the player in the big blind.
The flop was ![]()
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and Moses bet 700. The big blind raised to 2,200. The player under the gun and Seal folded but Moses added the remainder to call.
The turn brought the
and Moses checked. The big blind threw in a bet of 2,400 that Moses check-called.
The
filled up the river and Moses checked for a third time. His opponent continued with a bet of 3,300 and Moses snap-called. Moses turned over ![]()
for sixes full of fives and his opponent tossed his cards in the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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57,000
17,000
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17,000 |
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Upon arrival at the table, both players in the pot had their hands face up with still one card remaining to complete the ![]()
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board. David Lackey tabled ![]()
for a pair with a flush draw and Mukharji Uppalapati showed ![]()
for a set of dimes.
The
completed the board, giving Lackey a flush and the pot for a complete double through Uppalapati.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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41,000 | |
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37,000
17,000
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17,000 |
The PokerNews Live Reporting Team is at the Horseshoe Baltimore to live report both the $1,700 Main Event and $3,250 High Roller; however, that is just one of more than a dozen gold ring events that have taken place over the past week. As such, we thought we’d profile some of the preliminary tournaments and those who struck it big.
In the first $250 Seniors NLH Event, 121 runners created a $24,200 prize pool that was paid out to the top 19 players. Among those to cash but fall short of the final table were Sheri Moores (10th - $464), Jeff Ball (15th - $401), and Carol Grissom (19th - $330), just to name a few.
It was 67-year-old Bernard Maiden of Randallstown, Maryland who ultimately finished as the last player standing, good for $6,595 and a gold ring. Maiden, who is nicknamed “Mr. Possibilities,” has been married for 30 years and has spent the last 15 years working for the government.
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bernard Maiden | Randallstown, Maryland | $6,595 |
| 2 | William LeBleu | Richmond, Virginia | $4,075 |
| 3 | Kevin Holloway | Williamsport, Maryland | $2,835 |
| 4 | Joel Manson | Leesburg, Virginia | $2,021 |
| 5 | Robert Seannes | N/A | $1,478 |
| 6 | Richard Reinhardt | N/A | $1,110 |
| 7 | Kevin Wilson | Des Plaines, Illinois | $856 |
| 8 | Dorothy Adams | Richmond, Virginia | $678 |
| 9 | Gary Gardner | Harrisburg, Pennsylvania | $533 |
The player in the hijack opened to 800 and Christopher Caruso three-bet to 2,300 from the cutoff. Action folded back to the hijack who stuck around with a call.
A flop reading ![]()
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was dealt and the hijack checked. Caruso bet 2,400 and his opponent check-called. The turn fell the
and the hijack checked again. Caruso fired another bet of 5,000 and his opponent gave it some thought, then gave up his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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42,000 |
Level: 6
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
Bracelet winner Yaser Al-Keliddar has joined the field of the Main Event. Al-Keliddar won his first bracelet at the 2018 World Series of Poker after taking down Event #70: $3,000 Limit Hold'em 6-Handed for $154,338. He will be looking to match his WSOP bracelet with a Circuit ring.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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52,000
52,000
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52,000 |
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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70,000
40,000
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40,000 |
|
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53,000
26,000
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26,000 |
|
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51,000
25,600
|
25,600 |
|
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41,000
29,000
|
29,000 |
|
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39,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
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38,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
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36,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
|
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34,500
5,500
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5,500 |
|
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29,000
29,000
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29,000 |
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