Michael Reed Wins Seniors Event Gold Ring
Level 3
: 100/200, 200 ante
The PokerNews Live Reporting Team is at the Horseshoe Hammond to live report both the $1,700 Main Event and $2,200 High Roller; however, those are just two of more than a dozen gold ring events that will 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 Event #3: $400 Seniors NLH, 211 entrants created a $69,630 prize pool that was paid out to the top 32 players including Frank Ray (10th - $1,142), Jacquelyn Kalin (16th - $821), and Henry Chow (23rd - $651), just to name a few.
In the end, Michael Reed of Terre Haute, Indiana bested Chicago’s Reginald Johnson in heads-up play to win the title for $16,878 and a shiny gold ring.
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Reed | Terre Haute, Indiana | $16,878 |
| 2 | Reginald Johnson | Chicago, Illinois | $10,433 |
| 3 | Michael Sabbia | Chicago, Illinois | $7,335 |
| 4 | Maurice Dankha | Garden Grove, California | $5,289 |
| 5 | Sandra Morse | Hudsonville, Michigan | $3,882 |
| 6 | Kevin Leap | N/A | $2,910 |
| 7 | Benny Salamone | Rockford, Illinois | $2,228 |
| 8 | James Jennings | Morris, Illinois | $1,743 |
| 9 | Renato Manalo | Chicago, Illinois | $1,395 |
and three players still in the hand. The player first to act checked and Lily Kiletto shipped all-in for 14,800 and Pavlin Karakikov took his time before announcing call which forced the third player to snap-muck behind. "Sorry, I wasn't trying to slow roll," Said Pavlin as he tabled 
for quad fives and Kiletto tabled the cooler 
for kings full of fives.
there was already a hefty pot of about 13,000 built and only two players remaining in the hand. After Yoon Kim's opponent checked to him he fired out a bet of 5,100 and his opponent went in the tank for some time before making the call. Kim tabled 
for a flopped two pair and his opponent quickly mucked.
. Both players decided to check after a few moments of thought.
for top pair which was good enough to take the pot as his opponent mucked.
both Chopra and the big blind checked to Levin who continued for 800 and only Chopra called.
. He bet 2,200 over to his opponent.
and 1,100 in the middle, the action checked to Vu Hoang on the button who fired out a bet of 400 and both Jesus Sanchez and Matthew Carroll called.
landed on the river and Sanchez fired out again, this time for 1,500 and after a short pause Carroll let his hand go.