Simon Philip Takes Down Seniors Event to Win Second Ring in Back-To-Back Years at Hammond
While PokerNews is here offering live updates from the High Roller and Main Event, we’d be remiss if we didn’t tell you about the full schedule of side events that have been playing out over the past week at the World Series of Poker Circuit Horseshoe Hammond.
In Event #3: $400 NLH Seniors, 275 runners created a $90,750 prize pool that was paid out to the top 45 players. Among those to cash but fall short of the official final table were Ira Lathan (10th- $1,387), Sandra Morse (13th - $1,146), Scott Buller (16th - $966), Allan Furman (18th - $833), Albert Bevilacqua (22nd - $734) and Frank Glass (25th- $661).
In the end, it was Florida native Simon Phillip who navigated the field to win his second gold ring in the Seniors Event, winning the same title in back-to-back years at Hammond, and Phillip also collected a $21,034 payday.
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Simon Philip | Pensacola, FL | $21,034 |
| 2 | Frank Bralick | South Milwaukee, WI | $12,996 |
| 3 | Guowei Zhou | Plainfield, IL | $9,203 |
| 4 | Gerald Siemienas | Arlington Heights, IL | $6,635 |
| 5 | Anthony Ezman | Coatsville, IN | $4,872 |
| 6 | Anastas Mukoski | Crown Point, IN | $3,645 |
| 7 | Tony Pena | Fennville, MI | $2,780 |
| 8 | James Stern | Chicago, IL | $2,161 |
| 9 | Nathan Richmond | Manitowoc, WI | $1,714 |
board from under-the-gun, and Christian Kennedy bet 3,000 into a pot of 11,000 from middle position. The cutoff called, and Reichard check-raised to 9,200. Kennedy folded, and the cutoff tanked for a minute.
flop, Eddie Ochana bet 5,500, an early-position player folded, and the small blind called.
turn.
turn, Ochana bet 10,700, and the small blind folded.
flop. Both opponents called.
turn, Stroud bet 3,000, and both opponents called.
river, Stroud bet 3,000, and only Kennedy called. Stroud tabled 
for two pair, but it was Kennedy's 
, for a set of jacks, that was the winner.
turn, and the 
fell on the river. The small blind bet 7,000, and Opyrchal, who had just 16,700 left in his stack, tanked for a minute before calling. The small blind could only muster up 
for ace-high, while Opyrchal took down the pot with 
.
up on the felt, and Shing tabled 
for the winner.
and 
preserved the win for Rogowski, as his pocket aces held against the opponent's pair of nines. Rogowski had his opponent slightly covered, and he now sits at 60,000, while his opponent's first Day 1a bullet has expired.