Thomas Catanzaro raised to 33K from the cutoff and Ernest Bennett raised to 133,000. Catanzaro called, and he also called Bennett's 100K bet after the flop. When the hit on the turn Bennett moved all-in for 175,000. Catanzaro folded...and Bennett flipped over for the Royal Flush. That boosted Bennett's stack up to 670K and left Catanzaro with 250,000...but more that he would've had if he hadn't folded.
Today has been a good day to have a Queen in your hand. Leon Lewis raised to 40K with , and David Icke moved all-in for 202,000 with . Lewis called and it looked like Icke was about to double up . . . when the spiked on the river to bust him in 14th place. Lewis now has 770K.
Tony Korfman won two hands to more than double his stack. He took a tidy pot from Thomas Catanzaro when he flopped a Queen with A-Q and his 60K bet was enough to make Catanzaro give up his pocket Sevens.
A few hands later Korfman raised to 30K and John Zaiss moved all-in with pocket Fives. Korfman called with pocket Deuces and spiked a Deuce on the flop to send Zaiss out.
The way players keep falling you'd think were were an hour into Day 1, not five players from the final table. After the short stacked Ronald Matusek was eliminated in 17th place, Sanford Cohen was knocked out when his A-K was outflopped by Ed Smith's A-J.
Then, Tom Draeper lost a huge pot when he raised to 70K in early position and Thomas Catanzaro moved all-in. Draeper called with A-J, Catanzaro had pocket Queens, and once again the Ladies held up. That pushed Catanzaro up to 590,000 and sent Draeper to the rail.
Dennis Foli was eliminated when he flopped top pair with A-10 on a A-Q-Q board and Leon Lewis pushed with K-K. Tom Draeper folded (he said he folded A-J) and it looked like Foli was about to double up when a King spiked on the turn to knock him out.
The last woman in the Senior Event field, Jeanne David was eliminated when her pocket Sixes ran into Ernest Bennett's pocket Aces
The board reads . Jack Maresca has already put the last of his chips in. Thomas Catanzaro asks Jack "The Staten Island Snake" Deutsch how much he has left. After learning the count, Catazaro sets Deutsch all-in.
Deutsch takes his plastic coiled snakes off his chips. He says, "I can't beat a straight, I can't beat anything else." He asks what place he'd finish if he calls. He thinks a bit . . . and the Snake calls.
Maresca has . Catanzaro has . And Deutsch? "THE SNAKE HAS THE POCKET BULLETS BABY!!" he shouts. "Eight!" Catanzaro yells, and Deutsch screams that ONE TIME he doesn't want to see an eight. And the dealer burns and turns over the and Deutsch and he's friends go crazy. "LET ME HEAR FROM THE SNAKE PIT!!" he yells and his friends on the rail shout back. This might be the most boisterous table I've seen at the World Series so far.
Ethier went out when he moved in with J-8, and was called by Marvin DeVore holding A-K. DeVore flopped an King and that ended Ethier's day.
Sheffey's exit was of the waking nightmare variety. He moved all-in for his last 99,000 after Ernest Bennett raised from the cutoff. Bennett called with , Sheffey had pocket Aces.
The flop came , giving Bennett a pair and gutshot draw. The was innocent enough, but on the river was the , cracking Sheffey's Aces and sending him out in 22nd place.
After Ed Smith raised to 45,000 from the cutoff, Charles Anderson moved all-in with A-K. Smith called with pocket Sevens, and the flop of 9-J-J looked to be a good one. As did the 8 that hit on the turn. But when the board paired Eights on the river it counterfeited Smith's smaller pair and Anderson's Ace played. "I didn't even know I won, that's how dumb I am," Anderson said.
This time Ron Matusek was the doublee, not the doubler. He raised to 60K under the gun and Bennet re-raised him all-in from the big blind. Matusek called and showed , while Bennett led with . The flop? . Matusek's flush ended matters right there and he doubled to 235,000, while Bennett fell to 255K.
flop. When the 
hit on the turn Bennett moved all-in for 175,000. Catanzaro folded...and Bennett flipped over 
for the Royal Flush. That boosted Bennett's stack up to 670K and left Catanzaro with 250,000...but more that he would've had if he hadn't folded.
. Lewis called and it looked like Icke was about to double up . . . when the 
spiked on the river to bust him in 14th place. Lewis now has 770K.
. Jack Maresca has already put the last of his chips in. Thomas Catanzaro asks Jack "The Staten Island Snake" Deutsch how much he has left. After learning the count, Catazaro sets Deutsch all-in.
. And Deutsch? "THE SNAKE HAS THE POCKET BULLETS BABY!!" he shouts. "Eight!" Catanzaro yells, and Deutsch screams that ONE TIME he doesn't want to see an eight. And the dealer burns and turns over the 
and Deutsch and he's friends go crazy. "LET ME HEAR FROM THE SNAKE PIT!!" he yells and his friends on the rail shout back. This might be the most boisterous table I've seen at the World Series so far.
, Sheffey had pocket Aces. 
, giving Bennett a pair and gutshot draw. The 
was innocent enough, but on the river was the 
, cracking Sheffey's Aces and sending him out in 22nd place.
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