Event 43 - $1,000 Seniors World Championship Day 1 | 2009 World Series of Poker

06-22-2009 08:32 UTC-12

Tony Korfman Eliminated

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Tony Korfman, the second-place finisher in 2007, busted from today's event to a round of applause from his table.

Korman, a popular and fun-loving player, started the day by asking those around him if anyone wanted a "last longer" bet. We don't know if anyone took him up on the offer.

06-22-2009 08:42 UTC-12

Jesse Jones Steamrolls His Table

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World Poker Association founder Jesse Jones is just running over his starting table. We caught three quick hands that Jones played, starting with a hand where his opponent raised to 200 preflop.

Jones reraised to 500 and his opponent moved all in for 1,500. Jones called.

Jones: {A-Hearts}

Opponent:

When the board came {2-Hearts}

, Jones took down the pot.

On the next hand, Jones called his opponent's all in for 875 on a board of {6-Diamonds}

. His opponent showed pocket jacks, while Jones showed king-6 offsuit, and promptly spiked another 6 on the turn. The {8-Hearts}

on the river gave Jones the pot.

On the final hand, Jones limped from late position and smooth called through the turn on a board of 9-9-9-ace. When his opponent bet 600 at an 8 on the river, Jones raised to 1,800 and got the call before turning over king-9 for quads.

With those hands, Jones is up to 18,000.

06-22-2009 08:54 UTC-12

Recent Eliminations

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Barry Shulman and Michael Craig have both been eliminated from today's event. Shulman's wife, Allyn Jaffrey Shulman is also short stacked, with about 1,200 chips.

06-22-2009 09:04 UTC-12

Break

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Players have reached the first 30-minute break of the day.

06-22-2009 09:36 UTC-12

Chip Counts

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Here are a few chip counts from around the room.

Humberto Brenes - 8,700
Amarillo Slim Preston - 8,500
Nancy Todd Tyner - 2,525
Shirley Williams - 3,200
Tom McCormick - 1,875

Some players eliminated at the break include Dennis Phillips and T.J. Cloutier.

Level: 3

Blinds: 50/100

Ante: 0

06-22-2009 09:38 UTC-12

Cards Are in the Air

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Players are back from their first break.

06-22-2009 09:53 UTC-12

D'Amato Down a Little

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Al D'Amato limped in from under-the-gun and then called a raise to 300 from the small blind.

When the small blind pushed all in for 700 on a flop of {A-Diamonds}

, D'Amato quickly mucked. He has about 2,100 in chips.

06-22-2009 09:55 UTC-12

Official Numbers

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Today's event proved more popular than expected, with 2,707 seniors anteing up $1,000 each for a seat in the tournament.

With a total prize pool worth $2,463,370, 270 players will make the money, with first place taking home $437,358 and the gold bracelet.

06-22-2009 10:22 UTC-12

Not Dead Yet

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We reported earlier that Michael Craig had busted. It turns out we were wrong and that he'd just been moved all the way across the Amazon Room.

Craig is sitting somewhat comfortably on 2,100 chips. Also recently moved was Al D'Amato and his 1,600 chip stack. He's now sitting across the table from Mike Sexton.