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

06-22-2009 12:02 UTC-12

Brenes Wins a Race

A player in middle position raised to 450 and got a caller before Humberto Brenes reraised all in for 2,225 from the button. The original raiser called all in for for 1,850 and the third player folded.

Brenes: {A-Clubs}

Opponent:

A flop of

gave Brenes top pair and provided his opponent with a gut shot draw, which failed to materialize as the board finished {K-Hearts}

. Brenes had 5,500 after the hand.

Nearby, Tom McEvoy is sitting with 4,900 and Miami John Cernuto has 5,200.

06-22-2009 11:57 UTC-12

Players are Back

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The second break is over and players are back in their seats.

Level: 5

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 0

06-22-2009 11:38 UTC-12

Kick Up Your Feet

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It's break time. Take 20 minutes then join us when the players return.

06-22-2009 11:35 UTC-12

Scharf Pads His Stack

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In a five-way limped pot, action checked to Eddy Scharf who bet just 300 on a flop of {4-Hearts}

. It was enough, as he took the pot and pushed his stack to 6,500.

After the hand, Scharf joked that this is the first tournament all series where he's had chips to work with in the early going.

06-22-2009 11:18 UTC-12

Preston Runs Into Aces

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Amarillo Slim Preston raised to 400 preflop and got min-raised by Roger Stewart. After making the call, Preston check-called 1,000 on both the flop and turn on a board that came {10-Diamonds}

.

Both players checked the {Q-Diamonds}

on the river and Preston mucked when Stewart turned over {A-Clubs}

. Preston still has 6,500 chips while Stewart is a big stack with 16,000.

06-22-2009 11:10 UTC-12

Bruce Buffer Having Fun

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A pass through the room led to a quick chat with Bruce Buffer, who is currently sitting with an average size chip stack.

"I'm happy," he said. "I can ride this all the way to the final table." Buffer added that he thinks this is one of the most relaxing events he's played at the WSOP.

"You know what's nice? There are no Internet warriors in the field."

06-22-2009 10:56 UTC-12

Top Pair Good for Craig

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In a four-way limped pot, the button was all in for his last 75 before a flop of {10-Spades}

.

Action checked to Michael Craig who bet 250 from the big blind and got one call. The small blind folded before the turn brought the {4-Diamonds}

. Craig bet another 650 and the player behind folded, taking him heads up to the flop, which came {7-Diamonds}

.

When the button turned over {Q-Clubs}

, Craig out-kicked him, showing {K-Diamonds}

. He now has 2,400 chips.

06-22-2009 10:51 UTC-12

Lots of Small Ball

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We mentioned earlier that the general demeanor of today's event is much mellower than most other Day 1s we've seen so far this year.

The same can be said for the overall style of play. As opposed to many of the other large events we've seen, today's players don't seem to be doing much, if any, three betting before or after the flop. Instead, we're seeing many more limped pots and flat calls, with players content to bide their time and win small pots rather than aggressively try to accumulate chips in the early going.

Level: 4

Blinds: 75/150

Ante: 0