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

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 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 08:32 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 08:13 UTC-12

Barry Shulman Climbs Into the Black

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A player in middle position limped and Barry Shulman raised to 200 from the button. He got the call and his opponent then led for 300 on the {9-Hearts}

flop. Shulman called, and his opponent bet 500 more when the {7-Hearts}

hit the turn.

Shulman called again and both players checked the {2-Diamonds}

on the river. When his opponent showed {J-Spades}

for a busted straight draw, Shulman showed {A-Clubs}

for second pair, and took the pot. He now has 3,550.

06-22-2009 08:10 UTC-12

Michael Craig Gives Up a Few

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Michael Craig raised to 125 from middle position and got three callers, including the button and the small blind.

The entire table then checked down a board that came {10-Spades}

. The button turned over pocket sevens while another player in middle position showed pocket eights, which took the pot.

Craig has most of his starting stack with 2,600.

Nearby, Paul Magriel got some early action at his table and has tripled up to 9,000.

Level: 2

Blinds: 25/50

Ante: 0

06-22-2009 07:53 UTC-12

A Different Feel

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Today's event has a very different feel than most other Day 1s we've seen. Maybe it's because the players are somewhat older than our standard tournament fields, but the room feels very subdued during the early action.

Aside from the riffling and clicking of chips, there seems to be very little conversation and table talk going on.

06-22-2009 07:50 UTC-12

Scharf Gets Housed

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We caught Eddy Scharf in the middle of a hand when his opponent led out for 125 on a board of {6-Spades}

.

Scharf called, and both players checked the {Q-Clubs}

on the river. When his opponent turned over {Q-?}

for the house, Scharf flashed {K-?}

for Broadway before tossing his hand away.

06-22-2009 07:34 UTC-12

More Names and Faces

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With more than 2,600 players in today's event so far, there's a lot of ground to cover. Still, we've spotted a few familiar faces scattered throughout the tournament areas, including Eddy Scharf, Berry Johnston, Mike Sexton, Michael Craig, Paul Magriel, Dennis Phillips, and T.J. Cloutier.

06-22-2009 07:08 UTC-12

Notable Names

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At least two notable names are playing in today's event.

The first is PPA Chairman and former US senator, Al D'Amato, who is in town to announce the PPA's National Poker Week. The second is Amarillo Slim Preston, who at 80, is the oldest living WSOP Main Event Champion.