A flop of was spread across the felt and Rick Kilgore had moved all-in for his last 3,000 chips. With the pot containing over 1,200 chips before this shove, his opponent felt committed and made the call, leaving himself with only 200 chips in reserve.
Showdown:
Kilgore:
Opponent:
Kilgore's flopped two-pair were in the lead against his opponent's flush draw, and when another player at the table commented that he had folded two clubs, Kilgore felt even more confident. The on the turn gave his opponent four more outs, as now any six or eight would give him a winning full house. Kilgore stood up and yelled "no club, no club!" as the dealer burned and turned.
River:
Kilgore got his wish and doubled his stack to more than 8,000 with the win. His opponent was crippled after missing his draws and will likely have to wait until next year for another shot at a WSOP bracelet.
The defending champion, Harold Angle got a much needed double up. He pushed all in from the button for his remaining 1,200 chips. The player from the small blind made the call and the player from the big blind pushed all in for over 5,000.
The player in the small blind tanked for a little and then folded his cards into the muck. Angle turned over and his opponent turned up .
The flop gave Angle a chance when it ran out . The came on the turn and the hit on the river to give Angle two pair and ship him the pot.
The official numbers are in - this year marks a record-setting 3,752 players for the Seniors Championship. Of these players, 396 will make at least $1,823 for their efforts. Our first-place finisher will receive a whopping $557,435 to go along with their coveted WSOP gold bracelet.
Defending champion Harold Angle was found sitting directly next to chip leader Paul Gibbons, and perhaps the torch has been officially passed, with Angle extremely short stacked and Gibbons continuing to build his stack.
Susie Issacs appears to have become table captain and was spotted bullying her opponents with a 1,000 bet on a board reading . After forcing the fold, Issacs shot her cards towards the muck with a smile and gathered another yet another pot.
Paul Magriel raised to 625 preflop from early position and was reraised by a player to 1200. It folded around back to Magriel and he made the call.
The flop ran out . Magriel bet 2,200 and his opponent pushed all in for 2,325. Magriel called the additional 125 and turned over . His opponent turned over .
The board ran out with the on the turn and the hit on the river.
Magriel sits with around 12,000 in chips in front of him.
We caught up on the action with one player already all-in for his last 3,225 and Jose Carmelotes contemplating his next move. Holding , Carmelotes decided to make the call and put his opponent at risk in one of the last hands dealt before our dinner break. The other player tabled his and we were off to the races.
The door card was a queen but the flop fell to give Carmelotes a set of tens. The on the turn was a dramatic card, as now his opponent could make a full house on the river, but the offered no help and Carmelotes scored the knockout.
With a minute or so still showing on the tournament clock, another player at the table asked if he could leave for dinner. When the dealer told him there would be one more hand dealt before the break officially started, the player turned and left anyway, apparently too accustomed to his early-bird specials to risk arriving late.
In a scene reminiscent of the scooter convention held earlier, a crowd of seniors has begun to congregate near the PokerNews reporting desk. The topic of conversation this time around is the TV screen hanging above the tournament floor. With the prizepool and payout information now being shown, the players are fervently discussing the issue of the money bubble, with many apparently prepared to start folding their way to a WSOP cash.
Despite the last payout of 396th place being displayed on a running loop, some of the seniors is the vicinity seem to be a bit confused. We just overheard one women who was steadfast in her conviction that money bubble was close at hand. Despite other players trying to inform her of the correct number, she repeatedly stated with conviction "They're paying 900 places, it said so right there on the television screen."
With a gold bracelet still at stake, not to mention the 1st place prize of $557,435, we sincerely hope the cloud of confusion will be lifted before the cards are back in the air.
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was spread across the felt and Rick Kilgore had moved all-in for his last 3,000 chips. With the pot containing over 1,200 chips before this shove, his opponent felt committed and made the call, leaving himself with only 200 chips in reserve.
on the turn gave his opponent four more outs, as now any six or eight would give him a winning full house. Kilgore stood up and yelled "no club, no club!" as the dealer burned and turned.
and his opponent turned up 
.
came on the turn and the 
hit on the river to give Angle two pair and ship him the pot.
. After forcing the fold, Issacs shot her cards towards the muck with a smile and gathered another yet another pot.
. Magriel bet 2,200 and his opponent pushed all in for 2,325. Magriel called the additional 125 and turned over 
. His opponent turned over 
on the turn and the 
, Carmelotes decided to make the call and put his opponent at risk in one of the last hands dealt before our dinner break. The other player tabled his 
to give Carmelotes a set of tens. The 
offered no help and Carmelotes scored the knockout.