2011 World Series of Poker

Event #30: $1,000 Seniors No-Limit Hold’em Championship
Day: 2
Event Info

2011 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
610
Prize
$557,435
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$3,376,800
Entries
3,752
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000

Harwood Hanging Tough

After his recent knockout of Tommy Vinas, Richard Harwood looked to add another notch to his belt and called the all-in bet of another player.

Showdown:

Harwood: {A-Spades}{Q-Diamonds}
Opponent: {A-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds}

The player with all of his chips at risk was dominated by Harwood's stronger ace, and after the board rolled out {Q-Spades}{3-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}{A-Clubs}{6-Clubs} Harwood's two-pair sent another player to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Richard Harwood
Richard Harwood
330,000 25,000

Tags: Richard Harwood

James Pritchard Pushing Forward On Day 2

After a short stacked player raised all-in from under-the-gun, putting his last 35,500 at risk, James Pritchard called him down with {A-Spades}{K-Diamonds}.

The opponent's {J-Clubs}{K-Clubs} was dominated by Pritchard's big slick, and the final board of {6-Clubs}{3-Hearts}{3-Spades}{7-Clubs}{4-Hearts} offered no help. By eliminating this player from the tournament Pritchard boosted his chip stack to nearly 200,000.

Player Chips Progress
James Pritchard us
James Pritchard
195,000 138,300

Tags: James Pritchard

Payout Information (200th - 219th)

Level 16 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
PlacePlayerPrize
200Eric Schulz$2,667
201John Arva$2,667
202Vincent Frigeria$2,667
203Dean Schneider$2,667
204Stephen Massa$2,667
205Francesco Costa$2,667
206Darin Ann Parker$2,667
207Bill Eichel$2,667
208David Angel$2,329
209Richard Pumilia$2,329
210Paul Flynn$2,329
211Padraig Parkinson$2,329
212Stephen Hagar$2,329
213Robert Schulze$2,329
214Jeffrey Gamble$2,329
215Richard Hyde$2,329
216Kim Rasmussen$2,329
217Larry Landgraf$2,329
218James Cicala$2,329
219Gregory Jackson$2,329

Tommy Vinas' Two-Pair Taken Down On River

With the board showing {8-Clubs}{4-Spades}{J-Clubs}{A-Hearts} after the turn, Tommy Vinas shipped his last 50,000 or so chips into the middle. Richard Harwood decided to make the call and showed down {A-Diamonds}{K-Spades} for top pair, top kicker.

Vinas was in good shape with his {J-Spades}{8-Hearts} for a flopped two-pair and the river card would determine if he survived this all-in confrontation.

River: {A-Clubs}

Harwood found one of his outs and made trip aces to eliminate Vinas. Harwood now sits with over 300,000 chips and is becoming a force late in Day 2.

Player Chips Progress
Richard Harwood
Richard Harwood
305,000 195,000

Tags: Tommy VinasRichard Harwood

Tommy Vinas' Two-Pair Taken Down On River

Level 16 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

With the board showing {8-Clubs}{4-Spades}{J-Clubs}{A-Hearts} after the turn, Tommy Vinas shipped his last 50,000 or so chips into the middle. Richard Harwood decided to make the call and showed down {A-Diamonds}{K-Spades} for top pair, top kicker.

Vinas was in good shape with his {J-Spades}{8-Hearts} for a flopped two-pair and the river card would determine if he survived this all-in confrontation.

River: {A-Clubs}

Harwood found one of his outs and made trip aces to eliminate Vinas. Harwood now sits with over 300,000 chips and is becoming a force late in Day 2.

Tags: Tommy Vinas

Payout Information (220th - 239th)

Level 16 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
PlacePlayerPrize
220Beverly Lowry$2,329
221Anthony Gianfermi$2,329
222Timothy Chauser$2,329
223James Mitchell$2,329
224Hilary Reicher$2,329
225Russ Murphy$2,329
226Deloris Batson$2,329
227Frank Echols$2,329
228Victor Fey$2,329
229Steve Trivelpiece$2,329
230Trevor Whiteway$2,329
231Kenneth Harbaugh$2,329
232Jeffrey Houston$2,329
233Tuan Nguyen$2,329
234Mark Rubin$2,329
235Michael Gear$2,329
236Siew Bickell$2,329
237Taylor Koch$2,329
238Roger Polark$2,329
239John Kurmel$2,329

Saxon Soaring

On a {J-Spades}{6-Hearts}{3-Spades}{4-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds} board against two opponents (one being all in), Steven Saxon bet 10,000 on the flop, turn, and river. He was paid off each time and showed {A-Spades}{A-Diamonds} to win the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Steven Saxon
Steven Saxon
140,000 121,900

Bob Chow Chips Up With Quad Aces

Level 16 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

With the board reading {A-Hearts}{3-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}{A-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds} and over 44,000 chips already in the pot, Bob Chow heard his opponent say exactly what he wanted hear, declaring "I'm all-in." The stack at risk was over 80,000, representing a significant overbet of the pot, but Chow did not need to calculate pot odds or anything else for that matter.

Chow snap-called and proudly turned over his {A-Clubs}{A-Spades} for quad aces, while his stunned opponent showed down {7-Hearts}{7-Clubs}. Both Chow and the other had flopped their sets, but Chow held the more powerful pair in the hole and after the turn, he couldn't be beaten.

This win propelled Chow to 146,000 in chips while his opponent hit the rail wondering how he could have played the hand any differently.

Tags: Bob Chow

Payout Information (240th - 259th)

Level 15 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
PlacePlayerPrize
240Edward Molloy$2,329
241Kenneth Piel$2,329
242Glen Beaudin$2,329
243Patrick Traficant$2,329
244Harry Topper$2,329
245Charles Williams$2,329
246Robert Taylor$2,329
247William Cole$2,329
248Travis Newberry$2,329
249Patrick Hardesty$2,329
250Bradley Wilson$2,329
251Eugene Hickman$2,329
252Emileo Sandoval$2,329
253Robert Thrush$2,329
254Chris Platt$2,329
255Syed Kadri$2,329
256James Brown$2,329
257Edward Pflipsen$2,329
258Joseph Birt$2,329
259Kenneth Hockaday$2,329

Level: 16

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 500