Event 29: $1,000 Seniors No-Limit Hold'em Championship
Day 1 Completed
2012 World Series of Poker
Event 29: $1,000 Seniors No-Limit Hold'em Championship
Day: 1
Record-Setting Day 1 Completed
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Level 11
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Today was a historical day here at the World Series of Poker with 4,128 players coming out for Event 29: $1,000 Seniors No-Limit Hold'em Championship, making this tournament the largest single day start ever. With the field being strictly limited to players 50 years old and over this was a huge accomplishment. Players were spread out through the three rooms here at the Rio, and played 6 hours before all the remaining players were in the same room. At one point during the day it was determined that on average 6 players were being eliminated a minute. 462 players managed to hold on to their stacks for the entirety of the day and will be returning tomorrow.
Radwan Khuri will come into day two as the chip leader, bagging 112,600. Even though Khuri possesses the chip lead does not mean he is safe by any means. Behind Khuri is Fred Roll who finished the day with 94,100. Dennis Phillips played solid the entire day and finished with 44,500. Phillips seemed to be the main attraction of today’s event, bringing the fan out in people and telling stories. Other players who aren’t going to go out with a fight are Humberto Brenes and Marcel Luske who both made day two as well.
The day saw its fair share of victors, but it also had many losers. Sam Grizzle, Eli Elezra, Chad Brown, and James Woods all made early exits today. James Hess, last year’s winner of this event also won’t be joining the festivities tomorrow as he was eliminated late here on day one.
We finished the day 39 people away from the money, and expect to see the bubble burst extremely early tomorrow. To find out who will be walking away with what check out PokerNews tomorrow at 11:00 AM for all the updates.
Official End-of-Day Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
112,600 | |
|
|
94,100 | |
|
88,100 | |
|
|
83,600 | |
|
|
79,500 | |
|
76,000 | |
|
75,800 | |
|
|
75,600 | |
|
72,700 | |
|
|
71,600 | |
|
|
70,900 | |
|
|
70,400 | |
|
|
69,900 | |
|
68,100 | |
|
|
67,700 | |
|
|
66,000 | |
|
|
65,400 | |
|
|
63,000 | |
|
|
63,000 | |
|
62,400 | |
|
|
61,200 | |
|
61,000 | |
|
60,700 | |
|
60,500 | |
|
|
60,300 |
Three More Hands
Level 11
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Players will play three more hands and that will be it.
Making the Money?
Level 11
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
We are less than 100 people away from the money right now with 47 more minutes of play to be had. Will the tournament make the money tonight? The way people have been dropping it would be no surprise.
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Level 11
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
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Date: June 16
Time: 14:00 ET
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Level: 11
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100
Mama H0
It has just come to our attention that Marilynn Kroon is in the field today. We managed to catch up to the mother of poker pro Mark "P0ker H0" Kroon as she was stealing the blinds and antes.
Kroon sits around 18,000 and looks to be in great shape to make Day 2.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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18,000 |
Weibraub Busts
The board read 
and Adam Weinraub's opponent moved all in for 10,000. With 14,000 already in the middle this was no pot to scoff at. After a minute or so of thinking Weinraub made the call and was at risk.
Weinraub: 
Opponent: 
Weinraub was well behind and needed a jack on the river to stay alive. He received no such luck as the 
landed on the river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Dropping Like Flies
Level 10
: 400/800, 100 ante
We did the math and we figured on average 6 players have lost every minute in today's massive 4,128 person field.