Franklin Margolis held the in a preflop all-in hand against an opponent's . The flop, turn and river came and Margolis won the pot. He busted his opponent and moved to over 100,000.
Glenn Woodcock made it 10,500 from middle position and found a caller in the big blind. The flop came and Woodcock bet out 15,000 after the big blind checked.
The on the turn saw a bet of 28,000 from the big blind, and an instant shove from Woodcock. After a few moments passed the big blind made the call and was at risk.
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Woodcock would need to fade any spade, any 10, and any 5. He did just that when the fell on the river.
Harold Lilie started off a recent hand by betting out from the button. The small blind then three-bet to 21,000. After a few moments Lilie min-raised to 42,000. The small blind took his time, letting a minute or two drip off the clock before completing the call.
The flop came and the small blind checked. Lilie then placed a bet of 45,000 leaving 2,500 behind. The small blind went deep into the tank, and came out a couple minutes later and made the fold.
Marcel Luske, "The Flying Dutchman," just doubled up against Anthony Wise.
Wise fired 13,000 on the flop and Luske made the call to see the fall on the turn. Wise moved all in to put the pressure on Luske, who made the call for his last 55,500.
Luske tabled the for aces and sevens along with a flush draw. Wise held just a diamond draw with the .
The river completed the board with the and Luske finished with a full house. He doubled up to 175,000 in chips while Wise slipped back to 190,000.
Luske is easily the most notable face still left in the field here in Event 29: $1,000 Seniors No-Limit Hold'em Championship. With 21 World Series of Poker cashes to his credit, this marks the 22nd of his career. If Luske is able to place eighth or higher, he'll eclipse the $4 million mark in career tournament earnings.
Although Luske has no gold bracelets to his credit, he does seven WSOP final tables. His most notable finish at the Series wasn't a final table, though, but rather a 10th-place result in the 2004 Main Event, where he took home a massive $373,000. The closest Luske has ever come to winning a bracelet was that same year when he took second in the $5,000 Seven Card Stud World Championship for $120,800.
Luske hails from The Netherlands and is currently number one on both the All-Time Money List and the Number of Cashes list for the country.
From the button, start-of-the-day chip leader Radwan Khuri raised to 10,000. The man who has recently taken the chip lead thanks to a massive four-way all-in pot not too long ago, Glenn Woodcock, was in the small blind and reraised to 32,000. Khuri called.
The flop came down and Woodcock bet 30,000. Khuri made the call to see the land on the turn. Woodcock slowed down with a check and Khuri fired 20,000. Woodcock gave it up and Khuri won the hand.
Anthony Wise has moved up to second place in the counts after picking a recent pot to move to just under 270,000 in chips.
From middle position, Wise raised to 10,500. The big blind made the call and the flop came down . Both players checked and the turn was the . The big blind fired 14,000 into Wise, but Wise stood strong and made the call.
The river was the and both players checked and it was time for the showdown.
The big blind showed the , but Wise had the better of it with the .
During the last level, action folded to Olegs Pavlucuks in late position on the button. He put in a raise to 7,500 and both blinds made the call. The flop was the and action checked to Pavlucuks. He bet 7,500 and won the pot.
Marilynn Kroon opened a recent hand for 10,500 and found a caller in the big blind. The dealer spread a flop and the big blind checked. Action was on Kroon and she fired out 18,000. The big blind asked how many chips Kroon had behind, did some mental math and ended up moving all in, a bet that would put the shorter stack Kroon all in. Kroon made the call and cards were tabled.
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The turn brought the and the big blind was drawing dead. A meaningless fell on the river and Kroon raked in the pot.
From under the gun, Dean Schultz raised all in for 21,500. Action folded a couple spots over to Franklin Margolis and he reraised all in for around 60,000. Everyone else folded and it was Schultz's up against Margolis' .
Margolis came out on top in the battle of these two hands containing suited Broadway cards as the board ran out . Schultz hit the rail and Margolis moved to 85,000 in chips.
Margolis is recording his third WSOP cash and first since 2009. That year he placed 63rd in the $1,000 No Limit Hold'em Seniors Championship — a finish he'll be looking to improve upon this year.