Hand #28: With his chip lead growing, Kenneth Lind opened to 135,000 trying to collect another uncontested pot, but Michel Bouskila reraised all in for his last 750,000 instead. Next to act, Barry Bashist quickly announced a call, and Lind was now forced to consider the situation carefully. He stood to examine Bashist's stack, which had about 1.2 million behind after the call. Eventually, Lind tossed his face up on the table, and the remaining players tabled their holdings.
Showdown:
Bashist:
Bouskila:
Bouskila had Bashist dominated, and the final board of kept him out in front. The double up kept him in contention for a gold bracelet in this Seniors Championship, while Bashist lost almost half of his stack with the loss.
Ken Lind opened the pot from early position and made it 105,000. Jack Ward called from the hijack as did Fernando Halac from the big blind.
Fernando checked the flop and Lind made it 335,000. Ward folded over to Halac who moved all in. Lind thought for a while and made the call with . Halac had for a flush draw.
The turn and river made Lind a boat, eliminating Halac in 9th place.
Hand #30: Jack Ward raised to 105,000 from middle position. Dana Ott reraised to 300,000 from the button and Ward folded.
Hand #31: Ken Lind gets a walk in the big blind.
Hand #32: Michel Bouskila gets a walk in the big blind.
Hand #33: Bouskila raised to 95,000 from the small blind and Randy Spain, the big blind, called. Bouskila continued for 110,000 and Spain called. Bouskila bet 210,000 on the river and Spain folded.
Hand #34: Dana Ott called the big blind from early position. Bouskila called from the button. Spain made it 340,000 and Ott and Bouskila folded.
Hand #35: Lind called the big blind from the hijack. Bouskila made it 105,000 from the cutoff and Bashist reraised to 540,000 from the big blind. Lind and Bouskila both folded and Bashist showed .
Hand #36: Spain raised to 105,000 and everyone folded.
Ken Lind raised to 105,000 from early position and Randy Spain made it 305,000 from the hijack. Lind called and we saw the flop. Both players checked and the turn came. Lind checked and Spain bet 200,000.
Lind took a bit a time and announced "all in" and Spain insta-called with for quads. Lind had . The river was irrelevant and Spain doubled up.
Hand #38: Spain opened to 150,000, but his hand went into the muck when Holley three-bet shoved for his last 800,000.
Hand #39: Lind went for a walk in the big blind.
Hand #40: Miller open-shoved from the button, risking his last 355,000, and he was rewarded with the blinds and antes.
Hand #41: Bouskila limped in from the small blind, Spain checked his option in the big blind, and the flop fell . The textured board prompted Bouskila to check, and he quickly folded to Spain's 150,000 wager.
Hand #42: Ott opened for 150,000 from middle position, Spain called from the small blind, and the two players saw a flop of hit the board. Spain led out for 175,000, but snap-folded when Ott raised it up to 500,000 even.
Hand #43: Holley raised to 110,000 from under the gun, and Spain called that bet from the button. Both players were forced to fold, however, when Bashist moved all in over the top for 1.2 million.
Hand #44: Kenneth Lind opened for 115,000, and Jack Ernest Ward moved all in over the top for his last 670,000. With the chip lead and in the hole, Lind stood and announced a call, and he was delighted to find his hand was crushing Ward's .
The board ran out , and with his pair of tens Lind knocked Ward out in 8th place.
Hand #45: Bouskila opened for 125,000 from middle position, collecting the blinds and antes.
Hand #45: Ott limped in from the small blind, and Miller checked his option to bring the flop of on board. Ott tried a 125 lead out bet, but folded to Miller's all in shove of 390,000.
Hand #47: Randolph Spain opened for 125,000 in middle position, and he heard James Miller announce himself all in for his last 645,000 or so chips. Spain snap-called with his , and big slick was dominating Miller's .
Flop:
Every poker game needs a little sweat, and we got ours with two spades on the flop. Miller now needed any spade or ten in the deck for salvation, but the turn () and river (} did not cooperate, sending him to the payout desk in 7th place.
With the win, Spain pushed over the 3.5 million chip plateau, and as he is seated to the left of chip leader Kenneth Lind, there may be more fireworks to come.
Hand #48: Lind raised to 175,000 after action folded around to him in the small blind, and Bouskila surrendered his big blind.
Hand #49: Bashist limped in from under the gun, Bouskila obliged with a limp. and Spain checked his option in the big blind. On the flop, Bouskila fired a bet of 90,000 forward, forcing Spain to muck. Bashist elected to raise it up, however, making it 240,000 to play, and he earned the pot when Bouskila folded.
Hand #50: Holley raised to 150,000 from under the gun, and Spain called from the small blind. The dealer fanned the flop of across the felt, and Spain check-folded to Holley's 225,000 c-bet.
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face up on the table, and the remaining players tabled their holdings.
kept him out in front. The double up kept him in contention for a gold bracelet in this Seniors Championship, while Bashist lost almost half of his stack with the loss.
flop and Lind made it 335,000. Ward folded over to Halac who moved all in. Lind thought for a while and made the call with 
. Halac had 
for a flush draw.
turn and river made Lind a boat, eliminating Halac in 9th place.
flop. Both players checked and the 
. The 
. The textured board prompted Bouskila to check, and he quickly folded to Spain's 150,000 wager.
hit the board. Spain led out for 175,000, but snap-folded when Ott raised it up to 500,000 even.
, and with his pair of tens Lind knocked Ward out in 8th place.
on board. Ott tried a 125 lead out bet, but folded to Miller's all in shove of 390,000.
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