2013 World Series of Poker

Event #26: $1,000 Seniors No-Limit Hold'em Championship
Day: 3
Event Info

2013 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
j9
Prize
$634,809
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,000
Entries
4,407
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000

Final 27

TableSeatPlayerChips
4471Barry Bashist375,000
4472Dana Ott820,000
4473Tim McCarthy635,000
4474Michel Bouskila710,000
4475Jack Ward255,000
4476James McClendon350,000
4477Michael Thorpe365,000
4478Fernando Halac810,000
4479Kimberley Kilroy195,000
    
4521Harold Kizzire580,000
4522Hoyt Corkins255,000
4523Stephen Lutz320,000
4525Lacy Wills350,000
4526Steve Albini820,000
4527George Wright715,000
4528Randolph Spain145,000
4529Jim Downend210,000
    
4531Kenneth Lind1,246,000
4532Scott Wanzer320,000
4533John Holley875,000
4534Joe Iannello326,000
4535James Miller895,000
4536Larry Wright99,000
4537Jerry Jackson300,000
4538Mark Kroon270,000
4539Aubyn Shettle235,000

Clash of The Big Stacks

James Miller
James Miller

You would think with the two of the biggest stacks in the room at the same table, they would be staying out of each other's way. That doesn't seem to be the case.

We came to the table just as James Miller moved all in on the {10-Spades}{9-Spades}{6-Spades} flop and Kenneth Lind made the call. Miller showed {q-Spades}{8-Spades} for a flush and Lind was drawing dead with {k-Clubs}{j-Spades}. The irrelevant {6-Hearts}{10-Clubs} turn and river cards were dealt and Miller took down a huge pot and is now the clear chip leader.

Player Chips Progress
James Miller us
James Miller
1,750,000
662,000
662,000
Kenneth Lind us
Kenneth Lind
555,000
-502,000
-502,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: James MillerKenneth Lind

Level: 23

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 3,000

Mark Kroon Crushed by Queen on River

Mark Kroon's Senior Championship Run is Over
Mark Kroon's Senior Championship Run is Over

We didn't see the action, but nobody could mistake the agony in Mark "P0ker H0" Kroon's voice when he screamed out as a bad river card hit the board.

Apparently, Kroon made a play with {A-}{5-} on the {7-}{3-}{4-Clubs}{9-Clubs} board, but Kenneth Lind wanted to the river with his {Q-Clubs}{10-Clubs}. With all of his chips in the middle, Kroon's read was right and his ace-high hand was in front, but the {Q-Spades} on the river ended his tournament in painful fashion.

Player Chips Progress
Kenneth Lind us
Kenneth Lind
855,000
300,000
300,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Mark Kroon us
Mark Kroon
Busted

Tags: Kenneth LindMark Kroon

Harold Kizzire Hogties the Alabama Cowboy

Hoyt Corkins Will Not Return to the Seniors Championship Final Table
Hoyt Corkins Will Not Return to the Seniors Championship Final Table

As one of the few players in the world to have won twice at the WSOP and on the WPT, Hoyt Corkins was by far the most experienced player left in our field. Seeking to improve on his 4th place finish in this event last year, Corkins will have to try another day after his Seniors Championship run came to an end at the hands of Harold Kizzire.

Kizzire took a large portion of Corkins stack in a previous clash, and he finished the Alabam Cowboy off with {7-Diamonds}{7-Spades}. THe action folded around to Kizzire in the small blind, and he looked over at Corkins' short stack to see 20,000 of his 80,000 as dead money in the big blind. Kizzire quickly moved all in to put Corkins at risk if he called, and he was happy to see the dangerous pro turn over just {7-Clubs}{5-Hearts}.

"Worst hand I could see," said Corkins. "I'd rather go up against aces here."

Corkins' suspicions were confirmed on the {3-Hearts}{k-Hearts}{6-Diamonds} flop, and his gutshot never got there on the turn ({3-Spades}) or river ({A-Spades}), sending him home short of consecutive final table appearances at the Seniors Championship.

Player Chips Progress
Harold Kizzire us
Harold Kizzire
355,000
-240,000
-240,000
Hoyt Corkins us
Hoyt Corkins
Busted
WSOP 2X Winner

Tags: Harold KizzireHoyt Corkins

Kimberley Kilroy Flops Set for the Triple Up

Kimberley Kilroy is Beaming After Her Huge Triple Up
Kimberley Kilroy is Beaming After Her Huge Triple Up

Michel Bouskila opened for 45,000, James McClendon called, and Kimberley Kilroy thought this was a good time to move her short stack of 129,000 all in.

She was not pleased to see Bouskila make the four-bet, reraising to 275,000, and when McClendon called she stood up in preparation to make her exit.

The flop fell {4-Spades}{a-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}, and after a check by Bouskila, McClendon moved all-in himself. The play pushed Bouskila out of the pot, and McLendon turned over the {A-Clubs}{2-Clubs} expecting to be in the lead.

Kilroy revealed the {4-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}, however, and her flopped set gave her a huge advantage over McClendon's single pair. The {5-Hearts} on the turn brought a gutshot draw for McClendon, and some added sweat for the last lady left in the Seniors Championship, but the {K-Diamonds} on the river secured her the triple up.

"I folded {K-}{K-}," said Bouskila quietly to nobody in particular. "The ace came..."

Player Chips Progress
Michel Bouskila au
Michel Bouskila
550,000
-365,000
-365,000
James McClendon us
James McClendon
475,000
-75,000
-75,000
Kimberley Kilroy ca
Kimberley Kilroy
405,000
234,000
234,000

Tags: James McClendonKimberley KilroyMichel Bouskila

Barry Bashist Bashes Tim McCarthy

Level 23 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Tim McCarthy Has Been Bounced from the Seniors Championship
Tim McCarthy Has Been Bounced from the Seniors Championship

After making it 100,000 to play with {A-Diamonds}{A-Spades}, Barry Bashist heard the words he wanted to hear.

"I'm all-in," declared Tim McCarthy, moving his last 310,000 forward for the all in bet.

When the original raiser got out of the way, Bashist snap-called, telling McCarthy and the dealer "don't do it to me again" as McCarthy had recently cracked a previous pair of aces with ace-nine suited, flopping the flush.

McCarthy turned over his {K-Hearts}{K-Diamonds} and hoped to crack the aces for a second time, but no miracles arrived on the {q-Diamonds}{5-Spades}{4-Diamonds}{6-Spades}{8-Clubs} board, sending home on the second-best hand in Hold'em.

Player Chips Progress
Barry Bashist us
Barry Bashist
775,000
384,000
384,000
Tim McCarthy
Tim McCarthy
Busted

Tags: Barry BashistTim McCarthy

Lucky Lind

We came in on the action with Kenneth Lind calling the all in of Jo Ianello with a flop of {q-Spades}{4-Spades}{a-Clubs} on the board. Lind had {a-Spades}{6-Spades} for top pair and a flush draw and Ianello tabled {a-Hearts}{q-Diamonds} for two pair.

Ianello survived the {j-Clubs} turn but the {2-Spades} river completed Lind's draw, eliminating Ianello in 20th place. Lind told us he was in the hand by mistake because he thought he was the big blind when he put his initial call into the pot. Lucky for Lind he didn't give up once the mistake was made.

Player Chips Progress
Kenneth Lind us
Kenneth Lind
1,180,000
325,000
325,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Jo Ianello
Jo Ianello
Busted

Tags: Kenneth Lind