We came to the action as Kroon was facing an all in bet for an additional 240,000 from Richard Langdon on a flop. The all in obviously shocked Kroon, as he jumped out of his chair requesting "an exact count" in disbelief.
He started to count out his chips, making sure the dealer know he was just counting them out. Then he started going through possibilities wondering if Langdon flopped a set on him. Kroon must have received some sort of tell on his opponent because he moved on from that thinking.
Then he went through possible hands that his opponent could have eventually muttering: "there is no way you are flatting me with aces". Eventually, he made the difficult call and before Kroon could even turned over his , Langdon said "you got me" showing .
Kroon left the table for the turn and river cards not realizing the sweat that came with the turn. The didn't change things and Kroon is now over a million in chips. Langdon was eliminated from the tournament in 50th place.
We arrived at the table to find Alexander Kunichoff, who had been the tournament chipleader after day 1, all in and at risk against Kimberley Kilroy. Kilroy held . Kunichoff showed and he was looking for an ace. The board rolled out , pairing Kunichoff's four but not giving him enough to catch Kilroy.
Kunichoff has been eliminated, and Kilroy sits with 300,000.
The furious pace of eliminations we witnessed in today's early levels has slowed dramatically, but cries of "Payout" still pierce the relative calm in this corner of the Amazon room from time to time.
A few moments ago, Kenneth Lind busted a player when his flopped an ace against an opponent's . This elimination brings the remaining field down to 39 players.
Oklahoma Johnny Hale (Seen Here Delivering the Opening Address at the 2011 Seniors Championship) is a Fixture on the Senior Poker Circuit
We noticed the unmistakable Oklahoma Johnny Hale buzzing around the tournament floor on his motorized mount, as he graciously congratulated each and every senior still left standing for reaching this late stage of the tournament.
Oklahoma Johnny was kind enough to regale us with a few tales from his storied poker career, and he even showed off the glittering gold bracelet awarded to him by Jack Binion in 1980. When asked what he thinks of a seniors tournament attracting more than 4,400 players, Hale was not surprised in the slightest.
"These players are the lifeblood of poker," he told us. "Their the ones that come to the casino early and start the games, and its their extra money that starts the whole thing going."
There is 30 minutes left in the day and the players are just two eliminations away from a $3,000 pay jump. As a result, play is slowing down and short stacks are battening down the hatches in hopes of making day 3.
Kimberley Kilroy opened the preflop with action with a raise to 25,000. Mark Kroon then three-bet to 83,000. Everyone folded to Steven Albini in the big blind, who verbally announced a raise. He then put out enough chips to match Kroon's bet, and made no motion to push out any more. Kroon eventually asked what he was doing, since he'd announced raise. Albini apparently didn't notice Kroon had raised and was trying to three-bet over Kilroy's 25,000. Having verbally committed to a raise, Albini pushed out a min-raise to 141,000. Kilroy folded, and Kroon moved all in. Albini said he thought was pot committed, and called, and the players revealed their cards:
Kroon:
Albini:
The flop came , and Albini outdrew Kroon's tens. Kroon was a little upset about the way events unfolded preflop, and Albini was a little self-conscious about misreading the betting before the action got to him. After the hand, he said to us, "I sh** the bed real bad on that hand, and I got bailed out." However, the bailout worked wonders for his stack, and he had 430,000 when the hand was over.
With just twenty more minutes separating our remaining players from an appearance on Day 3 of this Seniors Championship, many are playing cautiously in hopes of ensuring their survival. Fortunately for Michel Bouskila, one player had a prior engagement.
We caught the action on the flop, with the board reading , and Bouskila with an all-in lammer in front of his fairly large stack.
His opponent was standing over his own sizable stack, eyeing Bouskila and the board cards warily.
"I've got somewhere to be tomorrow, I call!," he announced suddenly, turning over .
His read on the hand was right, as he will not be returning to the Rio for tomorrow's final day of play. His rockets had been shot down by Bouskila's for top set.
After the turn and river brought no more bullets on board, the player graciously slid his stack over to Bouskila, wishing his tablemates well as he departed the tournament floor.
When asked what plans were so pressing, the recently defeated player said simply "a golf trip with my buddies," and here's hoping he avoids the hazards there as well as he did through two full days of Senior Championship play.
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turn. The 
didn't change things and Kroon is now over a million in chips. Langdon was eliminated from the tournament in 50th place.
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and he was looking for an ace. The board rolled out 
, pairing Kunichoff's four but not giving him enough to catch Kilroy.
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, and Bouskila with an all-in lammer in front of his fairly large stack.
