Event #32: $1,000 Seniors No-Limit Hold'em Championship Day 2 | 2018 World Series of Poker

06-16-2018 15:23 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Damon Summers	Busted
Peter Voltz	Busted
Larry Williamson	Busted
John Gilbert	Busted
John Holewa	Busted
Jerry Cole	Busted
Brian Mckay	Busted
John Waddell	Busted
Gabriel Saliba	Busted
Marc Farrar	Busted
Mohammad Rafie	Busted
Steve Zolotow	Busted

Raymond Taylor	Busted
James Rhein	Busted
Samphoun Tes	Busted
Theodore Etter	Busted
Jerry Yamachika	Busted
Leslie Haagenson	Busted
David Grandin	Busted
Alan Fink	Busted
Raymond Stuwe	Busted
Joseph Seimas	Busted
Gerhard Schleicher	Busted
Arturo Camero	Busted
Mahmoudmicha Khatibi	Busted

Esposito Loses Chips

Gaelle Jaudon

Level 15 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

With a board showing , around 25,000 were already in the middle when after a check from his opponent, John Esposito bet 20,000.

His opponent opted to check-shove all in for 49,000, putting Esposito to a difficult decision. After a few minutes, he ended up folding his hand.

The winner of the 1999 $2,500 Limit Hold'em event still has a comfortable stack worth 105,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Esposito	105,000 41,000	41,000

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06-16-2018 15:33 UTC-8

Scott Doubles Through Nguyen

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 15 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

The player under the gun limped and Scotty Nguyen raised it to 7,800. Bernard Scott in the small blind made the call the under the gun player folded.

The flop came and Scott pushed everything in the middle for 28,900. Nguyen quickly called and the players tabled their cards.

Scotty Nguyen:
Bernard Scott:

Nguyen had the dominating hand but Scott hit his flush draw after the and the completed the board. He is now up to 77,000 chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bernard Scott	77,000 46,800	46,800
Scotty Nguyen	55,000 9,000	9,000

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Level: 16

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 500

06-16-2018 15:44 UTC-8

Satelliting into a $50K Poker Tournament TWICE

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Level 16 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

This is Ian Johns' second time playing the $50,000 Poker Players' Championship Event at the World Series of Poker. Both times, Ian won a satellite for his tournament seat.

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06-16-2018 15:52 UTC-8

Minaya Cracks Aces

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Aaron McBride

Level 16 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Manelic 'Manny' Minaya has built up quite the stack in Day 2 so far, and he did his chances of progressing to Day 3 no harm when he cracked pocket aces with pocket kings on the river.

Minaya had called the all in of his opponent and saw he was in bad shape. The board came before the miracle hit the river to a roar of surprise from the players at his table and meant his opponent was sent to the payout desk.

Minaya pulled the pot towards his nicely formed chip tower and moved up to the 350,000 mark.

Player	Chips	Progress
Manelic Minaya	350,000 287,100	287,100

06-16-2018 16:07 UTC-8

The Fall of McReynolds

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 16 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

The board was showing and the players already had their cards tabled for a massive pot. Nick Tsoukalas was all in for 135,000 chips with in his hand. Timothy McReynolds, holding , was dominated, and the pot went to Tsoukalas who made a huge double-up.

McReynolds, the former chipleader, was left with only 11,000 after this hand and pushed all in from under the gun. A player reshoved and they both went to see the following board: .

Holding , McReynolds made the flush and doubled up through his opponent who had .

Player	Chips	Progress
Nick Tsoukalas	300,000 262,200	262,200
Timothy McReynolds	23,000 287,000	287,000

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06-16-2018 16:27 UTC-8

Konopelko Pulls It Back

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Aaron McBride

Level 16 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Andrei Konopelko was down to around 70,000 in chips but has been able to pull another 100,000 into his stack over the last couple of hands.

Firstly, Konopelko called an all-in from his opponent and they went to the races.

Andrei Konopelko:
Opponent:

Board:

Konopelko hit a much-needed king on the turn to take the lead and held on the river to eliminate his opponent, and in the very next hand, he won a three-bet pot on the flop to increase his stack further.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrei Konopelko	170,000

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06-16-2018 16:33 UTC-8

Kanealli On the Top Counts

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 16 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

On a flop showing , David Kanealii, as well as two other players, checked. The turn was a , and Kanealli bet 6,000, which was enough to earn the pot without resistance.

Kanealii, who already cashed the Seniors Championship Event in 2014, has now an astonishing stack worth 360,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Kanealii	360,000 326,400	326,400

06-16-2018 16:34 UTC-8

Blumenfield Adds to His Stack

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 16 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

The action folded to the player in small blind who bet 7,500. Neil Blumenfield raised it to 25,000 in the big blind. After a tank, his opponent let it go and now has a stack worth 105,000.