The Event #36: $1,000 Super Seniors No-Limit Hold'em field is growing fast and there are already more than 1,700 entries in the first level of play. There are plenty of familiar faces among the first wave of players to take their seats including Marcel Luske, T.J. Cloutier, James Moore, Pok Kim and Doralee Rae just to name a few.
Fred Berger and his opponent were heads up on the turn on a board reading 
. Berger checked to his opponent who moved all in for 3,575 into a main pot of about 4,000. Berger called turning over his 
and his opponent showed 
.
The river 
improved Berger to aces full of eights to earn him the pot and the early knockout.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
11,000 |
David Simon moved all in on a 
board for around 3,500 and found one caller. Simon tabled 
for a pair of aces and his opponent then mucked their hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
10,400 | 10,400 |
The board read 
and Bill Hawk bet 400 into a pot that was 625. His opponent made the call and Hawk then tabled 
for the nut flush and more than enough to take down an early pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,950 | 5,950 |
Level: 1
Blinds: 25/50
Ante: 0
The tournament director has now informed all dealers to shuffle up and start pitching the cards. The blinds will begin at 25/50 and will be 60-minutes in duration.
Day 1 of Event #36: $1,000 Super Seniors No-Limit Hold'em is slated to begin today at 10 a.m. local time. This tournament has an age requirement of at least 60 and is sure to attract a field of finely aged poker talent.
The tournament has a scheduled three days of play. One person that knows all too well about it is reigning champ James Moore, who was part of a field of 1,476 runners last year and by the end of the tournament, he had all the chips. He pocketed a cool $259,230, a coveted World Series of Poker bracelet, and was crowned champion of the Super Seniors.
He did not have an easy trip to the end as there were many great players along the way to overcome including T.J. Cloutier, James Woods, David Sklansky, and Charles Barker who he beat heads-up to seal the win. And Moore isn't just last year's Champion. He also came into the 2017 edition of the Super Seniors event as the reigning Champion, having won hos first WSOP bracelet in the 2016 edition of this same event.
The players will have a 5,000 starting stack and the blind levels will begin at 25/50. There will be ten 60-minute levels play on Day 1, all remaining will move on to the second day.
There will be at 20-minute break every two blind levels and a 75-minute dinner break after the sixth level of play. There will be a late registration period until the beginning of level nine for any players wanting to jump in later on in the tournament.
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Event #36: $1,000 Super Seniors No-Limit Hold'em
Day 1 Started
