Event #32: $1,000 Seniors No-Limit Hold'em Championship | 2019 World Series of Poker

Jun 17, 2019

Hands #135-143: Lull then Huge Double for Fontaine

Level 39 : 500,000/1,000,000, 1,000,000 ante

Hand #135: Heads up, the bracelet twinkling between them, Howard Mash and Jean-René Fontaine started their one-on-one battle with a raise from button Mash to 3,000,000, no call.

Hand #136: Fontaine folded his button.

Hand #137: Mash made it 2,500,000 to go from the button and folded to Fontaine's three-bet to 5,500,000.

Hand #138: Fontaine folded his button again.

Hand #139: Mash took the same button-folding option.

Hand #140: Ditto hands #136 and #138.

Hand #141: Another button fold from Mash.

Hand #142: Fontaine raised to 4,000,000 and Mash quickly threw his hand away.

Hand #143: Mash raised to 3,000,000 and Fontaine three-bet 7,500,000. Mash set his opponent all-in for 21,700,000 effective and Fontaine called, in good shape with vs. Mash's . The flop and turn had the word "chop" fluttering around the Amazon stage area: but the pinged out on the river to keep Fontaine's bracelet hopes very much alive. They're neck and neck now.

Tags: Howard Mash Jean-René Fontaine

Jun 16, 2019

Jim McNurlan Eliminated in 3rd Place ($303,705)

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Level 39 : 500,000/1,000,000, 1,000,000 ante

Hand #134: Jim McNurlan shipped his stack in on the button: 18,800,000 chips in total. Newly chipped up Howard Mash made the call and in a flash the second called all-in in a row was in progress.

Mash:
McNurlan:

"Give me a nine!" shouted one half of the supporters thronging the final table.

"One time!" shouted the other half.

The flop brought howls of delight from McNurlan's side: for two pair. They held over the turn, but the river brought a fourth diamond, the making a flush with one of Mash's nines. There were warm handshakes all round, illustrating the camaraderie that has characterised this event the whole way through.

Tags: Howard Mash James McNurlan Jean-René Fontaine

Jun 16, 2019

Adam Richardson Eliminated in 4th Place ($226,996)

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Geoff Fisk

Level 39 : 500,000/1,000,000, 1,000,000 ante

Hand #133: Howard Mash opened for 3 million, Adam Richardson three-bet all in to 17.8 million, and Mash called.

Howard Mash:
Adam Richardson:

Board:

The long, hard battle is over for Richardson, but he takes home $226,996 for fourth place.

Tags: Adam Richardson Howard Mash

Jun 16, 2019

Hands #129-132: McNurlan Makes Progress

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Geoff Fisk

Level 39 : 500,000/1,000,000, 1,000,000 ante

Hand #129: Jim McNurlan raised to 2 million on the small blind, and Adam Richardson called on the big blind. The action checked all the way through on all three streets on a runout, and McNurlan took it down with .

Hand #130: Howard Mash got a walk in the big blind.

Hand #131: Howard Mash limped on the small blind, and Jean-René Fontaine checked back. The flop came , Mash bet 1.2 million, Fontaine raised to 3 million, and Mash called.

The turn and river fell , and the action checked though the rest of the way. Mash showed down for a straight and scooped the pot.

Hand #132: Howard Mash raised to 3 million from the button, and Jim McNurlan called from the big blind. The action checked through on the flop, and on the turn McNurlan bet 3.5 million.

Mash called, bringing the on the river. McNurlan bet 3.5 million, Mash called and McNurlan took down the pot with .

Tags: Adam Richardson Howard Mash

Jun 16, 2019

Hands #121-128: Richardson Fights Back

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Level 39 : 500,000/1,000,000, 1,000,000 ante

Hand #121: Howard Mash upped it to 3,000,000 first to speak. Jean-René Fontaine, picking good spots so far to move in over raises this level, did it again, making it 11,000,000 to get to showdown. Mash folded.

Hand #122: Adam Richardson open shoved the small blind for 9,200,000 (now under 10bb) and big blind Mash folded.

Hand #123: Small blind Mash raised to 4,000,000 and picked up Fontaine's million chip big blind.

Hand #124: Richardson moved all-in for 11,200,000 first to act, winning a pot worth almost a quarter of his stack made from blinds alone.

Hand #125: A walk for Richardson.

Hand #126: Fontaine opened to 3,500,000, Richardson moved in and Fontaine folded showing .

Hand #127: Richardson open jammed his plumper new stack of 19,800,000, winning another pot.

Hand #128: Mash raised to 3,000,000 on the button, McNurlan three-bet him to 5,500,000 and Mash laid his hand down.

Tags: Adam Richardson Howard Mash James McNurlan Jean-René Fontaine

Jun 16, 2019

Hands #116-120: The Underdogs Keep Coming Through

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Geoff Fisk

Level 39 : 500,000/1,000,000, 1,000,000 ante

Hand #116: Adam Richardson went all in from the cutoff for 11.2 million, and took down the blinds and antes.

Hand #117: Jean-René Fontaine went all in for 15.3 million from the button, and Jim McNurlan called from the small blind.

Jean-René Fontaine:
Jim McNurlan:

Board:

The two pair on the flop put Fontaine ahead, and even though the turn spade made things interesting, Fontaine got the double up.

Hand #118: Jean-René Fontaine raised to 2.2 million from the cutoff, and all other players folded.

Hand #119: Mash limped on the small blind, Jean-René Fontaine raised to 4.5 million on the big blind, and Mash folded.

Hand #120: Howard Mash opened to 3 million from the button, and all other players folded.

Tags: Howard Mash Adam Richardson

Jun 16, 2019

Hands #109-115: Mash Jams Repeatedly, Rewarded with Two-Outer Double

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Level 39 : 500,000/1,000,000, 1,000,000 ante

Hand #109: Walk for Adam Richardson.

Hand #110: Jim McNurlan raised to 4,000,000 on the button, won the pot, and started the attempt to grind back to the sort of dominating lead he had until just recently.

Hand #111: McNurlan tried it agains the next hand, raising to 2,000,000 first to act, but Mash reraised all in for 15,500,000 and McNurlan folded.

Hand #112: Richardson raised to 2,000,000 and again, there went Mash, all in for 19,500,000 hoovering up the open-raise.

Hand #113: Jean-René Fontaine open jammed 15,800,000, picking up the 2.5 million up for grabs in blinds and ante.

Hand #114: McNurlan raised to 2,000,000 on the button to take his own 2,500,000 down.

Hand #115: Richardson took his turn raising on the button, only to find Mash shoving all in again for 22,000,000. This time a call was in the offiing: it was pair vs. pair, with Mash both the player at risk and having to resort to calling for a ten:

Mash:
Richardson:

Straight away, Mash got his wish - a flop of . No re-spike for Richardson on the turn and river and suddenly Mash is back in the running.

Tags: Adam Richardson Howard Mash James McNurlan Jean-René Fontaine

Jun 16, 2019

Hands #106-108: Richardson Doubles Through McNurlan

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Geoff Fisk

Level 39 : 500,000/1,000,000, 1,000,000 ante

Hand #106: Jim McNurlan opened to 3.8 million from the button, and both blinds folded.

Hand #107: Jim McNurlan raised to 4.5 million from the cutoff, and took down an uncontested pot.

Hand #108: Adam Richardson opened to 2 million from the cutoff, Jim McNurlan three-bet to 7 million from the big blind, Richardson four-bet all-in for 16.8 million, and McNurlan called.

Adam Richardson:
Jim McNurlan:

Board:

McNurlan was anguished when he saw the bad news, and Richardson doubled up as his pocket aces held through.

Tags: Adam Richardson

Jun 16, 2019

Hands #100-105: Richardson Makes All-In Move (Uncalled)

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Level 39 : 500,000/1,000,000, 1,000,000 ante

Hand #100: Howard Mash called on button, Jim McNurlan in the big blind raised to 2,800,000 and Mash called again. On the flop of McNurlan led out for 4,000,000 and picked up the pot.

Hand #101: McNurlan made up the small blind and Adam Richardson checked. They both checked the flop but on the McNurlan led out for 3,500,000; Richardson called. The river brought the . McNurlan led again, this time for 8,500,000. Richardson tank-folded.

Hand #102: Mash was refunded his 800,000 blind and ante plus gained 400,000 more in a walk.

Hand #103: Mash made up the small blind and Jean-René Fontaine checked. Mash bet 900,000 on the uncoordinated flop and this ended the hand.

Hand #104: Small blind Fontaine raised to 3,700,000 and picked up the big blind from McNurlan.

Hand #105: Mash and Fontaine folded, small blind McNurlan made it 2,900,000 to go and Richardson shipped his whole stack in: a total of 13,500,000. This was too rich for McNurlan's blood and he let it go.

Tags: Adam Richardson James McNurlan Howard Mash Jean-René Fontaine

Level: 39

Blinds: 500,000/1,000,000

Ante: 1,000,000