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

06-13-2019 16:39 UTC-7

Kroon Can't Fade Kite

GeoffFisk

Level 6 : 300/500, 500 ante

Walan Kite and deep-stacked Mark Kroon are going back and forth with some friendly banter at their Amazon Room table, and Kroon is near the top of the chip leaderboard despite being on the wrong end of a bit of turn and river magic for Kite.

Kroon, on the cutoff, bet 1600 into Kite on the small blind, with the flop reading . Kite called, and the turn came the . The action checked through to the river, where Kite fired off a value bet and got the call from Kroon.

Kite turned over for a runner-runner full house, and Kroon's was no good.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mark Kroon	140,000 140,000	140,000
Walan Kite	32,000 32,000	32,000

Tags: Mark Kroon Walan Kite

06-13-2019 17:06 UTC-7

Chip Counts Going Into Dinner Break

GeoffFisk

Level 6 : 300/500, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Kent Buckingham	153,000 153,000	153,000
Greg Jennings	133,000 133,000	133,000
James Maita	85,000 85,000	85,000
Joe Hachem	70,000 15,000	15,000

Barbara Enright	50,000 32,000	32,000

Tom McEvoy	35,000 -2,000	-2,000

Norm MacDonald	27,500 -500	-500
Dara O'Kearney	25,000

06-13-2019 17:07 UTC-7

Chip Leaders from Early Levels Still in Good Shape

Djinn

Level 6 : 300/500, 500 ante

Derrick Rees and Michael Mischkot have kept hold of early-boosted stacks through levels 5 and 6.

Barry Greenstein, over in the comparatively petite Miranda Room, has been keeping afloat on or around the 20,000 mark, just recently taking a small pot from two opponents (one in and one out of position) by betting 2,000 on a flop.

Antoine 'TNT' Nasr, with more than three times his starting stack pre dinner break was noticed regaling his table with a rap of his own creation, something that may be a first in a Seniors event.

Player	Chips	Progress
Derrick Rees	100,000 5,000	5,000
Christopher Ocksrider	94,000 94,000	94,000
Michael Mischkot	78,000 13,000	13,000
Antoine Nasr	64,000 64,000	64,000
David Singer	37,000 21,000	21,000
Barry Greenstein	22,000 6,000	6,000

Tags: Antoine Nasr Barry Greenstein Michael Mischkot

06-13-2019 17:09 UTC-7

Off to Dinner

GeoffFisk

Level 6 : 300/500, 500 ante

The seniors are now on a 75-minute dinner break; play resumes with Level 7 when the field comes back.

Level: 7

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

06-13-2019 18:24 UTC-7

Cards Return To Air

Djinn

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante

The 3,350 players returning from dinner break are back at the tables to play through four more levels of Day 1. Late registration remains open until the end of Level 8.

06-13-2019 18:34 UTC-7

Weissman Makes the Most of Position

Djinn

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante

Wendy Weissman just took down a four-way pot of over 14,000 to increase her stack to over 110,000. Preflop there was a mid-position raise to 1,400, called by Weissman and then both blinds. The quadruple check on the flop was followed by a bet on the turn by the original raiser. Now no one felt like folding: all players put another 2,300 into the pot. The river brought the and there were three checks to Weissman, who bet 7,500. With little hesitation her opponents folded and she took the pot without showdown.

Player	Chips	Progress
Wendy Weissman	110,000

Tags: Wendy Weissman

06-13-2019 18:39 UTC-7

Two Main Event Champs, Same Table

GeoffFisk

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante

Tom McEvoy, 1983 WSOP Main Event champion, is seated at the same table as Joe Hachem, the 2005 Main Event champ. The chances of a pairing like this among a field of 3,300 players are unlikely, and as of the moment it's Hachem that stands the better chance of sticking around for awhile in this event.

McEvoy recently lost some ground, folding to an opponent that forced McEvoy to make a decision for all of his chips on a flop.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joe Hachem	70,000

Tom McEvoy	25,000 -10,000	-10,000

Tags: Joe Hachem Tom McEvoy

06-13-2019 18:44 UTC-7

Flack Finds the Action

GeoffFisk

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante

Six-time WSOP bracelet winner Layne Flack is talking it up and mixing it up with his opponents, chipping up to 48,000 after winning consecutive pots.

The first pot saw Flack open to 1,200 in early position and get a call on the big blind. The flop came , Flack fired a 1,700 continuation bet and got the fold.

Flack opened for 1,400 from under the gun on the very next hand, and got three-bet to 4300 by a player in middle position. The action folded back around to Flack, who four-bet and got the fold. Flack showed his opponent .

Player	Chips	Progress
Layne Flack	48,000 16,000	16,000

Tags: Layne Flack

06-13-2019 18:56 UTC-7

Enright Plays Both Blinds

Djinn

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante

Barbara Enright played heads up pots from both the big and small blind in succession, winning the first and losing the second. Unfortunately for her, the first was a small pot, given up by the small blind on the turn of a board to her bet of 4,000, while the second was considerably larger.

Enright raised to 4,000 when it folded to her on the small blind; the big blind called. Enright proceeded to check, then snap-call the bets her opponent made on the flop (, 4,000) and turn (, 6,000). There was a very slightly longer pause between her check and call of the 10,000 her opponent threw in on the river (). He showed her for two pair; she said, "River!" while tapping the table, but smiling all the while.

Player	Chips	Progress
Barbara Enright	48,000 -2,000	-2,000

Tags: Barbara Enright