Event #32: $1,000 Seniors No-Limit Hold'em Championship Day 3 | 2019 World Series of Poker

06-15-2019 11:40 UTC-7

Jacks No Good for Gormaz

Djinn

Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Ernie Gormaz told us of his exit with pocket jacks: he'd moved all in for 350,000 in early position and found a neighbour a couple of seats over re-jamming for more. The rest of the table got out of the way and it was the jacks had to hold against; they didn't.

"He had all the rest of the table to act," mused Gormaz.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ernesto Gormaz	Busted
William Shillingstad	Busted
Gary Beaver	Busted
Bobby Altman	Busted
Timothy Little	Busted
Ben Sarnoff	Busted

Tags: Ernesto Gormaz

06-15-2019 11:49 UTC-7

Zabrodskyy's Draw Still a Draw on the River

Djinn

Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Short stacked Vasyl Zabrodskyy moved all in preflop for under 100,000, having dropped from nearly 700,000 at the start of Day 3. James Kennedy was his opponent in what turned out to be his final hand, holding vs. Zabrodskyy's live .

The flop brought great potential for the all-in player's hand: . The turn and river failed to realise it, however, and Zabrodskyy stood up, shrugging expressively and saying, "Flush draw, straight draw..."

Player	Chips	Progress
James Kennedy	1,540,000 575,000	575,000
Vasyl Zabrodskyy	Busted

Tags: James Kennedy Vasyl Zabrodskyy

06-15-2019 12:02 UTC-7

Goldstein Joins the 1-million Chip Club

GeoffFisk

Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Kenneth Goldstein has more than tripled his stack in the first level of the day, doing much of that work in two consecutive hands.

The first hand saw Goldstein raise to 150,000 preflop from the hijack and get a call from David Hussey from under the gun. The flop came , Hussey checked and Goldstein put in the continuation bet and got the fold.

On the very next hand, Goldstein opened from middle position, and Michael Rossiter went all in from the cutoff, with Goldstein making the call.

Kenneth Goldstein:
Michael Rossiter:

The board ran out , keeping Goldstein's pocket kings good.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kenneth Goldstein	1,200,000 814,000	814,000
David Hussey	1,080,000 22,000	22,000
Michael Rossiter	Busted

Tags: David Hussey Kenneth Goldstein Michael Rossiter

Level: 22

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 20,000

06-15-2019 12:03 UTC-7

Goldstein on "Nice Little Run"

Djinn

Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Kenneth Goldstein just eliminated James Maita after moving all-in from the big blind over a button raise. When Maita snap-called with , he found himself racing Goldstein's overs (). Not only did he flop a jack to bust Maita in this pot, he's grown his stack by a million chips in the first level of play today.

"Nice little run!" commented neighbour (and start of day chip leader) Howard Mash. "Poker is a game of runs. Like basketball."

Player	Chips	Progress
Kenneth Goldstein	1,300,000 100,000	100,000
James Maita	Busted
Richard Jablonka	Busted
Anthony Blankenship	Busted

Tags: Howard Mash James Maita Kenneth Goldstein

06-15-2019 12:11 UTC-7

Day 3 Bustouts

GeoffFisk

Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Michel Akrich	Busted
Mark Kroon	Busted
John Jenkins	Busted
Yue Du	Busted

Julian Mann	Busted
Kenneth Milam	Busted
Tim Bullard	Busted
Justin Tucker	Busted
Melvin Podaima	Busted
Ernesto Gormaz	Busted
Ly Hai	Busted
Roy Siegel	Busted
Steve Doyon	Busted
Louis Kokernak	Busted
Konrad Koss	Busted
Edward Mirabelli	Busted
William Shillingstad	Busted
Bobby Altman	Busted
Paul Stadtmueller	Busted
Timothy Little	Busted
Jeffrey Matthews	Busted
Ben Sarnoff	Busted
Gary Beaver	Busted
Neil Crilly	Busted
Marc Levin	Busted

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06-15-2019 12:19 UTC-7

Ramdin Not Invincible to Suckouts

Djinn

Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Though yesterday it looked as if Victor Ramdin's stack could only head upwards, he just suffered a near million-chip suckout against a player who did not provide their name at count last night.

All 447,000 of Ramdin's opponents chips went into the middle after Ramdin raised in mid-position and he made the call with - in good shape against the all-in player's . The flop brought a gutshot draw for the ace-deuce: and the turn paired Ramdin's queen (). The on the river brought a chorus of "whoa"s from the rail and the table, while the all-in player said, "Uncle Joh-nny!" by way of celebration.

Player	Chips	Progress
Victor Ramdin	1,100,000 -588,000	-588,000

Tags: Victor Ramdin

06-15-2019 12:32 UTC-7

Smith Up and Down

GeoffFisk

Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Keven Smith chipped up to about the 800k mark, then fell a bit on the very next hand. The win came in an all-in pot against Paul White.

Keven Smith:
Paul White:

The board fell , and Smith's pocket aces stayed good.

As Smith was stacking chips from that elimination, Granville Abbott opened for 20,000 from early position, Smith three-bet to 60,000 from middle position, and Charles Lutz four-bet all in for 206,000 from the small blind.

Abbott folded, and Smith shut it down as well, conceding his three-bet to Lutz.

Player	Chips	Progress
Keven Smith	720,000 374,000	374,000
Charles Lutz	341,000 47,000	47,000
Granville Abbott	152,000 -278,000	-278,000
Paul White	Busted

Tags: Charles Lutz Granville Abbott Keven Smith Paul White

06-15-2019 12:35 UTC-7

Martin is Shoved on, then Shoves in Turn

Djinn

Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Frank Martin faced an all-in lead of 225,000 on a flop of into a pot that had already swelled to 140,000. Peter Kamaras, who'd put his tournament life on the line betting out here, had to wait a moment for Martin (with 405,000 behind) to make his decision. He folded.

The very next hand Martin himself moved all-in when it folded round to him in middle position. No interest was shown until action reached Scott Numoto in the big blind. Numoto stood up, looking at his opponent's stack, until the floor told him, "You have to be in a seat to play a hand. All in is a different matter."

Numoto sat down and asked for a count of Martin's chips, then folded. Racks were handed out as yet another table breaks; there are 180 players left with the payout level currently at $3,758.

Player	Chips	Progress
Frank Martin	422,000 22,000	22,000
Peter Kamaras	365,000 78,000	78,000

Tags: Frank Martin Peter Kamaras

06-15-2019 12:48 UTC-7

Loya's Stack Can Take a Crack of Aces

Djinn

Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

A kerfuffle around Table 485 signalled the cracking of aces by an underpair with a straight. The aces belonged to start of day big stack Thomas Loya, the underpair () to David Stonehouse, who'd moved all in preflop and found all the action he could want behind him.