Charles Bailey Leads the Way after Day 1 Of Event #39: $1,000 Super Seniors No-Limit Hold'em
Day 1 of Event #39: $1,000 Super Seniors No-Limit Hold'em tournament is in the books. This tournament, where only players age 60 years or above can participate, continues to grow with this years' event drawing a record 2,650 entries — an increase of 459 entries from last years' record-breaking 2,191-strong field. This created a total prize pool of $2,385,000 with first place walking away with $359,863, in addition to the coveted gold bracelet.
Some highly-experienced and decorated super seniors made the Day 2 cut, with Charles Bailey leading the remaining 837 players, sat behind 330,000 chips when the play was being wrapped up. Although Bailey's stack is impressive, there are other big ones in the room too, with Lorna Cerjaune (234,200) and Mary 'Bay' Haught (234,000) two players who have bagged over the average. Bailey's closest challenger is Ken Gurley with 265,800 chips, while Dennis Owen is third on the leaderboard with 247,000.
The event attracted some of the best 60-and-over poker players from around the world and some notable names that that made it to Day 2 including Barry Schulman (179,900), John Morgan (148,900), 'Captain' Tom Franklin (138,800), Marcia Godinez (78,900), T.J. Cloutier (75,200), Everett Carlton (68,900), Barry Greenstein (61,400), and James Woods (51,200).
Unfortunately, not every player was able to make Day 2 with notable names to fall short including Mike Sexton, Dan Harrington, Dan Shak, Veronica Daly, and Doralee Rae.
Day 2 action will pick up on Tuesday, June 18th and will have an 11 a.m. restart with play resuming at level 11 where binds will be 800/1,600 with a big blind ante of 1,600. Players will play ten 60-minute levels with 15-min breaks after every 2 levels. Players will get a 60-minute dinner break after the sixth level which will be at approximately 5:30 p.m. local time.
While those 837 players will return for Day 2, only 398 of them will be walking away with a cash prize. Tune in to the PokerNews coverage to find out which players will be walking away with a minimum $1,499 as the PokerNews live reporting team will be on hand to bring you all the action until the last card is dealt from the deck.