Break
Level 25
: 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Players have gone on a 15-minute break.
2021 World Series of Poker
Event #52: $1,000 Seniors Championship
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 3
2021 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$4,809,560
Entries
5,404
Level
38
Blinds
500,000 / 1,000,000
Ante
1,000,000
Entries
148
Players Left
16
Clark Fails to Make McKelvey Walk the Plank
Level 25
: 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Scotter Clark, again wearing his Jack Sparrow costume, placed his chips in his yellow truck and slid it into the middle. Dennis McKelvey called for his last 500,000 before action folded to David Meredith.
Meredith went into the tank for several minutes before releasing his hand.
Dennis McKelvey: 
Scotter Clark: 
Clark picked up a flush draw by the turn on a board of 
, but the river bricked out with the 
and McKelvey doubled.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,300,000
-1,000,000
|
-1,000,000 |
|
1,000,000
-415,000
|
-415,000 |
Sacha Cannot "Send Him Home,"
Level 25
: 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Timothy Kramp went all-in for 435,000 from middle position and in the big blind John Sacha slammed his chips onto the table and shouted "call!"
Timothy Kramp: 
John Sacha:
The flop ran out 
and Sacha pleaded with the dealer "come on dealer, send him home."
The turn came an 
and Sacha kept talking "the whole table is rooting for me here, send this guy home."
The river was the 
and Sacha slammed the table and walked away for a few seconds before he came back, muttering and shaking his head as Kramp took in the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,600,000
900,000
|
900,000 |
|
|
915,000
740,000
|
740,000 |
Start of Day Chip Leader Out
Level 25
: 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
David Kluchman was seen standing up at his table with no more chips in front of him as his stack was taken away by the dealer.
He appeared to be on the wrong end of a cooler as his 
lost to the 
of Jonathan Ingalls when the board ran out 
.
According to the table he had been the victim of a few other coolers, including pocket queens vs pocket kings among others, to lose his once big stack in the span of one level.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,300,000
2,560,000
|
2,560,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
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Controversy at Table #464
Level 25
: 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
The tournament floor had to be called in to resolve a dispute at Table #464.
Stuart Hosen had moved all in from early position with a short-stack. Action folded around to Rhonda Shepek in the small blind, who threw in the chips to call the big blind.
The dealer announced Shepek had called the all in and Hosen exposed his . Shepek argued she hadn't meant to call an all in and should be allowed to take back her bet.
The floor ruled that Shepek had to surrender the amount of the big blind but was not obligated to call Hosen's all in.
"That's not fair to him," a tablemate said.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
700,000
-450,000
|
-450,000 |
|
600,000
-400,000
|
-400,000 |
Sullivan Soars; Eliminates Novak
Level 25
: 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Action was picked up with Ross Novak all-in for 2,200,000 and Dwayne Sullivan snap-called.
Ross Novak: 
Dwayne Sullivan: 
The flop gave no help to Novak with a , but the turn of 
put a straight draw out there for Novak. The river 
double paired the board and left Novak out of the tournament and Sullivan soared to over 5,300,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
5,300,000
4,380,000
|
4,380,000 |
|
Busted |
Jensen Making Most of WSOP Debut
Level 25
: 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Dennis Jensen is playing his first-ever WSOP event and is still alive with a stack of 2,500,000.
Jensen was a newspaper editor and writer in Vermont for 34 years before coming to the WSOP.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,500,000
2,005,000
|
2,005,000 |
Nguyen Gaining Steam
Level 25
: 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Paul Nguyen has had a big day so far as his chip stack is among some of the biggest in the room. He was spotted taking out another player as he held the on 
flop. Cesar Claudio was the player at risk with the .
The turn was a 
and river a to confirm Claudio's elimination and keep Nguyen rising in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,300,000
1,100,000
|
1,100,000 |
|
Busted |
Updated Chip Counts
Level 25
: 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,400,000
-500,000
|
-500,000 |
|
|
2,900,000 | |
|
|
2,800,000 | |
|
2,700,000
1,905,000
|
1,905,000 |
|
|
1,400,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
|
||
|
1,150,000
-450,000
|
-450,000 |
|
||
Kluchman Takes Another Hit, Doubles Novak
Level 25
: 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
David Kluchman raised to 125,000 pre-flop before Steven Powers three-bet to 400,000 from the button. In the small blind, Ross Novak shoved for 620,000.
Kluchman then re-shoved and Powers took his time before folding.
Ross Novak: 
David Kluchman: 
Kluchman failed to hit the 
board and Novak doubled up. The former chip leader is now down to around 1,300,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,400,000
570,000
|
570,000 |
|
|
1,300,000
-2,200,000
|
-2,200,000 |
|
|
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