Event #58: $1,000 Super Seniors No-Limit Hold'em Day 1 | 2021 World Series of Poker

10-31-2021 17:14 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Neil Blumenfield	115,000 5,000	5,000
Dan Shak	105,000 60,000	60,000
Sam Farha	72,000 72,000	72,000

Lisa Roberts	20,200 20,200	20,200
Bill Klein	18,500 15,500	15,500
Jack McClelland	6,000 2,400	2,400

Sam Farha Spotted in the Super Seniors Event

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Sam Farha was spotted in the Brasilia room at the super senior's event in a couple of hands.

Hand#1

A player in early position raised to 1,000 in chips and Farha re-raised to 3,500 from the button.

A player in the small blind then re-raised all-in for 9,400 and Farha tanked before making the fold.

Hand#2

It folded around to Farha in the cutoff and Farha raised to 2,000 which the blinds quickly folded.

Farha then showed the and confirmed that "he was in town for a few days"

Player	Chips	Progress
Sam Farha	72,000

Tags: Sam Farha

10-31-2021 17:43 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Bob Hennesy	55,000 55,000	55,000
Barry Shulman	50,000

Jana Von Dach	37,000
Charles Murray	36,000 8,000	8,000
Kevin Song	12,000 12,000	12,000

Funston Over 100K in Chips

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

The action was picked up on the board showing and the pot already over 9,000 in chips.

Both the small blind and a player in middle position checked. Lance Funston bet 4,500 from the button.

A player at the table said "show the bluff" and another asked, "Is he a good player?" looking at the reporter.

Funston then showed as he scooped the pot but more importantly he now has over 100K in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lance Funston	110,000 28,000	28,000

Tags: Lance Funston

10-31-2021 18:03 UTC-8

Dinner Break

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Benjamin Lysne

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

The tournament is now on a 75-minute dinner break and players will return right around 8:20 p.m. local time. There are 740 players left.

Level: 9

Blinds: 600/12,000

Ante: 1,200

10-31-2021 19:25 UTC-8

WSOP 2021 | Doyle Brunson Is Back On The World Series Of Poker Felt!

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Lara Neacy

Level 9 : 600/12,000, 1,200 ante

10-31-2021 19:42 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Kevin Song	100,000 88,000	88,000

Sam Farha	80,000 8,000	8,000

Dan Shak	78,000 27,000	27,000
Barry Greenstein	21,500 21,500	21,500

Bill Klein	8,500 10,000	10,000
Lisa Roberts	Busted
Robert Varkonyi	Busted

James Woods	Busted
Jack McClelland	Busted

Prize Pool Announced for Event #58: $1000 Super Seniors No-Limit Hold'em

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Level 9 : 600/12,000, 1,200 ante

Place	Prize
1	$255,623
2	$157,986
3	$117,181
4	$87,722
5	$66,284
6	$50,559
7	$38,932
8	$30,269
9	$ 23,762
10-11	$18,837
12-13	$15,081
14-15	$12,195
16-18	$9,961
19-27	$8,220
28-36	$6,853
37-45	$5,773
46-54	$4,915
55-63	$4,229
64-72	$3,678
73-81	$3,233
82-90	$2,874
91-99	$2,583
100-127	$2,347
128-153	$2,158
154-189	$2,006
190-234	$1,756
135-283	$1,605

10-31-2021 19:54 UTC-8

Ticehurst Hits The Turn

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Benjamin Lysne

Level 9 : 600/12,000, 1,200 ante

The action picked up on a flop of . Darrell Ticehurst bet 5,000 from the small blind then the big blind went all-in over the top putting Ticehurst at risk of busting the tournament and Ticehurst called.

Darrell Ticehurst:
Big Blind:

The turn was the miracle giving Ticehurst the bigger two pair and the river brought no help to the big blind. Ticehurst won with two pair queens and nines.