Day 1 of Super Seniors Concludes: Greg White Second in Chips
Day 1 of Event #61 $1,000 Super Seniors No Limit Hold’em has ended, and yet again, another record has been broken at the 2023 World Series of Poker at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. A massive 3,122 players created a new record field for the event exclusively for players aged over 60 years old, smashing past last year’s attendance of 2,669.
Heading into Day 2 as the chip leader is Kevin Durgin with 392,000, closely followed by Greg White with 384,000. Frenchman Christian Guittier, who was in the chip lead for most of the day, returns on June 28 with the third largest stack with 366,500 and is in contention to win the WSOP gold bracelet and the top prize of $371,063.
Four-time bracelet winner Farzad Bonyadi bagged up 261,000 chips, which is enough for eighth-place at the restart.
End of Day 1 Top 10 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kevin Durgin | United States | 392,000 | 196 |
| 2 | Greg White | United States | 384,000 | 192 |
| 3 | Christian Guittier | France | 366,500 | 183 |
| 4 | Geoffrey Gault | United States | 308,000 | 154 |
| 5 | Michael Thorpe | United States | 294,500 | 147 |
| 6 | Dieter Dechant | United States | 288,000 | 144 |
| 7 | Rassoul Malboubi | United States | 280,000 | 140 |
| 8 | Farzad Bonyadi | United States | 261,000 | 131 |
| 9 | John Haddad | United States | 252,500 | 126 |
| 10 | James Guziak | United States | 248,500 | 124 |
Several players who made a deep run in the Seniors Championship event this week also made an appearance at the Super Seniors, including second-placed poker legend Billy Baxter and third-placed Dan Heimiller.
Also in the field was Hall of Famer Barbara Enright, who will return on Day 2 with 51,000. Costa Rica’s number one player of all time Humberto Brenes (73,000). Last year's winner Massoud Eskandari is in contention to go back-to-back after bagging for Day 2.
Some 808 will return on Day 2 at 10 a.m. local time on June 28 in Horseshoe Red and Blue sectionswhere the players will play for ten 60-minute levels. The players return at Level 11, with blinds of 1,000/2,000 and a 2,000 big blind ante. They will hope to finish in the top 469 to guarantee a min-cash of $1,600. There will be a dinner break after Level 16 and 15-minute breaks after every second level.
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