A round of applause rippled around the room as Marshall Brenden, the oldest person who made the money, has been eliminated.
The sharp-as-a-tack 91-year-old had outlasted over 2,900 runners to make it deep into the money. The nonagenarian collected $2,559 for his efforts.
Hollis Barnhart told the table he "had a good feeling about this one" and moved his remaining 113,000 into the middle, finding a call from defending champion Massoud Eskandari on the button.
Hollis Barnhart: Q♣Q♦
Massoud Eskandari: 10♣7♣
Barnhart survived the J♥3♣2♦7♦K♦ runout to double his stack, taking a chunk of Eskandari's stack while looking to improve on his 12th place finish in this event last year.
All the chips went into the middle when Cliff Gregory moved all in for 128,000 from the button and was called by under the gun.
Cliff Gregory: A♦K♦
Under the Gun: A♥J♣
Gregory was ahead and secured the double after the board of A♠9♦5♣Q♥Q♠ gave both players aces and queens, but Gregory had a better kicker than his opponent.
Stacey Jones moved all in for his short stack in early position, with the action folding around to Mark Kitchens in the big blind. Kitchens made the quick call and the hands were tabled.
Stacey Jones: A♠J♥
Mark Kitchens: K♣K♥
Jones was looking for help but could not find it on the 10♦4♥8♣6♣Q♦ runout, as Kitchen's kings scored the knockout.
Mark Schlig opened from early position and found a call from Michael Eddy in middle position. The flop of 9♣J♠10♦ saw Eddy lead out for all of his remaining chips and Schlig made the call.
Michael Eddy: K♥5♥
Mark Schlig: 8♣8♦
Schlig's pocket pair remained ahead after the 9♦ turn and he improved to a straight on the 7♠ river to eliminate Eddy.
Level: 18
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 10,000
After losing the lion's share of their stack to Anthony Johnson, John Haddad moved all in for 30,000 from the hijack and was called by Kevin Song in the small blind.
John Haddad: 9♠6♠
Kevin Song: A♦5♠
Haddad was happy to have two live cards but was virtually drawing dead after the flop of A♠10♦4♦ gave Song top pair and a flush draw. The 8♦ on the turn left Haddad with nowhere to go and exited the tournament after the 3♥ completed the board.
Kevin Durgin raised to 30,000 in the cutoff and was called by Stephen Schneider in the small blind.
Both players checked the 4♠3♦J♣ flop before Schneider tapped the table again on the 5♣ turn.
Durgin slid out a bet of 25,000 but was quickly raised by Schneider to 100,000. Durgin took some time before making the fold, as Schneider added more chips to his growing stack.
Anthony "Tony Mercedes" Johnson was all in for his tournament life for 120,000 in the cutoff. John Haddad on the button made the call and covered Johnson.
Anthony Johnson: A♣A♥
John Haddad: K♠K♦
Haddad was crushed by Johnson's pocket aces and was drawing dead after the turn as the board ran out 4♦5♥6♣A♣4♦ to give Johnson aces full of fours to double Johnson up and to send Haddad to the rail.
Johnson, who is better known as Tony Mercedes in the music industry made a deep run in the Seniors Championship. He will be looking to go further this time round as a WSOP gold bracelet would compliment two Grammy Awards nicely.
The player in the cutoff bet 25,000 and was called by Brian Bord on the button.
The flop came K♥4♠2♣ and the cutoff bet 10,000. Bord responded with a shove of 70,000 which put the cutoff in the tank. Eventually, the cutoff folded and the Tottenham Hotspur fan Bord dragged in the pot.
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