Event #46: $1,000 Seniors No-Limit Hold'em Championship | 2024 World Series of Poker

06-22-2024 14:55 UTC-7

Ken Deng Eliminated in 10th Place ($55,602)

Roxanne Johnson

Level 35 : Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

Mark Bramley raised from the button to 1,100,000 and Ken Deng moved all in for 2,300,000. Bramley made the call and flipped over the bad news for Deng.

Ken Deng: 9♠8♠ All in
Mark Bramley: A♥A♠

The board ran out 4♥2♥8♣K♣J♠ and Deng was sent to collect a nice paycheck and Bramley boosted his stack for the final nine.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mark Bramley	12,000,000 800,000	800,000
Ken Deng	Busted

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06-22-2024 15:07 UTC-7

William Byrnes Eliminated In 9th Place ($70,516)

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Joseph Berg

Level 35 : Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

Action folded around to Marc Wolpert in the small blind who raised to 1,250,000. William Byrnes then went all in from the big blind for roughly 20,000,000. Wolpert made the call and was ahead.

William Byrnes: 8♦8♣ All in
Marc Wolpert: 10♦10♥

The dealer ran out a board of 4♣J♠2♣A♦7♠ eliminating Byrnes from the tournament while Wolpert's stack has surged past the 70,000,000 mark.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marc Wolpert	72,000,000 28,000,000	28,000,000

William Byrnes	Busted

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06-22-2024 15:26 UTC-7

Devita Takes From Wolpert

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Tim Baker

Level 35 : Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

Ray Devita opened from middle position to 1,525,000 and Marc Wolpert defended from the big blind.

The dealer fanned out the monotone flop of J♦2♦5♦ and Wolpert checked to Devita. Devita slid out a bet of 2,000,000 and Wolpert quickly folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marc Wolpert	71,200,000 800,000	800,000

Ray Devita	12,400,000 4,650,000	4,650,000

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06-22-2024 15:32 UTC-7

Shawn Stuart Eliminated in 8th Place ($90,060)

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 35 : Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

Khang Pham raised from under the gun to 1,500,000 and Shawn Stuart made the call from the big blind. The flop came out with A♥10♥10♦ and Stuart checked and Pham bet out 5,500,000. Stuart three-bet to 1,600,000 and Pham called.

On the turn 6♦, Stuart immediately moved all in for 6,725,000 and Pham made the call.

Stuart stated, "Shoot, come on diamonds".

Shawn Stuart: Q♦2♦ All in
Khang Pham: A♣Q♥

The river K♣ was not a diamond and Stuart was eliminated with a nice paycheck and Pham has built a substantial stack with his two pair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Khang Pham	18,625,000 11,625,000	11,625,000

Shawn Stuart	Busted

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06-22-2024 15:34 UTC-7

Break Time

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Joseph Berg

Level 35 : Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

The remaining seven players in Event #46 are on a 15 minute break

06-22-2024 15:39 UTC-7

Props, Family & Fortnite: For the Four Members of Team Lucky It's About Much More Than Poker

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Sandra Barbour

Level 35 : Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

With 14 bracelets and nearly $50 million in tournament earnings between the four of them, there's no denying that Shaun Deeb, Josh Arieh, Daniel Weinman and Matt Glantz are poker crushers. But with resumes that include a $1 million bounty pull, a body fat prop bet victory worth nearly the same amount and a win in the biggest World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event in history, it's clear the group of close friends also have luck on their sides.

The four American poker players have branded themselves as "Team Lucky" — a name that Deeb may have come up with, though they aren't certain — as a way of consciously embracing and owning their good fortunes while fighting back against the jaded cynicism all to common in the poker world.

But Team Lucky is about more than once-in-a-lifetime bounty binks and turned two-outers leading to $12 million scores. As PokerNews learned during brunch with its four members, is more about friendship, camaraderie, and shared values than a good run of cards.

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Level: 36

Blinds: 300,000/600,000

Ante: 600,000

06-22-2024 15:51 UTC-7

Updated Chip Counts

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Tim Baker

Level 36 : Blinds 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Marc Wolpert	72,500,000 1,300,000	1,300,000

Luke Graham	20,200,000 1,500,000	1,500,000
Khang Pham	19,400,000 775,000	775,000

Mark Bramley	16,700,000 4,700,000	4,700,000
Renmei Liu	12,100,000 1,100,000	1,100,000
Ray Devita	11,300,000 1,100,000	1,100,000
Randy Levin	7,100,000 2,100,000	2,100,000

06-22-2024 16:18 UTC-7

Bramley's Squeeze Works Out

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Tim Baker

Level 36 : Blinds 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante

Marc Wolpert raised to 1,600,000 under the gun and Khang Pham called from the hijack. Mark Bramley then three-bet squeezed to 4,500,000 out of the small blind. After the big blind folded, Wolpert asked to see Bramley's stack. A few moments later he elected to fold and Pham followed suit with a fold shortly after.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marc Wolpert	70,900,000 1,600,000	1,600,000

Khang Pham	17,500,000 1,900,000	1,900,000

Mark Bramley	16,200,000 500,000	500,000

Tags: Khang Pham Marc Wolpert Mark Bramley

06-22-2024 16:24 UTC-7

Stories From Friends and Family of the Final Table Members

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Joseph Berg

Level 36 : Blinds 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante

There is quite a rail forming at the final table of Event #46: $1,000 Seniors No-Limit Hold'em Championship. Friends and family are showing there support for there loved ones and sharing their stories with PokerNews.

Eugene Singer has been best friends with chip leader Marc Wolpert since they discovered No-Limit Hold'em in 2004. " We started playing home games in Georgia and it was obvious Marc was the best player in our group. He won a seat to the Main Event twice playing in a league at our local golf club. Marc had some success and eventually moved to California, being closer to Las Vegas allowed Marc to play more World Series Events and sharpen his skills for this moment."

Justin Meng has been poker buddies with Renmei Liu or as his friends like to call him Karl, for over a decade. When Liu first started playing poker he would be the first to admit he was clueless, but after having some early success Liu caught the poker bug and has been playing and studying to improve his game. Liu, Meng, and bracelet winner Xing He are part of a poker group in Canada called the Three Musketeers. The group has helped each others game grow by leaps and bounds. In fact both Liu and He made the WSOP International Circuit Event Main Event Final Table together in April finishing 9th and 3rd respectively.

Both Wolpert and Liu are looking to capture there first World Series of Poker Bracelet but will have some tough competition standing in the way of the ultimate goal.