Event #46: $1,000 Seniors No-Limit Hold'em Championship
Day 1a Started
2024 World Series of Poker
Event #46: $1,000 Seniors No-Limit Hold'em Championship
Day: 1a
Event Info
2024 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1a
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$6,999,520
Total Entries
7,954
Level
369
Blinds
600,000 / 1,200,000
Ante
6,000,000
Entries
3,537
Players Left
647
Players Left 1 / 7,954
Filter
(1)
Welcome back to PokerNews, the official media partner of the 2024 World Series of Poker and home of live updates from all bracelet events.
Today sees the start of Event #46: $1,000 Seniors No-Limit Hold'em Championship here at Horseshoe and Paris, Las Vegas.
Entrants must be at least 50 years of age to participate.
The first of two starting flights of this five-day event gets underway at 10 a.m. local time, with late registration open for eight levels. There will be 20-minute breaks every two levels, with a 75-minute dinner break at the end of Level 8 (~7:00 p.m.). The starting stack is 20,000 chips, with the plan for Day 1 to play 11 60-minute levels.
Players are permitted one reentry per flight and the second starting flight will begin at 10 a.m. Wednesday. Traditional PokerNews coverage of this event will begin with Day 2
Day 2 resumes at 11 a.m. Thursday for the surviving players and will close after ten more levels of play. Day 3 follows the same structure, while Day 4 plays down to the final five. Day 5 is the finale, where a winner will be crowned.
Last year’s event was massively attended, attracting a field of 8,140 entries that generated a prize pool of $7,280,200.
At the PokerGO live-streamed final table, 54-year-old Canadian Lonnie Hallett defeated seven-time WSOP winner and Poker Hall of Famer Billy Baxter for $765,731 and his first WSOP bracelet.
“I just can’t believe it, such a huge field it's almost impossible to do, and somehow it happened. I’m grateful, can’t believe it, I’m so happy," Hallett told PokerNews. “You can make money, but you can’t buy a bracelet.”
| Year | Entries | Winner | Country | Payout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 8,180 | Lonnie Hallett | Canada | $765,731 |
| 2022 | 7,188 | Eric Smidinger | United States | $694,909 |
| 2021 | 5,404 | Robert McMillan | United States | $561,060 |
| 2020 | - | Not held | - | - |
| 2019 | 5,916 | Howard Mash | United States | $662,594 |
| 2018 | 5,918 | Matthew Davis | United States | $662,676 |
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What Else is Happening at the WSOP?
- After winning his second bracelet in as many weeks and his sixth overall, Scott Seiver has his sights set on the 2024 WSOP Player of the Year title.
- Spain's Sergio Aido won the $50,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold'em 8-Handed event yesterday to capture his first WSOP bracelet and a career-best prize of $2,026,506.
- $25K Fantasy Draft pick Maxx Coleman has soared into an early chip lead in the $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship, one of the toughest events on the 2024 WSOP schedule.
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Table 437Seat 4
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Table 441Seat 1
26,000
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Table 280Seat 2
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