Andres Korn raised to 4,500 from middle position and was called by Joseph Dipascale in the cutoff and Dean Baranowski in the big blind.
The players saw a 7♥A♦2♥ flop. Baranowski checked, Korn bet 7,500, Dipascale called, and Baranowski folded.
The turn card was the 3♣. Korn checked this time, and Dipascale bet 13,000. Korn made the call.
The river was the J♣. Korn once again checked. This time, Dipascale bet 24,000. After some time, Korn made the call and tabled A♣10♥, which was better than Dipascale’s K♥Q♥.
On a multi-way flop of Q♠10♠4♣, Michael Vela led out for 15k from the small blind, before Todd Hatch stood up and announced that he was all in for 51,000. After some thought, Josh Prager let the table now that he too was all in, this time for 94,500.
Vela then went deep into the tank, as he came out with "If I still had my other bullet I would snap-call!" He shook his head before showing the table that he was holding A♦Q♦ before throwing it into the muck. "I hope you've got a flush draw", said Hatch, and his hopes came true as the cards were tabled.
Todd Hatch: Q♣2♠
Josh Prager: A♠9♠
Vela continued to shake his head as he realised that he had folded the best hand, however he quickly changed his tune when the dealer put out the 2♦ on the turn.
"HOLD, BABY, HOLD!" shouted Hatch, and the brick 3♥ river did exactly that, as he raked in a double up, and then some.
Action was picked up on the river, with the board reading A♠K♠Q♠8♠6♥. There were 120,000 chips in the middle that had been piled in over three streets, and on the final one, Chad Loube was facing a huge decision for half of his stack, as Stephen Bierman had placed 60,000 into the middle.
Loube tossed and turned between calling and folding, and after a minute he aggressively stuck in a big stack of pink 5,000 chips, indicating a call. He tabled A♥A♣ for top set, however it was no good whatsoever, as Bierman revealed that he'd flopped the absolute nuts with J♠8♠. He took in the pot as his stack climbed up to a whopping 141 big blinds right before the end of Day 1
Leonardo Fernandez opened for 4,000 in cutoff and got called by Iwan Jones on the button. Uri Kadosh went all-in for 27,000 and after a few seconds of thought, Fernandez announced all-in pushing Jones out of the pot.
The dealer, who failed to hear Fernandez, almost mucked his hand when the whole table erupted telling her to stop in different forms. After a quick apology, the hands were tabled for a showdown.
Uri Kadosh: A♠J♥
Leonardo Fernandez: A♣8♦
Kadosh was ahead dominating Fernandez's hand. His lead was strengthened when he hit two pair on the A♥J♦K♠ flop. The 6♠5♦ runout didn't help Fernandez securing a double up for Kadosh before the last three hands for the day was announced.
After playing out ten levels, each an hour in duration, 272 players have bagged up for Day 2 of Event #40: $5,000 Seniors High Roller here at the Horseshoe and Paris, Las Vegas.
One player who’s been solidly creeping up the chip counts is Stephen Bierman, who currently finds himself fourth in chips with 385,000. He topped off a very solid Day 1 performance by flopping the nut flush and getting paid during the very last level.
Stephen Bierman
There were a total of 748 entries today, generating a $3,535,280 prize pool; however these numbers will grow as late registration remains open for the first couple of levels in Day 2. Paul Snead will be taking the most chips into the second day of competition, as he starts Level 11 with an incredible 507,000. Patrick White just missed out on the Day 1 chip lead, but has still bagged up a very respectable 479,000. Completing the all American podium is Gary Gelman with 406,500.
Day 1 Top Ten Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Paul Snead
United States
507,000
203
2
Patrick White
United States
479,000
192
3
Gary Gelman
United States
406,500
163
4
Stephen Bierman
United States
385,000
154
5
Leonardo Fernandez
Spain
381,500
153
6
Chuanshu Chen
China
335,000
134
7
Fraser Macintyre
United Kingdom
331,000
132
8
Samad Rashid
United States
325,000
130
9
Vadim Shlez
Ukraine
319,500
128
10
Joseph Dipascale
United States
306,000
122
Snead has enjoyed the series so far. He cashed in both Event #3: $5,000 8-handed No-Limit Hold’em, and Event #11: $10,000 Mystery Bounty, placing in 32nd and 41st, respectively. That being said, he’ll be looking to put his enormous stack to good use and run even deeper in this one as he searches for his first bracelet win.
Paul Snead
There were Hall of Famers aplenty on the felt today, with Erik Seidel (69,500), Billy Baxter (205,000), and John Juanda (133,000) proceeding to the second day of competition. Johnny Chan, Todd Brunson, and John Hennigan weren’t so lucky, but they may well make another appearance before late registration closes tomorrow.
John Juanda
Other notables that bagged include Victoria Livschitz (151,000), Angela Jordison (228,000), and Mike Matusow (234,000), the latter two making it through on their second bullets.
Day 2 of this event begins at 12 p.m. local time, and the competitors will play out another ten levels before bagging up for the tournament’s final day. Play will start with blinds at 1,000/2,500 with a big blind ante of 2,500.
Further entries and reentries will be allowed up until the end of Level 12, meaning players will have to be at the table before 2:15 p.m. should they want a chance at taking home a coveted WSOP bracelet.
That rounds out coverage of Day 1. Stay tuned as PokerNews brings you further live action and all the happenings during the rest of this event.
