Day 1b of the $1,000 Seniors No-Limit Hold'em Championship Begins at 10 a.m.
The second of two starting flights of this five-day event gets underway at 10 a.m. local time, with late registration open until the start of Level 9 (about 8:15 p.m.). 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 today to play 11 60-minute levels.
Players are permitted one reentry per flight. Traditional PokerNews coverage of this event will begin with Day 2, which begins at 11 a.m. Wednesday 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 saw Khang Pham win his first WSOP bracelet and $677,326.
"I should have gotten knocked out at the end of Day 3, but I ended up getting really lucky against a great player," Pham told PokerNews after his victory.
| Year | Entries | Winner | Country | Payout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7,954 | Khang Pham | United States | $677,326 |
| 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 |
Yesterday saw 3,365 players whittled to only 621 over the course of 11 levels. Steven Snyder bagged up 925,000 chips and is, by far, the overall chip leader right now. Can any Day 1b entrant surpass Snyder's impressive total?
Day 1a Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steven Snyder | United States | 925,000 | 370 |
| 2 | Timothy Peters | United States | 575,000 | 230 |
| 3 | Alan Gould | United States | 437,500 | 175 |
| 4 | Andrew Dakoski | United States | 395,000 | 158 |
| 5 | Yoon Kim | United States | 390,000 | 156 |
| 6 | Keith Tubin | United States | 348,000 | 139 |
| 7 | Patrick Blackwell | United States | 346,500 | 139 |
| 8 | Raminder Singh | United States | 342,500 | 137 |
| 9 | Mitchell Franks | United States | 325,500 | 130 |
| 10 | Jeremy Wing | United States | 322,500 | 129 |
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