A friendly banter was occurring at the table, where Andrew Bradshaw claimed, "I eat haggis for breakfast, so look out, lads."
Frank Russo replied jokingly, "I eat haggis with cryptonite."
Andrew Bradshaw raised from early position to 6,000, Ryan Remmes called from the button, and Joseph Neiman defended his big blind. The flop was 10♠7♥8♣ and Neiman checked, while Bradshaw bet 25,000. Both players called.
On the turn 10♥, Neiman checked again, and Bradshaw fired out 25,000, and everyone folded.
Bradshaw joked with Russo, "What did you fold?" and "Are you saving your money, lad?"
Out of the 791 seniors that rammed into the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas for Event #39: $5,000 Seniors High Roller (8-Handed), just 291 players are returning today, June 13, at 12 p.m. local time for Day 2. With registration open until the end of the first two levels today (about 2:15 p.m.), these numbers are expected to increase.
The chip lead belongs to Bruno Fitoussi (895,000). Hot on Fitoussi's heels is Paul Sokoloff (755,000) and rounding out the podium in third spot is Paul Snead (665,000).
Paul Sokoloff
Fitoussi, who claimed second place in the 2007 WSOP $50,000 HORSE event for nearly $1,300,000 is hunting down his first WSOP bracelet and looking to take his lifetime earnings, as per The Hendon Mob, to over the $4,000,000 mark.
Sokoloff is also chasing down his first WSOP bracelet and hoping to close in on the $2,000,000 in lifetime earnings threshold, as per The Hendon Mob. Snead as per the top two is also after his first WSOP bracelet and, as per The Hendon Mob, trying to crack the $3,000,000 in lifetime earnings mark.
Top Ten Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Bruno Fitoussi
France
895,000
358
2
Paul Sokoloff
United Kingdom
755,000
302
3
Paul Snead
United States
665,000
266
4
Ruslan Prydryk
Ukraine
642,500
257
5
Luke Graham
United States
501,000
200
6
Marc Rivera
Philippines
411,000
164
7
Anthony Piacquadio
United States
405,000
162
8
Richard Buckingham
United States
385,500
154
9
Gary Herstein
United States
365,000
146
10
Juan Rodriguez
United States
353,500
141
As would be expected, a plethora of notable seniors made it through to Day 2 In the top 100. Names such as Matthew Davenport (249,500), Marcel Luske (182,000) and Dan Shak (159,000) have healthy stacks to make a run at getting their hands on the bracelet.
Marcel Luske
Other notables that advanced to Day 2 and are sitting just outside the top 100 are Scott Lazar (149,000), Damian Salas (146,500), Donnacha O’Dea (140,000), Eli Elezra (116,000), Ron Fetsch (109,000), John Juanda (105,500) and John Duthie (100,000).
Eli Elezra
Barry Shulman (50,000) and Matt Glantz (50,000) also made it into Day 2. They will be facing an uphill climb, but given their skill and experience are more than capable of making a comeback.
Barry Shulman
The day will start at Level 11 with blinds at 1,000/2,500/2,500. Levels are 60 minutes and the players will play ten levels for the day with breaks every two levels. A 60-minute dinner break is scheduled after Level 16 (~6:30 p.m.).
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