Dan Heimiller Looking For His Second Seniors Event Bracelet
Day 2 of Event #31: $1,000 Seniors No-Limit Hold'em Championship started today with 694 players that were left from the record-breaking field that sat down for the tournament on Friday. All players today were sure of having cashed for at least $1,587, but all of them had their hopes set on the first prize of $617,303 and that gold WSOP bracelet.
Taking the chip lead after Day 2 is Dan Heimiller with 1,021,000 chips. He won this event in 2014 and will be looking to win his third-career bracelet this week. Second in chips is Eluterio Rodriguez with 983,000, and third in the chip counts is Paul Spitzberg with 859,000. Other notable stacks belong to David Michaud (836,000), Gina Bacon (788,000), Anthony Licastro (645,000), and Bill Klein (480,000).
Also through to Day 3 is Irishman Sean Byrne, who bagged up 410,000. Byrne has an astonishing record in the WSOP Seniors Event, having cashed 38th in 2014, 56th in 2015 and 57th in 2016. He is now guaranteed another deep run with 67 players returning on Day 3.
The chip leader of yesterday, Kevin Dowling did not make it through the day. That is, unfortunately, also the case for other notables like defending Champion Johnnie Craig, Cliff Josephy, Grey Raymer, Per Hildebrand, and Barny Boatman .
Day 3 will kick off at 11 a.m. on Sunday in the Brasilia room, so follow all the updates here on PokerNews.
Day 3 Seat Draw
| Room | Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brasilia | 700 | 1 | Gina Bacon | United States | 788,000 | 66 |
| Brasilia | 700 | 3 | Steven Lang | United States | 529,000 | 44 |
| Brasilia | 700 | 4 | Raafat Thomas | United States | 54,000 | 5 |
| Brasilia | 700 | 5 | Peter Smaha | United States | 385,000 | 32 |
| Brasilia | 700 | 6 | Manuel Sadornil | Spain | 643,000 | 54 |
| Brasilia | 700 | 7 | David Ives | United States | 421,000 | 35 |
| Brasilia | 700 | 9 | Larry Wright | United States | 202,000 | 17 |
| Brasilia | 701 | 1 | David Michaud | United States | 836,000 | 70 |
| Brasilia | 701 | 2 | David Knutzen | United States | 181,000 | 15 |
| Brasilia | 701 | 3 | Bruce Hugon | United States | 196,000 | 16 |
| Brasilia | 701 | 4 | William Murray | United States | 515,000 | 43 |
| Brasilia | 701 | 5 | Blair Rodman | United States | 301,000 | 25 |
| Brasilia | 701 | 6 | Paul Evans | United States | 210,000 | 18 |
| Brasilia | 701 | 7 | Jimmy Tran | United States | 222,000 | 19 |
| Brasilia | 701 | 9 | Eluterio Rodriguez | United States | 983,000 | 82 |
| Brasilia | 702 | 1 | Randall Davis | United States | 474,000 | 40 |
| Brasilia | 702 | 2 | Mark Lillge | United States | 464,000 | 39 |
| Brasilia | 702 | 3 | Seth Brown | United States | 346,000 | 29 |
| Brasilia | 702 | 4 | Patrick Oconnor | United States | 405,000 | 34 |
| Brasilia | 702 | 5 | Ron Jenkins | United States | 156,000 | 13 |
| Brasilia | 702 | 6 | Richard Mombourquette | United States | 793,000 | 66 |
| Brasilia | 702 | 8 | Bill Klein | United States | 480,000 | 40 |
| Brasilia | 702 | 9 | Federico Castaing | Argentina | 595,000 | 50 |
| Brasilia | 703 | 1 | Robert Whalen | United States | 510,000 | 43 |
| Brasilia | 703 | 2 | Jeff Martin | United States | 306,000 | 26 |
| Brasilia | 703 | 3 | Howard Canowitz | United States | 61,000 | 5 |
| Brasilia | 703 | 4 | William Burford | United States | 270,000 | 23 |
| Brasilia | 703 | 5 | Thomas Symonds | Canada | 447,000 | 37 |
| Brasilia | 703 | 6 | Micheal Bucar | United States | 52,000 | 4 |
| Brasilia | 703 | 7 | David James | United States | 160,000 | 13 |
| Brasilia | 703 | 8 | William Pitts | United States | 489,000 | 41 |
| Brasilia | 703 | 9 | Jose Malave | United States | 221,000 | 18 |
| Brasilia | 704 | 1 | Kelley Brown | United States | 741,000 | 62 |
| Brasilia | 704 | 2 | Robert Bogo | United States | 279,000 | 23 |
| Brasilia | 704 | 3 | Brian Nicklaus | United States | 104,000 | 9 |
| Brasilia | 704 | 4 | Daniel Glass | United States | 452,000 | 37 |
| Brasilia | 704 | 5 | Lewis LeClair | United States | 189,000 | 16 |
| Brasilia | 704 | 6 | Dieter Dechant | United States | 814,000 | 68 |
| Brasilia | 704 | 7 | Anthony Licastro | United States | 645,000 | 54 |
| Brasilia | 704 | 8 | Vasyl Zabrodskyy | Ukraine | 314,000 | 26 |
| Brasilia | 704 | 9 | Steven Olson | United States | 320,000 | 27 |
| Brasilia | 705 | 1 | Dave James | United States | 408,000 | 34 |
| Brasilia | 705 | 2 | David Plastik | United States | 259,000 | 22 |
| Brasilia | 705 | 3 | Danny Maddalena | United States | 289,000 | 24 |
| Brasilia | 705 | 4 | Gregory Fair | United States | 802,000 | 67 |
| Brasilia | 705 | 5 | Harvey Lewis | United States | 284,000 | 24 |
| Brasilia | 705 | 6 | Mark Bramley | United States | 296,000 | 25 |
| Brasilia | 705 | 7 | Mansour Alipourfard | United States | 443,000 | 37 |
| Brasilia | 705 | 8 | Anthony Elmo | United States | 603,000 | 50 |
| Brasilia | 705 | 9 | Dipak Bhakta | United States | 189,000 | 16 |
| Brasilia | 706 | 1 | Scott Ruegsegger | United States | 159,000 | 13 |
| Brasilia | 706 | 2 | Timothy Gray | United States | 188,000 | 16 |
| Brasilia | 706 | 3 | Kam Low | Canada | 498,000 | 42 |
| Brasilia | 706 | 5 | Frank Maggio | United States | 683,000 | 57 |
| Brasilia | 706 | 6 | Titan Nguyen | United States | 171,000 | 14 |
| Brasilia | 706 | 7 | Gregory Dodson | United States | 28,000 | 2 |
| Brasilia | 706 | 8 | Paul Spitzberg | United States | 859,000 | 72 |
| Brasilia | 706 | 9 | David Petrus | United States | 494,000 | 41 |
| Brasilia | 707 | 1 | Dan Heimiller | United States | 1,021,000 | 85 |
| Brasilia | 707 | 2 | Tommy Vinas | United States | 365,000 | 30 |
| Brasilia | 707 | 3 | Jeff Frerichs | United States | 339,000 | 28 |
| Brasilia | 707 | 4 | Sean Byrne | Ireland | 410,000 | 34 |
| Brasilia | 707 | 5 | Stephen Jarrett | United States | 400,000 | 33 |
| Brasilia | 707 | 6 | Lawrence Whyte | United States | 281,000 | 23 |
| Brasilia | 707 | 7 | Preston Hartmann | United States | 367,000 | 31 |
| Brasilia | 707 | 8 | Judd Levy | United States | 410,000 | 34 |
| Brasilia | 707 | 9 | Randall Chamberlain | United States | 194,000 | 16 |
. It checked to Craig, who bet 20,000. The small blind then check-raised to 70,000. Fair then check-raised all in. Craig was all in himself for less, and the small blind folded.
, giving Craig top set, but the river was the 
, giving Fair a flush and eliminating the defending champion in 77th place for $6,461.
, and both players checked.
turn was checked to Klein, who bet 33,000. His opponent called, and the 
came on the river.
, which was good enough to take down the pot.
. Carlson tripled up and Ferguson got the rest of the pot. Thomson is still comfortably in the chip lead, though.
, the turn saved Heimiller, and he doubled up.
— no help for McClelland and he's out.
, so now he needed a king or another eight to stay in the tournament.
on the river completed the board. Raymer got all the chips and started stacking them.
