A player in early position opened to 20,000. Johnnie Craig called from the hijack, and so did Eluterio ''Teo'' Rodriguez from the button.
The flop came . The original raiser checked. Craig bet 20,000. Rodriguez was the only caller. The turn was the . Craig threw in a bet of 35,000. Rodriguez responded with a raise to 110,000, and Craig let it go.
Breyer Calvert finished in 84th plsvr in the WSOP Seniors Event three years ago and is on course for another deep run today.
In a recent hand, he opened the button, and the small blind moved all in for just under 70,000. Calvert called and showed , which held against his opponent's .
His rail tell us that Calvert does a lot of social work with his wife in some of the worst projects in Atlanta, and they are sticking around to see if there are any more big hands that he gets involved in.
Defending champion Johnnie Craig is still in the Seniors event this year with less than 200 players remaining. We asked him how it felt.
"It feels good," said Craig, "It's a lot more relaxing than last year. From now on, what happens happens. Last year it was about winning the bracelet. This year it's about having fun ...," he paused for a second, "... and winning the bracelet."
Yesterday, Craig was loaning his bracelet out to his tablemates in order for them to take a picture with it. We asked him where it was today.
"I keep it in the bag," said Craig, "People normally know who I am so want a picture with it. Today, I've been able to keep under the radar a bit more!"
On a flop, the player in the big blind bet 25,000, and Eluterio Rodriguez went all in and had his opponent covered. The player in the big blind called. Rodriguez showed for two pair, nines and sevens. His opponent showed .
The on the turn and the on the river were of no danger to Rodriguez, and he knocked his opponent out to become the new chip leader of this tournament.
A player under the gun moved all in for a total of 44,000. It folded around to Cameron Kirkpatrick in the cutoff, who called.
The button and the blinds folded.
Cameron Kirkpatrick:
Opponent:
''Eight! Come on!' muttered the original raiser, but the board came , and Kirkpatrick's aces were good.
Kevin O'Donnell opened to 13,000 from the cutoff. Action folded to Titan Nguyen, who defended his big blind.
The flop was . Nguyen checked to O'Donnell, who bet 35,500. Nguyen check-called. The turn was the and was checked around. The filled out the board on the river, and Nguyen checked. O'Donnell threw in a bet of 35,500, and Nguyen instantly called and tabled .
O'Donnell shook his head and threw his cards into the muck.
The player in the under-the-gun position raised to 18,000, and both a player in the middle position and William Klein from the hijack called.
The flop ran , and the first player to act checked. The player in middle position went all in, and Klein called. The player in the under-the-gun position folded. Klein had him covered by only a little bit.
William Klein:
Opponent:
The dealer ran the rest of the board out with the on the turn and the on the river. That was no danger for Klein, and he took the whole pot for himself to get into the top of the leaderboard.
Action folded to Per Hildebrand in the cutoff, who opened to 13,000. Greg Raymer tank-shoved for a total of 107,000 from one seat over. Hildebrand called.
. The original raiser checked. Craig bet 20,000. Rodriguez was the only caller. The turn was the 
. Craig threw in a bet of 35,000. Rodriguez responded with a raise to 110,000, and Craig let it go.
, which held against his opponent's 
.
flop, the player in the big blind bet 25,000, and Eluterio Rodriguez went all in and had his opponent covered. The player in the big blind called. Rodriguez showed 
for two pair, nines and sevens. His opponent showed 
.
on the turn and the 
on the river were of no danger to Rodriguez, and he knocked his opponent out to become the new chip leader of this tournament.
. Dove checked, Thomson bet 15,000, and Dove raised to 51,000. Thomson shoved all in, and Dove snap-called.
in his hand for an overpair.
on the turn and the 
. Nguyen checked to O'Donnell, who bet 35,500. Nguyen check-called. The turn was the 
on the river. That was no danger for Klein, and he took the whole pot for himself to get into the top of the leaderboard.
, and Raymer was left with fumes.
