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.
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.
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.
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!"
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.
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.
A player in middle position raised to 22,000, and Bill Klein called in position.
The flop was , and both players checked.
The turn was checked to Klein, who bet 33,000. His opponent called, and the came on the river.
Again, action was checked to Klein, who bet 44,000. His opponent called and practically jumped out of his chair in apparent frustration when Klein showed him , which was good enough to take down the pot.
. 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 
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, and Kirkpatrick's aces were good.
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on the river were of no danger to Rodriguez, and he knocked his opponent out to become the new chip leader of this tournament.
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. Craig threw in a bet of 35,000. Rodriguez responded with a raise to 110,000, and Craig let it go.
turn was checked to Klein, who bet 33,000. His opponent called, and the 
came on the river.