Event #31: $1,000 Seniors No-Limit Hold'em Championship Day 2 | 2017 World Series of Poker

06-17-2017 16:55 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Eluterio Rodriguez	490,000 316,200	316,200
Titan Nguyen	300,000 45,000	45,000
David Plastik	190,000 -20,000	-20,000
Ross Dove	160,000 75,000	75,000
Paul Spitzberg	130,000 75,000	75,000
Peter Smaha	85,000 -20,000	-20,000
Gina Bacon	72,000 15,000	15,000
Greg Raymer	65,000 16,000	16,000

Franco Cupello	50,000 -28,000	-28,000
Donna Demarinis	27,000 2,000	2,000

Pete Vilandos Turns a Set

Shirley Ang

Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Larry Wright, on the button, raised to 11,500, and Pete Vilandos, in the big blind, called.

The flop came . Vilandos checked, and Wright bet 8,500. Vilandos shoved all in, and Wright snap-called.

Vilandos showed for bottom pair, and Wright showed for top two pair.

The turn brought the to give Vilandos trip fours. The on the river didn't change the outcome, and Wright had his hands in his hair in disbelief as the table looked on in shock.

The dealer counted Vilandos' stack, and he had 56,000 in total. Wright slowly counted out the chips he had to pay. The dealer tried to help, but Wright wouldn't let him.

"You don't touch my chips, the way you're dealing those cards!" Wright said.

Player	Chips	Progress
Larry Wright	160,000 -51,000	-51,000

Pete Vilandos	145,000 116,300	116,300

Tags: Larry Wright Pete Vilandos

06-17-2017 17:24 UTC-7

Kevin O'Donnell Defends His Big Blind

Sandra Barbour

Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

A player in early position opened to 12,000. Action folded around to Kevin O'Donnell in the big blind who tanked for a moment and said, ''You're going after my big blind!'' before making the call.

The flop was . O'Donnell bet 5,000, and his opponent called. The came on the turn. This time, O'Donnell checked. His opponent checked back.

The river completed the board. O'Donnell took a look at his opponent's stack and threw in a bet of 40,000. That was enough for him to take down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kevin ODonnell	250,000 41,000	41,000

06-17-2017 17:28 UTC-7

Triple- and Double-Ups Don't Keep William Thomson from Chip Lead

Shirley Ang

Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Willam Thomson, sitting in the under-the-gun position, limped. So did a player in middle position. Roger Carlson, in the hijack went all in for 23,500. Francine Ferguson, in the small blind, also went all in, but she had 50,000. Thomson called.

Roger Carlson:
Francine Ferguson:
William Thomson:

The board ran out . Carlson tripled up and Ferguson got the rest of the pot. Thomson is still comfortably in the chip lead, though.

Player	Chips	Progress
William Thomson	510,000 210,000	210,000
Roger Carlson	78,500 46,100	46,100
Francine Ferguson	55,000 11,700	11,700

Tags: Francine Ferguson Roger Carlson William Thomson

06-17-2017 17:28 UTC-7

William Ellis Wins a Big One

Sandra Barbour

Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

William Ellis opened to 11,000 from early position. Action folded around to the small blind, who moved all in for a total of 90,000. Ellis tanked for a while before calling.

Ellis:
Opponent:

The board came , and Ellis raked in the pot while his opponent headed away.

Player	Chips	Progress
William Ellis II	310,000 275,900	275,900

06-17-2017 17:40 UTC-7

Dinner Break

Sandra Barbour

Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Players are now on a 60-minute dinner break and will be back at 6:40 p.m. There are currently 184 players left.

Level: 17

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 500

06-17-2017 18:47 UTC-7

Updated Chip Counts After the Dinner Break

Shirley Ang

Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
William Thomson	517,000 7,000	7,000
Dan Heimiller	322,000 166,000	166,000

Titan Nguyen	228,000 228,000	228,000
Bill Klein	189,000 28,500	28,500
Donna Lawton	150,000 89,600	89,600
Larry Wright	130,000 -41,000	-41,000

Per Hildebrand	114,500 54,300	54,300
Gina Bacon	106,000 34,000	34,000
Greg Raymer	97,000 32,000	32,000

Kevin Dowling	90,000 -10,000	-10,000

06-17-2017 18:58 UTC-7

Per Hildebrand Doubles through Greg Raymer

Sandra Barbour

Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

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.

Raymer:
Hildebrand:

The board was , and Raymer was left with fumes.

Player	Chips	Progress
Per Hildebrand	230,000 115,500	115,500
Greg Raymer	12,000 -85,000	-85,000

Tags: Per Hildebrand

06-17-2017 19:13 UTC-7

William Klein Busts One Out

Shirley Ang

Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bill Klein	419,000 230,000	230,000

Tags: Bill Klein