Level: 26
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 5,000
2017 World Series of Poker
Event #31: $1,000 Seniors No-Limit Hold'em Championship
Day: 3
Event Info
2017 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$4,850,100
Entries
5,389
Level
32
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000
Players Left 1 / 5,389
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Level 26
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
David Ives raised from the button and faced the three-bet of Gina Bacon on the button for 275,000. Once the blinds got out of the way, Ives moved all in and Bacon quickly called.
Ives: 
Bacon: 
Ives sighed immediately after the cards were revealed and he found no help on the board of 
to join the rail in 21st place for $20,890.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,800,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 26
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
On a flop of 
, Eluterio Rodriguez and Anthony Licastro were involved in a pot. From the small blind, Licastro put out a bet of 100,000 and was raised to 250,000 from Rodriguez from the big blind. Licastro called.
The turn was the and Licastro put out another bet of 250,000. Rodriguez quickly moved all in for 1,335,000 and Licastro went into the tank. He thought for several minutes before he finally released his hand, showing his 
face up as he folded.
Rodriguez then opted to show his , and eventually decided to turn up his 
as well, showing that he had two pairs.
"If I didn't have ace-queen, I wouldn't even think about it," Licastro said. "Even if I had aces I would have to think about it."
That pot pushed Rodriguez over the 2 million-chip mark.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,150,000
450,000
|
450,000 |
|
1,850,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
Level 26
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
Harvey Lewis pushed all in for 385,000 from the hijack and Dan Heimiller called out of the big blind.
Lewis: 
Heimiller: 
The flop of 
gave Heimiller an additional flush draw, but Harvey spiked the 
turn and 
river to come from behind and get the other flush and double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,875,000
425,000
|
425,000 |
|
||
|
875,000
575,000
|
575,000 |
Level 26
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
Gina Bacon was spotted betting 200,000 on the river of a board 
and Mansour Alipourfad in the blinds check-called to show 
. Bacon had that beat with 
and raked in the pot.
Over on Table 708, Dieter Dechant defended his big blind against the raise to 100,000 by Bill Klein on the button. On the 
flop, Dechant checked and so did Klein. After the 
turn, both players checked as well and the river completed the board. Dechant bet 75,000 and Klein raised to 235,000, which Dechant called.
"You got it," Klein said, and Dechant turned over 
for trips to scoop the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,125,000
425,000
|
425,000 |
|
|
2,000,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
1,220,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
||
|
725,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
Level 26
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
Paul Evans pushed for what appeared to be 400,000, and Bill Klein called to see both players turn over aces with decent kickers.
Paul Evans:
Bill Klein: 
The 
flop was of no help, but Evans picked up some outs on the 
turn. Evans initially celebrated, but just for a heartbeat, when he spotted the on the river. That very same card completed the straight for Klein, and Evans was eliminated in 20th place for $20,890.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,400,000
275,000
|
275,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 26
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
We missed the action, but according to Dan Heimiller, Sean Byrne moved all in for a little bit less than 200,000, and Heimiller called.
Heimiller was holding 
, while Byrne was holding 
. The board ran out safe for Heimiller to secure the elimination. Byrne took home $20,890 for his 19th-place finish.
Level 26
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
While the other two tables racked up their chips already to prepare for the upcoming two-table redraw, there was one hand still going on, and the dealer announced, "Seat open."
Kelley Brown walked away from the table, while Bill Klein sent the second opponent in a row to the rail. Brown pushed from under the gun for 400,000 with 
, and Klein called in the big blind with . Klein hit trip aces, and Brown failed to get there with a diamond flush draw, becoming the first player to receive $26,148 for his efforts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,890,000
490,000
|
490,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 26
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 700 | 1 | Mark Lillge | United States | 1,850,000 | 46 |
| 700 | 2 | Federico Castaing | Argentina | 1,900,000 | 48 |
| 700 | 3 | Frank Maggio | United States | 1,315,000 | 33 |
| 700 | 4 | Paul Spitzberg | United States | 520,000 | 13 |
| 700 | 5 | Bill Klein | United States | 2,890,000 | 72 |
| 700 | 6 | Dan Heimiller | United States | 4,250,000 | 106 |
| 700 | 7 | Richard Mombourquette | United States | 750,000 | 19 |
| 700 | 8 | David Michaud | United States | 550,000 | 14 |
| 700 | 9 | Anthony Licastro | United States | 2,100,000 | 53 |
| 708 | 1 | William Murray | United States | 1,640,000 | 41 |
| 708 | 2 | Harvey Lewis | United States | 700,000 | 18 |
| 708 | 3 | empty | - | - | |
| 708 | 4 | Dieter Dechant | United States | 1,150,000 | 29 |
| 708 | 5 | Lewis LeClair | United States | 680,000 | 17 |
| 708 | 6 | Peter Smaha | United States | 1,250,000 | 31 |
| 708 | 7 | Gina Bacon | United States | 1,900,000 | 48 |
| 708 | 8 | Eluterio Rodriguez | United States | 1,950,000 | 49 |
| 708 | 9 | Mansour Alipourfard | United States | 850,000 | 21 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,250,000
375,000
|
375,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
2,890,000
490,000
|
490,000 |
|
|
2,100,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
|
|
1,950,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
1,900,000
370,000
|
370,000 |
|
|
1,900,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
1,850,000
650,000
|
650,000 |
|
1,640,000
590,000
|
590,000 |
|
1,315,000
235,000
|
235,000 |
|
|
||
|
1,250,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
|
|
1,150,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
850,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
|
750,000
925,000
|
925,000 |
|
|
700,000
175,000
|
175,000 |
|
680,000
280,000
|
280,000 |
|
550,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
520,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Level 26
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
There were several players with 20 big blinds or less that tried to run up their stacks before the dinner break.
One of them was Paul Spitzberg, and he just pushed for the second time. Federico Castaing was the initial raiser for 100,000, and Spitzberg shoved for 735,000 on the button. Castaing folded, and Spitzberg chipped up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,060,000
160,000
|
160,000 |
|
|
900,000
380,000
|
380,000 |
