Sunday, June 21, 2015 6:59 PM Local Time
The final table for the $1,000 Seniors No-Limit Hold'em Championship is set. After 65 players started Day 2 with their eyes set on the $613,466 first place prize, Travis Baker will lead the final nine when play resumes Monday at 11 a.m.
Baker (4,935,000) will be followed by Stephen Nussrallah (4,060,000) in second place. The nine remaining players are guaranteed at least a $49,435 payday, but all will be gunning for first place money, a WSOP bracelet, and the Golden Eagle trophy.
After beginning the day as chip leader, Jim Hopperstead was able to navigate the 65-man field and has made the final table with 2,855,000, good enough for third place. WSOP bracelet winner Steve Gee also remains in the field and will start Day 4 eighth in chips with 1,455,000.
Be sure to check back Monday for live updates on the final table action beginning at 11 a.m.
Sunday, June 21, 2015 6:58 PM Local Time
Shane Goldsmith opens the action with an all in shove from middle position for a little more than 700,000. Ron Massetti (above) moves all in for less, about 650,000, from the cutoff and the blinds fold.
Massetti:
Goldsmith:
Massetti's pair is ahead and remains ahead after the flop. The turn is the giving Goldsmith additional outs to a flush. But he won't hit a flush, instead spiking the to burst the final table bubble with two pair, queens and sixes.
Massetti is out in 10th place, cashing for $38,265.
Shane Goldsmith - 1,350,000
Sunday, June 21, 2015 6:46 PM Local Time
The players have really tightened up this level. There is a lot of preflop raise, fold around action and walks for the big blind. As soon as a player is eliminated, the remaining nine will bag their chips and come back tomorrow for the final table. The players did decide to forgo their dinner break and continue play.
Sunday, June 21, 2015 6:18 PM Local Time
Level: 28
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 5,000
Sunday, June 21, 2015 6:15 PM Local Time
Players are back in their seats and will continue play until one has been eliminated.
Sunday, June 21, 2015 6:07 PM Local Time
Players were scheduled for an hour-long dinner break after level six, but will forgo that break as they are only one elimination away from busting the final table bubble.
Players are now on a 15-minute break and play will resume until one player has been eliminated. The final nine will bag up their chips and return to the Rio at 1 p.m. Monday to play down to a winner.
The unofficial final table draw is as follows:
1 - Ron Massetti
2 - Justin Tseng
3 - Steve Gee
4 - Jim Hopperstead
5 - Stephen Nussrallah
6 - Carl Torelli
7 - Michael Smith
8 - Shane Goldsmith
9 - Lee Budin
10 - Travis Baker
Sunday, June 21, 2015 6:04 PM Local Time
Richard Spencer got it all in with Jim Hopperstead preflop. Spencer shows . Hopperstead turns over . The board comes . Hopperstead's sevens hold up and Spencer is eliminated in 11th place.
Jim Hopperstead - 2,450,000
Richard Spencer - Eliminated
Sunday, June 21, 2015 5:57 PM Local Time
Stephen Nussrallah opens the action with a raise to 85,000 in the cutoff. The action folds to David Gaspard (above) in the big blind and Gaspard three-bets to 285,000.
Nussrallah goes in the tank, but eventually calls and the pair see a flop. Gaspard checks and Nussrallah bets 400,000. Gaspard counts out his chips and moves all in. Nussrallah snap-calls and tables for a set of nines. Gaspard is well behind with .
The turn and river are no help to Gaspard and he is eliminated in 12th place, cashing for $38,265.
Stephen Nussrallah - 3,650,000
Sunday, June 21, 2015 5:53 PM Local Time
Jim Hopperstead limps in from middle position. Lee Budin calls from the small blind. Dan Goldman shoves all in from the big blind.
Hopperstead eyes Goldmns chips. Goldman asks if he wants a count and puts his chips out along with his Diet Pepsi. The dealer does a counts and announces that it is 450,000 chips and zero calories. Hopperstead calls the all in but has no drink to put up. Budin gets out of the way.
Hopperstead shows . Goldman turns over [ac,qg]. Goldman pulls out his red 'One Time' button and said that he hasn't used it yet and he was debating if this was the time.
The board comes .Goldman is eliminated in 13th place.
Hopperstead - 1,950,000
Goldman - Eliminated
Sunday, June 21, 2015 5:29 PM Local Time
In the cutoff, Chris Barton (above) opens for a raise to 100,000. From the small blind, Justin Tseng three-bets to 240,000.
The big blind folds and Barton moves all in for about 800,000. Tseng doesn't even ask for a count before calling and tabling . Barton is behind heading to the flop with .
The flop keeps Tseng out in front with a set and he hits a full house with the turn. The river is the and Barton is eliminated in 14th place, cashing for $29,849.
Justin Tseng - 2,100,000
Sunday, June 21, 2015 5:20 PM Local Time
Lee Budin Makes it 85,000 to go. Ron Massetti calls from the big blind. The flop comes . Massetti checks. Budin bets 150,000. Massetti calls. The turn comes . Both players check. The river comes . Massetti checks. Budin bets 165,000. Massetti tanks and decides to call. Budin turns over . Massetti mucks his hand and Budin takes down the pot.
Budin - 2,700,000
Massetti - 450,000
Sunday, June 21, 2015 4:59 PM Local Time
Level: 27
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 5,000
Sunday, June 21, 2015 4:58 PM Local Time
Dan Goldman makes it 85,000 to go. Steve Nussrallah calls, as does Ron Massetti. The flop comes . Nussrallah checks. Massetti bets 140,000. Goldman gets out of the way. Nussrallah calls. The turn comes . Nussrallah bets 100,000. The comes on fifth street. Nussrallah checks. Massetti bets 350,000. Nussrallah tanks for a minute and calls flipping over . Massetti shows . Nussrallah takes it down with a higher kicker.
Nussrallah - 2,750,000
Massetti - 400,000
Sunday, June 21, 2015 4:41 PM Local Time
Travis Baker opens the action with a raise to 100,000 in the cutoff. On the button, Robert Irby (above) quickly moves all in for 600,000.
The action folds back around to Baker who asks for a count, and eventually slides in a stack of chips for the call.
Baker:
Irby:
Baker is ahead, but Irby hits the flop for a higher pair. The turn changes nothing, but the on the river gives Baker a full house and sends Irby to the rail.
Travis Baker - 2,500,000
Robert Irby - Eliminated in 15th Place ($29,849)
Sunday, June 21, 2015 4:38 PM Local Time
Jim Hopperstead makes it 85,000 to go. Ted Grose three bets making it 325,000. Hopperstead shoves all in.
Grose has been using fortune cookies to tell him what to do in tough situations. He sits in the tank for a minute and decides it's fortune cookie time. Grose pulls out a cookie and unwraps it. He breaks it open and pulls out the paper fortune. He reads aloud, "You are next in line for a promotion in your firm." He debates on what that may mean and eventually pushes his chips in the middle.
Grose shows . Hopperste3ad flips over .
The board comes . Hopperstead wins the pot and promotes Grose to rail bird.
Hopperstead - 2,400,000
Grose - Eliminated
Sunday, June 21, 2015 4:31 PM Local Time
Brian Cunningham makes it 85,000 to go. Jim Hopperstead shoves all in. Brian Cunningham calls with . Hopperstead shows . The board comes . Hopperstead hits the wheel on the river and will double up.
Jim Hopperstead - 2,100,000
Brian Cunningham - Eliminated
Sunday, June 21, 2015 4:23 PM Local Time
There are only 17 players remaining and players have drawn for new seats.
Table 446
1 - Robert Irby
2 - Carl Torelli
3 - Doug Vollman
4 - Chris Barton
5 - Shane Goldsmith
6 - Justin Tseng
7 - Michael Smith
8 - Steve Gee
9 - Travis Baker
Table 447
1 - Richard Spencer
3 - Jim Hopperstead
4 - Stephen Nussrallah
5 - Ron Massetti
6 - Ted Grose
7 - Lee Budin
8 - Dan Goldman
9 - David Gaspard
Sunday, June 21, 2015 4:13 PM Local Time
In the small blind, Travis Baker raises to 90,000. Leon Chambers calls from the big blind and the two see a flop.
Baker leads out for 125,000 and Chambers moves all in for 530,000. Baker tanks for a moment before sliding in a stack of green chips for the call. Baker shows and is ahead of Chambers' . The turn and river are no help to Chambers who is eliminated.
Travis Baker - 2,375,000
Leon Chambers - Eliminated
Sunday, June 21, 2015 4:06 PM Local Time
Richard Spencer shoves all in. Travis Baker calls for 345,000. Spencer shows
. Baker flips over
. The board comes
. Spencer hits a set on the flop and doubles up to 730,000.
Sunday, June 21, 2015 3:51 PM Local Time
Level: 26
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 5,000