Sunday, June 16, 2013 10:38 PM Local Time
Hands 144-150: Not a Flop to be Found
Hand #144: Ott went for a walk in the big blind.
Hand #145: Ott limped in from the small blind, but quickly folded when Lind exercised his option by raising to 250,000.
Hand #146: Becoming more active here after the recent break, Ott opened for 500,000 from the button, and the blinds and antes were shipped his way.
Hand #147: Back in the big blind, Ott received another walk.
Hand #148: Holley raised to 255,000 from the button, taking down the blinds and antes.
Hand #149: Ott made another 5x big blind bet, raising to 500,000 from the button, and the pot was his.
Hand #150: Lind limped in from the button, but mucked when Holley pumped it up to 365,000.
Sunday, June 16, 2013 10:22 PM Local Time
Hands 137-143: Big Raises and Calls
Hand #137: Dana Ott opened to 250,000 from the button. Only Ken Lind from the small blind called. Lind check called Ott's bet of 500,000 on the flop. Both players check the turn. Lind checked the river and then folded when Ott bet 500,000.
Hand #138: John Holley completed the small blind and Dana Ott checked his option. Holley led for 130,000 on the flop and Ott folded.
Hand #139: Holley called the big blind from the button. Ott completed the small blind and Lind checked his option. Both Ott and Lind checked the flop. Holley bet 155,00 and only Ott called. Ott check called Holley's 205,000 bet on the turn. Ott again checked to Holley, this time on the river. Holley bet 345,000 and Ott folded.
Hand #140: Ott raised to 500,000 from the button and the blinds folded.
Hand #141: Holley completed from the small blind and Ott checked his option. Both players checked teh flop. Holley led for 105,000 on the turn and Ott folded.
Hand #142: Holley raised to 210,000 from the button. Lind reraised to 525,000 from the big blind and Holley called. The flop came and Lind moved all in, eliciting a fold from Holley.
Hand #143: Holley received a walk in the big blind.
Sunday, June 16, 2013 10:03 PM Local Time
Hands 132-136: Back to the Grind
Hand #132: After both Lind and Holley limped in, Ott checked his option and the flop came . The action was checked to Lind, who won the pot with a 400,000 wager.
Hand #133: Holley opened for 215,000 holding the button, and only Lind elected to call. On the flop, Lind checked and called Lind's bet of 150,000, bringing the to the board on the turn. Another check by Lind elicited a bet of 400,000 by Holley, and the chip leader snap-folded, saying "I had two baby spades there John, only folded 'cause the fourth one came."
Hand #134: Ott won the blinds and antes with an open to 250,000 from the button.
Hand #135: After Holley limped in from the small blind, Ott decided to check his option and the flop fell . After checks around, the came on the turn, and Holley took the pot with a bet of 175,000.
Hand #136: Holley used his newly acquired chips to raise his button, making it 200,000 to play and stealing the blinds and antes.
Sunday, June 16, 2013 10:00 PM Local Time
Getting to Know Ken Lind
Kenneth Lind is leading this final table with more than half the chips in play. He took a few minutes during the last break to tell PokerNews a little about himself.
PokerNews: What motivated you to play this tournament?
Lind: I've been playing poker, Hold'em, for 10 or 12 years. Played a few tournaments here and there. I play every Wednesday night with a bunch of friends. And I put it on my "Bucket List." I said I want to play at the World Series before I start pushing grass up. So I spent some time thinking about it, and my wife kept saying, "Go, go, go." And I kept saying, "Well...it's a thousand dollars. That's a lot of money." I might have a couple hours of fun and then I'm sitting on my...derriere, who knows? And I guess there are people around that have more confidence in me than I have in myself. And a real good friend of mine said, "Ken, you go. Why don't you go, and I'll pay your entry fee." And I told him, "No." I kept saying "no" for months. And finally he said, "A lot of pros have somebody backing them. I'm going to back you." And I said, "OK," and that's why I'm here. It's my first WSOP. I've never been in a tournament with more than 10 tables. And here I am at the end of this tournament with 4,407 people, and I'm still in shock.
Several legends of the game were in this tournament. Johnny Chan, T. J. Cloutier, to name a few. How does it feel to outlast them?
They were both in this one? The only pro that I saw was Bill Baxter. I looked around, but I don't know which other pros were in the tournament. Chan and Cloutier...that's really something. I'm shocked. You put in shock again. We might need a defibrillator here before long.
Are you planning to play again next year
My inclination is yes, but who knows? I might not even be around next year. My whole family died at 40, and here I am at 68. For the last 28 years, it's been nothing but gravy for me.
Sunday, June 16, 2013 9:52 PM Local Time
Hands 124-131: Finding Some Play
Hand #124: Ken Lind received a walk in the big blind.
Hand #125: Dana Ott called the big blind from the button. Lind folded his small blind and John Holley checked his option. Ott called Holley's bet of 130,000 on the flop. Holley led for 210,000 on the turn. Ott moved all in and Holley folded.
Hand #126: Lind called the big blind from the button, Holley completed the small blind and Ott checked his option. Holley and Ott both check-folded to a 225,000 bet from Lind on the flop.
Hand #127: Holley raised to 205,000 on the button. Both Ott and Lind called from the blinds. Ott led for 300,000 on the . Lind folded and Holley called. Both players checked the turn. Dana Led for 300,000 on the river and Holley called. Ott showed for a straight and Holley mucked his hand.
Hand #128: Holley received a walk in the big blind.
Hand #129: Lind raised to 330,000 and Holley and Ott folded.
Hand #130: Holley raised to 205,000 from the button and the blinds folded.
Hand #131: Lind Raised to 330,000 and won the pot.
Sunday, June 16, 2013 9:44 PM Local Time
Level 30 started
Level: 30
Blinds: 50000/100000
Ante: 10000
Sunday, June 16, 2013 9:44 PM Local Time
Break Over
The players are back and the cards are in the air.
Sunday, June 16, 2013 9:31 PM Local Time
Breaking Through
The three remaining seniors vying for this WSOP bracelet have stood to stretch, and we are now on a 20-minute break.
Sunday, June 16, 2013 9:30 PM Local Time
Hands 118-123: Playing the Game
Hand #118: Holley raised to 180,000 on the button, scooping the blinds and antes without a contest.
Hand #119: Ott held the button this hand, and he used his position to make a raise of 300,000, which forced the blinds to muck
Hand #120: After his big bet on the last hand, Holley and Lind folded to Ott in the big blind, giving him a walk.
Hand #121: Holley opened to 180,000 on the button, and Ott three-bet to 600,000 even. Lind went deep into the tank, going into his best Hollywood routine while staring both of his opponents down. Rather than call or reraise, however, Lind mysteriously got out of the way, and after a few moments of careful deliberation, Holley did the same.
Hand #122: Ott limped in from the button, Lind mucked his small blind, and Holley checked his option to see a flop of . Both players checked it down, and the came on the turn. Holley checked the paint card, and called Ott's bet of 250,000, bringing the on the river to complete the board. The two tapped the table once more, and Ott opened up saying "two pair," but Holley's had him beat.
Hand #123: Lind again raised an exorbitant amount, opening for 330,000 on the button. Holley responded by calmly pushing a single stack forward and announcing himself all in for his last 2.5 million. Faced with a huge bet, and a chance to eliminate another player while taking full control of the table, Lind when deep into the tank once again. He slowly sized up Holley's stack in relation to his own, counting out stacks of green chips equal to 500,000 until he had divided his chip castle into separate wings. After more than three minutes of staring and stacking, Lind finally took a last look at his cards before tossing them into the muck.
Sunday, June 16, 2013 9:08 PM Local Time
Hands 116-117: Ott Doubles
Hand #116: Dana Ott moved all in from the button. After some thought, Ken Lind called and it looked as if John Holley might call as well, but he ended up folding in the end. Ott showed and Lind was ahead with . Ott took the lead with the flop and would maintain that lead through the turn and river. Ott makes a pair of queens for the double up.
Hand #117: Ott received a walk in the big blind.
Sunday, June 16, 2013 9:04 PM Local Time
Hands 110-115: Ott Slipping
Hand #110: John Holley got a walk.
Hand #111: Ken Lind raised to 255,000 from the button. Holley reraised to 650,000 from the small blind. Dana Ott folded the big blind and Lind moved all in prompting Holley to fold.
Hand #112: Ott completed the small blind and Lind checked his option. Both players checked the flop. Ott led 250,000 on the turn and Lind moved all in. Ott folded and Lind wins again.
Hand #113: Holley received a walk in the big blind.
Hand #114: Holley raised to 225,000 from the small blind and Ott called. Ott folded to Holley's all in bet on the flop.
Hand #115: Holley called the big blind from the button. Ott completed and Lind checked his option. Ott and Lind check folded to Holley's bet of 160,000 on the flop.
Sunday, June 16, 2013 8:50 PM Local Time
Hands 101-109: Who's That Lady?
Hand #101: Holley raised to 170,000 from the button, and Ott called to see the arrive on the flop. Both players elected to check, and the came on the turn. Ott then check-folded to a bet of 150,000, and the pot was pushed to Holley.
During this hand, PokerNews' ravishing reporter Sarah Grant strolled through the tournament area, wearing five-inch high heels and a skirt, and for thirty seconds or so play was halted. The seniors had become momentarily distracted, and it was up to tournament announcer "Red Bull" Robbie to restore order by pointing out the action.
"One game at a time boys," said Lind, "One game at a time."
Hand #102: Lind opened for 255,000 from the small blind, forcing Holley to relinquish his big blind.
Hand #103: Holley limped in from the small blind, but mucked when Ott pumped it up with a 210,000 raise.
Hand #104: Holley made it 160,000 to play from the button, and Ott called, bringing a flop of to the table. Ott led out for a bet of 300,000, and folded after Holley pushed all in for 2.2 million.
Hand #105: Lind made his usual preflop overbet, making it 330,000 to play, and he moved Holley off of his big blind.
Hand #106: Holley got his money back, but Ott was the victim. A raise of 180,000 by Holley forced Ott to surrender his big blind.
Hand #107: Holley raised his button to 180,000, and Lind made the call to defend his big blind. The flop fell and Lind took it down by leading out for a 500,000 wager.
Hand #108: Lind stole Holley's big blind with a preflop raise to 240,000.
Hand #109: Ott received a walk in his big blind.
Sunday, June 16, 2013 8:34 PM Local Time
Updated Chip Counts
| Kenneth Lind | 7,200,000 | -975,000  |
| Dana Ott | 2,750,000 | -100,000 |
| John Holley | 2,500,000 | 750,000  |
Sunday, June 16, 2013 8:33 PM Local Time
Level 29 started
Level: 29
Blinds: 40000/80000
Ante: 10000
Sunday, June 16, 2013 8:32 PM Local Time
Hands 99-100: The Century Mark
Hand #99: John Holley raised to 150,000 from the button. Ken Lind called from the big blind. Lind check-folded to Holley's 165,000 bet on a flop.
Hand #100: Dana Ott raised to 275,000. Lind reraised to 630,000 and Ott folded.
Sunday, June 16, 2013 8:28 PM Local Time
Hands 93-98: Taking It Easy
Hand #93: Dana Ott raised to 250,000 from the small blind and Ken Lind folded from the big.
Hand #94: John Holley got a walk in the blind.
Hand #95: Holley raised to 165,000 and Ott reraised to 350,000 from the big. Holley folded.
Hand #96: Holley raised to 135,000 from the button and the blinds fold.
Hand #97: Ott raised to 275,000 from the button and the blinds fold.
Hand #98: Ott received a walk in the blind.
Sunday, June 16, 2013 8:23 PM Local Time
Hands 87-92: Holley Waking Up
Hand #87: John Holley raised to 160,000 from the button and both Dana Ott and Ken Lind call. All three players checked the flop. The turn came and again all three players checked. Ott checked the river and Lind took this oppotunity to bet 350,000. Both Holley and Ott folded.
Hand #88: Lind completed from the small blind and Holley checked his option. Lind check-folded to Holley's 80,000 bet on the flop.
Hand #89: Holley raised to 125,000 from the small blind and Ott folded from the big.
Hand #90: Holley raised to 130,000 from the button and it folded around.
Hand #91: Ott raised to 200,000 from the button and it folded around.
Hand #92: Lind raised to 255,000 from the button. Holley moved all in and Lind folded.
Sunday, June 16, 2013 8:16 PM Local Time
Updated Chip Counts
| Kenneth Lind | 8,175,000 | 925,000 |
| Dana Ott | 2,850,000 | -500,000 |
| John Holley | 1,750,000 | -1,100,000 |
Sunday, June 16, 2013 8:07 PM Local Time
Hands 84-86: The Endgame Approaches
Hand #84 Action on this hand was missed during the commotion caused by Lind's elimination of Bashist, but it was a simple raise and take preflop.
Hand #85: Moments after claiming another pelt, Lind decided to slow things down, limping in from the small blind. After Holley checked his option, the dealer fanned a flop of . Both players tapped the table, and the appeared on the turn. Another check by Lind prompted Holley to fire 60,000 forward, and Lind looked him up to see the fall on the river. Lind checked for a third time, and Holley's bet of 80,000 finally forced Lind off his hand, which he showed to be the for pure air.
Hand #86: Holley limped in, but folded to Ott's raise of 200,000.
Sunday, June 16, 2013 8:01 PM Local Time
Barry Bashist Eliminated in 4th Place ($209,856)
Hand #83: Barry Bashist opened for 225,000 from under the gun, and with the overwhelming chip lead, Kenneth Lind could easily afford the call.
When the flop rained down , Lind checked it over to Bashist, who quickly fired a bet of 300,000 forward. Lind thought about it for thirty seconds or so, before tossing out the requisite chips for a call.
The turn brought the on board, and Lind checked a second time, prompting Bashist to announce himself all in for his last 950,000.
Lind then stood up and snap-called with authority, throwing his down on the table to proclaim that he held the nuts. Bashist could only reveal his in shock, going from exhiliration at hitting his two pair on the turn, to anguish after being trapped by Lind.
Bashist still had hope to fill up on the river, but the was not the card he was looking for, and he exited the Mothership main stage with a 4th place finish.
| Kenneth Lind | 7,250,000 | 2,065,000 |
| Barry Bashist | 0 | -1,635,000 |