Event #26: $1,000 Seniors No-Limit Hold'em Championship

After losing a big pot when his    failed to catch up to Jack Ward's   , Michael Thorpe open-shoved for his last 195,000 or so holding the   .

He was happy to find that his cards were live against the    tabled by Randolph Spain, but the final board of       brought him no help, and he was shaking hands by the turn.

Spain moved above the million chip milestone, while Thorpe was left to accept heartfelt "good game" congratulations from each and every one of his former tablemates.

Randolph Spain	1,300,000	1,080,000
Michael Thorpe	0	-390,000

We came to the table after Barry Bashist announced "all in" following a raise by George Wright. Wright, having just folded a "big hand" prior to this, called for less.

George Wright:   
Barry Bashist:   

The       board was dealt and Bashist's aces held up eliminating Wright from the tournament.

Barry Bashist	2,250,000	900,000
George Wright	0	-875,000

With the board reading    , and over 475,000 already in the pot, Barry Bashist moved all in to put James Miller to a test for a ton of chips.

Miller went into the tank for several minutes, before finally convincing himself to call with    in the hope that Bashist was only on a draw.

With   , however, Bashist's hand was made, and it held up through the turn ( ) and river ( }. This double pushed Bashist over the million chip mark, while Miller dropped to just over 700,000 with the misread.

Barry Bashist	1,350,000	440,000
James Miller	715,000	-885,000

The tournament has reached the final 18 players and a seat draw is in process followed by the first 20-minute break of the day. We will get you a new seat draw and chip counts as soon as we can. Be back with you shortly.

We came in on the action with Kenneth Lind calling the all in of Jo Ianello with a flop of     on the board. Lind had    for top pair and a flush draw and Ianello tabled    for two pair.

Ianello survived the   turn but the   river completed Lind's draw, eliminating Ianello in 20th place. Lind told us he was in the hand by mistake because he thought he was the big blind when he put his initial call into the pot. Lucky for Lind he didn't give up once the mistake was made.

Kenneth Lind	1,180,000	325,000
Jo Ianello	0

Michel Bouskila opened for 45,000, James McClendon called, and Kimberley Kilroy thought this was a good time to move her short stack of 129,000 all in.

She was not pleased to see Bouskila make the four-bet, reraising to 275,000, and when McClendon called she stood up in preparation to make her exit.

The flop fell    , and after a check by Bouskila, McClendon moved all-in himself. The play pushed Bouskila out of the pot, and McLendon turned over the    expecting to be in the lead.

Kilroy revealed the   , however, and her flopped set gave her a huge advantage over McClendon's single pair. The   on the turn brought a gutshot draw for McClendon, and some added sweat for the last lady left in the Seniors Championship, but the   on the river secured her the triple up.

"I folded   ," said Bouskila quietly to nobody in particular. "The ace came..."

Michel Bouskila	550,000	-365,000
James McClendon	475,000	-75,000
Kimberley Kilroy	405,000	234,000

As one of the few players in the world to have won twice at the WSOP and on the WPT, Hoyt Corkins was by far the most experienced player left in our field. Seeking to improve on his 4th place finish in this event last year, Corkins will have to try another day after his Seniors Championship run came to an end at the hands of Harold Kizzire.

Kizzire took a large portion of Corkins stack in a previous clash, and he finished the Alabam Cowboy off with   . THe action folded around to Kizzire in the small blind, and he looked over at Corkins' short stack to see 20,000 of his 80,000 as dead money in the big blind. Kizzire quickly moved all in to put Corkins at risk if he called, and he was happy to see the dangerous pro turn over just   .

"Worst hand I could see," said Corkins. "I'd rather go up against aces here."

Corkins' suspicions were confirmed on the     flop, and his gutshot never got there on the turn ( ) or river ( ), sending him home short of consecutive final table appearances at the Seniors Championship.

Harold Kizzire	355,000	-240,000
Hoyt Corkins	0	-266,000

You would think with the two of the biggest stacks in the room at the same table, they would be staying out of each other's way. That doesn't seem to be the case.

We came to the table just as James Miller moved all in on the     flop and Kenneth Lind made the call. Miller showed    for a flush and Lind was drawing dead with   . The irrelevant    turn and river cards were dealt and Miller took down a huge pot and is now the clear chip leader.

James Miller	1,750,000	662,000
Kenneth Lind	555,000	-502,000

It was a quick elimination for seven players bringing the tournament to its final 27 players. The players are currently redrawing for new seats and we will post those seat assignments and chip counts shortly.