Event #36: $1,000 Super Seniors No-Limit Hold'em

Event #36: $1,000 Super Seniors No-Limit Hold'em is a wrap, and after two full levels of the unscheduled fourth day of play, Farhintaj Bonyadi defeated Robert Beach heads-up to walk away with the victory and $311,451.

Along with her first bracelet, Bonyadi becomes the first female to win a bracelet event of the summer. Bonyadi and her son, Farzad "Freddy" Bonyadi, also become the first mother-son duo to win WSOP gold, Farzad with three bracelets to his credit.

Official Event #36 Final Table Results

"She wants to catch me now," her son joked after watching mom close it out.

"I'm just so so happy," Farhintaj said of finally getting a victory after finishing runner-up in Rio Daily Deepstacks in 2012 and 2016 for her two previous best scores of $35,992 and $27,097, respectively.

While the more experienced poker-playing son did provide his mother some advice including to play patiently today, he emphasized, "She did it all on her own."

"I told her to play patiently when she was short and she did it," Farzad said. "I think she played masterfully today."

Bonyadi came into the day facing a 4.5:1 chip deficit, but that didn't stop her from fighting back. Both players appeared to adopt a small ball preflop strategy with most flops occurring in limped pots. However, Bonyadi began to put more pressure on, betting several flops and taking pots uncontested.

She closed the gap to just over 2:1 and turned up more post-flop aggression, including working in some flop check-raises that were usually met with folds. Then, after making a couple hands that got value, including a turned straight with six-four and two pair with queen-nine, Bonyadi won a few more pots and suddenly held the lead.

She extended her lead with continued post-flop aggression with bets and flop raises that worked out, and in the final hand, Beach completed and called a raise from Bonyadi. She then check-raised the     flop from 600,000 to 1.2 million and got a call from Beach. She led 600,000 on the   turn and shoved on the   river that put a straight on the board.

Beach made the call for his remaining 2,450,000 but was staring at Bonyadi's pocket eights for the higher straight, his    playing the board. Beach may have been let down to miss out on the bracelet, but he's likely happy with the $192,397 consolation prize that dwarfs his previous tournament earnings of just over $5,000.

Super Senior Action

The $1,000 buy-in Super Seniors drew 2,191 entries, creating a total prize pool of $1,971,900 that was divided amongst the 329 top finishers. The money was reached on Day 2, with the majority of payouts going out that day and 43 returning.

Some players to bust in the money short of the final table were Sam Grizzle (32nd place - $8,120), bracelet winners Michael Moore (125th Place - $2,209), Konstantin Puchkov (180th place - $1,972) and Gary Benson (230th place - $1,780), and Swedish poker icon and two-time bracelet winner Chris Bjorin (263rd place - $1,625).

The final table was reached just four levels into Day 3, and it was two-time bracelet winner Steve Zolotow who bubbled the official final table. With 16 left, Zolotow doubled up Bonyadi when he called her late position shove with ace-king but couldn't beat her jack-nine suited that rivered two pair.

The last of it went to Beach after the two got in stacks, Zolotow in a dominating position with ace-king against ace-queen. Beach found a queen on the flop though that sent Zolotow out in tenth ($19,968), putting an end to his run for bracelet number three.

Final Table Eliminations

Bill Fogel was the first final table casualty, running his pocket sevens into Neil Henley's nines. The next two out would suffer a similar fate, running pairs into bigger ones and finding no help from the board.

Henley got all his chips in with tens, only to run into the aces of Linda Iwaniak and then, Charles Thompson's sevens fell to Bonyadi's eights.

Famed sports bettor Alan Denkenson was next out, getting it in ahead with ace-king against Beach's ace-eight. An eight on the flop shot Beach into the lead and Denkenson couldn't find a king and he was forced to settle for sixth place.

Russell Sutton then got in his short stack with pocket tens over a raise from Bonyadi. She made the call with king-queen and spiked a queen to send Sutton packing in fifth.

Iwaniak became the fourth-place finisher after raising with pocket tens and getting calls from both blinds. She shoved on the     flop, only to be snapped off by Paul Lee, who held eight-deuce suited in the big blind for trips. Iwaniak couldn't catch up and she was the first player in the tournament to collect a six-figure payday.

Lee was the short stack three-handed and took a big hit with pocket queens that were no good against Beach's ace-jack suited after he spiked trip jacks on the flop. The turn double-paired the board and Lee couldn't get away on the river, calling a check-raise. He dwindled for a while and got in the remainder with queen-ten in the small blind against Beach's king-seven.

A king on the flop ended things for Lee, who went out in third place. Beach started heads-up with a 3:1 chip advantage. Despite chipping up here and there in the 61 hands they played before bagging and returning for Day 4, Bonyadi finished the night down 4.5:1 in chips.

After a night's rest and two hour-long levels of play on Wednesday though, Bonyadi walked away with the win that represented bracelet number four for the mother and son duo.

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Hand #332: Robert Beach completed and Farhintaj Bonyadi checked her option. On the     flop, Bonyadi checked, Beach bet 325,000 and Bonyadi made it 800,000. Beach folded and Bonyadi took the pot.

Hand #333: Beach got a walk in the big blind.

Hand #334: Beach completed in the small blind and Bonyadi checked in the big blind. The flop was     and Bonyadi checked. Beach bet 400,000 and Bonyadi folded.

Hand #335: Beach got a walk.

Hand #336: Beach completed in the small blind and Bonyadi raised to 325,000. Both players checked the     flop and on the   turn, Bonyadi checked, Beach bet 400,000 and Bonyadi folded.

Hand #337: Beach got a walk in the big blind.

Farhintaj Bonyadi	7,755,000	4,255,000
Robert Beach	3,200,000	-4,255,000

Hand #321: Farhintaj Bonyadi completed in the small blind and Robert Beach raised to 525,000. Bonyadi let it go and Beach took down the pot.

Hand #322: Beach completed on the button and Bonyadi made it 325,000. Beach called and they saw a flop of    . Both players checked and Bonyadi bet 700,000 on the   turn. Beach folded and Bonyadi took the pot.

Hand #323: Beach got a walk in the big blind.

Hand #324: Beach completed on the button and Bonyadi checked. The flop was     and Bonyadi check-folded to Beach's bet of 300,000.

Hand #325: Bonyadi completed in the small blind and Beach checked. The flop brought     and Beach led 200,000. Bonyadi raised it up to 700,000 and Beach let it go.

Farhintaj Bonyadi	7,455,000	1,255,000
Robert Beach	3,500,000	-1,255,000

Hand #305: Farhintaj Bonyadi completed in the small blind and Robert Beach checked his option. Both players checked the     flop and the turn was the  . Beach led 400,000, Bonyadi raised to 800,000 and Beach let it go.

Hand #306: Beach completed and Bonyadi checked. They also checked the     flop and the   turn. On the   river, Bonyadi checked, Beach bet 500,000 and Bonyadi folded.

Hand #307: Beach got a walk in the big blind.

Hand #308: Beach completed and Bonyadi checked. On the     flop, Bonyadi checked, Beach bet 400,000 and Bonyadi called. They both checked the   turn and the   river and Bonyadi's    for a pair of fours was good.

Hand #309: Bonyadi completed in the small blind and Beach made it 500,000. Bonyadi called and they saw a flop of    . Beach checked and then folded to Bonyadi's bet of 400,000.

Hand #310: Beach completed and Bonyadi checked. The flop came     and Bonyadi check-folded to Beach's bet of 500,000.

Hand #311: Bonyadi completed, Beach raised it to 600,000 and Bonyadi let it go.

Hand #312: Beach completed, Bonyadi checked and the flop came    . Bonyadi led 300,000 and Beach folded.

Farhintaj Bonyadi	6,200,000	1,100,000
Robert Beach	4,755,000	-1,100,000

Hand #289: Robert Beach got a walk.

Hand #290: Beach made it 400,000 on the button and Farhintaj Bonyadi called. Both players checked the     flop and Bonyadi led 600,000 on the   turn. Beach folded and Bonyadi won the pot.

Hand #291: Beach got another walk in the big blind.

Hand #292: Beach completed and Bonyadi checked. The flop was     and both players checked. On the   turn, Bonyadi check-folded to a bet of 500,000 from Beach.

Hand #293: Bonyadi made it 475,000 on the button and Beach called. Both checked the     flop and Beach checked the   turn. Bonyadi bet 500,000 and Beach folded.

Hand #294: Beach completed and Bonyadi checked. The flop was     and Bonyadi checked. Beach bet 400,000 and Bonyadi made it 900,000, prompting a fold from Beach.

Robert Beach	6,855,000	-800,000
Farhintaj Bonyadi	4,100,000	800,000

Hand #281: Farhintaj Bonyadi raised to 300,000 on the button and Robert Beach folded.

Hand #282: Beach completed in the small blind and Bonyadi checked. Both checked the     flop and Bonyadi led 250,000 on the   turn. Beach folded and Bonyadi won the pot.

Hand #283: Bonyadi completed in the small blind and Beach made it 400,000. Bonyadi folded.

Hand #284: Bonyadi got a walk.

Hand #285: Bonyadi completed and Beach checked his option. The flop was     and Beach check-called 200,000. They both checked the   turn and the river was the  . Beach led 400,000, Bonyadi made it 1 million and Beach called.

Beach tabled    for two pair and Bonyadi mucked.

Hand #286: Beach completed and Bonyadi checked. The flop was     and Bonyadi checked. Beach bet 400,000, Bonyadi made it 800,000 and Beach called. On the   turn, Bonyadi moved all in for around 1.4 million and Beach let it go.

Hand #287: Beach got a walk.

Hand #288: Beach completed and Bonyadi checked. The flop was    . Bonyadi checked, Beach bet 300,000 and Bonyadi folded.

Robert Beach	7,655,000	-700,000
Farhintaj Bonyadi	3,300,000	700,000

Hand #254: Robert Beach completed in the small blind and Farhintaj Bonyadi checked her big. She then check-folded to a bet of 300,000 on    .

Hand #255: Bonyadi completed, Beach made it 400,000 and Bonyadi let it go.

Hand #256: Beach completed, Bonyadi made it 400,000 to go and Beach got out of the way.

Hand #257: Beach got a walk.

Hand #258: Beach raised to 200,000 on the button and Bonyadi defended. They both checked the     flop and the   turn. On the   river, Bonyadi led 300,000 and Beach folded.

Hand #259: Another walk for Beach.

Hand #260: Beach completed and Bonyadi checked her option. The flop was     and Bonyadi check-folded to Beach's bet of 250,000.

Hand #261: Bonyadi completed, Beach made it 400,000 and Bonyadi called. On the     flop, Beach led 400,000 and Bonyadi folded.

Hand #262: Beach raised to 350,000, Bonyadi made it 800,000 and Beach let it go.

Hand #263: Bonyadi completed, Beach checked his option, and the flop came    . Beach check-folded to Bonyadi's 200,000 bet.

Hand #264: Beach competed and Bonyadi checked. The flop was     and Bonyadi checked. Beach bet 300,000 and Bonyadi folded.

Hand #265: Beach got a walk in the big.

Hand #266: Beach completed and Bonyadi checked. She also checked the     flop and Beach bet 300,000. Bonyadi folded and Beach took it down.

Robert Beach	8,355,000	-750,000
Farhintaj Bonyadi	2,600,000	750,000

Hand #238: Robert Beach completed on the button and Farhintaj Bonyadi checked her option. The flop was     and Bonyadi checked. Beach bet 300,000 and Bonyadi check-raised to 600,000.

Beach called and the turn was the  . Bonyadi led 600,000 and Beach called. On the   river, Bonyadi led out 525,000 and Beach moved all in. Bonyadi called and they tabled their cards.

Bonyadi:   
Beach:   

Though Bonyadi flopped a straight, both players ended up with the same straight to the eight for a chop.

Hand #239: Beach got a walk in the big blind.

Hand #240: Beach raised it up to 400,000 on the button, Bonyadi made it 1.2 million and Beach let it go.

Hand #241: Bonyadi completed in the small blind and Beach checked. They took a flop of     and both players checked. On the   turn, Beach check-called 450,000 from Bonyadi and both players checked the   river.

Beach showed    for a rivered straight, good for the pot.

Hand #242: Beach completed and Bonyadi checked. She checked again on the     flop and folded to Beach's bet of 300,000.

Hand #243: Beach got a walk, taking down the blinds and antes.

Robert Beach	9,105,000	305,000
Farhintaj Bonyadi	1,850,000	-335,000

Hand #225: Robert Beach got a walk in the big blind.

Hand #226: Farhintaj Bonyadi got a walk.

Hand #227: Bonyadi completed in the small blind and Beach checked his option. On the     flop, Beach check-folded to Bonyadi's bet of 250,000.

Hand #228: Beach completed on the button and Bonyadi checked her option. Both players checked the     flop and Bonyadi checked the   turn. Beach bet 300,000 and took down the pot.

Hand #229: Bonyadi completed and Beach checked his option. The flop was     and Beach checked. Bonyadi bet 200,000 and Beach let it go.

Robert Beach	8,900,000	-110,000
Farhintaj Bonyadi	2,085,000	110,000

There were 2,191 players to start Event #36: $1,000 Super Seniors No-Limit Hold'em and now just two remain. The tournament was originally scheduled for three days of play, but everyone was having so much fun that they decided to add one more.

Robert Beach is coming back with a massive chip lead and will be looking to end the day in a timely fashion. Beach came into Day 3 with just nine big blinds and managed to secure the chip lead by night's end, including to start heads-up play versus Farhintaj Bonyadi.

The two played heads-up for one level, before deciding to bag up and come back to complete the tournament today. The winner will be walking away with $311,451 and the runner-up will earn a nice consolation prize of $192,397.

The action will start at 11 a.m. and the blinds will be resuming at 50,000/100,000 with a 10,000 ante. The levels will be 60 minutes in duration, with a 15-minute break coming at the end of every two levels. The tournament will play down until a victor is crowned and a WSOP bracelet has been won.

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