Seniors No-Limit Hold'em (Event #32)

Hand #49: Small blind Jim McNurlan called the extra 300,000, Richardson checked.     McNurley bet 2,500,000, Richardson folded and the turn and the river remain forever a mystery.

Hand #50: After Fontaine folded, McNurlan raised to 2,000,000 pre-flop, called by both Adam Richardson and Howard Mash. The trio checked the     flop. The turn   saw Richardson lead out for 2.2 million; McNurlan alone made the call. The river:  . Richardson led for 7,000,000 and McNurlan made a significant raise to 17,000,000. Richardson understandably took some time to call, and when he did so McNurlan showed    and won the pot.

James Mcnurlan	62,000,000	23,300,000
Adam Richardson	22,600,000	-21,200,000

Hand #36: Jean-René Fontaine moved all in preflop for 12,800,000 small blind on big and Jim McNurlan declined to put him at risk.

Hand #37: Fontaine moved all in again, for a little more now: 14,000,000, uncalled.

Hand #38: Fontaine sat the next one out; small blind Richardson raised to 1,400,000, picking up Mash's big blind and ante.

Hand #39: McNurlan, first to act, made it 2,400,000. Richardson called on the button. Flop:    . McNurlan check-folded to Richardson's bet of 3,000,000.

Hand #40: Mash raised to 1,500,000, called by big blind McNurlan. Both players checked the     flop, then the   turn saw McNurlan bet out 3,000,000. There was no further betting on the   river and Mash took the pot (cards unseen).

Hand #41: Small blind McNurlan raised to 3,000,000, called by big blind Richardson. The flop came down     and it all broke loose. McNurlan led out for 7,000,000 and Richardson raised all in - a mighty shove of 31,700,000 from the only player capable of threatening McNurlan's tournament life. He folded.

Hand #35: Donald Matusow went all in from the cutoff for 5.93 million, and James McNurlan called from the cutoff.

James Mcnurlan:   
Donald Matusow:   

Board:      

McNurlan's pair of fives held, and Matusow's run is over in fifth place.

James Mcnurlan	50,400,000	18,900,000
Adam Richardson	31,400,000	-10,300,000
Howard Mash	24,800,000	-1,500,000
Jean-René Fontaine	12,800,000	-1,200,000
Donald Matusow	0	-5,900,000

Hand #27: It folded to the blinds, where Donald Matusow raised to 1,350,000 and Jim McNurlan called. On a flop of     Matusow bet out: 2,000,000. McNurlan wasted little time in raising to 7,680,000 and Matusow let it go.

Hand #28: Another fold to the blinds, and beyond - Adam Richardson auto-won with a walk.

Hand #29: Richardson limped his small blind, Mash checked his option. They checked down the whole board which ran out         and Mash tabled ten-high to win the pot.

Hand #30: The folding-to-sb-trend continued. Mash completed to 500,000, Jean-René Fontaine checked. On a flop of     Mash bet 800,000 and Fontaine called. Similar action occurred on the   turn: Mash bet 1,400,000 and got a call. Both players checked the   river Mash tabling    and Fontaine a surprise two red queens, losing to Mash's pair of kings.

Adam Richardson	41,700,000	-2,600,000
James Mcnurlan	31,500,000	-300,000
Howard Mash	26,300,000	8,100,000
Jean-René Fontaine	14,000,000	-2,200,000
Donald Matusow	5,900,000	-3,000,000

Hand #19: Five-handed action commenced with a raise from Adam Richardson to 1,100,000, called by Howard Mash in the big blind. Mash checked the     flop and Richardson bet 700,000. Mash called again. The turn:  . Mash led out for 1,500,000 and Richardson folded.

Hand #20: Jim McNurlan opened to 1,300,000, called by Richardson on the button. Small blind Mash raised to 3,600,000 prompting two quickish folds. Mash picked up nearly 3 million chips with that one three-bet.

Hand #21: Richardson limped the sb for 500,000, Donald Matusow checked his option. The flop came down     and saw a check from Matusow and a bet of 600,000 from Richardson. Matusow made the call for a   turn. Betting dried up at this juncture, with checks here and on the   river. Matusow tabled    for a straight and took the pot.

Hand #15: Farhad Jamasi raised to 1.15 million from the cutoff, Donald Matusow went all-in for 7.28 million from the small blind, and Jamasi folded.

Hand #16: Howard Mash raised to 1.2 million from the cutoff, and all other players folded.

Hand #17: Farhad Jamasi raised to 2 million from under the gun, Howard Mash went all in 13.1 from the hijack, and Jamasi folded.

Hand #7: Farhad Jamasi raised to 1,500,000 from the small blind, and won the pot.

Hand #8: Adam Richardson raised to 1.1 milion from the cutoff and stole the blinds.

Adam Richardson	39,300,000	3,000,000
Farhad Jamasi	1,100,000	-10,150,000

Hand #1: It folded to Husaynue on the cutoff who moved all in for 4,100,000, not wasting any time at all post dinner break. Mash took him on from the small blind and it was bad news for the short stack: Mash had    to his   . The board was kind, however, bringing       for a life-saving chop.

Hand #2: Farhad Jamasi raised to 1,550,000. Jean-René Fontaine moved all in on the small blind for 4,830,000 million and Jamasi let it go.

Hand #3: Adam Richardson opened for 1,100,000 under the gun and again, Fontaine moved in, saying it in French for good measure: "tapis!" The amount: 7,380,000. Everyone folded.

Hand #4: It folded to the small blind Jim McNurlan who completed, Richardson raised to 2 million, and McNurlan called. On a flop of     McNurlan checked, Richardson bet 3,000,000 and took the pot.

Hand #5: Fontaine shipped it in again preflop, this time for 9,730,000; Adam Richardson made the call as he rubbed his hands together in anticipation. It was a dominating matchup that Fontaine needed to overcome,    vs.   . He called for a "dix" and the deck provided it:    . He had to fade quite a few outs, but did so as the turn and river came down   . He doubles to 20,400,000.

Jean-René Fontaine

20,400,000

14,575,000

By concensus, the final seven players are taking an hour's break for dinner. Full accurate chip counts are listed below.

James Mcnurlan	37,300,000	-500,000
Adam Richardson	37,000,000	-2,000,000
Howard Mash	13,850,000	350,000
Farhad Jamasi	11,250,000	2,750,000
Donald Matusow	9,025,000	-4,475,000
Jean-René Fontaine	5,825,000	-175,000
Samir Husaynue	4,100,000	-1,500,000

He might be the table short stack, but Samir Husaynue is not folding down to the felt. He won one and lost one back to back, each time the ace of spades featuring despite no flop being seen.

First off, Husaynue opened for 1,150,000 on the button and big blind Howard Mash, who's been on the wrong side of every pot for two levels, moved all in for 4,475,000. This was about the size of Husaynue's total stack. He thought for a while but folded, Mash showing the  .

The next hand, it folded to Husaynue on the cutoff and he moved his stack across the line, facing a similarly long sweat while big blind Jean-René Fontaine, also short but not quite to the extent of his opponent, asked for a count and ultimately folded, showing the  .

Howard Mash	5,725,000	-1,775,000
Samir Husaynue	5,600,000	-400,000