Event #34: $1,000 Seniors No-Limit Hold’em Championship

Carlos Pianelli moved all in for his last 133,000 from the hijack with    and was called by John Woo, who held   . The flop came    , giving Woo the lead and putting him in great position to eliminate Pianelli.

The dealer burned and turned the  , which sent cheers throughout the rail as Pianelli shot up his arms. He wasn't out of the woods yet though. Woo could still eliminate his opponent if a ten or ace appeared on the river.

The crowd leaned in as the dealer put the   on the river, giving Pianelli a much needed double up to 347,000 while Woo dropped to 1.75 million.

Action is back underway. Just after the first hand, Daniel Camillo raced out of the tournament area to use the restroom. "We're four minutes in and already he needs a bathroom break," joked tournament announcer Robbie Thompson.

The remaining nine players are taking their dinner break before the commencement of the final table. Action will resume in one hour.

Just as Bruce Angeski was being eliminated on one table, Edward Weiss moved all in from the small blind on the other. Daniel Camillo, who was in the big blind, made the call and showed   .

"I've got two overs," Weiss said as he showed   . The flop came    , which kept Camillo in the lead. The   didn't help Weiss and neither did the   on the river. He was eliminated from the tournament in tenth place and will take home $28,221.

Since two players were eliminated before the final ten players could combine to one table, the remaining nine players will reconvene at the official final table.

With about 280,000 in the pot and a board of      , Daniel Camillo bet 300,000. Jack Ward asked, "Really?" before making the call. Camillo showed    for ace high. Ward flipped over    to take down the pot.

"Now we're playing the game," Ward boasted. He is now up to 1.34 million while Camillo dropped to 1.33 million.

Since Jeanne Nelson's elimination, play has slowed down quite a bit. Flops are rare with preflop raises usually being enough to take down the blinds and antes.

With the tables playing five and six-handed, it is only a matter of time before the blinds wear them down and force the action.

Jack Ward raised to 75,000 from the hijack only to have Jeanne Nelson move all in for around 350,000 on the button. The blinds folded and Ward made the call:

Nelson:   

Ward:   

Nelson was in big trouble and the     flop wasn't much help. She was drawing to running tens and amazingly, the turn was the  . All she needed to do was catch one of the remaining two tens left in the deck to stay alive and double up.

The dealer burned and put the   on the river. Ward took down the pot and increased his stack to 790,000. Nelson, the last woman in the field, was eliminated in twelfth place ($28,221)

Players have returned from their break and the cards are back in the air. It'll be interesting to see if action remains as fierce as it was in the first two levels.

Tom Schneider moved all in from the cutoff for 123,000 and was called by Jeanne Nelson from the button. The blinds folded and the two players revealed their cards:

Nelson:   

Schneider:   

The     flop gave Schneider the lead and he was in good shape to double up. That ended quickly when the   hit the turn, giving Nelson a straight and leaving Schneider drawing dead. The   was put out on the river and Schneider, the last big name in the field, was eliminated from the tournament in fourteenth place.

Harold Angle moved all in for 432,000 and was called by Jeanne Nelson in the cutoff. Angle showed    but was way behind Nelson's   .

The     on the flop made things interesting, giving Angle a club flush draw. The   on the turn changed nothing, but the   on the river gave Angle the said flush and allowed him to crack Nelson's pocket rockets.

Angle is up to 915,000 while Nelson took a hit down to 180,000.