Sunday, June 20, 2010 3:17 PM Local Time
Daniel Camillo was in middle position and raised to 70,000. Thomas Scott made the call from the cutoff and the two saw a flop of .
Camillo bet 200,000 and Scott made the call. When the hit the turn, Camillo moved all in and Scott called for his remaining 190,000.
Camillo showed and had paired his duece on the turn. Scott was behind with the and couldn't improve when the came on the river. Camillo increased his stack to around 1.3 million while Scott was eliminated from the tournament in sixteenth place ($17,475).
Sunday, June 20, 2010 3:04 PM Local Time
Jon Hair, who had been nursing a short stack for quite some time, was under the gun and all in with against Mike Minetti's .
Hair's best bet was to catch an ace, but that didn't happen on the flop. He did pick up a straight draw however. The on the turn left Hair looking for an ace or duece on the river.
The dealer burned and flipped over the . Minetti won the hand and increased his stack to 860,000. Hair was eliminated from the tournament in seventeenth place and will take home $17,475.
Sunday, June 20, 2010 2:58 PM Local Time
Michael Woo was all in preflop with against the of Jeanne Nelson. The left Woo drawing to running tens or straight cards to stay alive.
The on the turn provided a little hope, but the on the river gave Nelson the pot. She is now sitting with about 680,000 while Woo was eliminated from the tournament in eighteenth place ($17,475).
Sunday, June 20, 2010 2:55 PM Local Time
Jay Hong raised to 75,000 from early position and Bruce Peterson, who was next to act, called all in for 60,000. Everyone else folded and the two showed their cards:
Peterson:
Hong:
Peterson was in need of some help and received some when the flop came . The on the turn changed nothing and the on the river gave Peterson a much needed double to 177,000. Meanwhile, Hong dropped to 325,000.
Sunday, June 20, 2010 2:51 PM Local Time
Bruce Peterson moved all in from middle position for 238,000 and action folded to John Wrona in the big blind. Wrona, who only had 177,000, called and turned over , which was ahead of Peterson's .
The board ran out and Wrona doubled to around 360,000. Peterson dropped to about 60,000.
Sunday, June 20, 2010 2:42 PM Local Time
Since losing that big pot with queens, Bruce Peterson received a walk in the big blind, shoved from the small blind to win a pot, and doubled up with against Jon Hair's . Peterson is up to 200,000
Sunday, June 20, 2010 2:36 PM Local Time
Bruce Peterson raised to 50,000 from early position only to have John Woo move all in from the hijack position for 461,000. Peterson made the call and suddenly there was a huge pot on the line.
Peterson:
Woo:
The flop came down , keeping Woo in the lead. The on the turn changed nothing and Peterson was looking for a queen on the river or else he would be crippled. Alas, it was not mean to be as the came on the river.
Woo doubled on the hand to around 940,000 while Peterson was left with just 48,000.
Sunday, June 20, 2010 2:28 PM Local Time
Now that we are down to the final two tables, players have redrawn their tables and seats. Here is how it looks:
Table 336
Seat 1- Bruce Angeski (200,000)
Seat 2- John Woo (540,000)
Seat 3- Carlos Pianelli (1.18 million)
Seat 4- John Wrona (190,000)
Seat 5- Preston Derden (680,000)
Seat 6- Mike Minetti (1.02 million)
Seat 7- Jay Hong (430,000)
Seat 8- Bruce Peterson (500,000)
Seat 9- Jon Hair (240,000)
Table 337
Seat 1- Michael Woo (400,000)
Seat 2- Daniel Camillo (1.03 million)
Seat 3- Jack Ward (500,000)
Seat 4- Thomas Scott (470,000)
Seat 5- Harold Angle (450,000)
Seat 6- Tom Schneider (280,000)
Seat 7- Jeanne Nelson (275,000)
Seat 8- Eric Stemp (910,000)
Seat 9- Edward Weiss (570,000)
Sunday, June 20, 2010 2:20 PM Local Time
Daniel Camillo was under the gun and limped. When action got to Eric Stemp in the cutoff, he raised it to 95,000. Robert Cain then moved all in for around 200,000 from the button.
Camillo folded and Stemp made the call. Cain showed but was way behind Stemp's . His best bet was to catch an ace and that didn't happen on the flop.
The on the turn changed nothing and Cain was down to his last card. The on the river gave Stemp the pot, increasing his stack to 940,000, and sent Cain home in 19th place ($13,969)
Sunday, June 20, 2010 2:07 PM Local Time
Larry Ross got all of his chips in preflop with and was way behind the of Daniel Camillo.
Ross needed a lot of help and didn't receive any on the flop. The on the turn left Ross drawing dead. After the was put out on the river for good measure, Ross was officially eliminated from the tournament in 20th place ($13,969). Camillo has increased his stack to 700,000.
Sunday, June 20, 2010 2:03 PM Local Time
Edward Weiss was under the gun and raised to 75,000. Ken James then moved all in from the hijack and Weiss put his tournament life at stake by calling for his 289,000 stack.
Weiss:
James:
The board ran out giving Weiss a double to nearly 600,000; meanwhile, James was left with just 12,000 chips.
A few hands later, James was under the gun and called all in for 8,000. Tom Schneider raised from the cutoff to isolate and everyone else folded. James held the and was in big trouble against Schneider's .
The board ran out and James was bounced from the tournament in 21st place ($13,969).
Sunday, June 20, 2010 1:54 PM Local Time
Dave Lambertson bet 50,000 on a flop of and was called by Carlos Pianelli. When the hit the turn, Lambertson moved all in for around 150,000.
Pianelli called and turned over for the broadway straight. The hand eliminated Lambertson in 22nd place for which he will take home $13,969. Meanwhile, Pianelli is up to 1.42 million.
Sunday, June 20, 2010 1:47 PM Local Time
Preston Derden was in middle position and raised to 39,000. Edward Weiss, who was in the cutoff, pushed all in for a total of 145,000. Derden made the call and the two turned over their cards:
Derden:
Weiss:
Although Derden was ahead preflop, that changed on the flop when it came . Weiss was in great shape to double with his pair of aces if he could avoid a nine. The on the turn changed nothing. Derden needed to improve on the river to eliminate Weiss.
The dealer burned and revealed the on the river. Weiss doubled to around 300,000 while Derden dropped to around 730,000.
Sunday, June 20, 2010 1:42 PM Local Time
We didn't catch the hand but Brian Appelbaum has been eliminated from the tournament. He becomes the first player to make his exit on Day 3.
Sunday, June 20, 2010 1:39 PM Local Time
Eric Stemp was in the cutoff and raised to 66,000. Dave Lambertson, who was the short stack at the start of the day, then moved all in for around 75,000 total. Stemp only had to call off a few more chips and did so with the .
Lambertson revealed and it was off to the races. The flop came down , giving Stemp a straight draw along with his overs. The on the turn was no help to Stemp and neither was the on the river.
Lambertson doubled to around 160,000 on the hand while Stemp dropped to 487,000.
Sunday, June 20, 2010 1:33 PM Local Time
The players have taken their seats and the cards are in the air. Day 3 of the Seniors Championship has officially begun.
Sunday, June 20, 2010 1:09 PM Local Time
Here are the seating arrangements and chip counts for the start of Day 3:
Table 336
Seat 1: Empty
Seat 2: Mike Minetti - 1,038,000
Seat 3: Bruce Peterson - 465,000
Seat 4: John Woo - 551,000
Seat 5: Jack Ward - 519,000
Seat 6: Empty
Seat 7: Thomas Scott - 356,000
Seat 8: Bruce Angeski - 253,000
Seat 9: Jay Hong - 352,000
Table 337
Seat 1: Jeanne Nelson - 253,000
Seat 2: Robert Cain - 232,000
Seat 3: Tom Schneider - 284,000
Seat 4: Preston Derden - 875,000
Seat 5: John Wrona - 183,000
Seat 6: Edward Weiss - 169,000
Seat 7: Jon Hair - 169,000
Seat 8: Empty
Seat 9: Ken James - 297,000
Table 338
Seat 1: Carlos Pianelli - 877,000
Seat 2: Empty
Seat 3: Eric Stemp - 562,000
Seat 4: Dave Lambertson - 94,000
Seat 5: Brian Appelbaum - 241,000
Seat 6: Harold Angle - 349,000
Seat 7: Michael Woo - 523,000
Seat 8: Larry Ross - 220,000
Seat 9: Daniel Camillo - 510,000
Sunday, June 20, 2010 1:05 PM Local Time
Day 3 of the Seniors Championship is set to begin in about a half an hour. Only 23 players remain out of the 3,142 who started two days ago. The biggest name remaining in the field is Tom Schneider, who finished as the Day 1 chip leader. There will certainly be a lot of excitement surrounding the 2007 Player of the Year throughout the day as he attempts to capture the $487,994 first-place prize..
Also returning are Jeanne Nelson, the last woman remaining in the field, and Mike Minetti, who is our chip leader with over one million in chips. The plan for today is to play down to a final table and to a winner, which means we could be in store for a long night.
The tournament staff are currently getting the tables in order, so the cards should be in the air around 2:30 pm local time. PokerNews will bring you all of the updates throughout the day as we look to find the next Seniors Champion.