$300 Seniors 50+ No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 21: 5,000/10,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 190

Moshe Wasser opened to 25,000 in early position, and Warren Jurkowicz called in middle position. From the big blind, Luca Famea three-bet to what looked like 155,000. Wasser folded, but Jurkowicz called all in for just less than 90,000 total, putting himself at risk.

Jurkowicz:
Famea:

The board ran out , and Famea won the pot with aces up. Jurkowicz was eliminated in eighth place. Famea now has about half the total chips in play with seven players remaining.

Luca Famea – 950,000 (95 bb)
Warren Jurkowicz – Eliminated

$300 Seniors 50+ No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 20: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 190

Jeff Frerichs opened to 20,000 in middle position, and Daniel Genachte three-bet shoved for 62,000 in the big blind. Frerichs called to put him at risk.

Frerichs:
Genachte:

The board ran out , and Frerichs won the pot with a pair of nines. Genachte was eliminated in ninth place.

Jeff Frerichs – 185,000 (23 bb)
Daniel Genachte – Eliminated

$300 Seniors 50+ No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 20: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 10 of 190

George Blocker got himself all in for about 110,000 preflop, flipping for his tournament life against Luca Famea.

Blocker:
Famea:

The board ran out , and Famea flopped queens full to earn the knockout. Blocker was eliminated in tenth place.

Luca Famea – 400,000 (50 bb)
George Blocker – Eliminated

$300 Seniors 50+ No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 20: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 10 of 190

Luca Famea opened with an under-the-gun raise, and Marsha Wolak three-bet shoved for 90,000 next to act. When it came back around to Famea, he quickly called to put Wolak at risk.

Famea:
Wolak:

The board ran out , and Wolak found a third queen on the river to double up.

Marsha Wolak – 202,000 (25 bb)
Luca Famea – 280,000 (35 bb)

$300 Seniors 50+ No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 20: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 10 of 190

Right at the start of Level 20, the field was reduced to ten players, and they’ve now combined around the final table. Here’s the lineup:

Seat 1: Luca Famea – 372,000
Seat 2: Marsha Wolak – 93,000
Seat 3: Moshe Wasser – 195,000
Seat 4: Moses Clepper – 69,000
Seat 5: Daniel Genachte – 91,000
Seat 6: Warren Jurkowitz – 85,000
Seat 7: Elliott Zaydman – 190,000
Seat 8: George Blocker – 120,000
Seat 9: Jeff Frerichs – 295,000
Seat 10: Marc Levy – 252,000

Here are the remaining payouts up for grabs:

1st: $14,048
2nd: $8,237
3rd: $4,845
4th: $3,876
5th: $2,907
6th: $2,423
7th: $1,938
8th: $1,454
9th: $1,090
10th: $969

$300 Seniors 50+ No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 18: 2,500/5,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 16 of 190

Tony March moved all in for 38,500 under the gun, and Marc Levy called in position to put him at risk.

March:
Levy:

The board ran out , and Levy won the pot with a set of aces. March was eliminated in 16th place, earning $727, while Levy moves into the overall chip lead with 15 players remaining.

Marc Levy – 255,000 (51 bb)
Tony March – Eliminated

$300 Seniors 50+ No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 17: 2,000/4,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 18 of 190

Level 17 is nearly complete, and the field has just been reduced to 18 players. They’re now all in the money, each of them guaranteed to earn at least $727 this evening. A redraw is underway around the final two tables.

Play will continue tonight until a winner is determined.

$300 Seniors 50+ No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 9: 300/600 with a 100 ante
Players Remaining: 77 of 190

Registration closed for the Seniors Event and it drew 190 entrants to top the crowd from last year. They created a prize pool worth $48,450 with the last 18 players earning a piece. A min-cash pockets $727 while the winner will take home $14,048 along with the trophy and custom-framed print courtesy of the folks at IMPDI.

1st: $14,048
2nd: $8,237
3rd: $4,845
4th: $3,876
5th: $2,907
6th: $2,423
7th: $1,938
8th: $1,454
9th: $1,090
10 – 12th: $969
13 – 15th: $848
16 – 18th: $727

$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty NL Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
Level 17: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 120

The first half hour of the final table had little activity except for a double up by Joseph Marzilli. He was down to 27,000 and won a flip with against Tom Middleton’s .

Marzilli is still in the danger zone but he has a little to work with now.

Joseph Marzilli – 62,000 (16 bb)
Tom Middleton – 256,000 (64 bb)

$300 Seniors 50+ No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 5: 100/200 with a 25 ante
Total Entries: 156

Senior Event players are back from their first break as the entrant count climbed over 150 with four more levels to get in the game.

Leonard St. Germain made the most of his first two hours and ran his 10K starting stack up for 35,900. Luca Famea is not far behind as Sergio Morejon, Alan Feller, and Richard Wetter round out the top five.

Top stacks and some notable names:

Leonard St Germain – 35,900 (180 bb)
Luca Famea – 35,000 (175 bb)
Sergio Morejon – 33,400 (167 bb)
Alan Feller – 30,500 (153 bb)
Richard Wetter – 27,850 (139 bb)
Wesley Losher – 26,075 (130 bb)
Jacquelyn Scott – 25,650 (128 bb)
James Hamburger – 25,300 (127 bb)
Nancy Birnbaum – 21,500 (108 bb)
Neil Blumenfield – 19,950 (100 bb)
Alfonso Perez – 19,500 (98 bb)
Wally Maddah – 14,700 (74 bb)
Joel Harwood – 10,700 (54 bb)
Nancy Thomas – 7,750 (39 bb)