Event 2: Robert Garcia Leads the Final 18 Players in the Seniors Event

$400 Seniors 50+ No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  18 of 272

Seniors Event - Final Two Tables

When the field got down to 18 players, there was a random redraw for seats at the final two tables. Here are their updated seating assignments and chip counts:

TABLE 1
Seat 1.  Amir Baron  –  645,000  (43 bb)
Seat 2.  Mark Bernstein  –  160,000  (11 bb)
Seat 3.  Shurland George  –  150,000  (10 bb)
Seat 4.  Eduardo Moucherek Cecchinato  –  400,000  (27 bb)
Seat 5.  Anthony Hobbs  –  215,000  (14 bb)
Seat 6.  Anthony Velasquez  –  40,000  (3 bb)
Seat 7.  Lisa Teebagy  –  470,000  (31 bb)
Seat 8.  Nancy Thomas  –  220,000  (15 bb)
Seat 9.  Stacy Matin  –  255,000  (17 bb)

TABLE 2
Seat 1.  Mark Fersaci  –  335,000  (22 bb)
Seat 2.  Amie Martini  –  270,000  (18 bb)
Seat 3.  Jeffrey Bidelman  –  145,000  (10 bb)
Seat 4.  Hector Pacheco  –  380,000  (25 bb)
Seat 5.  Michael Preston  –  95,000  (6 bb)
Seat 6.  Robert Garcia  –  851,000  (57 bb)
Seat 7.  Tamara Goldshteyn  –  285,000  (19 bb)
Seat 8.  Mohan Navani  –  240,000  (16 bb)
Seat 9.  Richard Hill  –  200,000  (13 bb)

Here is the remaining prizepool at stake:

1st:  $20,550 + SHRPO trophy
2nd:  $14,185
3rd:  $9,315
4th:  $5,680
5th:  $4,385
6th:  $3,635
7th:  $3,060
8th:  $2,555
9th-10th:  $2,055
11th-12th:  $1,730
13th-15th:  $1,480
16th-18th:  $1,240

And here are the players who have finished in the money so far:

19th:  Rado Boltryk  –  $1,025
20th:  Guillermo Garcia  –  $1,025
21st:  Jacque Doucette  –  $1,025

22nd:  David Guiffreda  –  $820
23rd:  Alan Reichstein  –  $820
24th:  Michael Fess  –  $820

25th:  Blair Miller  –  $705
26th:  Tuan Nguyen  –  $705
27th:  Charles Gudaitis  –  $705

28th:  Peter Lombardo  –  $625
29th:  Valery Litvak  –  $625
30th:  Christopher Canzano  –  $625
31st:  Laura Matthew  –  $625
32nd:  Philip Consolo  –  $625
33rd:  Ronald Katz  –  $625
34th:  Arthur Sarkisian  –  $625

With 18 players remaining from a field of 272, the average chip stack is about 300,000 (20 big blinds). The field is in the money, with the remaining players guaranteed at least $1,240 each.