Event 13: Marc Levy Doubles Through Luca Famea

$300 Seniors 50+ No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 22: 6,000/12,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 6 of 190

Marc Levy limped in under the gun, and Luca Famea raised to 30,000 next to act. Levy called the remainder to proceed.

Levy checked in the dark as the flop came Ks3h2d. Famea bet 25,000, and Levy called. The turn was the 4h, and Levy led out with a bet of 89,000. Famea moved all in, and Levy quickly called all in for 292,000, putting himself at risk.

Levy: 3s3d (set of threes)
Famea: AdAh (pair of aces, straight draw)

The river was the 6s, and Levy doubled up with a set of threes.

Marc Levy – 724,000 (60 bb)
Luca Famea – 345,000 (29 bb)

Event 13: Marsha Wolak Eliminated in 7th Place ($1,938)

$300 Seniors 50+ No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 22: 6,000/12,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 7 of 190

Marsha Wolak (Pompano Beach, FL)
Marsha Wolak (Pompano Beach, FL)

Jeff Frerichs was all in for 97,000 preflop, heads up and dominated by Marsha Wolak.

Frerichs: Ad7h
Wolak: Ac9h

The board ran out Td8c6c9c9s, and Frerichs turned a ten-high straight to double up.

After paying off the debt, Wolak was left with less than a single big blind, and she was eliminated on the next hand. She won a Seniors’ Event here back in April 2015, but her bid for another glass trophy comes up short in seventh place.

Jeff Frerichs – 214,000 (18 bb)
Marsha Wolak – Eliminated

Event 13: Moshe Wasser Doubles Through Elliott Zaydman

$300 Seniors 50+ No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 22: 6,000/12,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 7 of 190

Moshe Wasser moved all in for 56,000 in middle position, and Elliott Zaydman re-shoved for 160,000 on the button. The blinds folded, and Wasser was heads up for his tournament life.

Wasser: AsTd
Zaydman: KsQh

The KcQdTc flop gave Zaydman a big lead with two pair, but the Ts on the turn gave the lead right back to Wasser. The river was the 2s, and Wasser doubled up with trip tens.

Moshe Wasser – 144,000 (12 bb)
Elliott Zaydman – 104,000 (9 bb)

Event 13: Warren Jurkowicz Eliminated in 8th Place ($1,454)

$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

Warren Jurkowicz (Aventura, FL)
Warren Jurkowicz (Aventura, FL)

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: 9s9d
Famea: AdAc

The board ran out Qd5h3hTd3c, 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

Event 14: Steven Bennett Wins In Eight-Way Chop

$360 No Limit Hold’em Turbo
Level 27: 25,000/50,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 283

A few hands after losing Anderson Blanco in ninth place, the final eight players agreed to an ICM chop. Steven Bennett had the chip lead when the deal was finalized and took the most money and the trophy.

Here is a look at the final table results:

1st: Steven Bennett – $11,000
2nd: Kenneth Culbertson – $10,480
3rd: Steve McKoy – $8,793
4th: Bill Gazes – $8,752
5th: Frankie Flowers – $7,900
6th: Robert Elias – $7,250
7th: Yigal Hen – $7,003
8th: Randy Pfeifer – $6,487
9th: Anderson Blanco – $1,698

A recap will be posted later tonight.

Event 13: Daniel Genachte Eliminated in 9th Place ($1,090)

$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

Daniel Genachte (Deerfield Beach, FL)
Daniel Genachte (Deerfield Beach, FL)Danie

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: Ks9s
Genachte: KdQh

The board ran out Jd9d8d5c3h, 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

Event 13: George Blocker Eliminated in 10th Place ($969)

$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 (Glenwood Springs, CO)
George Blocker (Glenwood Springs, CO)

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

Blocker: AhKd
Famea: QsQd

The board ran out AsAcQh7d6d, and Famea flopped queens full to earn the knockout. Blocker was eliminated in tenth place.

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

Event 14: Anderson Blanco Eliminated in 9th Place ($1,698)

$360 No Limit Hold’em Turbo
Level 26: 20,000/40,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 283

Anderson Blanco
Anderson Blanco

Action folded to the Steven Bennett in the small blind, who bet enough to put Anderson Blanco all in in the big blind.

Blanco called from the big blind and was all in for about 130,000. Blanco showed Kd8s and was in the lead against Bennett’s 9h5h.

The flop was Kc9s4c and Blanco keeps the lead with a pair of kings against Bennett’s pair of nines.

The turn was the 4d, putting Blanco further in the lead with kings and fours. Bennett was drawing to two outs and hit it with the 9c on the river.

Blanco was eliminated in ninth place and took home $1,698 for his final table appearance, while Bennett chipped up.

Steven Bennett – 550,000 (14 bb)
Anderson Blanco – Eliminated 

Event 13: Marsha Wolak Doubles Through Luca Famea

$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: AsAh
Wolak: QsQd

The board ran out 8c6s4d3cQh, and Wolak found a third queen on the river to double up.

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

Event 13: Ten-Handed Final Table

$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