$1,100 Seniors 50+ No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  8,000/16,000 with a 16,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 137

John Famularo laddered up a spot, found a good place to get his ~95,000 in the middle, and was racing against Mark Dickstein.

Dickstein:
Famularo:

Famularo took the lead when he paired his ace on the flop. Dickstein picked up the first half of a backdoor flush draw on the turn and it got there on the river. Dickstein made a heart flush and Famularo was eliminated in fourth place.

Mark Dickstein – 510,000 (32 bb)
John Famularo – Eliminated in 4th Place ($8,375)

$1,100 Seniors 50+ No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  8,000/16,000 with a 16,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 137

Michael Woloshin dropped down to 75,000 and put those in the middle from the small blind. Neil Blumenfield checked his cards in the big and called.

Blumenfield:
Woloshin:

Woloshin was ahead for the double but Blumenfield paired his eight on the flop. Woloshin could not find a save on the turn or river and was sent out in fifth place.

Neil Blumenfield – 1,225,000 (77 bb)
Michael Woloshin – Eliminated in 5th Place ($6,515)

$1,100 Seniors 50+ No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  8,000/16,000 with a 16,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 137

Neil Blumenfield opened to 35,000 from the button, Mark Dickstein moved all in for 238,000 from the big blind and Blumenfield called.

Blumenfield:
Dickstein:

Dickstein was behind but drawing live for a double up. He took the lead when he paired his queen on the and it held as the turn and river finished the board.

Mark Dickstein – 491,000 (31 bb)
Neil Blumenfield – 1,125,000 (70 bb)

$1,100 Seniors 50+ No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  8,000/16,000 with a 16,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 137

The five remaining players were sent on another break. They return to blinds at 8,000/16,000 with a 16,000 ante and the average stack is about 548,000 (34 bb).

Seat 2: Emerson Ward – 801,000 (50 bb)
Seat 3: Mark Dickstein – 254,000 (16 bb)
Seat 4: John Famularo – 103,000 (6 bb)
Seat 7: Michael Woloshin – 219,000 (14 bb)
Seat 8: Neil Blumenfield – 1,363,000 (85 bb)

Remaining payouts:

1st: $36,670 + SHRPO trophy
2nd: $23,390
3rd: $13,885
4th: $8,375
5th: $6,515

$1,100 Seniors 50+ No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 137

Mark Threadgill open-ripped for about 120,000 from the button and Neil Blumenfield checked his cards in the big blind.

“I think I’m supposed to call with this,” Blumenfield said before he did.

“Good,” was the response from Threadgill.

Threadgill:
Blumenfield:

“Fair fight,” Threadgill continued.

The board ran out and Threadgill missed it all as Blumenfield made a nine-high straight flush.

“High hand Table 5!” Blumenfield joked.

Neil Blumenfield – 1,250,000 (104 bb)
Mark Threadgill – Eliminated in 6th Place ($5,450)

$1,100 Seniors 50+ No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 137

Emerson Ward and Jeff Silverstein were heads up to a flop. Silverstein checked from the small blind, Ward bet 50,000 and Silverstein moved all in for about 150,000 to get a snap-call from Ward.

Ward:
Silverstein:

Silverstein was ahead preflop with his eights but Ward moved out front when he paired his jack. The board finished with the turn and river and Silverstein was eliminated in seventh place after a tough battle all day.

Emerson Ward – 360,000 (30 bb)
Jeff Silverstein – Eliminated in 7th Place ($4,720)

$600 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  20,000/40,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  4 of 86

During a round of Razz with the limits at 15,000-30,000, Lazaro Rodriguez and Phil Hui played a hand against each other.

Lazaro Rodriguez:  ()    ()
Phil Hui:  ()    ()

3rd Street:  Both players limped for 15,000.

4th Street:  Rodriguez bet 15,000, and Hui called.

5th Street: Both players checked.

6th Street: Hui bet 30,000, and Rodriguez called.

7th Street: Hui bet 30,000, and Rodriguez called.

Lazaro Rodriguez:  ()  
Phil Hui:  ()  

Hui finished with a 9-7-5-4-2, but Rodriguez beat him with a slightly better 9-7-5-3-A to win the pot.

Lazaro Rodriguez  –  640,000  (21 BB)
Phil Hui  –  240,000  (8 BB)

A while later, after the blinds increased to 20,000-40,000, the same two players battled in a hand of Stud Hi-Lo.

Lazaro Rodriguez:  ()    ()
Phil Hui:  ()    ()

3rd Street:  Rodriguez bet 20,000, and Hui called.

4th Street:  Hui bet 20,000, and Rodriguez called.

5th Street:  Hui bet 40,000, and Rodriguez called.

6th Street:  Hui checked, Rodriguez bet 40,000, and Hui called.

7th Street:  Hui bet 40,000, and Rodriguez called.

Lazaro Rodriguez:  ()  
Phil Hui:  ()  

Neither player made a qualifying low. Rodriguez showed a ten-high straight, but Hui turned over an ace-high straight to win the pot.

Phil Hui  –  485,000  (12 BB)
Lazaro Rodriguez  –  440,000  (11 BB)

With four players remaining from a field of 86 entries, the average chip stack is about 323,000 (8 Big Bets). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $3,700 each.

$1,100 Seniors 50+ No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 137

Carlo Sciannameo and Emerson Ward got all their chips in the middle with similar stacks and Sciannameo was the one at risk.

Ward:
Sciannameo:

Sciannameo was behind but took the lead when he paired his ten on the flop. The turn was a blank but Ward celebrated his two-out river to scoop the pot while sending Sciannameo out in eighth place.

Emerson Ward – 210,000 (18 bb)
Carlo Sciannameo – Eliminated in 8th Place ($4,195)

$1,100 Seniors 50+ No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 137

Naoum Zarcadoolas was short-stacked and open-shipped for 63,000 from middle position. Mark Dickstein called from the button, Mark Threadgill moved all in from the big blind, and Dickstein called at risk for 183,000.

Threadgill:
Dickstein:
Zarcadoolas:

A massive pot and Zarcadoolas needed a lot of help to stay in the game. The flop changed nothing and the turn was harmless. The table erupted with the two-out on the river to give Dickstein the pot.

Zarcadoolas was eliminated in ninth place, Dickstein took a big jump up the counts, and Threadgill was left talking to himself after the bad beat.

Mark Dickstein – 444,000 (44 bb)
Mark Threadgill – 135,000 (14 bb)
Naoum Zarcadoolas – Eliminated in 9th Place ($3,715)

$1,100 Seniors 50+ No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 137

Jeff Silverstein picked up aces with his short stack but found no one to come along. Two hands later, he three-bet shipped for 126,000 after Carlo Sciannameo opened to 35,000 and this time got action.

Silverstein:
Sciannameo:

Silverstein covered his head instead of watching the flop. It came and the table roared to get a jump from Silverstein. It changed nothing but they had a laugh.

The board finished turn and river to send Silverstein a double.

Jeff Silverstein – 277,000 (28 bb)
Carlo Sciannameo – 145,000 (15 bb)