"How old are you?" called Lyle Berman across the room to Scotty Nguyen.
"46," said Nguyen.
"And what about you, Jeff?" asked Berman of Lisandro. He mouthed what looked like "43."
"Wouldn't it be crazy if the whole final table was forty-plus?" Berman wondered aloud.
It may be a stud cliche, but our twelve remaining players certainly have an...elevated... median age than most of the final tables we've seen this year.
We're back at the Rio for the conclusion of Event #37, $10,000 World Championship Seven-Card Stud Hi/Lo 8-or-better... and what a day we're expecting!
Over 160 players took to the felt just a couple days ago, and now only twelve remain with an opportunity to take home the coveted bracelet and $431,656 first prize.
Abe Mosseri sits atop the star-studded leaderboard with an amassed 950,000 in chips, but snapping at his heels is multi-bracelet winners Jeff Lisandro (786,000) and Doyle Brunson (525,000).
Crowd favorites Scotty Nguyen (298,000), Perry Friedman (378,000), and Lyle Berman (333,000) and young guns Justin "Boosted J" Smith (237,000) and Anthony Rivera (92,000) are all in contention to capture their first bracelet of the 2009 WSOP.
With the cards in the air at 1:00 PM local time, make sure to stay tuned to PokerNews for every ante, bring-in, wired pair, and split pot live from Event #37!