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Day 3 of event 30
2011 World Series of Poker
Event #30: $1,000 Seniors No-Limit Hold’em Championship
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2011 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$3,376,800
Entries
3,752
Level
30
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
Andrew Bradshaw and Donald Belanger got all their chips in the middle before the flop, with the shorter stack of Belanger being put at risk.
Showdown:
Bradshaw: 
Belanger: 
The race was on and we went to the flop, but when the dealer spread the 
across the table, Bradhsaw got off to a great head start. His flopped set of fives gave him the commanding lead, and the 
on the turn left Belanger drawing dead. After the meaningless 
on the river, Belanger hit the rail in 29th place, while Bradshaw climbed to 820,000 with the win.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
820,000
470,000
|
470,000 |
|
Busted |
We caught up with the action after Stephen Krieg raised preflop and Bruce MacGregor re-raised from big. Krieg responded by going all-in and MacGregor called.
Krieg: 
MacGregor: 
The board ran out 
, leaving Krieg with a set and sending MacGregor to the rail.
Krieg up up to 900,000.
We witnessed two hands recently which saw James Hess raise from the small blind, only to fold when the big blind three-bet him. In the first instance, Hess raised to 31,000 and Stuart Krasney three-bet for his last 224,000. The power play worked and Hess folded his hand after a nearly five-minute tank, showing the as he threw his cards away.
We just saw the same thing happen, with Hess raising from the small blind to 31,000 and folding to a reraise by James Lipton in the big blind. Hess showed the once more and it appears he will need to alter this strategy of raising with weak aces if he hopes to continue his run in this Seniors Championship.
With all the short-stacks busting rapidly, we are having a hard time keeping up with all the action. However, we caught up just as Gregory Meredith and Louis Cheffy were getting in all-in preflop. Cheffy held 
and Meredith had the 
. The board ran out 
, ending Cheffy's tournament life.
We regret to inform that we missed Rodney Clarida's unfortunate bust out, however, we saw him just as he was heading for the rail.
Bruce MacGregor looked down to find in the hole, and with his short stack of only 88,000 he moved all-in before the flop. Jack Ward, who is looking to make the final table of this event for the second straight year, woke up with 
and made the quick call.
MacGregor was in bad shape and needed aces or spades to appear in a hurry. The flop came 
and Ward's pocket queens appeared to be in good shape. The 
on the turn complicated matters, giving MacGregor the nut flush draw, and he now had 12 outs to give him the win.
River: 
One of those outs arrived and MacGregor made his flush, doubling him up to 190,000. Ward will have to regroup after dropping to 240,000 with the bad beat.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
240,000
-248,000
|
-248,000 |
|
|
190,000
-91,000
|
-91,000 |
We caught up with action on the 
flop, where Gary McDonald led out for 22,000. Stuart Krasney raised all-in behind for approximately 250,000. McDonald snap called.
McDonald: 
for flopped quads.
Krasney: for top pair
An irrelevant and 
came on the turn and river, sending Krasney to the rail.
Walter Browne was on the button and raised to 35,000 before the flop. Chip leader Craig Koch decided to be use his stack and reraised to 81,000 from the small blind. Browne made the call and the players saw a flop of 
.
Koch put on the pressure led out for 110,000 but Browne called him down. When the turn card came 
Koch again led out, this time firing a bet of 200,000 into the middle. This time Brown decided to shove all-in over the top and Koch needed to call 272,000 more to put Browne at risk.
Apparently Koch was on a pure bluff, or perhaps he feared the possible flush, but either way he folded his cards despite the tremendous pot odds being he was being laid. After this misstep Koch surrendered the chip lead and dropped to 429,000, while Brown climbed over the million chip mark to 1,070,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,070,000
570,000
|
570,000 |
|
|
429,000
-486,000
|
-486,000 |
Debbie Millican open-raised to 35,000 from early position and found one caller in Walter Browne from the small.
Browne checked the 
flop, prompting an all-in over-bet for about 250,000. Browne snap-called.
Showdown
Browne: 
Millican:
Millican would need a jack or two running straight cards to survive, but turn and 
river was no help to Millican, who was sent to the rail.
Starting the day with one of the shortest stacks in the room, Craig Zotter made his stand on the button and shoved with . His bet was for 125,000 and when Donald Belanger looked down to find he instantly made the call.
The final board rolled out 
and Zotter was zapped right out of the tournament. Belanger climbed to 350,000 with the bustout.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
350,000
98,000
|
98,000 |
|
|
Busted |