Event #31: $1,000 Seniors No-Limit Hold'em Championship Day 2 | 2017 World Series of Poker

Event #31: $1,000 Seniors No-Limit Hold'em Championship

Day 2 Completed

06-17-2017 22:47 UTC-8

Dan Heimiller Looking For His Second Seniors Event Bracelet

Shirley Ang

Level 20 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Day 2 of Event #31: $1,000 Seniors No-Limit Hold'em Championship started today with 694 players that were left from the record-breaking field that sat down for the tournament on Friday. All players today were sure of having cashed for at least $1,587, but all of them had their hopes set on the first prize of $617,303 and that gold WSOP bracelet.

Taking the chip lead after Day 2 is Dan Heimiller with 1,021,000 chips. He won this event in 2014 and will be looking to win his third-career bracelet this week. Second in chips is Eluterio Rodriguez with 983,000, and third in the chip counts is Paul Spitzberg with 859,000. Other notable stacks belong to David Michaud (836,000), Gina Bacon (788,000), Anthony Licastro (645,000), and Bill Klein (480,000).

Also through to Day 3 is Irishman Sean Byrne, who bagged up 410,000. Byrne has an astonishing record in the WSOP Seniors Event, having cashed 38th in 2014, 56th in 2015 and 57th in 2016. He is now guaranteed another deep run with 67 players returning on Day 3.

The chip leader of yesterday, Kevin Dowling did not make it through the day. That is, unfortunately, also the case for other notables like defending Champion Johnnie Craig, Cliff Josephy, Grey Raymer, Per Hildebrand, and Barny Boatman .

Day 3 will kick off at 11 a.m. on Sunday in the Brasilia room, so follow all the updates here on PokerNews.

Day 3 Seat Draw

Room	Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
Brasilia	700	1	Gina Bacon	United States	788,000	66
Brasilia	700	3	Steven Lang	United States	529,000	44
Brasilia	700	4	Raafat Thomas	United States	54,000	5
Brasilia	700	5	Peter Smaha	United States	385,000	32
Brasilia	700	6	Manuel Sadornil	Spain	643,000	54
Brasilia	700	7	David Ives	United States	421,000	35
Brasilia	700	9	Larry Wright	United States	202,000	17

Brasilia	701	1	David Michaud	United States	836,000	70
Brasilia	701	2	David Knutzen	United States	181,000	15
Brasilia	701	3	Bruce Hugon	United States	196,000	16
Brasilia	701	4	William Murray	United States	515,000	43
Brasilia	701	5	Blair Rodman	United States	301,000	25
Brasilia	701	6	Paul Evans	United States	210,000	18
Brasilia	701	7	Jimmy Tran	United States	222,000	19
Brasilia	701	9	Eluterio Rodriguez	United States	983,000	82

Brasilia	702	1	Randall Davis	United States	474,000	40
Brasilia	702	2	Mark Lillge	United States	464,000	39
Brasilia	702	3	Seth Brown	United States	346,000	29
Brasilia	702	4	Patrick Oconnor	United States	405,000	34
Brasilia	702	5	Ron Jenkins	United States	156,000	13
Brasilia	702	6	Richard Mombourquette	United States	793,000	66
Brasilia	702	8	Bill Klein	United States	480,000	40
Brasilia	702	9	Federico Castaing	Argentina	595,000	50

Brasilia	703	1	Robert Whalen	United States	510,000	43
Brasilia	703	2	Jeff Martin	United States	306,000	26
Brasilia	703	3	Howard Canowitz	United States	61,000	5
Brasilia	703	4	William Burford	United States	270,000	23
Brasilia	703	5	Thomas Symonds	Canada	447,000	37
Brasilia	703	6	Micheal Bucar	United States	52,000	4
Brasilia	703	7	David James	United States	160,000	13
Brasilia	703	8	William Pitts	United States	489,000	41
Brasilia	703	9	Jose Malave	United States	221,000	18

Brasilia	704	1	Kelley Brown	United States	741,000	62
Brasilia	704	2	Robert Bogo	United States	279,000	23
Brasilia	704	3	Brian Nicklaus	United States	104,000	9
Brasilia	704	4	Daniel Glass	United States	452,000	37
Brasilia	704	5	Lewis LeClair	United States	189,000	16
Brasilia	704	6	Dieter Dechant	United States	814,000	68
Brasilia	704	7	Anthony Licastro	United States	645,000	54
Brasilia	704	8	Vasyl Zabrodskyy	Ukraine	314,000	26
Brasilia	704	9	Steven Olson	United States	320,000	27

Brasilia	705	1	Dave James	United States	408,000	34
Brasilia	705	2	David Plastik	United States	259,000	22
Brasilia	705	3	Danny Maddalena	United States	289,000	24
Brasilia	705	4	Gregory Fair	United States	802,000	67
Brasilia	705	5	Harvey Lewis	United States	284,000	24
Brasilia	705	6	Mark Bramley	United States	296,000	25
Brasilia	705	7	Mansour Alipourfard	United States	443,000	37
Brasilia	705	8	Anthony Elmo	United States	603,000	50
Brasilia	705	9	Dipak Bhakta	United States	189,000	16

Brasilia	706	1	Scott Ruegsegger	United States	159,000	13
Brasilia	706	2	Timothy Gray	United States	188,000	16
Brasilia	706	3	Kam Low	Canada	498,000	42
Brasilia	706	5	Frank Maggio	United States	683,000	57
Brasilia	706	6	Titan Nguyen	United States	171,000	14
Brasilia	706	7	Gregory Dodson	United States	28,000	2
Brasilia	706	8	Paul Spitzberg	United States	859,000	72
Brasilia	706	9	David Petrus	United States	494,000	41

Brasilia	707	1	Dan Heimiller	United States	1,021,000	85
Brasilia	707	2	Tommy Vinas	United States	365,000	30
Brasilia	707	3	Jeff Frerichs	United States	339,000	28
Brasilia	707	4	Sean Byrne	Ireland	410,000	34
Brasilia	707	5	Stephen Jarrett	United States	400,000	33
Brasilia	707	6	Lawrence Whyte	United States	281,000	23
Brasilia	707	7	Preston Hartmann	United States	367,000	31
Brasilia	707	8	Judd Levy	United States	410,000	34
Brasilia	707	9	Randall Chamberlain	United States	194,000	16

Tags: Barny Boatman Bill Klein Cliff Josephy Dan Heimiller Eluterio Rodriguez Gina Bacon Greg Raymer Johnnie Craig Kevin Dowling Paul Spitzberg Per Hildebrand

06-17-2017 22:30 UTC-8

Chip Counts at the End of Day 2 (full)

Will Shillibier

Level 20 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Dan Heimiller	1,021,000 321,000	321,000

Eluterio Rodriguez	983,000 -137,000	-137,000
Paul Spitzberg	859,000 244,000	244,000
David Michaud	836,000 738,000	738,000
Dieter Dechant	814,000 4,000	4,000

Gregory Fair	802,000 212,000	212,000
Richard Mombourquette	793,000 722,500	722,500
Gina Bacon	788,000 -112,000	-112,000
Kelley Brown	741,000 724,400	724,400
Frank Maggio	683,000 638,200	638,200

Anthony Licastro	645,000 541,800	541,800
Manuel Sadornil	643,000 138,000	138,000
Anthony Elmo	603,000
Federico Castaing	595,000 -135,000	-135,000
Steven Lang	529,000 489,700	489,700
William Murray	515,000 -195,000	-195,000
Robert Whalen	510,000 403,000	403,000
Kam Low	498,000 399,800	399,800
David Petrus	494,000 386,400	386,400
William Pitts	489,000 339,000	339,000
Bill Klein	480,000 30,000	30,000
Randall Davis	474,000 -168,000	-168,000
Mark Lillge	464,000 8,000	8,000
Daniel Glass	452,000 237,000	237,000
Thomas Symonds	447,000 -103,000	-103,000

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06-17-2017 22:18 UTC-8

Michael Lewellyn Eliminated by Dieter Dechant's Quads

Will Shillibier

Level 20 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Michael Lewellyn raised to 50,000 under the gun, and Dieter Dechant called in the next position.

The flop came , and Lewellyn moved all in. Dechant called instantly and tabled for a set. However, his glee turned to horror when Lewellyn turned over .

The turn was the , but the river was the , eliciting a roar from the table at the late drama. Dechant made quads.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dieter Dechant	810,000 10,000	10,000

Michael Lewellyn	Busted

06-17-2017 22:15 UTC-8

Thomas Symonds Applying Pressure

Sandra Barbour

Level 20 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

A player in early position opened to 37,000. Thomas Symonds, in the hijack, was the only caller, and it was heads-up to the flop. The original raiser continued for 55,000. Symonds called.

The turn was the , and the player first to act continued for 100,000. Once again, Symonds called.

The came on the river and was checked to Symonds, who moved all in. His opponent folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Symonds	550,000 245,000	245,000

06-17-2017 22:00 UTC-8

Robert Bogo Rivers a Winner

Shirley Ang

Level 20 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Robert Bogo, in the cutoff, went all in for about 139,000 and Jay Canowitz called on the button.

Robert Bogo:
Jay Canowitz:

The board ran out to give Bogo a straight on the river, and he doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Robert Bogo	301,000 293,600	293,600
Jay Canowitz	105,000 -35,000	-35,000

Tags: Howard Canowitz Robert Bogo

06-17-2017 21:59 UTC-8

Four Deep Senior Event Runs for Irishman Sean Byrne

Will Shillibier

Level 20 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Irishman Sean Byrne is sitting pretty on a stack of well over 560,000 with Day 2 drawing to a close. We were informed by his brother that he has an outstanding record in this field, and a quick check of the proves it.

Year	Position	Payout
2014	38th	$12,704
2015	56th	$8,000
2016	57th	$8,027

That's three super-deep cashes in three years, and this year it's become four cashes in four years.

With 71 players remaining, Byrne looks to be on course for another deep run. Stay tuned to see if he can continue his sequence of deep Senior Event cashes.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sean Byrne	560,000 513,100	513,100

06-17-2017 21:53 UTC-8

Some Updated Chip Counts

Sandra Barbour

Level 20 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Eluterio Rodriguez	1,120,000 -55,000	-55,000
Gina Bacon	900,000 120,000	120,000
Paul Spitzberg	615,000 15,000	15,000
Manuel Sadornil	505,000 373,400	373,400
Peter Smaha	365,000 83,000	83,000
Thomas Symonds	305,000 -15,000	-15,000
Daniel Glass	215,000 45,000	45,000
Rickie Merritt	169,000 -141,000	-141,000

06-17-2017 21:52 UTC-8

Defending Champion Johnnie Craig Eliminated by Greg Fair

Will Shillibier

Level 20 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Johnnie Craig limped from middle position. The small blind called, and Gregory Fair checked in the big blind.

The flop came . It checked to Craig, who bet 20,000. The small blind then check-raised to 70,000. Fair then check-raised all in. Craig was all in himself for less, and the small blind folded.