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"I never get upset because either I cheer for you, or I get a nice consolation prize" (meaning the pot if he wins the hand).
2008 World Series of Poker
Event 42 - $1,000 Seniors No-Limit Hold'em World Championship
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2008 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$2,018,380
Entries
2,218
Level
25
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
5,000
"I never get upset because either I cheer for you, or I get a nice consolation prize" (meaning the pot if he wins the hand).
Level: 2
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
The flop of
was checked by both players. The turn brought the 
and the middle-position player bet out 300, which McEachern called.The river was the
and it was checked to McEachern, who fired out a bet of 500. His opponent folded and McEachern is back to 2,400 in chips.
against an opponent's 
.The board ran out
to give Jablonski a nice early double-up.
Jon recently retired after decades at his job. What was his job, you ask?
Jon was a senior auditor for the Internal Revenue Service for over 20 years. So, if you find yourself at his table, you may not want to brag about that score you had last week. Oh, and call him Mr. Leo!
He was just involved in an interesting situation that was a perfect battle of psychology for Caro.
Caro had bet the flop and checked the turn when the river was dealt to show a board of
. Before there had been any betting action the player in the big blind turned over his cards, showing the 
. The floor was called and it was ruled that his action was deemed a check and Caro could act on his hand. Caro immediately moved all in, in a classic "he knows, that I know, that he knows" situation. Caro's opponent folded his hand to give Caro a nice start to the day.
Seniors don't play slower. They enjoy the experience longer.