Level 27
: Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
With the pace of play speeding up, the remaining six players have been sent on a 90-minute dinner break. Play will recommence at approximately 3 p.m. local time.
2024 World Series of Poker
Event #65: $5,000 Seniors High Roller No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 3
2024 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$3,128,000
Entries
680
Level
32
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
300,000
Entries
10
Players Left
1
Level 27
: Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
Action folded all the way around to John Thornton in the small blind who jammed his 1,100,000-chip stack into the middle. Michael Vela quickly called from the big blind.
John Thornton: 6♥6♦ 
Michael Vela: 9♣9♦
The dealer put out 5♠J♦8♣4♥10♠ sending Thornton to the payout desk and awarding the pot to Vela.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,600,000
1,400,000
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1,400,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 27
: Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
John Thornton moved all in for 470,000 from middle position and was snap-called by Bruno Lopes, in the big blind.
John Thornton: 6♠6♥
Bruno Lopes: A♥J♥
The flop brandished the J♣ in the window and Thornton thought it was all over. However, the 6♣4♠ quickly followed behind to give him a set. The A♠ turn gave a small sweat for Lopes, but the 10♦ river confirmed Thornton's double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,400,000 | |
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|
|
1,090,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
Level 27
: Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
Action folded around to Samuel Wagner on the button who moved all in for 1,800,000. Bruno Lopes reraised all in for 4,500,000 and players went off to a runout.
Samuel Wagner: 10♥10♠
Bruno Lopes: 8♠8♦
The board ran out 7♥9♣4♥3♣J♠ earning Wagner the pot and a full double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,900,000
1,800,000
|
1,800,000 |
|
|
2,400,000
-2,200,000
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-2,200,000 |
|
|
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Level: 27
Blinds: 50,000/100,000
Ante: 100,000
Level 26
: Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Richard Lowe moved all in for 1,040,000 from the small blind and Kevin Nathan had an easy call from the big blind.
Richard Lowe: A♥10♠
Kevin Nathan: A♠K♠
Lowe was all in and in bad shape. Mark Checkwicz, still stacking his chips from the previous pot, gave Lowe his Cookie Monster card protector to bring him some luck.
The dealer spread the five-card runout of 9♦4♣Q♣7♣9♥; Checkwicz's lucky charm didn't have the same effect for Lowe, Big Slick was good for Nathan, and Lowe was sent to the rail in eighth place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
7,720,000
-680,000
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-680,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
Level 26
: Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Michael Vela opened the action with a raise to 175,000 from under the gun. Arie Kliper called in the hijack, Bruno Lopes called on the button, which brought along Mark Checkwicz from the small blind.
Checkwicz led out for 250,000 on a 8♥6♠7♣ flop and Vela made the call. Kliper bumped things up to 960,000 before Lopes moved all in for 9,100,000. Action was back on Checkwicz, who called all in for 4,400,000. Kliper went deep into the tank but eventually folded.
Mark Checkwicz: 10♥9♠
Bruno Lopes: 6♣6♥
The turn K♣ peeled off before the river 2♦ hit the felt, securing a more than 12,000,000-chip pot for Checkwicz. Kliper told the table he folded a set of eights and ended up losing the minimum.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
12,000,000
7,300,000
|
7,300,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
4,600,000
-4,350,000
|
-4,350,000 |
|
|
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|
|
3,200,000
-500,000
|
-500,000 |
|
2,950,000
-1,750,000
|
-1,750,000 |
Level 26
: Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Bruno Lopes raised to 160,000 from early position and Mark Checkwicz called from middle position.
Bruno Lopes continued for 105,000 on the A♠A♥8♦ flop. Checkwicz called.
The 8♥ turn slowed down Lopes. Checkwicz took the lead for 180,000. Lopes called.
Lopes checked again on the 6♥ river. Checkwicz told the table he knew he wasn't going to win before checking back. Lopes tabled A♦9♦ for a full house, which was enough to see Checkwicz' cards into the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
8,950,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
4,700,000
-740,000
|
-740,000 |
|
|
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Level 26
: Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Action folded around to Samuel Wagner who raised it up to 190,000 from the small blind. Bruno Lopes defended his big blind.
Wagner continued for 225,000 on a rainbow 8♣K♦3♠ flop and Lopes made the call.
Wagner sized-up to 450,000 on the 4♣ turn before Lopes raised to 1,200,000. After some thought, Wagner layed it down while Lopes chipped up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
8,900,000
1,450,000
|
1,450,000 |
|
|
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|
|
2,100,000
-1,350,000
|
-1,350,000 |
Level 26
: Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante