Level Two Recap
Jun 25, '07
The players in today's $2,000 No Limit Hold 'Em Seniors event have gone on their first 15 minute break of the day following the completion of the second level. The blinds will raise to $100-$200 to start level three.
The atmosphere in the seniors event is always unique during this part of each year's World Series of Poker. Following 25 straight days of gambling and pressure packed poker, the seniors event comes along and provides a brief repreive from the established chaotic pace. Dont' be mistaken, there are plenty of good players competing for a very large amount of money but the overall feel of this tournament is rather friendly. Light hearted conversations have replaced Bose headphones and iPods and suckouts are met with congratulations as opposed to profanity laced threats. Oklahoma Johnny has been seen walking around the tournament area stopping at almost every table to greet an old friend or in some cases meet a new one. In no other tournament will you find so many players simply enjoying the fact that they are at the
World Series of Poker playing cards.
The Amazon Room is littered with unfamiliar faces in this event and for many this is the first time they have played in such a large tournament, let alone at the
World Series of Poker. In the field of over 1,800 a few notable faces have popped. Al Krux, John Esposito, Amarillo Slim, Jerry Buss, Tom McEvoy and Chau Giang have all shown up to play in this year's event. Giang took no time at all to start gambling this afternoon and soon found himself nursing a short stack. The player in seat three at Giang's table made a preflop raise and Giang responded by pushing all in for his last $3,200. The player in seat three made the call and showed J
10
. Giang exposed A
Q
and was in the lead. The dealer put out 9
8
3
on the flop and Giang said, "Oh, that's nice." The turn brought what Giang feared, the 7
completing his opponent's straight. The river was the 8
and Giang was left with $1,200 after the hand.
Player Tags: Tom McEvoy, John Esposito Jr., Jerry Buss, Chau Giang, Al Krux
