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WSOP 2010, day 24 – Harold Angle wins Seniors’ Event
Posted by: James Carter. - Tue, 2010-06-22 14:53
For some people, WSOP gratification doesn’t come easy or early for that matter. Harold Angle, the 78 year old winner of the $1,000 Seniors’ NL Holdem World Championship, had played poker for 60 years without a bracelet to show, until the other day that is. Of course, the fact that he never really played in a WSOP event or in a major poker tournament, might’ve had something to do with his long bracelet-less spell. Angle bested a record breaking starting field of 3,142 players, defeating Michael Minetti heads-up for the win.
The final hand of the event saw Minetti’s pocket Js blown to smithereens by Angle’s Ks,Js on a board of 9,9,K.
As the seniors played down to a winner, the $10,000 heads-up
NL Holdem World Championship continued. Ayaz Mahmood took on Ernst Schmejkal in the last match of the event, but this confrontation proved to be one much longer than the organizers had originally anticipated. In order to make 100% sure that the title went to the player with the best skills, the organizers made the final match a 2 out of 3 one, which dragged on much longer than expected. The first match alone took around 6 hours, and at the end of that, it was decided that a 4th day should be added to the poker tournament. Mahmood won the first match, going to bed content in the knowledge that he did his best to shift the pressure onto his opponent for day 4.
Event #36, the $1,000 NL Holdem Special had its Day 1B, which turned out to be a rather short one. At the end of it all, the survivors joined those who made it past Day 1A to form a 455-player starting field for day 2 of the poker tournament.
PokerStars’ Antoine Saout will be amongst these players. With the money bubble set for 130th place, it will probably burst on Day 2.
Event #37, the $3,000 HORSE one saw the field play down to the final 25. John Juanda will return for day 3, together with Jeffrey Lisandro and
Full Tilt Poker’s Phil Ivey. A whole bunch of other name pros made it through too, promising an electrifying day 3 for the railbirds.
Event #38, the $10k PL Holdem championship got rolling on Day 24. 268 players bellied up to the tables of this event, and 130 of them made it to day 2. Carlos Mortnesen, Huck Seed and Noah Boeken were all among the survivors, unlike Vanessa Rousso, Erick Lindgren and Bertrand Grospellier who all busted out.
