Das vergangene Wochenende der WSOP stand ganz im Zeichen der älteren Herrschaften, denn nach der Championship der über 50-Jährigen, die kurz vor der Entscheidung steht, wurde nun auch die WM der sogenannten Super-Senioren gestartet.
Startberechtigt sind hier alle Spieler ab 60 Jahre, und dank der Senkung des Einstiegsalters um fünf Jahre stieg die Teilnehmerzahl direkt von 1.720 auf 2.191.
An den Start gingen einige große Namen der Pokerszene wie Dan Harrington, Marcel Luske und TJ Cloutier, doch mussten die drei schon am ersten Tag ihre Sachen packen.
Auch der zweimalige Champion James Moore musste seinen Platz räumen und die Hoffnungen auf die erneute Titelverteidigung begraben.
351 Spieler erreichten den zweiten Turniertag, davon gehen 24 leer aus.
WSOP Event #36, $1.000 Super Seniors Championship, Stand nach Tag 1
| 1 | Clifford Mathews | 137.900 |
| 2 | Henri Bisson | 130.000 |
| 3 | Steven Wenrich | 122.300 |
| 4 | Charles Zis | 109.300 |
| 5 | Jeff Heiberg | 103.600 |
| 6 | Tim Ebenhoeh | 95.800 |
| 7 | Michael Rice | 93.300 |
| 8 | Donald Clause | 90.900 |
| 9 | Jeffrey Weber | 90.600 |
| 10 | Alan Marks | 86.100 |
| 11 | Frederick Parsons | 86.100 |
| 12 | John Divine | 82.000 |
| 13 | James Gladwell | 81.400 |
| 14 | Philip Hayes | 79.700 |
| 15 | Charles Keller | 78.500 |
| 16 | Russell Sutton | 78.100 |
| 17 | Richard Radford | 77.400 |
| 18 | Michael Moore | 76.400 |
| 19 | Gregory Smyser | 75.100 |
| 20 | Daniel Shoemaker | 72.700 |
| 21 | Dennis Derge | 72.000 |
| 22 | Michael Castas | 71.300 |
| 23 | David Cross | 70.400 |
| 24 | Richard Sklar | 70.000 |
| 25 | David Rosenbloom | 67.500 |
| 26 | Gregory Alston | 67.300 |
| 27 | Gene Gioia | 66.600 |
| 28 | Michael Panaranto | 65.900 |
| 29 | Pressly Moffatt | 65.200 |
| 30 | James Brown | 64.900 |
| 31 | Richard Westlund | 64.000 |
| 32 | Sue Smith | 64.000 |
| 33 | Al Homsi | 63.400 |
| 34 | Robert Mitchell | 62.100 |
| 35 | William Neiman | 61.600 |
| 36 | Thomas Stavoy | 61.100 |
| 37 | Aubrey Vincent | 60.900 |
| 38 | Keith Alter | 60.900 |
| 39 | Larry Huber | 60.200 |
| 40 | Douglas Rieper | 60.100 |
| 41 | Jack Ernest Ward | 59.700 |
| 42 | Joseph Neiman | 58.900 |
| 43 | Joe Chin | 58.000 |
| 44 | Lyle Munday | 57.900 |
| 45 | William Luzadder | 57.600 |
| 46 | Randy Lowery | 57.100 |
| 47 | Sam Grizzle | 56.800 |
| 48 | Marc Jacobus | 56.200 |
| 49 | Steve Zolotow | 55.600 |
| 50 | Gary Goad | 54.900 |
| 51 | Bruce Hugon | 54.800 |
| 52 | Adnan Khabbaz | 54.800 |
| 53 | Robert Irby | 54.500 |
| 54 | Stuart Hosen | 54.000 |
| 55 | David Blickenstaff | 53.700 |
| 56 | Gary Andrews | 53.400 |
| 57 | William Fogel | 53.100 |
| 58 | Barry Shulman | 52.600 |
| 59 | Edward Klimek | 51.700 |
| 60 | Galen Kester | 51.400 |
| 61 | David Brownworth | 50.900 |
| 62 | Douglas Hunichen | 50.800 |
| 63 | Yury Parad | 50.700 |
| 64 | David Smith | 50.200 |
| 65 | Eddylee Martin | 50.200 |
| 66 | Sam Weiss | 49.900 |
| 67 | Kai Wang | 49.700 |
| 68 | John Borzio | 49.100 |
| 69 | Charles Eazor | 49.000 |
| 70 | Robert Beach | 48.500 |
| 71 | Peter Donohoe | 47.600 |
| 72 | Pat Camacho | 47.200 |
| 73 | Timothy Good | 46.900 |
| 74 | Alden Hermansen | 46.800 |
| 75 | Larry Latham | 46.700 |
| 76 | Mark Halfon | 46.200 |
| 77 | Roy Davis | 46.000 |
| 78 | Donald Williams | 45.700 |
| 79 | Greg Damour | 44.500 |
| 80 | William Hanson | 44.300 |
| 81 | Gene Bruno | 44.100 |
| 82 | Gary Schwartz | 43.600 |
| 83 | Steve Kagan | 43.200 |
| 84 | Linda Iwaniak | 42.700 |
| 85 | Kris Hawkins | 42.400 |
| 86 | Gary Benson | 42.200 |
| 87 | Michael Mastrangelo | 42.000 |
| 88 | Leo Hearn | 42.000 |
| 89 | George Westphal | 42.000 |
| 90 | Victor Campana | 41.900 |
| 91 | Dean Rutledge | 41.800 |
| 92 | Dave Templeton | 41.300 |
| 93 | Jeffrey Wilcox | 41.000 |
| 94 | Ronald Giles | 40.800 |
| 95 | Iry Taylor | 40.600 |
| 96 | Frederick Garcia | 40.200 |
| 97 | Alfred Shanfeld | 39.900 |
| 98 | Lisa Adams_Levy | 39.800 |
| 99 | Thomas Maser | 39.700 |
| 100 | Aileen De Moulin | 39.500 |
| 101 | Richard Moore | 39.400 |
| 102 | Richard Trenholme | 39.200 |
| 103 | Alain Bianconi | 39.000 |
| 104 | Renee Becker | 38.800 |
| 105 | Steven Nichols | 38.800 |
| 106 | Sira Windwer | 38.000 |
| 107 | Joseph Frezza | 37.500 |
| 108 | Reginald Luce | 37.500 |
| 109 | Joseph Villhauer | 37.400 |
| 110 | Jerry Leva | 37.400 |
| 111 | Pierre Neuville | 37.300 |
| 112 | Kenneth Harbaugh | 37.100 |
| 113 | Jon Whitters | 36.900 |
| 114 | Konstantin Puchkov | 36.600 |
| 115 | Dominick Golia | 35.100 |
| 116 | Warwick Dunnett | 35.100 |
| 117 | Robert Bryan | 34.900 |
| 118 | Bob Grover | 34.600 |
| 119 | William Kam | 34.400 |
| 120 | Paul W Lee | 34.200 |
| 121 | George Tokarczyk | 34.100 |
| 122 | John Arseneau | 34.000 |
| 123 | Larry Ross | 33.300 |
| 124 | Robert Goldwasser | 33.200 |
| 125 | Terrance Hofer | 33.200 |
| 126 | James Shafer | 33.000 |
| 127 | William Sindelar | 33.000 |
| 128 | Frederick Russ | 32.900 |
| 129 | James Hulette | 32.800 |
| 130 | Thomas Spruitenburg | 32.500 |
| 131 | Philip Tom | 32.000 |
| 132 | Bill Jankowski | 31.900 |
| 133 | Michael Borgetti | 31.700 |
| 134 | Jean Didier | 31.700 |
| 135 | David Shores | 31.600 |
| 136 | Douglas Arthurs | 31.500 |
| 137 | Eugene Spinner | 31.500 |
| 138 | Larry Gerek | 31.200 |
| 139 | Moncie Daniels | 30.800 |
| 140 | Bryant Lipscomb | 30.500 |
| 141 | Clifton Green | 30.400 |
| 142 | Jeffery Vallance | 30.100 |
| 143 | Glenn Burleson | 30.000 |
| 144 | Robert Reisner | 29.800 |
| 145 | Randall Morris | 29.700 |
| 146 | Harvey Bundy | 29.100 |
| 147 | Stephen Abraham | 29.100 |
| 148 | Dwain Brockett | 28.900 |
| 149 | Paul Quade | 28.700 |
| 150 | Debra Wilson | 28.600 |
| 151 | Bradley Viner | 28.500 |
| 152 | Perry Burrell | 28.500 |
| 153 | Karen Smith | 28.000 |
| 154 | Jim McCrink | 27.700 |
| 155 | Harry Trowsdale | 27.600 |
| 156 | Peter Fenn | 27.600 |
| 157 | Joseph Davidman | 27.500 |
| 158 | William Tomaszewski | 27.400 |
| 159 | Peter Cross | 26.900 |
| 160 | Lacy Wills | 26.500 |
| 161 | Craig Stewart | 26.300 |
| 162 | Rafael Perez | 26.200 |
| 163 | George Hahnert | 26.000 |
| 164 | Douglas Dearborn | 25.700 |
| 165 | David Murray | 25.500 |
| 166 | Mark Warling | 25.400 |
| 167 | Allen Saft | 25.400 |
| 168 | Darrell Prince | 25.300 |
| 169 | Glen Passin | 25.200 |
| 170 | Robert Bright | 25.100 |
| 171 | Samuel Adamo | 24.800 |
| 172 | Jeffrey Miller | 24.600 |
| 173 | Walter Ward | 24.600 |
| 174 | Charles Edwards | 24.400 |
| 175 | Yun-Hong Peng | 24.400 |
| 176 | Marty Doust | 24.300 |
| 177 | Richard St. Peter | 24.300 |
| 178 | David Tuffing | 24.200 |
| 179 | Alan Denkenson | 24.200 |
| 180 | Penny Parker | 24.100 |
| 181 | Gary Cook | 23.900 |
| 182 | Mansour Alipourfard | 23.800 |
| 183 | Joseph Malloni | 23.600 |
| 184 | David Preston | 23.500 |
| 185 | John Grienauer | 23.400 |
| 186 | George Bussey | 23.200 |
| 187 | Stephen Gonot | 23.200 |
| 188 | Steven Anderson | 23.100 |
| 189 | William Young | 23.000 |
| 190 | Walter Bell | 23.000 |
| 191 | Stuart Spear | 23.000 |
| 192 | Connel Shelton | 22.900 |
| 193 | Jerry Reed | 22.800 |
| 194 | John Won | 22.800 |
| 195 | David Henley | 22.700 |
| 196 | Neil Beckerman | 22.600 |
| 197 | Jeanne Nelson | 22.300 |
| 198 | Juan Mercado | 22.200 |
| 199 | Perry Gray | 22.200 |
| 200 | Jack Mitchell | 22.200 |
| 201 | Farhintaj Bonyadi | 22.000 |
| 202 | Rodney Smith | 22.000 |
| 203 | Ivan Maric | 21.800 |
| 204 | Albert Wallake | 21.400 |
| 205 | James Kremer | 21.000 |
| 206 | Gaston Knight | 21.000 |
| 207 | John King | 20.900 |
| 208 | Marcia Godinez | 20.900 |
| 209 | Tab Thiptinnakon | 20.800 |
| 210 | George Neunzig | 20.700 |
| 211 | Barry Shemaria | 20.600 |
| 212 | Irvin Strauss | 20.600 |
| 213 | James Garnes | 20.500 |
| 214 | Bruce Uselman | 20.500 |
| 215 | Jamey Kramer | 20.400 |
| 216 | Jack Thomas | 20.300 |
| 217 | Richard Malacaria | 20.300 |
| 218 | Billy Mank | 20.200 |
| 219 | Patrick Taggart | 20.000 |
| 220 | Lawrence Brookes | 20.000 |
| 221 | Mark Wolber | 19.800 |
| 222 | Scott Buller | 19.800 |
| 223 | Robert Wassel | 19.600 |
| 224 | Keith Thomas | 19.500 |
| 225 | Donald Colclazier | 19.400 |
| 226 | Michael Blake | 19.400 |
| 227 | Peter Splettstoesser | 19.300 |
| 228 | Lynn Davis | 18.900 |
| 229 | Mason Sacks | 18.900 |
| 230 | Jeffrey Jackson | 18.800 |
| 231 | Mager Finklea | 18.700 |
| 232 | Mark Abrahams | 18.700 |
| 233 | Daniel Brush | 18.500 |
| 234 | Donnacha O’Dea | 18.000 |
| 235 | Errol Rosen | 17.900 |
| 236 | Neil Cangiolosi | 17.900 |
| 237 | Raul Correa | 17.900 |
| 238 | Kanokvan Somchub | 17.600 |
| 239 | Michael Provencher | 17.600 |
| 240 | Ronald Lawton | 17.500 |
| 241 | Lynn Bowersox | 17.500 |
| 242 | Douglas Roszel | 17.300 |
| 243 | Peter Alson | 17.200 |
| 244 | Dennis Jessee | 17.100 |
| 245 | Kenneth Garen | 17.000 |
| 246 | Jimmie James | 17.000 |
| 247 | Craig Oliver | 16.900 |
| 248 | John Adamek | 16.800 |
| 249 | Michael Bennington | 16.800 |
| 250 | Richard Rashid | 16.600 |
| 251 | Kenneth Eggleston | 16.500 |
| 252 | Vern Soeldner | 16.400 |
| 253 | Robert Bray | 16.200 |
| 254 | Larry Kennedy | 16.100 |
| 255 | Robert French | 16.100 |
| 256 | Mark Lillge | 15.900 |
| 257 | Victor Fey | 15.800 |
| 258 | Donald Lawrence | 15.700 |
| 259 | Stephen Sallot | 15.500 |
| 260 | Glen Biddle | 15.500 |
| 261 | Frank Neuhauser | 15.500 |
| 262 | Joseph Villacci | 15.300 |
| 263 | Alvin Schachner | 15.000 |
| 264 | Irving Schwartz | 15.000 |
| 265 | Michael Schuler | 14.700 |
| 266 | John Ostwald | 14.600 |
| 267 | Russell Garley | 14.400 |
| 268 | John Westfield | 14.400 |
| 269 | Craig Flyger | 14.300 |
| 270 | Mitchell Nong | 14.100 |
| 271 | Wayne Wagner | 14.100 |
| 272 | Edward Gullett | 14.100 |
| 273 | Stanley Blacker | 14.000 |
| 274 | Charles Thompson | 13.800 |
| 275 | Allan Swartz | 13.700 |
| 276 | Thomas Maday | 13.600 |
| 277 | Hector Bonilla | 13.500 |
| 278 | Timothy Mieczkowski | 13.500 |
| 279 | Robert Goldstein | 13.300 |
| 280 | John Erickson | 13.300 |
| 281 | Nicholas Collins | 13.300 |
| 282 | Myles Kamei | 13.000 |
| 283 | Jack Deutsch | 12.800 |
| 284 | Bart Tichelman | 12.800 |
| 285 | Noland Shorter | 12.700 |
| 286 | Peter Mullin | 12.600 |
| 287 | David Chanduloy | 12.200 |
| 288 | Kent Walter | 11.800 |
| 289 | John Fayad | 11.700 |
| 290 | Lora Stewart | 11.700 |
| 291 | David Collins | 11.500 |
| 292 | Kenneth Dole | 11.500 |
| 293 | David Meyer | 11.400 |
| 294 | Skip Plotnicki | 11.200 |
| 295 | Richard Smith | 11.000 |
| 296 | John Wilcox | 10.700 |
| 297 | James Randash | 10.400 |
| 298 | Howard Roosevelt | 10.400 |
| 299 | Jian Zhang | 10.300 |
| 300 | Wayne Kawachi | 10.100 |
| 301 | Steven Selbrede | 10.100 |
| 302 | Chris Bjorin | 10.100 |
| 303 | Michael Shahade | 10.000 |
| 304 | David Heyden | 9.900 |
| 305 | Thomas Mcteer | 9.800 |
| 306 | Stephen Petermann | 9.700 |
| 307 | Eugene Hornstein | 9.600 |
| 308 | David Kalb | 9.400 |
| 309 | Wayne Grosso | 9.300 |
| 310 | Douglas Sam Stutz | 9.200 |
| 311 | Jeffrey Brady | 8.700 |
| 312 | Bruce Pirie | 8.600 |
| 313 | Douglas Carli | 8.300 |
| 314 | Stephen Lewinberlin | 8.300 |
| 315 | Steven Stoeckel | 8.000 |
| 316 | Peter Primiano | 7.800 |
| 317 | Wayne Anderson | 7.800 |
| 318 | Bryant Morrison | 7.700 |
| 319 | Martin Jepkes | 7.600 |
| 320 | Edie Norman | 7.500 |
| 321 | Harold Langer | 7.100 |
| 322 | David Fellman | 7.000 |
| 323 | John Pelton | 6.700 |
| 324 | Eugene Solomon | 6.600 |
| 325 | Dennis Greufe | 6.600 |
| 326 | John Rycroft | 6.200 |
| 327 | Charles Kandziolka | 6.100 |
| 328 | Gary May | 6.100 |
| 329 | Fredrick Wicks | 6.000 |
| 330 | David White | 5.700 |
| 331 | Scott Bassman | 5.700 |
| 332 | Jack McClelland | 5.600 |
| 333 | James Adamek | 5.500 |
| 334 | Mark Greene | 5.100 |
| 335 | Edward Brodsky | 4.900 |
| 336 | Joseph Diaz | 3.500 |
| 337 | Thomas Krueger | 2.800 |
| 338 | Bertram Trobman | 2.500 |
| 339 | Janet Burke | 1.800 |
| 340 | Dan Kimbell | 1.173 |
| 341 | Richard Shmerling | 1.000 |
| 342 | Tracy Tumlin | DNR |
| 343 | James Howie | DNR |
| 344 | Patrick Mccoy | DNR |
| 345 | Lindon Sayre | DNR |
| 346 | Robert Cratsenburg | DNR |
| 347 | John Lively | DNR |
