Preston Derden was in middle position and raised to 39,000. Edward Weiss, who was in the cutoff, pushed all in for a total of 145,000. Derden made the call and the two turned over their cards:
Derden:
Weiss:
Although Derden was ahead preflop, that changed on the flop when it came . Weiss was in great shape to double with his pair of aces if he could avoid a nine. The on the turn changed nothing. Derden needed to improve on the river to eliminate Weiss.
The dealer burned and revealed the on the river. Weiss doubled to around 300,000 while Derden dropped to around 730,000.
Eric Stemp was in the cutoff and raised to 66,000. Dave Lambertson, who was the short stack at the start of the day, then moved all in for around 75,000 total. Stemp only had to call off a few more chips and did so with the .
Lambertson revealed and it was off to the races. The flop came down , giving Stemp a straight draw along with his overs. The on the turn was no help to Stemp and neither was the on the river.
Lambertson doubled to around 160,000 on the hand while Stemp dropped to 487,000.
Day 3 of the Seniors Championship is set to begin in about a half an hour. Only 23 players remain out of the 3,142 who started two days ago. The biggest name remaining in the field is Tom Schneider, who finished as the Day 1 chip leader. There will certainly be a lot of excitement surrounding the 2007 Player of the Year throughout the day as he attempts to capture the $487,994 first-place prize..
Also returning are Jeanne Nelson, the last woman remaining in the field, and Mike Minetti, who is our chip leader with over one million in chips. The plan for today is to play down to a final table and to a winner, which means we could be in store for a long night.
The tournament staff are currently getting the tables in order, so the cards should be in the air around 2:30 pm local time. PokerNews will bring you all of the updates throughout the day as we look to find the next Seniors Champion.
. Weiss was in great shape to double with his pair of aces if he could avoid a nine. The 
on the turn changed nothing. Derden needed to improve on the river to eliminate Weiss.
on the river. Weiss doubled to around 300,000 while Derden dropped to around 730,000.
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and it was off to the races. The flop came down 
, giving Stemp a straight draw along with his overs. The 
on the turn was no help to Stemp and neither was the 
on the river.