Zolotow in Contention as Day 3 of Event #36: $1,000 Super Seniors is Set to Begin
Welcome to Day 3 of Event #36: $1,000 Super Seniors No-Limit Hold'em at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino. Each player left will be seeking the $311,451[/B] first-place prize money that sits atop the payout sheet, as well as the coveted WSOP bracelet that comes with being crowned the champion of this event.
The starting field of 2,219 is now down to just 43 hopefuls, many of whom are in search of their first bracelet. That's not the case for one of them — Steve Zolotow who already has two bracelets to his name and will be looking to try on a third by day's end.
Zolotow will be starting the final day with an above average stack of 294,000 and is surely the most acclaimed poker player remaining in the field. He has been playing very patiently all tournament, so look for him to be picking optimal spots to push his chips in the middle here on Day 3 as he tries to secure his first WSOP title since 2001.
There are several big stacks going into the final day and that list includes chip leader Jerry Weber (884,000), Paul W Lee (573,000), John Borzio (523,000), United Kingdom's Linda Iwaniak (521,000), and James Brown (513,000).
Play is set to kick-off at 11 a.m. local time, in the Tan section of the Amazon room. Blinds will resume at 5,000/10,000 with a 1,000 ante and will be 60-minutes in duration. The players will get a 15-minute break after every two levels of play, with a 60-minute dinner break after the sixth level.
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Day 3 Seating and Chip Counts
| Room | Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon | 430 | 1 | Moncie Daniels | United States | 321,000 | 32 |
| Amazon | 430 | 2 | Alfred Shanfeld | United States | 200,000 | 20 |
| Amazon | 430 | 3 | Larry Ross | United States | 436,000 | 44 |
| Amazon | 430 | 4 | Al Homsi | United States | 109,000 | 11 |
| Amazon | 430 | 5 | Mark Halfon | United States | 82,000 | 8 |
| Amazon | 430 | 6 | David Blickenstaff | United States | 139,000 | 14 |
| Amazon | 430 | 8 | Linda Iwaniak | United Kingdom | 521,000 | 52 |
| Amazon | 430 | 9 | Lyle Munday | United States | 304,000 | 30 |
| Amazon | 431 | 1 | Bruce Hugon | United States | 401,000 | 40 |
| Amazon | 431 | 2 | James Brown | United States | 513,000 | 51 |
| Amazon | 431 | 3 | Edward Klimek | United States | 165,000 | 17 |
| Amazon | 431 | 4 | Bradley Viner | United Kingdom | 171,000 | 17 |
| Amazon | 431 | 5 | Paul W Lee | United States | 573,000 | 57 |
| Amazon | 431 | 6 | Pressly Moffatt | United States | 117,000 | 12 |
| Amazon | 431 | 7 | Sam Grizzle | United States | 177,000 | 18 |
| Amazon | 431 | 8 | Frederick Parsons | Canada | 137,000 | 14 |
| Amazon | 431 | 9 | Farhintaj Bonyadi | United States | 337,000 | 34 |
| Amazon | 438 | 1 | Douglas Rieper | United States | 170,000 | 17 |
| Amazon | 438 | 2 | Joe Chin | Canada | 71,000 | 7 |
| Amazon | 438 | 3 | David Henley | United States | 143,000 | 14 |
| Amazon | 438 | 5 | Robert Beach | United States | 94,000 | 9 |
| Amazon | 438 | 6 | Stephen Abraham | United States | 268,000 | 27 |
| Amazon | 438 | 7 | Donald Williams | United States | 100,000 | 10 |
| Amazon | 438 | 8 | Marty Doust | United States | 228,000 | 23 |
| Amazon | 438 | 9 | Steve Zolotow | United States | 294,000 | 29 |
| Amazon | 439 | 1 | Charles Thompson | United States | 485,000 | 49 |
| Amazon | 439 | 2 | Jean Didier | France | 354,000 | 35 |
| Amazon | 439 | 3 | David Rosenbloom | United States | 109,000 | 11 |
| Amazon | 439 | 4 | Yury Parad | United States | 33,500 | 3 |
| Amazon | 439 | 5 | John Erickson | United States | 502,000 | 50 |
| Amazon | 439 | 6 | Thomas Mcteer | United States | 82,000 | 8 |
| Amazon | 439 | 7 | Gaston Knight | United States | 110,000 | 11 |
| Amazon | 439 | 8 | Russell Sutton | Canada | 107,000 | 11 |
| Amazon | 439 | 9 | Thomas Maser | United States | 137,000 | 14 |
| Amazon | 447 | 1 | Jon Whitters | Canada | 162,000 | 16 |
| Amazon | 447 | 2 | Douglas Dearborn | Canada | 31,000 | 3 |
| Amazon | 447 | 3 | Jerry Weber | United States | 884,000 | 88 |
| Amazon | 447 | 4 | Alan Denkenson | United States | 193,000 | 19 |
| Amazon | 447 | 5 | William Fogel | United States | 383,000 | 38 |
| Amazon | 447 | 6 | Walter Bell | United States | 180,000 | 18 |
| Amazon | 447 | 7 | Randy Lowery | United States | 205,000 | 21 |
| Amazon | 447 | 8 | Gary Goad | United States | 149,000 | 15 |
| Amazon | 447 | 9 | John Borzio | United States | 523,000 | 52 |