Seniors Championship ($300)

A button vs blind confrontation between Calvin Tan and Thalmann Robert built a pot of 31,000 in the middle across board A♦ 3♦ T♦ 7♣ . Both stacks wasted no time rushing in, Robert at risk for his last 26,000.

Tan A♣ 3♣

Robert A♥ 5♥

Robert in trouble, found no salvation on river A♠ , busting him out of the Seniors Championship games entirely.

Rajesh Goyal raised all-in on the small blind and saw Thalmann Robert on his left, call off for his 21,600 (11 BB) stack.

Up for a flip, Robert was left with no worries, having spiked a set straight away on board A♥ 4♥ 6♠ 8♥ 9♦ .

Thalmann Robert defended his big blind vs Alfie Adam’s 4,000 open, and went on to check call two streets - 5,000 and 7,000, on board 4♣ T♠ 9♥ J♠ .

On river A♠ , Adam pulled the trigger and barreled all-in and left Robert nowhere to go but out.

Thalmann Robert open shoved 11,700 (12 BB) utg, called by Markus Albisser behind. Brian Green reshoved for a larger 24,800 (25 BB), leaving Albisser with a call for a three way showdown.

Robert immediately spiked a set on board 9♣ 6♠ 3♠ 2♦ K♥ , earning him the hefty boost, while Green picked up the side pot with top pair to bank a small profit.

Thalmann Robert flicked in his last 2,400, raised by Michael Wood to 5,300. Todd Hansen called on the big blind and read a flop of 8♣ 2♣ 5♣ .

Action checked round to turn 2♠ , where Wood led out a bet of 6,500. Hansen got out of the way, leaving the two to showdown.

Robert A♠ K♥

Wood K♣ Q♣

Robert drawing dead against Wood's flush, bowed out shortly after river 9♠ completed the board.

A three way all-in ensued with Thalmann Robert on the button, covering both James McCann's 7,300 (12 BB) and Ko Isayama's 14,400 (24 BB) stacks.

McCann as the underdog, caught up quickly on board 3♣ 4♣ A♥ 8♣ 3♥ , shipping him the full triple up while Isayama raked in the side pot to cover his losses.

Michael Wood defended his big blind against Thalmann Robert's 1,000 button open, and faced another 1,000 cbet on flop 4♥ T♦ 9♦ . Wood answered with a check raise to 4,000 and left Robert in quick surrender.

Ferenczi Michel opened 1,500 utg+1 and saw three other players come along on flop A♥ 2♥ 3♠ .

Michel continued for 2,500, called by both Thalmann Robert and Calvin Tan on the big blind. On turn Q♦ , Michel went ahead and barreled another 3,000. This time only Tan stuck around to see river 7♠ , and got to showdown for cheap after Michel checked it back.

Tan showed top pair A♦ 5♣ , no good against Michel's A♠ K♠ .