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Seniors event sets WSOP Record

By Andrew Feldman
ESPN.com

Thursday, June 25, 2009

Event 42 | Event 44 Over the last few years the WSOP has noticed an increase in the attendance during the Seniors Event. Anyone over the age of 50 is eligible today and in 2009, a record-field of 2,707 players paid $1,000 to play in the World Series of Poker. To many in the field, the champion Michael T. Davis, is a "youngin'." The 58-year-old retired home inspector from Dubuque, Iowa plays regularly at his local casinos and showed off his ability two years in a row in this event. In 2008, ...

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