100-year-old player breaks WSOP record

[acidburnfx]

More wsop history has been made as Gene Calden registers the $10,000 Main Event and becomes the oldest player to ever register at the age of 100!

Check out his hendon page HERE!

 

[Andyreas]

Wow, I hope I also reach such an impressive age and be physically and mentally fit enough to play a poker tournament.

Good luck to him and thanks for sharing this story!

 

[Goggelheimer]

Check out his hendon page HERE!

Impressive if that list below is his tournament schedule of winnings.

He seems to be quite active.

GL to him and thanks for this embolding news.

 

[Navin Sarabjeet]

Hats off SIRRRR!
That's quite impressive and will not be beaten very soon.

 

[Ron112355]

Wow impressive indeed

 

[Canaldo Kao]

Honestly, I love reading this kind of news, it's very motivating!💪🙏👍

 

[millya5]

Looks good for 100 years
Such an event should be entered in the Guinness Book of Records.

 

[lidpoker]

Ok I am new and want to learn more

 

[lidpoker]

Ok I am new and want to learn more

Yes I agree, I am just 53 and can’t even get close lol

 

[dallam]

This is very respectable and lovely on every single level! 🥰

 

[Joe]

This is just ace!

Bravo and best of luck to them, born in 1923 eh...

 

[Marshmalo1994]

That's impressive! I wonder how many main events did he play.

 

[Cooking]

Wow that's so nice. That's why poker is a great game

 

[skaterick]

i hope he has a good performance . he sure appears pretty sharp !

 

[acidburnfx]

The previous record was from the Jack Ury, but he passed away. At age 97, he was the oldest participant ever to play in a world series of poker event.

He became one of the most adored players in the community. Ury sat down to play cards with opponents young enough to be his great-grandchildren. He endured 14-hour days, blind in one eye and limited in vision in the other. He was also completely deaf in one ear. But Ury loved the game and his passion was a magnet for the spotlight.

He remembered playing his first hand of poker at age 10.. Ury enlisted in the United States Navy following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and served in World War II.

He lived most of his life in his beloved hometown of Terre Haute where he spent many years working for the U.S. Postal Service. He retired in 1978. But retirement didn't slow down the strong-willed recreational poker player who would ultimately become one of the game's most celebrated senior citizens.

 

[Ron112355]

How's he doing ? Is anyone keeping track?

 

[takinitSLEAZEE]

Wow that's so nice. That's why poker is a great game

Exactly. Poker is the only mainstream game (worth a damn) you can play your entire life, imo. Kudos old-timers.

 

[markdias]

Impressive, I really want to reach that age, lucid and in the mood to play a live poker tournament...

 

[Mortis]

Gene looks great for 100! I hope I'm in that good of shape if I reach that age!

 

[MTCashman]

Very cool, hopefully he has the endurance for a marathon event like that.

 

[Mortis]

Very cool, hopefully he has the endurance for a marathon event like that.

Just looking at his Hendon Mob page, looks like he plays poker practically every day anyway and is pretty good. I think he might the endurance.

 

[DAVID KEHRER]

Congrats to him for having the mind set to compete at that age most people dont live that long.

 

[Luvepoker]

Thats really cool he plays so much poker. It is what I hope to do when I get older myself. Juts seeing the games he gets to play each day has me wondering if that's a great spot to retire to actually be able to play daily's. Hope he can play in next years main event as well.

 

[Mantinhoo]

I have repeatedly convinced myself that years are not the limit. Yesterday I saw on the news that a 95-year-old man parachuted in my country. The conclusion is that it doesn't matter how old you are, you should do what you like, because soon you won't be able to do anything else. So let's enjoy life.