Batson Blasts Off With Pocket Rockets
While the seniors tournament may strike some observers as one of the more casual events at the WSOP, a quick walk around the Pavilion Room would indicate otherwise. The players are serious about playing their best here on poker's grand stage, and we caught up with one who is doing just that.
Jim Batson was seen crippling an opponent at his table with the mother of all poker hands, 
. We heard Batson's opponent slam the table in defeat and, cursing as she saw her 
bested by aces full of tens on a board reading 
board.
The woman had flopped a pair of aces herself and made Broadway on the turn, only to see her chances of building a big chip stack early sunk when Batson made his boat on the river. He now sits with approximately 5,650 while his opponent was dropped to just under 600 in the tournament's first level.