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Oldest Rounder in the Field William Wachter Still Grinding in Main Event at 94

At 94-years-old, William Wachter is by far and away the oldest player to register for the 2015 World Series of Poker Main Event, and so it stands to reason that, sitting on 155,000 in chips on the Day 2B dinner break, Wachter was also the oldest player left in the tournament.

"I've taken a couple of bad beats, but I'm still up there," said Wachter, who added his full house was beaten by a better full house early, but he managed to right the ship. "The average guy would have gone all in on that.