Since we were talking about senior citizens on the pitching mound a little earlier, it provides us with a segue into an update on the World Series of Poker, where they just finished the Seniors no-limit hold'em championship.

The interesting news isn't necessarily who won (Ernest Bennett, a 55-year-old former dry cleaning business owner from Encino, Calif.), but rather how many players entered. There were 1,882 starters in the tournament where the minimum age is 50, an increase of 30 percent from the all-time high and a further indication that the lower-limit tournaments (this one was a $1,000 buy-in) are extremely popular. The several $1,500 no-limit hold'em tournaments have been drawing fields in the 2,500 to 3,000 range. Bennett collected more than $348,000.

Amarillo Slim Preston, now 78, finished 96th and made $2,655. It was the first cash-in in several years at the World Series for Preston, who introduced the tournament to the public at-large years ago with his appearances on Johnny Carson's Tonight Show.