Event #48: $1,000 Seniors Championship Day 4 | 2023 World Series of Poker

Jun 25, 2023

Brian Keith Etheridge Eliminated in 15th ($37,326)

Jeremy Geist

Level 34 : Blinds 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante

Action folded to Brian Keith Etheridge in middle position who went all in. Loren Cloninger was in late positon and went into the tank for a moment before also going all in. The remainder of the players folded and they were off to see a full board heads up with Etheridge at risk.

Brian Keith Etheridge: A♦Q♠
Loren Cloninger: A♠A♣

The full board ran out J♥7♥5♠J♣10♠ and Etheridge would hit the rail in 15th place after an amazing run.

Tags: Brian Keith Etheridge Loren Cloninger

Level: 34

Blinds: 200,000/400,000

Ante: 400,000

Jun 25, 2023

Break Time

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Chris Bean

Level 33 : Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante

Players are on the first 20-minute break of the day.

Jun 25, 2023

Fahey Doubles Through Baxter With Sevens Full

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Connor Richards

Level 33 : Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante

Shannon Fahey open-jammed a stack of 3,250,000 in early position and action folded to Billy Baxter in the cutoff. "Alright, I'm all in," Baxter said as he shoved a bigger stack to get things heads-up.

Shannon Fahey: 7♣7♦
Billy Baxter: A♥K♠

An ace in the window made it look like Baxter would be taking the lead, but the fanned flop of 7♥9♦A♣ gave Fahey a set as those at the table gasped. The board then finished out 3♠9♣ to improve her to a full house for a double and to leave the Poker Hall of Famer short.

Tags: Billy Baxter Shannon Fahey

Jun 25, 2023

Jiaqi Xu Eliminated in 16th Place ($37,326)

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Jeremy Geist

Level 33 : Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante

Action folded to Lonnie Hallett in middle position who opened to 750,000. It folded to Jiaqi Xu who went all in for 5,700,000. Action folded back to Hallett who thought it over and eventually called.

Jiaqi Xu: 7♥7♦
Lonnie Hallett: A♥J♥

The board ran out 4♥10♣6♣A♣4♦ and with the ace on the turn Hallett would add to his chip lead and Xu would hit the rail in 16th place.

Tags: Jiaqi Xu Lonnie Hallett

Jun 25, 2023

Baxter Moves In

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Connor Richards

Level 33 : Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante

Ron Fetsch opened to 650,000 from the hijack and Billy Baxter defended out of the big blind.

Baxter checked on the flop of A♥J♦9x and Fetsch checked back. Baxter then bet most of his stack on the 4♣ turn, as he pushed out 1,500,000 to get a fold from Fetsch.

Tags: Billy Baxter Ron Fetsch

Jun 25, 2023

Thong Tran Eliminated in 17th Place ($37,326)

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Chris Bean

Level 33 : Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante

Thong Tran bet 900,000 from early positon and was met with an all-in from Rudolf Fourie in the big blind for 5,750,000. Tran made the call for less with 4,700,000.

Thong Tran: A♠K♦
Rudolf Fourie: A♥K♥

Both players had big slick, but Fourie had the suited variety. The flop of J♣10♥5♥ gave Fourie a flush draw and the South African shouted "We are freerolling baby! Let's go!" The J♥ came on the turn which made Tran slump in his seat in disbelief and Fourie delighted.

The 8♥ completed the board and Tran gathered his belongings and left the main stage, while Fourie couldn't believe the chips he were stacking up.

Tags: Rudolf Fourie Thong Tran

Jun 25, 2023

Ronald Neal Eliminated in 18th Place ($30,067)

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Connor Richards

Level 33 : Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante

Ronald Neal was eliminated by Loren Cloninger when he ran 10x10x into AxAx and couldn't improve to lose his final 2,750,000 in chips.

For his final two-table finish, Neal takes home $30,067.

Tags: Loren Cloninger Ronald Neal

Jun 25, 2023

Final Two Table Redraw

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Chris Bean

Level 33 : Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante

Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chips	Big Blind
1	1	Ron Fetsch	United States	18,000,000	60
1	2	Rudolf Fourie	South Africa	5,100,000	17
1	3	Shannon Fahey	United States	6,275,000	21
1	4	Albert Riccobono	United States	5,800,000	19
1	5	Thong Tran	United States	4,825,000	16
1	6	Ronald Neal	United States	2,750,000	9
1	7	Billy Baxter	United States	3,200,000	11
1	8	Loren Cloninger	United States	5,025,000	17
1	9	David Stearns	United States	9,525,000	32

2	1	Eric Ritter	United States	2,900,000	10
2	2	Dan Heimiller	United States	11,500,000	38
2	3	Gordon Eng	United States	13,000,000	43
2	4	Amin Mostafavi	United States	12,900,000	43
2	5	Lonnie Hallett	Canada	34,000,000	113
2	6	David Allison	United States	2,400,000	8
2	7	Jiaqi Xu	United States	5,700,000	19
2	8	Brian Keith Etheridge	United States	4,400,000	15
2	9	David Michaud	United States	7,300,000	24

Jun 25, 2023

David Thompson Eliminated in 19th Place ($30,067)

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Jeremy Geist

Level 33 : Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante

Action folded to Lonnie Hallett on the button who opened to 750,000. Small blind folded and David Thompson defended his big blind.

The 8♦6♥5♣ flop landed and Thompson checked. Hallett put out a bet of 650,000. Thompson quickly check-raised to 2,500,000. Hallett went all in. Thompson took a moment but eventually called.

David Thompson: 6♦7♠
Lonnie Hallett: J♠J♣

The turn brought a K♥ and the river was a 3♦ sending Thompson to the rail in 19th place.

Tags: David Thompson Lonnie Hallett