Four Return for an Unplanned Day 4 in $5,000 Seniors High Roller

In a tournament that was supposed to conclude in three days, an additional day of play is needed to wrap up Event #40: $5,000 Seniors High Roller No-Limit Hold'em, at the 2025 World Series of Poker. A total of 47 players entered Day 3 to vie for the top prize of $646,845 at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas, but only four remain with an opportunity to score a WSOP gold bracelet.

Chuanshu Chen was a force to be reckoned with throughout Day 3 of play. Despite relinquishing his chip lead late to David Baker, Chen enters the penultimate day of play as second in chips with 12,200,000. Chen is chasing the first WSOP bracelet of his career, and is still well situated to accomplish that feat heading down the final stretch.

Three-time bracelet winner Baker had a tremendous Day 3 that saw him rise from the eighth-biggest stack entering the day, to the stack to beat with 13,600,000 as he aims to score bracelet number four. Baker was at the center of action during the twilight stages of Day 3, knocking out Joseph Mole and Ramana Epparla in addition to dueling with Chen to capture the chip lead.

Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	David "ODB" Baker	United States	13,600,000	54
2	Carmino Argiero	United States	9,900,000	40
3	Chuanshu Chen	China	12,200,000	49
4	Ron West	United States	4,450,000	18

Entering the final day third in chips is Carmino Argiero with 9,900,000, who is chasing the first WSOP bracelet of his career. Argiero endured several surges and dips of his chip count throughout the day. He went into Day 3 with a healthy stack, tallying the seventh-highest chip count as play began. Argiero began his ascension, but hit a setback when his rivered ace ran into the trip queens of Josef Gulas. That sent Argiero down to a little over two million in chips.

Despite the speed bump, Argiero rose back up the chip counts, eliminating Charles Mitchell in 11th place. By the time players reached the final table redraw, Argiero entered second in chips, but dropped down the leaderboard once again. Luckily for Argiero, he regained his footing, rising back up the counts, eliminating WSOP bracelet winner John Esposito at the final table.

Ron West heads into the last day bringing up the rear with 4,450,000. West scored a much-needed shot in the arm when he flopped a set of jacks during a three-way showdown that saw Stephen Bierman eliminated in eighth place. West will be tasked with maneuvering the final table with 18 big blinds as he chases his first gold bracelet.