Event #40: $5,000 Seniors High Roller Day 1 | 2025 World Series of Poker

06-12-2025 11:48 UTC-8

Full House Over Full House Cooler for Hewston

Roxanne Johnson

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Action was picked up on the river where Jonathan Hewston was all in from the big blind and Uri Kadosh had called from the button. The board was A♠5♠J♦J♣5♣.

Jonathan Hewston: A♣5♦ All in
Uri Kadosh: J♥9♥

Both players held a full house, but Hewston had the smaller version and was eliminated, and Kadosh scooped a tidy sum.

Player	Chips	Progress
Uri Kadosh	79,000 79,000	79,000
Jonathan Hewston	Busted

Tags: Jonathan Hewston Uri Kadosh

06-12-2025 11:52 UTC-8

Sparks Wins a Pot

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Joseph Degeorge limped from under the gun. Action folded around to the small blind David Santarelli, who limped as well.

Steve Sparks, had other things in mind and defended his big blind by raising to 800. Degeorge called but Santarelli got out of the way.

The flop came 9♣3♦5♥ and both players checked. On the turn J♥, Sparks led with 1,000 which was enough to make Degeorge fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Santarelli	69,000 69,000	69,000
Steve Sparks	69,000 69,000	69,000
Joseph Degeorge	30,000 30,000	30,000

Tags: David Santarelli Joseph Degeorge Steve Sparks

06-12-2025 11:58 UTC-8

Wright's Stack on the Rise

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Joseph Berg

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Felipe Davila raised to 600 from early position before Larry Wright three-bet to 2,200 from the cutoff. The rest of the table folded, and Davila made the call.

The flop came 6♠6♥10♠, Davila checked, Wright bet 1,800, and Davila folded. Wright has amassed over double his starting stack in the early stages of Event #40.

Player	Chips	Progress
Larry Wright	102,000 52,000	52,000

Felipe Davila	39,000 39,000	39,000

Tags: Felipe Davila Larry Wright

06-12-2025 11:58 UTC-8

Taylor Doubles Through Imm

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Jacob Wilson

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

On a flop of 5♣A♦5♥ Larry Imm placed a continuation-bet of 6,100 into a pot of 5,800. Stuart Taylor wasn't happy with the spot he was in, saying "man, do you just have ace-king here?" He ended up going all in for his remaining 7,300, Imm's pot odds were simply too good to not make the call.

Stuart Taylor: A♥Q♠ All in
Larry Imm: J♠J♦

The 3♠7♥ runout kept Taylor alive, as he picked up a much-needed double up to carry on in this event.

Player	Chips	Progress
Larry Imm	36,000 36,000	36,000
Stuart Taylor	20,400 20,400	20,400

Tags: Larry Imm Stuart Taylor

06-12-2025 12:00 UTC-8

Leonard Flops a Pair

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Jeffrey Leonard in hijack opened to 500 and got a three-bet from Dean Schultz on the button to 1,000.

Both players saw a flop of 5♣4♣10♦. Leonard check-called Schultz's 700 bet leading them to the next steet.

The turn 9♦ had Leonard leading with 2,200. Schultz hung on. Both players checked the river 7♥.

Leonard showed Q♣10♣ for a pair on the flop. Schultz folded his hand and conceded the pot to Leonard.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeffrey Leonard	52,000 52,000	52,000
Dean Schultz	47,000 47,000	47,000

Tags: Dean Schultz Jeffrey Leonard

Level: 2

Blinds: 200/300

Ante: 300

06-12-2025 12:15 UTC-8

Pocket Fives Hold for Arieh

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Paul Vang raised from the button to 700, and Josh Arieh made the call from the small blind. The flop showed 8♠K♥K♠, and Arieh checked. Vang bet out 800, and Arieh made the call.

Both players checked the turn A♥ and the river 2♥. Arieh turned over 5♦5♣ and Vang mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Josh Arieh	43,000 7,000	7,000

Paul Vang	27,300 27,300	27,300

Tags: Josh Arieh Paul Vang

06-12-2025 12:16 UTC-8

Jordison Takes From Wright

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Joseph Berg

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Larry Wright raised to 1,200 from middle position and was called by Angela Jordison on the button and Mark Seif from the big blind.

The dealer spread a flop of Q♠10♣8♥, and the action checked to Jordison, who bet 1,300. Seif folded, and Wright called.

The turn was the J♠. This time, Jordison bet 2,500, which was enough to get a fold from Wright.

Player	Chips	Progress
Larry Wright	121,000 19,000	19,000

Mark Seif	39,000 11,000	11,000

Angela Jordison	33,200 33,200	33,200

Tags: Angela Jordison Larry Wright Mark Seif

06-12-2025 12:42 UTC-8

Dresch Flops it

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Jacob Wilson

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

On a board of A♠2♦Q♥8♦9♥ Scott Allacher, who was first to act on the river, bet out for 2,400 into a pot of 6,200. As the river was heads-up, he was only betting into Jeremy Dresch, who was on the button.

Dresch didn't call the bet, or release his cards, but decided to raise to the tune 7,500. Allacher wasn't happy with the spot he was in, but ended up sticking in the call, and mucking as Dresch announced "I flopped it", as he tabled A♦Q♣