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

06-12-2025 15:17 UTC-8

Baxter Wins a Small Pot and Lang Wins a Big Pot

Roxanne Johnson

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Hand 1:
The action was picked up on the river with a board of 5♠3♠Q♣J♦J♠, and Michael Lang was all in for his last 11,000 in the big blind, and David Lewis called from the small blind.

Lewis stated, "I have a queen".

Lang stated, "A queen what?"

Michael Lang: Q♦9♥ All in
David Lewis: Q♠7♣

Lang's kicker would play, and he scooped up a nice pot.

Hand 2:

Billy Baxter raised from the cutoff to 2,200, and Igor Alekseev called from the big blind. The flop came out with 9♦9♣A♦, and Alekseev checked to Baxter, who continued with a bet of 2,500. Alekseev pondered a moment and folded.

Baxter jokingly stated, "I had to raise to get the other players out who might have a nine. I had Ace-jack".

Player	Chips	Progress
Billy Baxter	63,000 63,000	63,000

Igor Alekseev	61,500 61,500	61,500
David Lewis	43,000 43,000	43,000
Michael Lang	32,000 32,000	32,000

Tags: Billy Baxter David Lewis Igor Alekseev Michael Lang

06-12-2025 15:20 UTC-8

Madan and Holm Battling

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Joseph Berg

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Manish Madan raised to 1,500 from the button and was called by Michael Holm in the big blind.

The players checked on the 3♠Q♦8♦ flop.

The turn was the 7♦. Holm checked, Madan bet 1,000, and Holm folded. Madan showed 8♥8♠, while Holm claimed to have Kx10x.

The players’ tablemates told PokerNews that these two have played 60% of the hands against each other at the table. Both players have said they plan on battling with one another deep into the night.

Player	Chips	Progress
Manish Madan	86,200 13,200	13,200
Michael Holm	31,000 21,000	21,000

Tags: Manish Madan Michael Holm

06-12-2025 15:20 UTC-8

Mahmood Extremely Short

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Gregory Mccurry opened to 1,200 in hijack and received an all-in from Ayaz Mahmood for 2,100. Mccurry called taking them to showdown.

Ayaz Mahmood: K♠9♠ All in
Gregory Mccurry: Q♦9♦

The board ran A♠7♣K♣9♣5♠. With a two pair Mahmood doubled up. But because he was still short despite it, he busted a few hands after.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gregory Mccurry	92,000 92,000	92,000
Ayaz Mahmood	Busted

Tags: Ayaz Mahmood Gregory Mccurry

06-12-2025 15:21 UTC-8

No Straight Flush to See

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Mark Jameson opened for 1,100 from hijack and got Ernest Bush in cutoff, and the blinds Gregory Wood in small and Chad Loube in big to call.

The flop came 4♥2♥9♠. With the players before him knuckling, Jameson continued with 2,100. Bush called, but Wood shoved all-in for 12,900, making Loube fold his hand. Jameson folded after but Bush made the call taking them to showdown.

Gregory Wood: 5♥3♥ All in
Ernest Bush: K♦9♥

Wood had a flush draw and a straight draw while Bush made top pair. It really would have been nice to see a 6♥ or an A♥ to drop on the following streets but, alas, that didn't happen for those watching or for Wood.

Instead, the 2♠ turn and the 5♣ river fell, awarding the pot to Bush and busting Wood out of the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mark Jameson	80,000 80,000	80,000
Ernest Bush	72,300 72,300	72,300
Chad Loube	56,500 56,500	56,500
Gregory Wood	Busted

Tags: Chad Loube Ernest Bush Gregory Wood Mark Jameson

06-12-2025 15:22 UTC-8

Players on a Break

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Players are on a 20-minute break, with 504 returning to battle.

Level: 5

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

06-12-2025 15:48 UTC-8

Matusow Lays Down a Big One

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Jacob Wilson

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

With 9,200 in the pot, and a board reading 6♣3♣2♥ Adam Wilkinson checked his option over to Mike Matusow, who bet out for 6,500. Without thinking, Wilkinson placed in a huge stack of pink 5,000 denomination chips, that would have put Matusow all in for his remaining 21,500 had he called.

Wilkinson let Matusow know, that he "wasn't flushing", prompting Matusow to fold his overpair of 9♥9♣ face up, and surrender the pot to Wilkinson. Wilkinson thought about showing his hand, before tabling 7♣7♥ showing he would've been in awful shape had Matusow called.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adam Wilkinson	159,000 159,000	159,000
Mike Matusow	21,500 21,500	21,500

Tags: Adam Wilkinson Mike Matusow

06-12-2025 15:57 UTC-8

Kapoor Wins With Straight

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Joseph Berg

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Anthony Farrell raised to 1,500 from early position and was called by Sanjeev Kapoor in middle position. Guoliang Wei then three-bet to 7,500, Farrell folded, and Kapoor called.

Both players checked the K♦7♥8♣ flop.

The turn was the 5♣ Wei 10,000 and Kapoor called.

Action checked through on the 6♣ river. Kapoor tabled 5♥4♥, which beat Wei's A♥K♥

Player	Chips	Progress
Sanjeev Kapoor	115,200 115,200	115,200
Guoliang Wei	91,000 91,000	91,000

Anthony Farrell	54,000 54,000	54,000

Tags: Anthony Farrell Guoliang Wei Sanjeev Kapoor

06-12-2025 15:59 UTC-8

Livschitz Says She Folded a Set

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Kazuhiko Yotsushika limped in the small blind and Victoria Livschitz checked her option. The dealer unfurled 7♠A♠2♠.

Yotsushika check-called Livschitz's 1,000 bet. The same thing happened on the 5♣ turn with Livschitz's 2,000 chip bet.

On the river 3♠, Yotsushika led with a bet of 5,000 which was enough to make Livschitz fold. Yotsushika claimed he had a flush as he scooped the pot. Livschitz replied, "I had a set."

Player	Chips	Progress
Kazuhiko Yotsushika	60,000 9,000	9,000
Victoria Livschitz	41,000 5,400	5,400

Tags: Kazuhiko Yotsushika Victoria Livschitz

06-12-2025 16:07 UTC-8

Top Ten Chip Count

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Top ten chip count according to WSOP+ app.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Morgan	251,500 203,500	203,500
Roberto Begni	192,500 192,500	192,500
Luis Velador	188,000
Joe Cook	177,200 177,200	177,200
William Mcmahon	175,000 175,000	175,000
Chip Jett	175,000 175,000	175,000
Daniel Jesudason	170,500 87,500	87,500
Chad Lipton	164,700 164,700	164,700
Patrick Ray	164,400 164,400	164,400

Brownie Garrett	160,600 160,600	160,600