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

06-12-2025 17:35 UTC-8

King-High Good

Gabrielle Barredo

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Reginald Roberts opened for 2,000 in the cutoff and got called by the button player, David Gonzalez, to see a flop.

The dealer fanned out A♠5♥4♦. Both players checked. The turn 10♠ fell and Roberts led out with 3,000 and got called once again.

The river 8♣ went check-check. Roberts showed K♣J♥ for king-high. Gonzalez mucked conceding the pot to Roberts.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Gonzalez	111,000 111,000	111,000
Reginald Roberts	39,000 39,000	39,000

Tags: David Gonzalez Reginald Roberts

06-12-2025 17:40 UTC-8

Wickersheim Takes From Hatch

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Joseph Berg

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Todd Hatch raised to 2,500 from under the gun and was met with a three-bet from Colin Wickersheim to 7,600 from the small blind, and Hatch called.

The dealer fanned a 4♠8♣3♦ flop. Colin Wickersheim bet 4,000, Hatch then raised to 10,000. Colin Wickersheim went all in for roughly 60,000, and Hatch found the fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Todd Hatch	91,000 91,000	91,000
Colin Wickersheim	82,300 82,300	82,300

Tags: Colin Wickersheim Todd Hatch

06-12-2025 17:40 UTC-8

Hicks Stays Alive....Just

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Jacob Wilson

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

David Metzger made a preflop raise from the hijack, and Eric Hicks made the call on the button, putting himself all in as he had only two big blinds left in his stack. The blinds got out of the way, and the cards were placed on their backs.

Eric Hicks: J♣J♦ All in
David Metzger: Q♥Q♠

Hicks couldn't believe his luck as he had ran right into it at the point of elimination, but the flop 8♦5♥J♠ brought him hopes of staying alive in the tournament. The A♦7♥ runout secured him a more than triple up, as he picked up the blinds and ante, but with less than ten big blinds he will need to keep on spinning up to make a deeper run in this event.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Metzger	53,800
Eric Hicks	5,600

Tags: Eric Hicks David Metzger

06-12-2025 17:41 UTC-8

Dinner Break

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

The players are on a 60-minute dinner break.

Action will resume at approximately 7:40 p.m. local time.

06-12-2025 18:27 UTC-8

Top Ten Chip Counts

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Top ten chip counts according to the WSOP+ app.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tom Thomas	271,000
Boyd Rose	269,000 91,500	91,500
Ramana Epparla	264,400 66,400	66,400

Roberto Begni	246,200 53,700	53,700
Stephen Bierman	240,000 135,000	135,000
Christopher Nelligan	240,000
Randal Heeb	231,000

Chad Lipton	220,000 55,300	55,300
Champie Douglas	212,000 173,000	173,000

Level: 7

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

06-12-2025 18:57 UTC-8

Ostrander Rues Fold

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Jacob Wilson

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

James Mullaly went all in preflop from the button, and Peter Kiem made the call. Greg Ostrander had a decision, but ultimately folded his hand.

James Mullaly: 10♥10♠ All in
Peter Kiem: 5♥5♠

Mullaly's hand held on a board of 4♠2♣8♠4♣J♦ and he received a very important double up to keep himself afloat. Ostrander wasn't best pleased about having folded his pocket sixes, citing the side pot he could've won against Kiem.

Player	Chips	Progress
Greg Ostrander	110,000 67,500	67,500

Peter Kiem	40,000 10,000	10,000
James Mullaly	16,100 1,900	1,900

Tags: Greg Ostrander James Mullaly Peter Kiem

06-12-2025 19:00 UTC-8

Some Notable Chip Counts

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Billy Baxter	194,500 46,500	46,500

Mark Seif	89,000 45,000	45,000

Kathy Liebert	83,500 36,000	36,000

Josh Arieh	82,500 41,000	41,000

Paul Snead	77,000 21,000	21,000

Dean Schultz	70,500 25,300	25,300
Dusti Smith	58,000 2,600	2,600
Marsha Wolak	52,000 26,000	26,000

Johnny Chan	41,900 7,100	7,100

Marcel Luske	34,500 22,500	22,500
Shawn Rice	32,300 17,700	17,700
David Pham	32,000 75,000	75,000

Daniel Heimiller	23,000 23,000	23,000

Mike Matusow	36 21,464	21,464

06-12-2025 19:03 UTC-8

Rockets Good for Nelligan

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Joseph Berg

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Steven Sobel raised to 2,300 from early position before being greeted by a three-bet from Christopher Nelligan to 7,300 in the small blind. Sobel made the call.

The dealer spread a K♠2♦J♥ flop, and Nelligan decided to bet 8,500, which got a fold from Sobel. Nelligan tabled A♠A♥. "I was hoping you had Ace-King," commented Nelligan.

"I really wanted to have King-Jack there," was Sobel's response.

Player	Chips	Progress
Steven Sobel	192,300 192,300	192,300
Christopher Nelligan	77,500 162,500	162,500

Tags: Christopher Nelligan Steven Sobel

06-12-2025 19:09 UTC-8

Head Pushes Back Against Taylor

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Stuart Taylor opened for 2,200 from under the gun and got three callers in Russell Head on the button, Troy Donaldson in the small blind and Mark Lillge in the big blind.

The flop came 3♥5♠7♠ and after checks from the blinds, Taylor continued with 4,000. This time, only Head called to see the next card.

Persistent, Taylor shot out another 5,000 on the 3♦ turn. Unfazed, Head called again. Finally on the river 10♦, Head pushed back with a 12,000 bet after another 5,000 bet from Taylor. Taylor flat called.

Head showed J♥J♠ which made Taylor muck his hand.