Level 14
: Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Players are now on a 15-minute break. Play will resume with the blinds at 3,000/6,000.
2025 World Series of Poker
Event #40: $5,000 Seniors High Roller
Day: 2
Event Info
2025 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$3,684,600
Entries
801
Level
35
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
600,000
Entries
325
Players Left
47
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Level 14
: Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Peter Charalambous raised from under the gun, and middle position Jeremy Dresch three-bet to 22,000. Action got all the way back round to Charalambous, who then made an almost 9x shove for 180,000. Due to the size of the shove, Dresch found himself in the blender, unsure on whether to call or fold. After apologising to the table for tanking, he did eventually put in the call.
Peter Charalambous: A♥K♣ 
Jeremy Dresch: A♦K♠
"Why didn't you fold?" questioned Charalambous, as he could've picked up some chips uncontested. "In your spot I would've folded", he continued as the board ran out J♥4♣4♦2♠7♥ and the players split the blinds.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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287,000
178,500
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178,500 |
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187,000
70,000
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70,000 |
Level 14
: Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Patrick White opened to 13,000 from an early position and got a single call from John Esposito in the big blind.
The flop came Q♠Q♥A♥ and both checked to the J♠ turn.
Esposito checked, White bet 15,000 and Esposito called.
They were taken to the 5♠ river and Esposito checked. White bet 45,000 which sent Esposito into the tank.
He checked his hand a number of times and took around two minutes to call.
White showed A♠2♥ for a pair of aces, but Esposito had K♣10♠ for the straight.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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565,000
65,000
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65,000 |
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330,000
271,000
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271,000 |
Level 14
: Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Approximately over 250,000 was in the pot on the river on a board that read 10♣6♣9♦8♠9♠. Chad Lipton chose to ship his stack for 294,000 into Francisco Fragoso.
Fragoso took some time in the tank before making the call.
Lipton showed four of a kind with 9♥9♣. Fragoso shook his head in disappointment and revealed he had 10♠10♦ for a full house as a monster pot went Lipton's way.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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832,000
624,000
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624,000 |
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330,000
35,000
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35,000 |
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220,000
242,000
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242,000 |
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170,000
8,000
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8,000 |
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160,000
45,000
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45,000 |
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152,000
96,000
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96,000 |
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135,000
63,500
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63,500 |
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82,000
18,000
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18,000 |
Level 14
: Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Daniel Defreitas raised to 10,000 from middle position and was called by Matthew Ehrlich in the small blind and Shawn Rice in the big blind.
Action checked to Defreitas on the 7♦2♣A♣ flop. He bet 11,000, and only Rice called.
The turn was the 7♦. Rice checked, Defreitas bet 36,000, and Rice called.
Both players checked the 5♣ river. Rice tabled 10♣7♣, which was good for the win.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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355,000
128,500
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128,500 |
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350,000
105,000
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105,000 |
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290,000
182,000
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182,000 |
Level 14
: Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
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Level 14
: Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Four players saw a flop of 9♦3♣4♦ in a single raised pot. Scott Eskenazi checked, and Robert Zoellner did the same. Peter Charalambous then bet out for 14,000 into 40,000, and Paul Snead made the call. The other two in the hand folded.
The turn Q♠ checked through, as did the river Q♣, and Charalambous tabled 8♥8♣ expecting to take in the pot, but Snead showed 9♠7♠ for a better two pair, and added to his already enormous stack
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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572,000
26,000
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26,000 |
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300,000
300,000
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300,000 |
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160,000 | |
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117,000
170,000
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170,000 |
Level 14
: Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Action unfolded in a preflop battle involving three players, each having all their chips in the middle, hoping to win big.
Alan Wentz: A♥K♥
Walter Ripper: A♠K♠
John Esposito: Q♥Q♦
The dealer spread a flop of 4♣10♠J♦. The two players with Ace-King were now rooting for a Queen, but the dealer provided no assistance on the 7♣ turn and 4♠ river. With that, Ripper and Wentz were eliminated from Event #40, while Esposito’s stack surged to the top of the leaderboard.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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630,000
533,000
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533,000 |
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Level 14
: Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
The action folded to Ron West on the button who raised to 11,000. Jeffrey Schwimmer raised to 31,000 from the small blind and was called by West to send the two to a flop.
Schwimmer continued his aggression on the 6♣3♣6♦ for 56,000. West did not think long before he folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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558,000
433,500
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433,500 |
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360,000
90,000
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90,000 |
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240,000 | |
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230,000
40,000
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40,000 |
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225,000
20,000
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20,000 |
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220,000
60,000
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60,000 |
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155,000
95,000
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95,000 |
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90,000
95,000
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95,000 |
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Level 14
: Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Larry Wright opened to 24,000 from under the gun and action folded to David Ha who moved all in for around 110,000. Wright called and the players went to showdown.
David Ha: 8♠8♦
Larry Wright: A♦Q♥
Ha was looking to hold and Wright missed on the 10♦7♥4♣ flop. No improvement came from Wright on the 6♦, 9♣ runout and Ha secured the double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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224,000
89,000
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89,000 |
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194,000
112,000
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112,000 |
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