Play has begun at Event #40 $5,000 Seniors High Roller Day 2.
Play has begun at Event #40 $5,000 Seniors High Roller Day 2.
Welcome to PokerNews coverage of Event #40: $5,000 Seniors High Roller No-Limit Hold'em. If you are over 50 and a serious poker player, this tournament has likely been on your calendar for some time. The $5,000 buy-in is the highest of the year for those who consider themselves senior competitors. Day 1 produced a total of 748 entries, generating a prize pool of $3,535,280. A total of 272 players will return for Day 2 at the Horseshoe and Paris, Las Vegas. However, that number is expected to grow, as late registration remains open for the first two levels of the day.
Patrick White enters Day 2 with a chip count of 479,000, securing the second position in the standings. White has demonstrated strong momentum in the 2025 World Series of Poker and will seek to improve upon his 48th-place finish in Event #19: $500 The Colossus. He will be pursuing the chip leader, Paul Snead, who concluded Day 1 with 507,000. Gary Gelman completes the top three with a total of 406,500.
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paul Snead | United States | 507,000 | 209 |
| 2 | Patrick White | United States | 479,000 | 192 |
| 3 | Gary Gelman | United States | 406,500 | 162 |
| 4 | Stephen Bierman | United States | 385,000 | 193 |
| 5 | Leonardo Fernandez | Spain | 381,500 | 154 |
| 6 | Chuanshu Chen | China | 335,000 | 134 |
| 7 | Fraser Macintyre | United Kingdom | 331,000 | 132 |
| 8 | Samad Rashid | United States | 325,000 | 130 |
| 9 | Vadim Shlez | Ukraine | 319,500 | 128 |
| 10 | Joseph Dipascale | United States | 306,000 | 122 |
Hall of Famers Erik Seidel (69,500), Billy Baxter (205,000), and John Juanda (133,000) are among the returning players set to compete on Day 2. Joining them are well-known figures Victoria Livschitz (151,000), Josh Arieh (128,000) Angela Jordison (228,000), and Mike Matusow (234,000).
Cards will be in the air at noon local time, with plans to play 10 levels, beginning with Level 11, each lasting 60 minutes. Stay tuned to PokerNews for live and exclusive coverage of the 2025 World Series of Poker!
Event #40: $5,000 Seniors High Roller
Day 2 Started
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 647 | 3 | Don Warner | United States | 82,000 |
| 647 | 4 | Ira Friedman | United States | 144,000 |
| 647 | 5 | Jess Ravich | United States | 133,000 |
| 647 | 6 | Ron Fetsch | United States | 296,000 |
| 647 | 7 | Paul Sokoloff | United Kingdom | 181,500 |
| 647 | 8 | Patrick White | United States | 479,000 |
| 648 | 1 | Reid Walker | United States | 129,500 |
| 648 | 2 | Iwan Jones | United Kingdom | 41,500 |
| 648 | 4 | Yue Du | China | 86,000 |
| 648 | 5 | Ariel Abbatiello | Italy | 60,000 |
| 648 | 6 | Guoliang Wei | China | 143,000 |
| 648 | 7 | Elijah Berg | United States | 70,500 |
| 648 | 8 | Mark Mache | Canada | 73,500 |
| 649 | 1 | Carmino Argiero | United States | 277,000 |
| 649 | 2 | Josef Gulas | Czech Republic | 93,000 |
| 649 | 3 | Wilbern Hoffman | United States | 87,500 |
| 649 | 4 | Lawrence Ross | United States | 193,500 |
| 649 | 6 | David Ha | United States | 135,000 |
| 649 | 7 | Imari Love | United States | 42,500 |
| 649 | 8 | Larry Wright | United States | 82,000 |
| 650 | 1 | Jill Pike | United States | 132,000 |
| 650 | 2 | Chuanshu Chen | China | 335,000 |
| 650 | 3 | Stuart Taylor | United Kingdom | 156,500 |
| 650 | 5 | Jeevan Nomula | United States | 198,000 |
| 650 | 6 | Bobby Buckingham | United States | 120,500 |
| 650 | 8 | Matt Glantz | United States | 195,000 |
| 651 | 1 | Joseph Dipascale | United States | 306,000 |
| 651 | 2 | Erik Seidel | United States | 69,500 |
| 651 | 3 | Craig Paisley | United States | 279,000 |
| 651 | 4 | Brian Roelke | United States | 243,000 |
| 651 | 7 | Danny Panagatos | United States | 262,000 |
| 651 | 8 | Dany Georges | United States | 30,000 |
| 652 | 1 | Kenneth Milano | United States | 87,500 |
| 652 | 2 | Gerald Claunch | United States | 253,500 |
| 652 | 3 | Alexandre Rabusseau | France | 81,500 |
| 652 | 4 | Gualter Fortuna | Brazil | 231,000 |
| 652 | 5 | Francisco Fragoso | United States | 198,500 |
| 652 | 6 | Tyler Sigman | United States | 131,000 |
| 652 | 7 | Scott Eskenazi | United States | 97,500 |
| 653 | 1 | William Stewart | Canada | 41,000 |
| 653 | 2 | John Joseph Thornton | United States | 254,500 |
| 653 | 3 | Joseph Cook | United States | 124,500 |
| 653 | 5 | Stan Jablonski | United States | 55,000 |
| 653 | 6 | Keith Lehr | United States | 261,000 |
| 653 | 7 | David Nixon | United States | 182,000 |
| 653 | 8 | James Leonard | United States | 119,000 |
| 654 | 1 | Kevin Pruett | United States | 186,000 |
| 654 | 3 | Christopher Quackenbush | United States | 158,500 |
| 654 | 4 | Dean Eyman | United States | 173,500 |
| 654 | 5 | David Lambard | United States | 130,000 |
| 654 | 6 | Eric Afriat | United States | 171,000 |
| 654 | 7 | David Hengen | United States | 280,000 |
| 654 | 8 | David Pham | United States | 222,000 |
| 655 | 1 | Gary Herstein | United States | 10,500 |
| 655 | 2 | Qing Liu | United States | 45,500 |
| 655 | 4 | Peter Charalambous | United Kingdom | 203,500 |
| 655 | 5 | Luis Velador | Mexico | 50,000 |
| 655 | 6 | Curtis Simpson | United States | 95,500 |
| 655 | 7 | Uri Kadosh | United States | 154,000 |
| 655 | 8 | Angela Jordison | United States | 228,000 |
| 656 | 1 | Fernando Fontoura Brito | Portugal | 65,000 |
| 656 | 2 | Howard Feingold | United States | 31,500 |
| 656 | 3 | Michael Morgan | United States | 174,500 |
| 656 | 5 | Joseph Beasy | United States | 231,500 |
| 656 | 6 | David Gonzalez | United States | 150,000 |
| 656 | 7 | Mike Matusow | United States | 234,000 |
| 656 | 8 | Hans Bosman | Netherlands | 261,500 |
| 657 | 1 | Hooman Nikzad | United States | 115,000 |
| 657 | 2 | Donald Matusow | United States | 53,500 |
| 657 | 3 | Melvin Wiener | United States | 100,000 |
| 657 | 4 | Scott Mackie | United States | 105,000 |
| 657 | 5 | Shannon Fahey | United States | 198,500 |
| 657 | 7 | Tom Thomas | United States | 230,000 |
| 657 | 8 | Kelley Slay | United States | 58,500 |
| 658 | 1 | Guy Cicconi | United States | 74,500 |
| 658 | 3 | Patrick Ray | United States | 153,500 |
| 658 | 4 | Herbert Gelman | United States | 107,500 |
| 658 | 5 | Mitchell Garshofsky | United States | 184,500 |
| 658 | 6 | Gary Gelman | United States | 406,500 |
| 658 | 7 | Nicholas Wright | New Zealand | 27,500 |
| 658 | 8 | Marios Savvides | United States | 72,000 |
| 659 | 1 | Harold Evans | United States | 136,500 |
| 659 | 2 | Scott Lazar | United States | 170,000 |
| 659 | 3 | Christopher Nelligan | United States | 240,000 |
| 659 | 4 | Dan Shak | United States | 138,500 |
| 659 | 5 | Jeremy Maher | United States | 211,000 |
| 659 | 6 | Mario Niciforo | Argentina | 181,000 |
| 659 | 7 | Samad Rashid | United States | 325,000 |
| 660 | 1 | Jean Kabbaj | Austria | 56,500 |
| 660 | 2 | Joseph Daddario | United States | 127,000 |
| 660 | 3 | Dean Schultz | United States | 40,500 |
| 660 | 4 | Kazuhiko Yotsushika | Japan | 159,500 |
| 660 | 6 | Paul Richardson | United States | 92,500 |
| 660 | 7 | Duncan McCallum | United States | 136,500 |
| 660 | 8 | Edward Collins | United States | 112,500 |
| 661 | 1 | Darrell Hopkins | United States | 88,500 |
| 661 | 2 | Dusti Smith | United States | 70,500 |
| 661 | 4 | Vadim Shlez | Ukraine | 319,500 |
| 661 | 5 | Chad Loube | United States | 22,000 |
| 661 | 6 | Lawrence Greenberg | United States | 161,000 |
| 661 | 7 | Dean Baranowski | United States | 24,500 |
| 661 | 8 | Henri Kasper | Estonia | 82,000 |
| 662 | 1 | Jon Omara | United States | 56,000 |
| 662 | 2 | Julio Belluscio | Argentina | 264,000 |
| 662 | 3 | Rick Whitesell | United States | 133,500 |
| 662 | 4 | Amin Chehade | Australia | 74,000 |
| 662 | 5 | Joseph Mole | United States | 143,500 |
| 662 | 6 | Hugo Nazar | Italy | 129,000 |
| 662 | 8 | Charles Mitchell | United States | 108,000 |
| 663 | 1 | Frederick Wolf | United States | 67,000 |
| 663 | 3 | James Nelson | United States | 93,000 |
| 663 | 4 | David Solomon | United States | 94,000 |
| 663 | 5 | Christian Munk | United States | 203,500 |
| 663 | 6 | Insun Geoum | United States | 56,000 |
| 663 | 7 | Stephen Montgomery | United States | 38,500 |
| 664 | 1 | Ronald West | United States | 76,000 |
| 664 | 2 | Jeffrey Schwimmer | United States | 152,000 |
| 664 | 3 | Scott Allacher | United States | 83,000 |
| 664 | 4 | Raj Vohra | United States | 171,000 |
| 664 | 5 | Jeffrey Kimber | United Kingdom | 114,000 |
| 664 | 7 | Daniel Forte | Canada | 130,000 |
| 665 | 2 | Howard Mash | United States | 169,500 |
| 665 | 3 | Jayson Nosack | United States | 89,500 |
| 665 | 4 | Igor Alekseev | Russia | 148,500 |
| 665 | 5 | Ernest Ward | United States | 148,000 |
| 665 | 6 | Martin McCloskey | United States | 112,000 |
| 665 | 7 | Michael Gilbert | United States | 105,000 |
| 665 | 8 | Kathy Liebert | United States | 168,000 |
| 666 | 1 | Laszlo Nagy | Hungary | 23,500 |
| 666 | 2 | Craig Hartman | United States | 50,000 |
| 666 | 4 | David Stamm | United States | 89,500 |
| 666 | 5 | Antonin Teisseire | France | 120,000 |
| 666 | 6 | David James | United States | 71,000 |
| 666 | 7 | David Roepke | United States | 133,500 |
| 667 | 1 | Michael Farris | United States | 92,500 |
| 667 | 2 | Leonardo Fernandez | Spain | 381,500 |
| 667 | 3 | Josh Arieh | United States | 128,000 |
| 667 | 4 | Shawn Rice | United States | 108,000 |
| 667 | 6 | John Juanda | United States | 133,000 |
| 667 | 7 | Danny Noam | United States | 87,000 |
| 667 | 8 | Daniel Defreitas | Brazil | 260,500 |
| 668 | 1 | Ramana Epparla | United States | 235,500 |
| 668 | 2 | Joseph Casale | United States | 71,500 |
| 668 | 3 | Laith Salem | United States | 38,500 |
| 668 | 4 | Roger McDow | United States | 41,500 |
| 668 | 5 | Georgios Karakousis | Greece | 135,000 |
| 668 | 6 | Patricio Jimenez | Mexico | 96,000 |
| 668 | 8 | John Esposito | United States | 97,000 |
| 669 | 1 | Kevin Nathan | United States | 12,000 |
| 669 | 2 | William Zaiss | United States | 166,500 |
| 669 | 3 | Adam Singer | United States | 182,000 |
| 669 | 5 | David "ODB" Baker | United States | 92,000 |
| 669 | 6 | Chip Jett | United States | 128,000 |
| 669 | 8 | Joseph Shoemaker | United States | 75,000 |
| 670 | 1 | Richard Head | United States | 87,500 |
| 670 | 3 | Jonathan Tackett | United States | 38,500 |
| 670 | 4 | Stephen Bierman | United States | 385,000 |
| 670 | 5 | Danny Li | Canada | 68,500 |
| 670 | 6 | Al Riccobono | United States | 97,500 |
| 670 | 7 | Judith Bielan | United States | 45,500 |
| 670 | 8 | Andrei Konopelko | Belarus | 228,000 |
| 671 | 1 | Jonathan Ingalls | United States | 141,000 |
| 671 | 2 | Marc Cutter | United States | 104,000 |
| 671 | 3 | Reginald Roberts | United States | 101,000 |
| 671 | 4 | William Myers | United States | 109,000 |
| 671 | 5 | Matthew Salsberg | Canada | 50,500 |
| 671 | 7 | Matthew Ehrlich | United States | 226,500 |
| 633 | 1 | Neil Blumenfield | United States | 88,500 |
| 633 | 3 | Todd Hatch | United States | 122,000 |
| 633 | 4 | Kevin Nguyen | United States | 82,500 |
| 633 | 5 | James Frank | United States | 136,000 |
| 633 | 6 | Michael Lin | United States | 178,000 |
| 633 | 7 | Paul Balzano | United States | 130,000 |
| 641 | 1 | Penh Lo | United States | 68,500 |
| 641 | 2 | Rob Hollink | Netherlands | 123,500 |
| 641 | 3 | Roberto Betbese | Spain | 55,000 |
| 641 | 4 | Boyd Rose | Canada | 142,000 |
| 641 | 5 | Rodger Johnson | United States | 84,000 |
| 641 | 7 | Jeremy Dresch | United States | 108,500 |
| 641 | 8 | Michael Collins | United States | 134,000 |
| 646 | 1 | Guillermo Castillo | United States | 124,500 |
| 646 | 2 | Anthony Casale | United States | 61,000 |
| 646 | 4 | Jason Bullock | United States | 100,000 |
| 646 | 5 | Andres Korn | Germany | 235,000 |
| 646 | 6 | John Magee | United States | 227,000 |
| 646 | 7 | Xixiang Luo | China | 130,500 |
| 646 | 8 | Greg Ostrander | United States | 156,000 |
| 632 | 1 | Alan Wentz | United States | 116,500 |
| 632 | 2 | Anthony March | United States | 154,000 |
| 632 | 3 | Lisa Hamilton | United States | 98,000 |
| 632 | 4 | Jun Liu | China | 230,000 |
| 632 | 6 | Bruno Lopes | France | 121,500 |
| 632 | 7 | Marcel Luske | Netherlands | 71,500 |
| 632 | 8 | Beverly Lange | United States | 115,000 |
| 640 | 1 | Rudolph Bourg | United States | 181,000 |
| 640 | 2 | Kelly Slay | United States | 20,000 |
| 640 | 4 | Raoul Encinas | United States | 112,500 |
| 640 | 6 | Mark Seif | United States | 150,000 |
| 640 | 7 | Billy Baxter | United States | 205,000 |
| 640 | 8 | Silvio Crisari | Italy | 183,000 |
| 645 | 1 | Eric Cloutier | United States | 139,000 |
| 645 | 2 | Kevin Palmer | United States | 186,000 |
| 645 | 3 | John Morgan | United States | 49,000 |
| 645 | 4 | Gary Benson | Australia | 149,000 |
| 645 | 6 | Jeffrey Norman | United States | 61,000 |
| 645 | 7 | Gregory McCurry | United States | 193,000 |
| 645 | 8 | Michael Adamo | Canada | 111,000 |
| 631 | 1 | Curt Kohlberg | United States | 46,000 |
| 631 | 3 | Jeffrey Sauer | United States | 78,000 |
| 631 | 4 | Eric Smidinger | United States | 171,000 |
| 631 | 5 | Arie Kliper | United States | 250,000 |
| 631 | 6 | Farhad Jamasi | United States | 129,500 |
| 631 | 7 | Ernest Bush | United States | 281,000 |
| 631 | 8 | Louis Galasso | United States | 200,500 |
| 639 | 1 | Roberto Finkelberg | United States | 105,500 |
| 639 | 2 | Martin A Raus | Canada | 144,500 |
| 639 | 3 | Stephen Ekin | United States | 80,000 |
| 639 | 4 | Fraser Macintyre | United Kingdom | 331,000 |
| 639 | 6 | Peter Kiem | United States | 102,000 |
| 639 | 8 | Anthony Farrell | United States | 149,500 |
| 630 | 1 | Jon Shoreman | United Kingdom | 122,500 |
| 630 | 3 | Michael Vela | United States | 97,500 |
| 630 | 4 | Roberto Begni | Italy | 231,000 |
| 630 | 5 | Richard Lowe | United States | 151,000 |
| 630 | 6 | Tongguang Sun | United States | 98,000 |
| 630 | 7 | Elton Beebe | United States | 93,000 |
| 630 | 8 | Felipe Davila | Peru | 55,000 |
| 638 | 1 | Scott Sukstorf | United States | 59,000 |
| 638 | 2 | Mike Dentale | United States | 132,500 |
| 638 | 3 | Mark Pett | United States | 107,000 |
| 638 | 4 | Champie Douglas | United States | 253,500 |
| 638 | 5 | Colin Wickersheim | United States | 65,500 |
| 638 | 7 | Scott Lychwick | United States | 118,500 |
| 638 | 8 | Victoria Livschitz | United States | 151,000 |
| 629 | 1 | Robert Borick | United States | 136,000 |
| 629 | 2 | Paul Snead | United States | 507,000 |
| 629 | 4 | John David Rogers | United States | 242,000 |
| 629 | 5 | Guy Longworth | United States | 105,500 |
| 629 | 6 | Ralph Robinson | United States | 97,000 |
| 629 | 7 | Michael Sibulkin | United States | 179,500 |
| 629 | 8 | Randal Heeb | United States | 217,000 |
| 637 | 1 | Shawn Cunix | United States | 232,000 |
| 637 | 2 | Kenneth Einiger | United States | 216,500 |
| 637 | 4 | Sherry Hammers | United States | 161,000 |
| 637 | 5 | Gregory Henry | United States | 142,500 |
| 637 | 7 | Daniel Kim | United States | 18,500 |
| 637 | 8 | Jasthi Kumar | United States | 116,500 |
| 644 | 1 | William Fay | United States | 142,000 |
| 644 | 2 | Mike Lang | United States | 247,500 |
| 644 | 3 | Marc Rivera | Philippines | 33,000 |
| 644 | 4 | Robert Lebeau | United States | 103,000 |
| 644 | 5 | Andrzej Rogowski | United States | 162,500 |
| 644 | 7 | Ernie Galliani | United States | 40,000 |
| 644 | 8 | Paul Vang | United States | 239,000 |
| 623 | 1 | Daniel Fuhs | United States | 277,000 |
| 623 | 3 | William McMahon | United States | 128,500 |
| 623 | 5 | Theo Jorgensen | Denmark | 138,500 |
| 623 | 6 | Daniel Jesudason | United States | 51,500 |
| 623 | 7 | Jay Goldenberg | United States | 52,500 |
| 623 | 8 | Denise Pratt | United States | 50,500 |
| 624 | 1 | Franklin Azevedo | United States | 58,500 |
| 624 | 2 | Gary Fisher | United Kingdom | 124,000 |
| 624 | 3 | Christopher Savage | United States | 162,500 |
| 624 | 4 | Jennifer Frankenstein | United States | 80,000 |
| 624 | 5 | Charles Dawson | United States | 104,000 |
| 624 | 7 | Steve Jelinek | United Kingdom | 176,000 |
| 624 | 8 | David Inselberg | United States | 123,000 |
| 625 | 1 | David Simon | United States | 223,000 |
| 625 | 2 | Marc Lesitsky | United States | 103,500 |
| 625 | 3 | John Strawser | United States | 108,500 |
| 625 | 4 | Chad Lipton | United States | 208,000 |
| 625 | 7 | Waheed Ashraf | United Kingdom | 41,000 |
| 625 | 8 | Dan Heimiller | United States | 20,500 |