Event #40: $5,000 Seniors High Roller Day 2 | 2025 World Series of Poker

06-13-2025 15:07 UTC-8

Quads for Lipton

Erick Torres

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
Chad Lipton	832,000 624,000	624,000
Gerald Claunch	330,000 35,000	35,000
Gualter Fortuna	220,000 242,000	242,000
Michael Lin	170,000 8,000	8,000
Billy Baxter	160,000 45,000	45,000

Curt Kohlberg	152,000 96,000	96,000
Francisco Fragoso	135,000 63,500	63,500
Jason Bullock	82,000 18,000	18,000

Tags: Chad Lipton Francisco Fragoso

06-13-2025 15:14 UTC-8

Esposito Takes from White

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Laura Fryer

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
John Esposito	565,000 65,000	65,000

Patrick White	330,000 271,000	271,000

Tags: John Esposito Patrick White

06-13-2025 15:14 UTC-8

Chop Chop

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Jacob Wilson

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♣ All in
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
Jeremy Dresch	287,000 178,500	178,500
Peter Charalambous	187,000 70,000	70,000

Tags: Jeremy Dresch Peter Charalambous

06-13-2025 15:15 UTC-8

Second Break of the Day

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Erick Torres

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.

06-13-2025 15:19 UTC-8

WILD Billionaire WSOP Stories: Ultra-Rich Poker Players Revealed | PokerNews Podcast #895

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

In the 895th episode of the PokerNews Podcast, Chad Holloway is joined by Mike Holtz and four-time bracelet winner Jeff Madsen to dive into the world of the ultra-rich at the World Series of Poker. Which billionaires have participated in the WSOP over the years? How much money has the WSOP actually awarded? And who are the wealthiest players at the tables today?

After introducing the topics, Chad, Mike, and Jeff take a deep dive into WSOP statistics to determine just how many billions the World Series of Poker has awarded to players over the last five decades.

They also take a closer look at some of the most ultra-wealthy poker players and face off in a special WSOP Billionaire trivia challenge to see who knows the most about poker’s richest.

In the second half of the episode, Chad sits down with two prominent voices in the high-stakes scene to further peel back the curtain on poker’s elite.

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Level: 15

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 6,000

06-13-2025 15:36 UTC-8

Philip Sternheimer Wins First WSOP Bracelet

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Milko van Winden

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

06-13-2025 15:38 UTC-8

Hatch Eliminated by Leonard

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Laura Fryer

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Todd Hatch was already all in and at risk against James Leonard with the cards on their backs.

Todd Hatch: 10♣10♥ All in
James Leonard: A♥A♣

Hatch couldn't crack Leonard's Aces on the 4♦J♥6♠6♦9♣ runout, and he was eliminated from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
James Leonard	322,000 203,000	203,000

Todd Hatch	Busted

Tags: James Leonard Todd Hatch

06-13-2025 15:40 UTC-8

Schwimmer Cracks Lopes' Aces with Quad Kings

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Erick Torres

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

The chips went all in preflop with Bruno 'KoolShen' Lopes at risk against Jeffrey Schwimmer.

Bruno Lopes: A♥A♣ All in
Jeffrey Schwimmer: K♠K♦

Lopes was delivered a brutal blow when the flop was K♥K♣8♦, giving Schwimmer four cowboys. The 7♦ was the final nail in the coffin before the meaningless 9♥ rolled over on the river and the famous French rapper was out.