The first flight of Seniors have wrapped up for the night here at Horseshoe and Paris, Las Vegas, home of the 2025 World Series of Poker. Barbara Enright bagged up one of the largest stacks in the room after Day 1a of Event #48: $1,000 Seniors No-Limit Hold'em Championship concluded. Enright, the first woman to win an open WSOP event, the first woman to win three bracelets, and the only woman to make the final table of the WSOP Main Event, finished with a stack of 244,500 chips, enough to place her 25th among the 621 players who progressed from this flight.
Day 1a attracted 3,365 players, but most fell by the wayside during the course of 11 levels. Steven Snyder bagged up the most chips, 925,000 according to the WSOP+ App, with Timothy Peters (575,000), Alan Gould (437,500), and Andrew Dakoski (395,000) also bagging big stacks.
Dozens of bracelet winners and poker icons will join Enright on Day 2. They include Ivo Donev (213,000), Andrew Kelsall (211,500), Men Nguyen (198,000), Mark Seif (123,000), Theo Jorgensen (102,000), David Bach (98,000), and Huck Seed (82,500).
Day 1a Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steven Snyder | United States | 925,000 | 370 |
| 2 | Timothy Peters | United States | 575,000 | 230 |
| 3 | Alan Gould | United States | 437,500 | 175 |
| 4 | Andrew Dakoski | United States | 395,000 | 158 |
| 5 | Yoon Kim | United States | 390,000 | 156 |
| 6 | Keith Tubin | United States | 348,000 | 139 |
| 7 | Patrick Blackwell | United States | 346,500 | 139 |
| 8 | Raminder Singh | United States | 342,500 | 137 |
| 9 | Mitchell Franks | United States | 325,500 | 130 |
| 10 | Jeremy Wing | United States | 322,500 | 129 |
Day 1b of this event shuffles up and deals at 10 a.m. local time on Tuesday, June 17, and should see another huge crowd. PokerNews traditional coverage begins on Day 2.
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