Event #48: $1,000 Senior's No-Limit Hold’em Championship Day 2 | 2025 World Series of Poker

06-18-2025 19:26 UTC-8

Ruas Sent to the Rail

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Barry Russell

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Action was picked up as Sergio Ruas was all in against Yucel Eminoglu.

Sergio Ruas: Q♠Q♦ All in
Yucel Eminoglu: A♦J♣

The board ran out A♥3♣7♣A♠5♦, and Ruas was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yucel Eminoglu	1,060,000 930,000	930,000
Lawrence Rabie	580,000 27,000	27,000
Joe Cho	410,000 50,000	50,000
Scotty Nguyen	295,000 190,000	190,000

Michael Rosenthal	295,000 79,000	79,000
Richard Hetherington	220,000 125,000	125,000
Luiz Alcantara	133,000 7,000	7,000
Javid Javani	130,000 377,000	377,000
Sergio Ruas	Busted

Tags: Sergio Ruas Yucel Eminoglu

06-18-2025 19:27 UTC-8

Ward Extends his Lead

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Maxime Taldir

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Danny Burgess on the button was all-in and at risk for 190,000 against Ernest Ward in the big blind.

Danny Burgess: 9♠9♦ All in
Ernest Ward: 8♥8♠

Ward's good run continued as he hit a set on A♠J♣3♦8♣4♣ to eliminate Burgess and reach 1,590,000 chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ernest Ward	1,590,000 286,000	286,000
Danny Burgess	Busted

Tags: Danny Burgess Ernest Ward

06-18-2025 19:30 UTC-8

New Round of Eliminations (362nd-435th)

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Maxime Taldir

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Duane Sokalski	Busted
James Rone	Busted
Daniel Fuhs	Busted

Mark Digiacomo	Busted
Remy Biechel	Busted
Mark Flagel	Busted
Paul Taylor	Busted
Anthony Malarae	Busted
Rogen Chhabra	Busted
Darry Chui	Busted
James Mcgonagle	Busted
Danny Burgess	Busted
Penh Lo	Busted
Andre Cullins	Busted
Christopher Caruso	Busted
Keith Prill	Busted
Ihsan Farha	Busted
John Abbottbrown	Busted
Leonardo Fernandez	Busted
Peter Charalambous	Busted
Jacek Ladny	Busted
Keith Bayern	Busted
Christopher Valdez	Busted
Marsha Wolak	Busted

Wen Lyu	Busted

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06-18-2025 19:56 UTC-8

Tran Busts

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Barry Russell

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Action was picked up with Phuoc Nguyen putting Hung Tran all in. Tran, with around 40,000 chips behind, tanked for an extended period clearly eyeing the next pay jump. Eventually, his table called the clock, and Tran made the call just as the floor began the final countdown.

Hung Tran: A♠10♣ All in
Phuoc Nguyen: J♦J♥

The board ran out 10♦4♠2♣8♦2♥, and Tran was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Korte Yeo	1,100,000 100,000	100,000
Albert Gil	645,000 182,000	182,000
Phuoc Nguyen	560,000 227,000	227,000
Robert Aleksivich	515,000 186,000	186,000
Billy Papadopoulos	470,000 31,000	31,000
Kit Grosshuesch	410,000 151,000	151,000
Brian Green	208,000 52,000	52,000

Michael Baker	171,000 30,000	30,000
Hung Tran	Busted

Tags: Hung Tran Phuoc Nguyen

06-18-2025 20:20 UTC-8

Some Chips

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Kevin Nathan	820,000 748,500	748,500

Theo Jorgensen	620,000 518,000	518,000

Michael Bartov	440,000 240,000	240,000
Byron Lamb	415,000 286,500	286,500
Mike Leah	280,120 259,880	259,880

Kevin Vinecore	270,000 183,500	183,500
Pascal Perrault	250,000 138,000	138,000
William Pulliam	250,000 202,000	202,000
Jeffrey Coffin	235,000 43,000	43,000
Jeffrey Niedelman	205,000 101,000	101,000
Patrick Lyons	172,000 309,000	309,000

Josias Santos	167,000 14,500	14,500
Eli Arnaldes	160,000 127,000	127,000
Richard Rosen	60,000 73,000	73,000
Edward Perlman	Busted
Marius Lussi	Busted
Gregory Masterson	Busted
Ariel Abbatiello	Busted
Bruce Kinseth	Busted
Robert Chow	Busted
Alexander Dmytraczenko	Busted
Daniel Banchero	Busted
Anthony Farrell	Busted
Bryan Wutke	Busted
Eric Smidinger	Busted

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06-18-2025 20:20 UTC-8

Irani Cracks Jacks to Eliminate Detamore

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Barry Russell

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Zal Irani raised to 25,000 in the cutoff, Rajendra Ajmani called on the button and Jeremy Detamore announced all in for 213,000 in the small blind, Irani called and Ajmani folded.

Zal Irani: A♣K♣ All in
Jeremy Detamore: J♦J♥

The flop came 9♠10♠5♥, the 4♥ on the turn took Detamore one step closer to winning the pot but the K♥ on the river eliminated him from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Welch	1,140,000 460,000	460,000
Bruce Lentz	890,000 635,000	635,000
Zal Irani	800,000 400,000	400,000
Hossein Zomorrodi	571,000 472,500	472,500
Mark Bansemer	550,000 439,500	439,500
David Campbell	475,000 1,265,000	1,265,000
Rajendra Ajmani	240,000 440,000	440,000
Loyal Sprague	136,000 10,000	10,000
Jeremy Detamore	Busted

Tags: Jeremy Detamore Rajendra Ajmani Zal Irani

06-18-2025 20:54 UTC-8

Fetsch Wins With Big Slick

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Joseph Berg

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Ron Fetsch raised to 40,000 from middle position before Manelic Minaya moved all-in from late position, putting his tournament life at risk. Action folded back to Fetsch, who made the call and was ahead.

Manelic Minaya: A♥Q♠ All in
Ron Fetsch: A♦K♣

The board ran out 8♥10♠2♦K♠10♦, eliminating Minaya from Event #48 as Fetsch’s stack soared past the two-million mark.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ron Fetsch	2,300,000 1,260,000	1,260,000

Manelic Minaya	Busted

Tags: Manelic Minaya Ron Fetsch

06-18-2025 20:55 UTC-8

No Runner-Runner for Matacale

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Maxime Taldir

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

On a flop of J♥K♣4♠, Thomas Matacale on the button moved all in for 60,000. James Patterson in the small blind made the call.

Thomas Matacale: 9♥8♠ All in
James Patterson: K♥6♠

"Runner-runner," Matacale said when he revealed his cards. He hit the first "runner" with the Q♥, but the 8♥ didn't complete his straight and he was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
James Patterson	540,000 410,500	410,500
Thomas Matacale	Busted

Tags: James Patterson Thomas Matacale

06-18-2025 21:07 UTC-8

Topham Knocks Morrill Out

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Jefferson Morrill opened for 30,000 in middle position and got a three-bet all-in for 150,000 from Robert Topham, putting Morrill's tournament life in jeopardy.

Jefferson Morrill: A♣10♠ All in
Robert Topham: K♥Q♥

Morrill was ahead and was looking at a potential double-up on the board of 7♥6♣5♦8♥. Topham's chances increased on the turn as it gave him a flush draw, but the river gave him K♠, which was good enough to eliminate Morrill from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Robert Topham	900,000 817,500	817,500
Jefferson Morrill	Busted

Tags: Jefferson Morrill Robert Topham

06-18-2025 21:10 UTC-8

Tonin Hits the River to Eliminate Christensen

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Maxime Taldir

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Antonin Teisseire opened to 35,000 from the button and faced Jeffrey Christensen who defended from the big blind.

Teisseire continued for 40,000 on the A♠8♠2♣ flop. Christensen check-raised all-in for 190,000, and Teisseire snap-called.

Jeffrey Christensen: A♣10♦ All in
Antonin Teisseire: 5♠4♠

Christensen flopped top pair, but Teisseire still had a straight draw and a flush draw. The 9♣ turn kept Christensen in the lead, but the 3♣ river completed Teisseire's straight, sending Christensen to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Antonin Teisseire	740,000 515,000	515,000

Jeffrey Christensen	Busted

Tags: Antonin Teisseire Jeffrey Christensen