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

06-18-2025 07:46 UTC-8

Steven Snyder Bags a Massive Stack Heading into Day 2

Joseph Berg

It's time for Day 2 of Event #48: $1,000 Senior's No-Limit Hold’em Championship at the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP), hosted at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.

Two Day 1 starting flights produced a field of 7,575 senior competitors, each ponying up $1,000 to compete in the biggest Seniors event of the year, generating a whopping $6,666,000 prize pool, all in search of the elusive WSOP gold bracelet and a first-place prize of $653,839.

Steven Snyder leads the field heading into Day 2 with 925,000 chips. He’s fresh off a WSOP Circuit Ring victory this past December. Snyder has over $2 million in reported tournament earnings but is still in search of the elusive gold bracelet. Viacheslav Fentisov sits in seocnd with 715,000 chips. 25k Fantasy pick Mike Leah rounds out the top three with (657,000).

Top Ten Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Steven Snyder	United States	925,000	370
2	Viacheslav Fentisov	Russian Federation	715,000	286
3	Mike Leah	Canada	657,000	263
4	Timothy Peters	United States	575,000	230
5	Kevin Smith	United States	524,000	210
6	Alan Gould	United States	437,500	175
7	Andrew Dakoski	United States	395,000	158
8	Yoon Kim	United States	390,000	156
9	Charles Deatherage	United States	359,500	144
10	Keith Tubin	United States	348,000	139

Among the top 100 chip stacks are some of the best poker players over the age of 50: Raminder Singh (342,500), Massoud Eskandari (297,000), Xixiang Luo (285,000), Barbara Enright (244,500), Larry Wright (242,500), Patrick Lyons (232,500), and Adeeb Harb (227,000), each looking to amass more chips as they push toward Day 3 and beyond.

Day 2 is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. at Level 12 (blinds 1,000/2,500, ante 2,500) and will play 10 levels with a 60-minute dinner break after Level 17 (around 5:30 p.m.).

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Tags: Adeeb Harb Alan Gould Andrew Dakoski Barbara Enright Charles Deatherage Kevin Smith Larry Wright Massoud Eskandari Mike Leah Patrick Lyons Raminder Singh Steven Snyder Timothy Peters Viacheslav Fentisov Xixiang Luo Yoon Kim

06-18-2025 10:27 UTC-8

7,575 Entries and $653,839 for the Winner of the $1,000 Senior's Championship

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Maxime Taldir

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

The remaining 1,360 players are getting closer and closer to the money!

The 7,575 entries in this $1,000 Seniors No-Limit Hold’em Championship generated a total prize pool of $6,938,700, but only the top 1,137 will make the money, securing a minimum cash of $2,000. The eventual winner will turn a $1,000 buy-in into a top prize of $653,839.

Payouts

Place	Prize	Place	Prize	Place	Prize
1	$653,839	14-17	$33,579	162-224	$4,738
2	$435,572	18-26	$27,048	225-287	$4,158
3	$326,508	27-35	$21,950	288-350	$3,678
4	$246,464	36-44	$17,948	351-413	$3,280
5	$187,351	45-53	$14,788	414-476	$2,950
6	$143,425	54-62	$12,278	477-539	$2,676
7	$110,581	63-71	$10,272	540-602	$2,447
8	$85,872	72-80	$8,662	603-665	$2,257
9	$67,166	81-89	$7,361	666-755	$2,100
10-11	$52,918	90-98	$6,305	756-1,137	$2,000
12-13	$41,999	99-161	$5,444

06-18-2025 10:52 UTC-8

Liebert Gets One Through

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Joseph Berg

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Kathy Liebert ranks third on The Hendon Mob Women's All-Time Money List. Having finished in fifth place in this same event in 2022 for $186,541, she is hoping to beat that score this year. Step one in that quest is getting some shoves through, as she is on a shorter stack.

The first of those shoves occurred when she was under the gun and shoved her remaining 36,000 into the middle, eliciting a round of folds from her tablemates. Liebert will be a threat to win this event if she can get hold of some chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kathy Liebert	41,500 43,000	43,000

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06-18-2025 11:00 UTC-8

Queens No Match for Aces as Stalman Prevails Over Slezak

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Joseph Berg

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Philippe Stalmans raised to 7,000 from middle position and was called by Robert Slezak in the big blind.

The dealer revealed a 5♣K♣4♦ flop, Slezak checked, Stalman bet 6,000 and Slezak called.

The turn card was the A♦. Slezak checked once again, and this time, Stalman bet 14,000. Slezak mucked his hand, revealing Q♠Q♣, and mentioned that he had planned to go all in on a flop where his queens were still an overpair, but this was not that flop. Stalman, being a gentleman, kindly showed Slezak A♥Ax, proving that what initially seemed like a bad board for Slezak was not the case.

Player	Chips	Progress
Philippe Stalmans	180,000 70,000	70,000
Robert Slezak	38,000 12,500	12,500

Tags: Philippe Stalmans Robert Slezak

06-18-2025 11:53 UTC-8

Stepuchin Absolutely Ahead

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Maxime Taldir

Level 13 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Frank Stepuchin raised to 6,000 from early position. There was only one call, by Melissa Forlani in the small blind, who just arrived at her seat during this level.

Both players checked a flop of 6♣9♥A♥ leading to the 8♠ turn that Forlani checked again. Stepuchin bet 4,000.

"You're ahead?" Forlani asked before folding.

"I'm absolutely ahead," Stepuchin answered, while flipping over 8♦6♦ for two pair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Frank Stepuchin	160,000 102,700	102,700
Melissa Forlani	49,500 45,000	45,000

Tags: Frank Stepuchin Melissa Forlani

06-18-2025 13:03 UTC-8

Veteran of the Felt: Vincent Burgio Holds Strong as Oldest Remaining Player

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Joseph Berg

Level 14 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

During the last break, the floorman was searching for the oldest remaining player in Event #48. That honor went to none other than Vince Burgio at 90 years young, a legend of the game with over $2 million in reported tournament earnings. Burgio won a WSOP gold bracelet in 1994 in the $1,500 Seven Card Stud Split event. A member of the Seniors Poker Hall of Fame, he had the honor of announcing, "Shuffle up and Deal!" to commence play after the break.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Leah	827,000 170,000	170,000

Raminder Singh	570,000 16,000	16,000
Vince Burgio	125,000 8,000	8,000

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06-18-2025 14:30 UTC-8

Hall of Famer Billy Baxter Has Stories to Share

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Joseph Berg

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Poker legend Billy Baxter was spotted in the field on Day 2 of Event #48, sharing poker stories from the 1970s with his tablemates at Table #530. He spoke about how he first discovered the game of 2-7 No Limit Single Draw, a poker variant in which he has won five bracelets. His tablemates were all ears, eager to learn more about this legend's rise to greatness. Baxter holds nearly double the average stack within the room and aims to one-up his second-place finish during this same event from 2023.

Player	Chips	Progress
Billy Baxter	375,000 175,000	175,000

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06-18-2025 15:24 UTC-8

Bramley’s Best Friend? A Hand Full of Diamonds

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Joseph Berg

Level 16 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Mark Bramley raised to 13,000 from the button before Marybeth Anderson three-bet to 42,000. Bramley then wagered enough to put Anderson all in. She made the call and was ahead.

Marybeth Anderson: A♣K♥ All in
Mark Bramley: A♦9♦

Things were looking good for Anderson on the K♣10♦6♣ flop, and Bramley even congratulated her on a nice hand. However, those congratulations came too soon, as the deck had other ideas. The K♦ turn and 4♦ river gave Bramley a flush, eliminating Anderson from Event #48 in brutal fashion.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mark Bramley	450,000 353,500	353,500
Marybeth Anderson	Busted

Tags: Mark Bramley Marybeth Anderson

06-18-2025 15:37 UTC-8

Back to Back Kings, Three Out

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 16 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Anthony Tony Warren open-shoved for around 100,000 under the gun and got called by Brian Baron in middle position taking them to showdown.

Anthony Warren: A♠Q♦ All in
Brian Baron: K♥K♠

Baron's kings held on the board of 5♦10♠8♠8♦5♣ sending Warren to the rails. As Baron scooped the pot, the players were chatting encouraging Baron to think positive. He hasn't even fixed his massive chip stack when the next hand was dealt.

Michael Freeborg opened for 13,000 under the gun and Baron raised to 39,000 in middle position. Action folded to the big blind and with only 14,000 behind, Sepher Ebrahimi announced all-in.

Freeborg, announced all-in right after and to the surprise of all, Baron called.

Sepher Ebrahimi: A♦2♣ All in
Michael Freeborg: A♠K♠ All in
Brian Baron: K♥K♣

The moment the hands were tabled both Ebrahimi and Freeborg stood up shocked that Baron had kings again. Baron's kings held once again on the board Q♦2♥6♠7♥8♦, sending Ebrahimi and Freeborg to join Warren on the way to Paris to claim their payout.