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

06-18-2025 14:45 UTC-8

Huck Seed Among Recent Eliminations (675th-781st)

Maxime Taldir

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Patrick Donahue	Busted
Phongthep Thiptinnakon	Busted
Yan Gauthier	Busted
Mark Jones	Busted
William Burford	Busted
Raad Farida	Busted
Warren Maxwell	Busted
Jose Aguirre	Busted
Rafael Pardo Acevedo	Busted
Charles Noll	Busted
Timothy Mieczkowski	Busted
Ray Devita	Busted
David Fadoul	Busted
Doug Young	Busted
Laurence Lubliner	Busted
Michael Graffeo	Busted
Paul Netto	Busted
Thomas Kornecook	Busted
John Dennehey	Busted
Randall Hempling	Busted
William Ogden	Busted
Thomas Salisbury	Busted
Robert Goldbaum	Busted
Ronnie Tate	Busted
Joseph Chee	Busted

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06-18-2025 14:42 UTC-8

Minaya's Boats are Under Sail

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Gabrielle Barredo

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

Manelic Minaya opened for 13,000 and got three callers - Thomas Kornecook on the button, Joe Cho in the small blind, and Dianlei Zhang in the big blind.

The quartet saw the flop K♥8♠A♥. After the blinds passed the action, Minaya kept the pressure up with a 19,000 bet. Both Kornecook and Zhang decided to ride the wave, while Cho got out of it.

Kornecook and Zhang got a reprieve from Minaya's aggression when all three checked the 8♦ turn. Minaya put on the pressure once again with a 45,000 be on the K♠ river, when action passed to him.

Zhang couldn't take it and folded. Kornecook made the call and immediately showed K♦Q♥ for trips. Minaya showed A♦K♣ for a full house and scooped the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Manelic Minaya	600,000 451,000	451,000
Dianlei Zhang	305,000 54,000	54,000
Joe Cho	220,000 157,500	157,500
Thomas Kornecook	95,000 120,000	120,000

Tags: Dianlei Zhang Joe Cho Manelic Minaya Thomas Kornecook

06-18-2025 14:42 UTC-8

Mitchell Doubles Through Tran

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Barry Russell

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

Action was picked up as Charles Mitchell was all in against Hung Tran.

Charles Mitchell: J♣J♠ All in
Hung Tran: 2♠2♣

The board ran out 7♥J♦9♣10♣10♠, and Mitchell took his chip count to 270,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hung Tran	1,000,000 200,000	200,000
Charles Mitchell	270,000 140,000	140,000

Tags: Charles Mitchell Hung Tran

06-18-2025 14:35 UTC-8

Graham Runs Into Cooper's Aces

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Maxime Taldir

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

Todd Graham in the small blind found himself all-in and at risk for 57,000 against Christopher Cooper in middle position.

Todd Graham: A♦K♥ All in
Christopher Cooper: A♠A♣

Graham asked for a ten after the Q♣3♠5♦ was spread. He found one with the 10♥ turn, but the 3♥ river didn't help him and he was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Christopher Cooper	180,000 112,000	112,000
Todd Graham	Busted

Tags: Christopher Cooper Todd Graham

06-18-2025 14:33 UTC-8

Jett Eliminated

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Barry Russell

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

Action was picked up as Charles Jett was all in against Hung Tran.

Charles Jett: K♥K♣ All in
Hung Tran: A♣K♠

Terrible start for Jett as the flop came 10♣Q♦A♠, and Tran held as the board ran out 8♥8♠.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hung Tran	1,200,000 1,006,500	1,006,500
Romica Mihailov	370,000 281,000	281,000
Michael Ory	362,000 230,500	230,500
Richard Vielhak	215,000 79,500	79,500
Terry Moore	205,000 2,000	2,000
Charles Mitchell	130,000 37,500	37,500
Remy Biechel	90,000 10,000	10,000
Dawei Jiang	28,000 138,000	138,000
Charles Jett	Busted

Tags: Charles Jett Hung Tran

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 14:20 UTC-8

Some Chip Updates

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Roxanne Johnson

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

Player	Chips	Progress
William Bailey	558,000 482,000	482,000
Zal Irani	440,000 206,000	206,000
Dorothy Ecaldre	360,000 221,500	221,500
Timothy Telliard	275,000 158,500	158,500
Mark Ebner	270,000 119,000	119,000
Kelvin Crawford	260,000 77,500	77,500
Timothy Decoudres	250,000 15,000	15,000
Richard Black	205,000 90,000	90,000
Matthew Davis	121,000 22,000	22,000
Jefferson Morrill	110,000 32,000	32,000
Robert Amereno	110,000 52,000	52,000
Joseph Hansen	82,000 17,500	17,500
Wesley Barber	46,000 62,000	62,000
Brian Buchhorn	45,000 16,500	16,500

06-18-2025 14:20 UTC-8

Comeback Kid....Senior

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Gabrielle Barredo

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

PokerNews was told that Anthony Malarae was down to around 4,000 chips on this very level and here he was again shoving his hand putting his tournament life at risk.

After an opening raise from Daniel Casetta in hijack to 10,000, Malarae shoved all-in from the big blind for around 80,000. Casetta made the call with a chance to finally eliminate Malarae.

Anthony Malarae: 9♠9♥ All in
Daniel Casetta: A♦10♥

It was a coin flip and all Casetta needed was one of his over cards to hit the board to finally make Malarae hit the rails. The board ran K♦3♣5♦6♥5♣ with Malarae once again fading any ace or ten on the board.

Surprised, the table couldn't stop talking about how Malarae's luck was running. Hopefully, it continues all the way until the end.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Casetta	220,000 100,500	100,500
Anthony Malarae	170,000 130,000	130,000

Tags: Anthony Malarae Daniel Casetta

06-18-2025 14:15 UTC-8

Basham Scoops Small Pot from Leah

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Roxanne Johnson

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

Mike Leah raised from late position to 23,000, and Richard Basham made the call from the big blind. The flop came out with Q♥K♥7♣, and Basham checked, as Leah put out a bet of 13,000. Basham made the call.

Action slowed down on the turn 10♦ and the river 4♥ as both players checked.

Basham announced, "Queen" and flipped over Q♣8♦ for a pair of queens, and Leah mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Leah	720,000 107,000	107,000

Richard Basham	160,000 74,000	74,000

Tags: Mike Leah Richard Basham

06-18-2025 14:12 UTC-8

Freeborg Takes It Down with Big Slick

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Barry Russell

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

There were roughly 35,000 chips in the pot on a flop of Q♣K♠5♣. Michael Freeborg bet 14,000 on the flop from early position and Ying Zhang called on the button.

Action slowed down as both players checked to showdown when the turn came the 9♥ and the river 10♦.

Freeborg tabled A♥K♥, and Zhang mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Baron	467,000 382,500	382,500
David Skillin	355,000 305,500	305,500
Roderick Chavez	260,000 89,000	89,000
Michael Freeborg	160,000 23,000	23,000
Markus Brunner	127,000 55,500	55,500
Ying Zhang	110,000 162,000	162,000
Sepher Ebrahimi	55,000
Anthony Warren	38,000
Paul Sarlo	31,000 81,000	81,000

Tags: Michael Freeborg Ying Zhang