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

06-18-2025 16:05 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
John Phan	490,000

Yvonne Alton	447,000 162,000	162,000
Mark Bramley	434,000 16,000	16,000
Paul Chauderson	255,000 152,000	152,000
Daniel Kuester	240,000 88,000	88,000
Daniel Bridges	230,000 137,000	137,000
Joseph Mattingly	186,000 93,000	93,000
Chad Layne	178,000 43,500	43,500
Igor Grinevsky	170,000 108,500	108,500
Mark Levenson	160,000 48,000	48,000
Jeffrey Christensen	150,000 47,500	47,500
Lyle Diamond	102,000 49,500	49,500
Lisa Roberts	98,000 37,000	37,000
Bradley Anderson	75,000 15,500	15,500

Robert Buckenmayer	53,000 160,000	160,000
Timothy Krauskopf	52,000 58,500	58,500

Gill Doubles Through Warner

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Maxime Taldir

Level 17 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Brad Gill in the big blind was all-in and at risk for a bit more than 30,000 against Don Warner under the gun.

Brad Gill: 7♠7♦ All in
Don Warner: 2♦2♠

Gill's sevens held all the way through a board of 5♣Q♥3♠4♥8♣, and he doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Don Warner	140,000 81,000	81,000
Brad Gill	90,000 22,000	22,000

Tags: Brad Gill Don Warner

06-18-2025 16:27 UTC-8

Ralston Doubles Up With Jacks

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Maxime Taldir

Level 17 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

William Ralston in the small blind moved all-in for 43,000 and was called by Christopher Cooper in early position.

William Ralston: J♠J♣ All in
Christopher Cooper: A♥10♠

Cooper hit two pair on 8♥7♦7♥10♥Q♦, but it wasn't enough to beat Ralston's jack, so the short stack doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Christopher Cooper	285,000 105,000	105,000
William Ralston	102,000 75,000	75,000

Tags: Christopher Cooper William Ralston

06-18-2025 16:30 UTC-8

Defreitas Catches Miller Speeding

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Liam Gannon

Level 17 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Daniel Defreitas raised on the button to 16,000, and in the small blin,d Jeffrey Miller three-bet to 35,000, which Defreitas called.

The flop rolled out 8♥5♠5♣ and Miller bet 33,000, which Defreitas called.

Both players checked the turn 6♥ to the river Q♦ where Miller moved all in for 78,000 and Defreitas called immediately.

Jeffrey Miller: A♦9♥ All in
Daniel Defreitas: K♣5♥

Defreitas' three fives were good to eliminate Miller from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Defreitas	456,000 306,000	306,000
Jeffrey Miller	Busted

Tags: Daniel Defreitas Jeffrey Karl Miller

06-18-2025 16:31 UTC-8

Mcgonigle Eliminated

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Barry Russell

Level 17 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Action was picked up as Michael Mcgonigle was all in against Romica Mihailov.

Michael Mcgonigle: A♣10♠ All in
Romica Mihailov: A♠A♥

The board ran out 2♦9♦7♦8♣8♠, and Mcgonigle was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fredrick Avery	745,000 598,000	598,000
Daniel Gaumer	560,000 453,000	453,000
Robert Piekarski	230,000 82,000	82,000
Romica Mihailov	220,000 150,000	150,000
Dennis Carlson	205,000 30,000	30,000

Ian Gascoigne	200,000 70,000	70,000
Mike Gao	102,000 3,500	3,500
Mitchell Dobres	93,000 85,500	85,500
Michael Mcgonigle	Busted

Tags: Michael Mcgonigle Romica Mihailov

06-18-2025 16:41 UTC-8

Lo Rivers A Flush

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Liam Gannon

Level 17 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Katherine Porrello raised to 18,000 from under the gun and in the cutoff, Penh Lo called.

The flop rolled out 7♣7♥9♦ and Porello check-called a bet of 15,000 from Lo.

Both players checked the turn 4♥ to the river J♥ where Porello check-called a bet of 30,000.

Lo tabled A♥3♥ for a flush which was good agianst Porello's A♣J♦ for jacks and sevens and he took down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Penh Lo	493,000 277,500	277,500
Katherine Porrello	171,000 39,000	39,000

Tags: Katherine Porrello Penh Lo

06-18-2025 16:41 UTC-8

Rowe Can't Call with Jacks

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 17 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Jonathan Tare in hijack opened for 18,000 and Ish Sud in cutoff called. Hugh Rowe in the small blind three-bet to 34,000 and got both Tare and Sud to call.

All three saw the flop Q♦9♠9♦. Rowe check-called Tare's bet of 50,000. Sud folded leaving the two players to go toe to toe.

The turn 5♠ was checked by both Rowe and Tare. On the river A♣, Rowe checked once again. Tare fired 130,000 sending Rowe to the tank. Finally he folded face up and saying, "That just sucks," as he showed J♦J♠.

Tare scooped the pot and gave his cards to the dealer face down.

Player	Chips	Progress
Patrick Blackwell	670,000 58,000	58,000
Frank Mikletic	480,000 140,000	140,000
Ish Sud	440,000 268,000	268,000
Jonathan Tare	380,000 181,000	181,000
Hugh Rowe	230,000 145,000	145,000
Troy Peterson	170,000 30,500	30,500
Steven Nooralian	154,000 28,500	28,500
Jerry Garver	100,000 30,000	30,000
Ronald Connor	94,000 21,000	21,000

Tags: Hugh Rowe Jonathan Tare

06-18-2025 16:43 UTC-8

"Is Limping Allowed"

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 17 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Richard Hetherington limped from early position, and one of the players teased, "Is limping allowed?", "I haven't seen that move since 77 with the Russians".

Luiz Alcantara raised the limper to 22,000 from the cutoff, and Scotty Nguyen called from the big blind. Hetherington also called. The flop was 7♠A♥2♣, and it was checked to Alcantara, who placed a bet of 26,000. Nguyen moved all in for 36,000, Hetherington folded, and Alcantara made the call for 1,000 more.

Scotty Nguyen: A♠J♠ All in
Luiz Alcantara: 3♦3♠

The turn 4♣ and the river Q♣ left Nguyen with the best hand with his pair of aces.

Player	Chips	Progress
Richard Hetherington	345,000 276,500	276,500
Luiz Alcantara	126,000 221,000	221,000
Scotty Nguyen	105,000 45,000	45,000

Tags: Luiz Alcantara Richard Hetherington Scotty Nguyen

06-18-2025 16:44 UTC-8

Mihailov Sends Dobres to the Rail

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Maxime Taldir

Level 17 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Mitchell Dobres moved all-in for 93,000 from middle position and he was called by Romica Mihailov in the small blind.

Mitchell Dobres: 7♥7♦ All in
Romica Mihailov: 8♥8♠

Dobres ran into a better pair and was sent to the rail on a board of 5♣6♥A♠4♠6♣. Moments later, Robert Piekarski was eliminated from the same table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fredrick Avery	955,000 210,000	210,000
Romica Mihailov	485,000 265,000	265,000
Dennis Carlson	450,000 245,000	245,000

Mitchell Dobres	Busted
Robert Piekarski	Busted

Tags: Mitchell Dobres Romica Mihailov

06-18-2025 16:50 UTC-8

Chip Updates

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 17 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Lawrence Rabie	607,000 483,000	483,000
Javid Javani	507,000 187,000	187,000
Bobby Buckingham	438,000 360,500	360,500
Eric Smidinger	370,000 158,000	158,000

Joe Cho	360,000 140,000	140,000
Scott Buller	304,000 209,000	209,000
Noomis Jones	280,000 5,000	5,000
Herbert Karp	260,000 236,000	236,000
Daniel Defreitas	230,000 226,000	226,000
Peter Charalambous	210,000 162,500	162,500
Georges Sultanem	185,000 15,000	15,000
John Thai	140,000 99,000	99,000
Mark Camarra	128,000 87,000	87,000
Darry Chui	104,000 2,500	2,500