Level 14
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
2025 World Series of Poker
Event #48: $1,000 Senior's No-Limit Hold’em Championship
Day: 2
Event Info
2025 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$6,666,000
Entries
7,575
Level
41
Blinds
1,000,000 / 2,000,000
Ante
2,000,000
Entries
1,445
Players Left
202
Players Left 1 / 7,575
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Level 14
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Duane Sokalski put the rest of his 25,000 chip stack in the middle from under the gun, Steven Shields called in the small blind and Timothy Decoudres called in the big blind.
Action checked to showdown on a board of 6♦J♣J♠3♥8♥.
Shields tabled A♣Q♣, Decoudres tabled A♦10♦, but Sokalski tabled a full house with 8♠8♦.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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265,000
15,000
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15,000 |
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250,000
61,500
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61,500 |
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235,000
53,000
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53,000 |
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205,000
125,000
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125,000 |
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179,000
58,000
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58,000 |
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170,000
11,000
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11,000 |
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100,000
18,500
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18,500 |
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75,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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50,000
875,000
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875,000 |
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Level 14
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Stephen Austin raised to 10,000 from the cutoff and was called by Terry McCranie in the big blind.
The dealer fanned a 9♠9♦7♣ flop. McCranie checked, Austin bet 10,000, and McCranie called.
Action checked through on the 3♥ turn and 8♥ river. McCranie tabled K♠7♠, which was good for the win.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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440,000
125,000
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125,000 |
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380,000
212,500
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212,500 |
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260,000
22,500
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22,500 |
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260,000
24,000
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24,000 |
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255,000
172,000
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172,000 |
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190,000
55,000
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55,000 |
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140,000
32,500
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32,500 |
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80,000
20,000
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20,000 |
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65,000
9,000
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9,000 |
Level 14
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
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Level 14
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
John Dennehey in the hijack was all-in and at risk for 133,000 against Olga Varkonyi in the big blind.
John Dennehey: K♣K♠ 
Olga Varkonyi: J♠J♥
Dennehey kept the lead all the way through a board of 9♦5♦2♦Q♠2♠ and doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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280,000
241,000
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241,000 |
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150,000
79,000
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79,000 |
Level 14
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
The action was picked up on the flop of 6♠5♠10♣, and Hung Truong was all in from early position for 120,000 into a pot of about 75,000, and Robert Aleksivich made the call from the button. Truong was on the flush draw, while Aleksivich was on the ace draw.
Hung Truong: A♠9♠
Robert Aleksivich: A♦A♣
The turn K♣ and the river 2♥ did not bring any help to either player, but the best hand still prevailed with Aleksivich's pair of aces.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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340,000
188,000
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188,000 |
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Busted |
Level 14
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Brook North opened for 10,000 and got three callers: Richard Gress in middle position, Bruce Lentz in cutoff and Julian Whigham in the big blind.
The flop came 7♠K♥9♣. After action was passed to him, Gress went all in for 40,000 and got called by Lentz. Whigham and North got out of the way.
Richard Gress: K♠Q♠
Bruce Lentz: K♣J♣
Gress was ahead with the superior kicker but the river J♥ fell, giving Lentz two pair for the win and the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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255,000
71,000
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71,000 |
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135,000
36,000
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36,000 |
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52,000
32,000
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32,000 |
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Busted |
Level 14
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
There were roughly 70,000 chips in the pot on 9♠9♦6♥3♦8♥.
Yucel Eminoglu bet 40,000 from the big blind and was quickly called by Xixiang Luo in the cutoff. Eminoglu attempted to communicate his holding to Luo, but Luo, wearing headphones, didn’t hear him. Frustrated, Eminoglu tossed his A♠2♦ onto the felt, while Luo revealed 9♥5♥.
Eminoglu, visibly annoyed, asked, “Why did you make me show? I told you what I had.”
Luo calmly removed his headphones and replied, “I had headphones on, how was I supposed to hear you?”
Eminoglu shook his head in frustration.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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280,000
186,000
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186,000 |
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250,000
157,000
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157,000 |
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240,000
45,500
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45,500 |
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225,000
195,500
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195,500 |
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155,000
45,000
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45,000 |
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145,000
47,500
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47,500 |
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130,000
10,500
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10,500 |
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70,000
64,000
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64,000 |
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60,000
53,000
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53,000 |
Level 14
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Bruce Lentz raised to 5,000 on the button and got called by Dennis Kim in the small blind.
The flop came 5♦A♦4♠. After a check from Kim, Lentz shot out another 15,000. Kim called once again.
They knuckled the turn 10♣ and went check, check on the river K♦. Kim showed 7♥6♥ for a busted straight draw and Lentz showed A♣J♣ for top pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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184,000
46,500
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46,500 |
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142,000
9,000
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9,000 |
Level 14
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
