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

06-18-2025 18:44 UTC-8

Buckingham Eliminated

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Barry Russell

Level 18 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Action was picked up as Bobby Buckingham was all in against Herbert Karp.

Bobby Buckingham: Q♣10♣ All in
Herbert Karp: A♠K♠

The board ran out 7♥3♦7♣3♣2♠, and Buckingham was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Herbert Karp	340,000 80,000	80,000
Eric Smidinger	317,000 53,000	53,000

Georges Sultanem	305,000 120,000	120,000
Scott Buller	284,000 20,000	20,000
Daniel Defreitas	215,000 15,000	15,000
Brett Silverman	210,000 134,000	134,000
Peter Charalambous	195,000 15,000	15,000
John Thai	143,000 3,000	3,000
Bobby Buckingham	Busted

Tags: Bobby Buckingham Herbert Karp

06-18-2025 18:44 UTC-8

Bramley Wins With Ace-Queen

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Joseph Berg

Level 18 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Joseph Mattingly went all in and was at risk from middle position for roughly 110,000 and was called by Mark Bramley on the button.

Joseph Mattingly: Q♦J♠ All in
Mark Bramley: A♠Q♥

The dealer ran out a board of 2♠A♦K♥3♠3♥ ending Mattingly's impressive run in Event #48.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mark Bramley	410,000 24,000	24,000
Joseph Mattingly	Busted

Tags: Joseph Mattingly Mark Bramley

06-18-2025 18:45 UTC-8

"The Longest Limped Pot in the History of Mankind"

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Maxime Taldir

Level 18 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

After Glenn Sorrells limped from the hijack, it took about 10 seconds for Dorothy Ecaldre to limp as well from the cutoff. Le oldest player of the field Vince Burgio on the button took even longer to limp as well, and so did Bret Hansen in the small blind.

"It's the longest limped pot in the history of mankind," Mike Leah in the big blind joked before squeezing to 75,000. One after the other, all of his opponents folded so Leah scooped the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Leah	540,000

Dorothy Ecaldre	455,000
Glenn Sorrells	325,000
Vince Burgio	220,000

Bret Hansen	125,000

Tags: Bret Hansen Dorothy Ecaldre Mike Leah Vince Burgio

06-18-2025 18:46 UTC-8

Castro's Kings Hold

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 18 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Action was picked up with two players all-in before the flop.

Bryant Morrison: Q♣Q♠ All in
Nate Castro: K♠K♥

Castro was ahead with his kings and wanting to continue his run, Morrison started calling for a queen to fall on the board. Unfortunately, no queen arrived on the board of 10♠J♥7♠4♥10♦ sending Morrison out and adding to the growing stack of Castro.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nate Castro	2,490,000 2,319,500	2,319,500
Bryant Morrison	Busted

Tags: Nate Castro Bryant Morrison

06-18-2025 18:55 UTC-8

Baron Sends Pakala to the Rail

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Maxime Taldir

Level 18 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Rama Pakala jammed for 106,000 from under the gun and was called by Brian Baron in middle position.

Rama Pakala: A♦J♦ All in
Brian Baron: 9♦9♠

Pakala was in the lead and even hit a full house on 4♥Q♦K♣4♠9♥ to eliminate Pakala.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Baron	925,000 145,000	145,000
Rama Pakala	Busted

Tags: Brian Baron Rama Pakala

06-18-2025 19:09 UTC-8

Bluff Knocks out Goldstein

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 18 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Keith Block raised all in from the small blind for 128,000 effective, and Laurence Goldstein made the call from the big blind.

Laurence Goldstein: A♣4♦ All in
Keith Block: 5♦2♠

The board went horrible for Goldstein with A♠10♣7♠5♣2♣, and Block's two pair won the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Keith Block	260,000 53,000	53,000
Laurence Goldstein	Busted

Tags: Keith Block Laurence Goldstein

06-18-2025 19:10 UTC-8

Best Hand of Ebner's Day

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 18 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Nicol Smith open-shoved all-in from hijack. Mark Ebner in the big blind asked for a count but got impatient when the count took longer than he wanted it to. He just announced a call even before the count finished taking both players to showdown.

Nicol Smith: A♥6♥ All in
Mark Ebner: 6♦6♣

The board ran 2♠7♣5♦8♥3♣ and with no ace in sight, Ebner scooped the pot stating that was the best hand he's had all day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mark Ebner	1,540,000 1,270,000	1,270,000
Nicol Smith	Busted

Tags: Mark Ebner Nicol Smith

06-18-2025 19:10 UTC-8

Yeo on a Roller Coaster Ride

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Barry Russell

Level 18 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Anthony Malarae raised in the cutoff to 25,000, Hung Tran called in the small blind and Korte Yeo three-bet to 125,000 from the big blind. Malarae shoved all in for 246,000, Tran got the clock called on him for excessive tanking then folded and Yeo called.

Anthony Malarae: Q♥Q♣ All in
Korte Yeo: A♥10♥

The board ran out 2♥3♣8♣5♠6♠, and Yeo doubled up Malarae.

The very next hand saw Hung Tran raised 25,000 on the button, Korte Yeo three-bet in the small blind to 74,000, Tran called.

Yeo fired out a bet of 110,000 when the flop came 9♦4♥5♣, Tran snap raised to 250,000. Yeo went deep into the tank and three-bet shoved for 464,000, Tran snap called.

Korte Yeo: K♣K♠ All in
Hung Tran: A♠9♣

The board ran out 3♠4♠, and Yeo took his chip count to over a 1,000,000 and left Tran with 10 big blinds.

Player	Chips	Progress
Korte Yeo	1,200,000 375,000	375,000
Billy Papadopoulos	501,000 351,000	351,000
Albert Gil	463,000 143,000	143,000
Phuoc Nguyen	333,000 63,000	63,000
Robert Aleksivich	329,000 259,000	259,000
Brian Green	260,000 115,000	115,000

Michael Baker	201,000 54,000	54,000
Anthony Malarae	173,000 64,000	64,000
Hung Tran	100,000 1,053,000	1,053,000

Tags: Anthony Malarae Hung Tran Korte Yeo

06-18-2025 19:19 UTC-8

Calm Around the Storm

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 18 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Action was picked up with Rajendra Ajmani all-in against the man on his left, David Campbell, who had him covered.

Rajendra Ajmani: A♠K♥ All in
David Campbell: J♦J♣

Ajmani was a bit bothered by the fact that Zal Irani, who was also at the table sitting to the right of Campbell, kept saying that aces will no longer come out. As the discussion ensued, the dealer fanned out 8♥2♥4♦6♠K♦. At the river, the table gave an audible reaction to the rivered pair.

Campbell, however, remained composed as he matched the chips and gave it to Ajmani, who was still having a discussion with Irani.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Campbell	1,740,000 1,616,500	1,616,500
Rajendra Ajmani	680,000 558,500	558,500

Tags: David Campbell Rajendra Ajmani Zal Irani

06-18-2025 19:20 UTC-8

Some Chip Updates

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 18 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Dipanjan Chattopadhyay	900,000 698,500	698,500
Men Nguyen	760,000 562,000	562,000

Aaron Gillespie	638,000 435,000	435,000
Jamie Carmen	450,000 335,000	335,000
Billy Baxter	310,000 40,000	40,000

Badih Bounahra	290,000 168,000	168,000
Steven Shields	249,000 149,000	149,000
Richard Pumilia	244,000 167,000	167,000
David Roepke	240,000 1,000	1,000
Marc Wolpert	220,000 30,000	30,000
Bruce Kinseth	150,000 36,500	36,500
Marius Lussi	140,000 1,000	1,000
Duane Sokalski	125,000 50,000	50,000
Jesse Lawrence	87,000 51,000	51,000
Kelley Slay	43,000 57,000	57,000