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

06-18-2025 10:34 UTC-8

Flop Call Frustrates Shaverdians

Gabrielle Barredo

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

Charles Shaverdians raised to 7,000 and got called by Frederick Levy in the small blind and Frank Mikletic in the big.

They saw a flop 7♥10♠3♠ and after a check from the blinds, Shaverdians bet another 7,000. Levy called but Mikletic got out of the way.

Action slowed down and the turn 8♦ was checked by both. When the river fell 5♦, Levy led out with a 10,500 bet which Shaverdians called. Levy tabled A♥8♥ for a turned pair, which somehow surprised Shaverdians, visibly frustrated that he got called on the flop.

Shaverdians mucked his hand with one card facing up, the 7♣, as the pot was pushed towards Levy.

Player	Chips	Progress
Charles Shaverdians	202,000 38,000	38,000
Frederick Levy	191,000 64,000	64,000
Frank Mikletic	71,000 29,000	29,000

Tags: Charles Shaverdians Frank Mikletic Frederick Levy

06-18-2025 10:33 UTC-8

Lange Doubles Through Ebner

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Joseph Berg

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

Beverly Lange was all in and at risk from the big blind for roughly 24,000 and was up against Mark Ebner in middle position.

Beverly Lange: A♠Q♥ All in
Mark Ebner: K♣J♦

The dealer ran out a board of 6♦5♥Q♣6♥4♠, securing a much-needed double up for Lange.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mark Ebner	151,000 25,500	25,500
Beverly Lange	49,000 17,000	17,000

Tags: Mark Ebner Beverly Lange

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 10:23 UTC-8

Huelk Forcing the Fold

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Barry Russell

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

There were roughly 12,000 chips in the middle on a flop of 3♥6♥4♠. Andrea Rocci bet 4,500 from under the gun, Raul Martinez called on the button and Mark Huelk raised to 15,000 from the small blind, Rocci folded but Martinez called.

Huelk forced a fold with a bet of 12,000 when the 6♦ hit the turn.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mark Huelk	206,000 39,500	39,500
Hamid Izadi	200,000 6,000	6,000
Luiz Alcantara	161,000 2,000	2,000
Gianluca Ragni	137,000 14,000	14,000
Andrea Rocci	82,000 25,500	25,500
Ronald Surenkamp	55,000 4,500	4,500
Bryan Sharp	51,000 500	500
Raul Martinez	47,500 500	500
Anthony Cousineau	32,500 32,500	32,500

Tags: Andrea Rocci Mark Huelk Raul Martinez

06-18-2025 10:16 UTC-8

Gill Relentless

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Gabrielle Barredo

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

Brad Gill opened to 5,500 on the button and got two callers in the blinds - Don Warner in the small blind and Ronald Weinberg in the big.

All three saw the flop of 2♠10♠7♣. Both blinds passed the action to Gill, who continued with another 6,000. Warner, who had a significant stack in front of him, called, but Weinberg decided to leave the hand.

The turn 7♥ dropped and, relentless, Gill fired 8,000 into the pot after a check. Once again, Warner called.

Finally on the river 6♠, Warner initiated with 17,000. Keeping control of the pot, Gill went all in for 47,000.

Warner took a few seconds and said, "King-queen good," but Gill remained quiet. Warner folded, conceding the pot to Gill.

Player	Chips	Progress
Don Warner	221,000 15,000	15,000
Brad Gill	112,000 39,500	39,500
Ronald Weinberg	32,000 8,000	8,000

Tags: Brad Gill Don Warner Ronald Weinberg

06-18-2025 10:11 UTC-8

Devita Hits the River to Eliminate State

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Maxime Taldir

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

Jonathon State on the button was all-in and at risk for 36,000 against Ray Devita in middle position.

Jonathon State: 8♦8♥ All in
Ray Devita: A♣J♥

State was on his way to double up on 7♣3♦9♠2♥, but the cruel A♦ river sent him to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ray Devita	90,000 43,500	43,500
Jonathon State	Busted

Tags: Jonathon State Ray Devita

06-18-2025 10:03 UTC-8

Shuffle Up and Deal

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Joseph Berg

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

Cards are in the air for Event #48

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,000/2,500

Ante: 2,500

06-18-2025 07:46 UTC-8

Steven Snyder Bags a Massive Stack Heading into Day 2

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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