Event #48: $1,000 Senior's No-Limit Hold’em Championship Day 3 | 2025 World Series of Poker

06-19-2025 13:04 UTC-8

Tare on a Tear

Nick Becker

Level 24 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Donald Johnson opened the action with a raise in the cutoff and Jonathan Tare three-bet on the button. Johnson four-bet jammed for 705,000 to put himself at risk and Tare made the call.

Donald Johnson: A♠K♥ All in
Jonathan Tare: 5♦5♥

The flop came 5♣9♣2♦ with Johnson needing some serious help, as Tare improved to a set of fives. The Q♣ turn and 9♠ river offered no help to Johnson and he was sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jonathan Tare	2,750,000 900,000	900,000
Men Nguyen	900,000 300,000	300,000

Donald Johnson	Busted

Tags: Donald Johnson Jonathan Tare

06-19-2025 13:05 UTC-8

Blackwell Takes All of Vielhak's Chips

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 24 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Dipanjan Chattopadhyay opened to 85,000 and Richard Vielhak shoved on the button for a stack worth 580,000. Patrick Blackwell, in the big blind, reshoved with a bigger stack and Chattopadhyay let it go:

Richard Vielhak: A♥Q♦ All in
Patrick Blackwell: K♠K♥

Vielhak was in bad shape for his tournament's life, and busted after the dealer fanned a board 3♣10♥6♥2♥6♦.

Player	Chips	Progress
Patrick Blackwell	1,750,000 450,000	450,000
Dipanjan Chattopadhyay	710,000 110,000	110,000
Richard Vielhak	Busted

Tags: Dipanjan Chattopadhyay Patrick Blackwell Richard Vielhak

06-19-2025 13:08 UTC-8

A Big Flip for Collins

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Maxime Taldir

Level 24 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Denis Ethier under the gun moved all-in for 720,000 and faced Greg Collins, who had a bigger stack on the button.

Denis Ethier: Q♠Q♣ All in
Greg Collins: A♦K♦

Collins flopped top pair on A♣7♥J♥10♥6♠ to send Ethier to the rail and reach 2,800,000 chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Greg Collins	2,850,000 1,865,000	1,865,000
Denis Ethier	Busted

Tags: Denis Ethier Greg Collins

06-19-2025 13:09 UTC-8

What a Brutal Turn for Vallejos

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Barry Russell

Level 24 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Stephen Austin opened shoved for roughly 500,000, James Vallejos called on his direct left for 480,000 and all other players fold.

Stephen Austin: K♦10♦ All in
James Vallejos: K♠K♥

The flop came 10♥8♥Q♦, and Vallejos only needed to fade three outs, but the 10♠ sent him out of his chair, and the Q♥ on the river delivered a brutal knockout blow, ending his tournament run.

Player	Chips	Progress
Greg Collins	2,300,000 550,000	550,000
Gregory Miller	2,100,000 340,000	340,000
Charisse Case	1,550,000 150,000	150,000
Christian Hernandez	1,200,000 600,000	600,000
Stephen Austin	1,100,000 600,000	600,000
Terry Chow	715,000 30,000	30,000
David Swift	630,000 320,000	320,000
James Vallejos	Busted

Tags: James Vallejos Stephen Austin

06-19-2025 13:16 UTC-8

Skillin Eliminated, Phan Folds Preflop, Mcdow Gets Paid

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 24 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Roger Mcdow raised from late position to 95,000, David Skillin three-bet all in for 195,000, and John Phan was in the cutoff and four-bet to 320,000. Mcdow immediately moved all in for 1,345,000. Phan tanked for quite a few minutes and was mulling it over extremely hard, but eventually made the fold to save his tournament life and showed ace-king after the cards were revealed.

David Skillin: Q♦J♣ All in
Roger Mcdow: A♠K♦

The board went K♥6♣9♠2♦3♦, and Mcdow won with his pair of kings. Phan regretted his decision, even though it would have been a chopped pot.

Scott Lazar commented jokingly, "You took so long, I'm old enough to make the Super Seniors now".

Player	Chips	Progress
Patrick Lyons	2,580,000 150,000	150,000

Roger Mcdow	1,340,000 735,000	735,000
Alan Gould	1,205,000 625,000	625,000
Scott Lazar	1,140,000 40,000	40,000
John Phan	850,000 140,000	140,000

Marcel Vonk	720,000 335,000	335,000

Troy Peterson	415,000 295,000	295,000
David Skillin	Busted

Tags: David Skillin John Phan Roger Mcdow Scott Lazar

06-19-2025 13:29 UTC-8

Irani Rivers a Better Flush

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Maxime Taldir

Level 25 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Heads-up on a flop of 2♥7♣4♣, Zal Irani bet 120,000 from under the gun, Ryan Remmes in the big blind raised all-in for approximately 500,000 and Irani snap-called.

Ryan Remmes: K♣8♣ All in
Zal Irani: A♣A♥

Remmes hit a flush with the J♣, but Irani managed to hit a better flush with the 10♣ river to eliminate Remmes.

Player	Chips	Progress
Zal Irani	2,300,000 1,200,000	1,200,000
Ryan Remmes	Busted

Tags: Ryan Remmes Zal Irani

06-19-2025 13:35 UTC-8

Lehman Reaches Three Million

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Nick Becker

Level 25 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Mitchell Lehman was on the button and got it all in preflop against the short-stacked Dipanjan Chattopadhyay who was in the big blind.

Dipanjan Chattopadhyay: A♠K♥ All in
Mitchell Lehman: 10♦10♠

The flop came K♠10♣4♣ with Lehman pulling ahead even further by improving to a set of tens. The turn landed the Q♦, keeping Chattopadhyay's hopes alive.

"Don't even do it" said Lehman, sweating the river card.

The 4♠ completed the board and Chattopadhyay's tournament run came to an end.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mitchell Lehman	3,200,000 100,000	100,000
Dipanjan Chattopadhyay	Busted

Tags: Dipanjan Chattopadhyay Mitchell Lehman

06-19-2025 13:36 UTC-8

Less Than 100 Players Left

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Maxime Taldir

Level 25 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Yucel Eminoglu	Busted
Stephen Austin	Busted
Timothy Frasure	Busted
Jean-Paul Pasqualini	Busted
Robert Compton	Busted
Dianlei Zhang	Busted
Anatoly Korochenskiy	Busted
Mitchell Franks	Busted
William Bailey	Busted
Mark Bramley	Busted
Adam Richardson	Busted
Blakely Purvis	Busted
Lisa Xie	Busted
Ramana Epparla	Busted
Kengo Sakurai	Busted
David Welch	Busted
Kenneth Asher	Busted
Peggy Winsler	Busted
Michael Thompson	Busted
Myles Horn	Busted
Shannon Stangis	Busted
John Gwinn	Busted
Igor Grinevsky	Busted

06-19-2025 13:41 UTC-8

Frasure Eliminated and No Justice for Kelsall

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Barry Russell

Level 25 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Kelvin Crawford raised to 125,000 in early position, Timothy Frasure annoucned all in for 580,000 from the hijack, Andrew Kelsall clicked to 1,000,000 in the cutoff and Raminder Singh said "I can't fold this for 11 big blinds" and moved all in for 465,000. Crawford quickly folded.

Timothy Frasure: Q♣J♣ All in
Raminder Singh: A♣K♦ All in
Andrew Kelsall: K♠K♣

Marc Joseph asked Crawford, "Did you fold an ace?" and Crawford gave a nod as the flop came A♠10♣6♦. The A♦ on the turn locked up the triple-up for Singh, and the 9♥ on the river sealed Frasure’s elimination.

Kelsall turned to Singh and said "you'll win the tournament if you keep cracking Kings."

Player	Chips	Progress
Kelvin Crawford	2,850,000 1,325,000	1,325,000
Andrew Kelsall	2,650,000 1,150,000	1,150,000

Raminder Singh	1,600,000 1,260,000	1,260,000
Timothy Frasure	Busted

Tags: Andrew Kelsall Kelvin Crawford Marc Joseph Raminder Singh Timothy Frasure

06-19-2025 13:47 UTC-8

Van Asdale's Queens Hold

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Nick Becker

Level 25 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Guy Cicconi moved all in under the run for 335,000 and Shawn Van Asdale reshoved on the button for just over 600,000.

Guy Cicconi: A♥2♦ All in
Shawn Van Asdale: Q♣Q♥

The flop came Q♠5♣7♥, improving Van Asdale to a set of queens and leaving Cicconi nearly drawing dead.

"I don't think I'm going to escape this one," said Cicconi as he began to stand up.

The 3♥ turn gave him some hope with outs to a gutshot but the 3♦ rolled off on the river to send him packing.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shawn Van Asdale	1,065,000 335,000	335,000
Guy Cicconi	Busted

Tags: Guy Cicconi Shawn Van Asdale