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

06-19-2025 14:06 UTC-8

Brenneke Runs Into Aces

Maxime Taldir

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

Brian Brenneke jammed from under the gun for 560,000. Fredrick Avery to his left three-bet all-in for approximately 1,500,000, then Lawrence Rabie in the cutoff went into the tank before folding what he later said was A♣K♣.

Rajendra Ajmani on the button struggled to make a decision as well. The clock was called and his hand was folded at the end of the 30-second countdown. He said he had QxQx.

Brian Brenneke: K♠Q♥ All in
Fredrick Avery: A♦A♠

While Rabie and Ajmani were more than happy to see that they folded against aces, the low board of 7♠9♥4♥6♣5♣ didn't change anything and Brenneke was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fredrick Avery	1,950,000 855,000	855,000
Lawrence Rabie	910,000 480,000	480,000
Rajendra Ajmani	850,000 685,000	685,000
Brian Brenneke	Busted

Tags: Brian Brenneke Fredrick Avery Lawrence Rabie Rajendra Ajmani

06-19-2025 14:03 UTC-8

Castro Eliminates Two Players Back to Back

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Barry Russell

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

Ranjit Randhawa raised under the gun, Nate Castro announced all in from the big blind, Randhawa called.

Ranjit Randhawa: K♥Q♦ All in
Nate Castro: 6♣6♠

The flop came Q♥8♠8♥, the 10♣ moved Randhawa one step closer to victory but the 6♦ on the river eliminated him from the tournament.

The very next hand:

Action folded to Nate Castro in the small blind who put the big blind John Dreux all in, Dreux called.

John Dreux: A♥8♣ All in
Nate Castro: 9♥9♣

The board ran out 8♦5♥3♥2♣7♦, and Dreux was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nate Castro	2,000,000 820,000	820,000
John Dreux	Busted
Ranjit Randhawa	Busted

Tags: Castro Eliminates John Dreux Nate Castro Ranjit Randhawa

06-19-2025 13:52 UTC-8

Nguyen Finds Kings to Bust Dugan

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Maxime Taldir

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

Scotty Nguyen in the cutoff and Robert Dugan in the small blind moved all-in with approximately 1,200,000 each.

Robert Dugan: A♠K♣ All in
Scotty Nguyen: K♦K♠

Dugan flopped two pair on K♥A♣8♠, but Nguyen hit a set and kept the lead on the 2♠ turn and the 5♦ river. Dugan was slightly covered, so he was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Scotty Nguyen	2,500,000 1,830,000	1,830,000

Robert Dugan	Busted

Tags: Robert Dugan Scotty Nguyen

06-19-2025 13:48 UTC-8

McDow Takes Another Victim with Quads

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Roxanne Johnson

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

Jeffrey Coffin moved all in for 520,000 from the hijack position, and Roger McDow made the call from the big blind with a monster stack.

Jeffrey Coffin : A♥10♣ All in
Roger McDow: 6♥6♦

The board came out with 8♦6♠10♦7♥6♣, and quad sixes were good for McDow.

Player	Chips	Progress
Roger Mcdow	3,700,000 2,360,000	2,360,000
Jeffrey Coffin	Busted

Tags: Jeffrey Coffin Roger McDow

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

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 13:36 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 13:35 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 13:29 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 13:16 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