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

06-19-2025 18:11 UTC-8

Hernandez Eliminated Kerschbaumer

Roxanne Johnson

Level 28 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Georg Kerschbaumer moved all in from early position to 1,300,000, and Christian Hernandez also moved in with the superior stack of 2,700,000 from the cutoff. All the other competitors folded.

Georg Kerschbaumer: A♠10♠ All in
Christian Hernandez: A♥Q♣

The dealer laid out Q♦9♦K♠2♠6♣ and Hernandez won with his pair of queens.

Player	Chips	Progress
Christian Hernandez	2,530,000 710,000	710,000
Georg Kerschbaumer	Busted

Tags: Christian Hernandez Georg Kerschbaumer

06-19-2025 18:15 UTC-8

Harb Catches Spier

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Maxime Taldir

Level 28 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

On a flop of J♦3♣2♣, Cindy Spier in the big blind moved all-in for 1,140,000. Adeeb Harb in the cutoff asked for the count and called.

Cindy Spier: Q♦10♦ All in
Adeeb Harb: Q♣J♥

Spier needed a lot of help on this one, but the 3♥5♦ runout wasn't the one she expected and she was eliminated in 46th place for $14,788.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adeeb Harb	3,950,000 1,310,000	1,310,000

Cindy Spier	Busted

Aviel Rubin	Busted
Anselmo Villarreal	Busted
Billy Papadopoulos	Busted

Tags: Adeeb Harb Cindy Spier

06-19-2025 18:16 UTC-8

Fellows Busts Aljoma to Take the Lead

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 28 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Khaled Aljoma started the action on the button with a raise to 250,000 and after some thinking, Peter Fellows three-bet to 650,000 in the small blind. Aljoma eventually called.

All the chips went in the middle on the flop 4♣7♦9♦. Fellows continued for 1,050,000 and faced an all in raise from Aljoma with a stack worth 3,650,000. Fellows tanked for a minute and called with slightly more chips:

Khaled Aljoma: 10♦10♥ All in
Peter Fellows: J♠J♥

Fellows had the dominating hand and improved into a set of jacks with the J♣ turn while the A♦ completed the board, eliminating Aljoma from the event.

Player	Chips	Progress
Peter Fellows	8,650,000 4,350,000	4,350,000
Khaled Aljoma	Busted

Tags: Peter Fellows Khaled Aljoma

06-19-2025 18:25 UTC-8

Snowmen Freeze out one of the Last Canadians Standing

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 28 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Mitchell Lehman raised from the hijack to 400,000, and Yvonne Alton called all in from the button for her last 350,000.

Yvonne Alton: A♥10♠ All in
Mitchell Lehman: 8♠8♣

The board ran smoothly for the snowmen with K♥9♥3♥9♠2♦, and Alton finished in 45th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mitchell Lehman	5,655,000 2,455,000	2,455,000
Yvonne Alton	Busted

Tags: Mitchell Lehman Yvonne Alton

06-19-2025 18:26 UTC-8

Blackwell Sends Hernandez Out

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 28 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

On the button, Christian Hernandez raised and Patrick Blackwell shoved for 4,060,000. Hernandez eventually called with slightly less and was at risk:

Christian Hernandez: A♣Q♠ All in
Patrick Blackwell: K♣K♠

Hernandez was in terrible shape for a double up and the board 7♣K♦6♦5♦8♠ immediatly improved Blackwell's hand into a set of kings, sending Hernandez out.

Player	Chips	Progress
Patrick Blackwell	7,900,000 3,990,000	3,990,000
Christian Hernandez	Busted

Tags: Patrick Blackwell Christian Hernandez

06-19-2025 18:33 UTC-8

Lucky Runout for Lazar

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Maxime Taldir

Level 28 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

The flop was 8♣8♠3♠ when Qiwen Chen at risk flipped over his cards against Scott Lazar on the button.

Qiwen Chen: Q♦Q♥ All in
Scott Lazar: K♠J♠

Chen was on his way to double up with queens, but the K♥ turn gave the best pair to Lazar, who even hit a flush with the 9♠ river to send Chen to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Scott Lazar	3,900,000 2,760,000	2,760,000
Qiwen Chen	Busted

Tags: Qiwen Chen Scott Lazar

06-19-2025 18:42 UTC-8

The Last Woman Standing Gets Eliminated

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 28 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Debora Martin raised from early position to 400,000, Timothy Tenpas three-bet to 1,200,000 from the cutoff, and Martin moved all in for the rest of her stack for 2,003,000, and Tenpas made the call.

Debora Martin: 9♦9♣ All in
Timothy Tenpas: K♠J♠

The board was A♦4♥A♣J♥10♥, and Tenpas won with two pair,

Player	Chips	Progress
Timothy Tenpas	7,800,000 400,000	400,000
Debora Martin	Busted
Clark Robertson	Busted

Tags: Debora Martin Timothy Tenpas

06-19-2025 18:45 UTC-8

Reynolds Eliminates Machado

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 28 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Short stack, Cesar Machado shoved under the gun for his last 530,000 and Thomas Reynolds reshoved next to him. The rest of the table folded and they turned over their cards:

Cesar Machado: 3♥3♣ All in
Thomas Reynolds: K♠K♦

The board revealed 9♦Q♣K♥4♥7♦ and Reynolds improved a set of kings to bust Machado from the event.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Reynolds	3,100,000 2,200,000	2,200,000

Cesar Machado	Busted

Tags: Cesar Machado Thomas Reynolds

06-19-2025 18:56 UTC-8

Nguyen Eliminated

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Barry Russell

Level 29 : Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

There were roughly 1,200,000 in the pot on 6♠4♠K♠Q♦, Scotty Nguyen bet 400,000 on the turn from the small blind and Lawrence Shipman called in the big blind.

Nguyen announced all in for 425,000 when the Q♥ fell on the river and got quickly called. Nguyen tabled K♣10♦ but Shipman tabled A♠Q♣ and eliminated Nguyen from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lawrence Shipman	6,000,000 4,250,000	4,250,000
Scotty Nguyen	Busted

Tags: Lawrence Shipman Scotty Nguyen

06-19-2025 19:02 UTC-8

Harb Eliminates Two in Massive Pot

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 29 : Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Daniel Darmiento raised to 250,000 from late position, Greg Collins three-bet all in for 1,580,000 from the hijack, and Adeeb Harb four-bet to 2,800,000 from the button.

Darmiento took a long time to think and stated, "I'm going to need a minute". Darmiento made the call for 1,540,000, and it was a three-way all-in.

Greg Collins: A♥K♦ All in
Daniel Darmiento: Q♦Q♣ All in
Adeeb Harb: K♣K♥

The board flew out with 3♠J♣10♥9♣7♠, and Harb had the best hand with a pair of kings.