Event #59: $1,000 Battle of the Ages
Day 1ab Completed
2025 World Series of Poker
Event #59: $1,000 Battle of the Ages
Day: 1ab
Event Info
2025 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1ab
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$2,705,120
Entries
3,074
Level
41
Blinds
1,000,000 / 2,000,000
Ante
2,000,000
Entries
3,074
Players Left
461
Players Left 1 / 3,074
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The most unique tournament of the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP), Event #59: $1,000 Battle of the Ages, has progressed to Day 2 after its 3,074-strong field was reduced to 461 over the course of two flights. Day 1a consisted of players aged 50 and over, with Day 1b reserved for the under-50 crowd.
Across both flights, Joseph Roh (595,000) came out on top and will lead the 461 survivors on Day 2. Roh won a bracelet in 2023, taking down the $600 No-Limit Hold'em Ultra Stack for $401,250.
Japanese grinder Kazuhiro Shirasawa (553,000) and William Hernandez (517,000) round off the podium places.
Event #59: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em battle of the Ages Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joseph Roh | United States | 595,000 |
| 2 | Kazuhiro Shirasawa | Japan | 553,000 |
| 3 | William Hernandez | United States | 517,000 |
| 4 | Peter Siemund | Germany | 505,000 |
| 5 | Jamie Heuer | United States | 483,000 |
| 6 | Kenneth Kim | United States | 470,000 |
| 7 | Jose Aguilera | Spain | 459,000 |
| 8 | Darren Hill | United Kingdom | 433,000 |
| 9 | Catherine Dever | United States | 426,000 |
| 10 | Edward Hansen | United States | 426,000 |
Several bracelet winners and household names entered this event, with plenty navigating through their respective flights. Kenneth Kim (470,000), Joao Simao (349,000), Ryan Riess (282,000), Shawn Buchanan (244,000), Arthur Morris (230,000), Jeremy Becker (219,000), and Kane Kalas (200,000) all bagged up enough chips to finish in the top 25% of the field.
Lower down the leaderboard you find the likes of Rafael Lebron (179,000), Marcel Vonk (142,000), Allan Le (140,000), Michael Mizrachi (77,000), and Dong Chen (67,500).
Day 2 starts at 2:00 p.m. local time, and the plan is to play down to a champion. Stay tuned to PokerNews as we bring you all of the live updates from this and every other live bracelet-awarding event of the 2025 WSOP.
Here are the chip counts of the 461 players who made it through Day 1a and Day 1b, according to the WSOP+ App.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
595,000
595,000
|
595,000 |
|
||
|
553,000
553,000
|
553,000 |
|
||
|
517,000
517,000
|
517,000 |
|
505,000
505,000
|
505,000 |
|
|
483,000
483,000
|
483,000 |
|
470,000
470,000
|
470,000 |
|
|
||
|
459,000
459,000
|
459,000 |
|
433,000
433,000
|
433,000 |
|
426,000
426,000
|
426,000 |
|
|
426,000
426,000
|
426,000 |
|
399,000
399,000
|
399,000 |
|
395,000
395,000
|
395,000 |
|
|
394,000
394,000
|
394,000 |
|
390,000
390,000
|
390,000 |
|
|
390,000
390,000
|
390,000 |
|
377,000
377,000
|
377,000 |
|
|
376,000
376,000
|
376,000 |
|
372,000
372,000
|
372,000 |
|
368,000
368,000
|
368,000 |
|
|
365,000
365,000
|
365,000 |
|
364,000
364,000
|
364,000 |
|
362,000
362,000
|
362,000 |
|
||
|
354,000
354,000
|
354,000 |
|
||
|
354,000
354,000
|
354,000 |
|
349,000
349,000
|
349,000 |
|
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