Event #59: $1,000 Battle of the Ages Day 2 | 2025 World Series of Poker

06-23-2025 16:27 UTC-8

Wheeler Shows Pahuja the Exit

Stewart Morrison

Level 22 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Action folded to Vineet Pahuja in the cutoff, who moved all in for 150,000. When the button folded, Marcus Wheeler then moved all in from the small blind, prompting the big blind to fold.

Vineet Pahuja: 10♦9♦ All in
Marcus Wheeler: A♥Q♠

Pahuja was the player at risk, but the 8♣8♠10♠ flop saw him move ahead.

"I don't like that card," Pahuja said on the K♠ turn, as it gave his opponent a whole host of outs to retake the lead.

Sure enough, the 3♠ river was revealed, giving Wheeler a flush and sending Pahuja to the exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marcus Wheeler	1,050,000 275,000	275,000
Vineet Pahuja	Busted

Tags: Marcus Wheeler Vineet Pahuja

06-23-2025 16:23 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Srikanth Yadlapati	Busted
Nikolaos Oikonomou	Busted
David Gonzalez	Busted
George Kenny	Busted
Robert Goldbaum	Busted
Darrell Washburn	Busted
Peter Kvisthammar	Busted
Gary Fisher	Busted
Allan Haupert	Busted
Kunal Patni	Busted
Carlos Caldas	Busted
Nicholas Fornito	Busted
Robert Ronspies	Busted
David Aadland	Busted
Pei Li	Busted

William Perpich	Busted
Audley Harrison	Busted
David Erquiaga	Busted

Benjamin Sim	Busted
Marcelo Giordano Mendes	Busted
Alex Soares	Busted
Mengqi Chen	Busted
Chen Yu Hung	Busted
Eduardo Arias	Busted
Jason Ward	Busted

Fornito Outkicked

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Jacob Wilson

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Nicholas Fornito got all in for his remaining 150,000 without seeing a flop, and his only customer was Roger Franco, who had a dominating stack as well as a dominating hand.

Nicholas Fornito: A♦4♥ All in
Roger Franco: A♥Q♠

Fornito couldn't improve on the 3♥A♣9♦K♠7♠ runout, and hit the rail as Franco edged closer to the one million chip mark.

Player	Chips	Progress
Roger Franco	970,000 908,000	908,000
Nicholas Fornito	Busted

Tags: Nicholas Fornito Roger Franco

06-23-2025 16:14 UTC-8

Harrison On the Ropes; Ingles Delivers the Knockout

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Stewart Morrison

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Former European heavyweight boxing champion Audley Harrison moved all in for his remaining 15,000 chips, and when Jared Ingles three-bet to isolate, everyone else folded.

Audley Harrison: K♥K♣ All in
Jared Ingles: A♦8♥

"If this is how I die, so be it", Harrison said.

It was as if he knew his fate already, as the window ace on the A♠6♥J♦ flop saw Ingles take the lead.

The 4♦ turn and 3♦ river were no help to Harrison, who headed to the exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jared Ingles	365,000 258,000	258,000
Audley Harrison	Busted

Tags: Audley Harrison Jared Ingles

06-23-2025 16:12 UTC-8

Successive Eliminations By Kim

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Kenneth Kim was scooping the pot as Louis Vial was leaving the table bidding everyone good luck after an aces versus kings battle. In the very next hand, where the pot was 70,000, both Mengqi Chen in the small blind and Kim in the big blind waited patiently as the board was dealt.

The flop came J♦9♥A♣. After a check, Kim fired 50,000 in the pot. Chen called to see another card.

Chen checked the 7♣ turn. Kim kept the pressure with a 700,000 bet effectively putting Chen all-in. Chen went into the tank shuffling his chips, mulling over the situation. Finally, he put in the chips in for a call.

Mengqi Chen: A♥3♦ All in
Kenneth Kim: J♣8♣

Chen was ahead with top pair while Kim only had middle pair on the flop but the turn had given him additional outs with a flush draw. It didn't bode well for Chen when the 2♣ fell on the river completing Kim's flush. Kim scooped the pot once again as Chen left the table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kenneth Kim	1,800,000 1,330,000	1,330,000

Louis Vial	Busted
Mengqi Chen	Busted

Tags: Kenneth Kim Louis Vial Mengqi Chen

06-23-2025 15:59 UTC-8

Tucci Takes Down Huge Pot

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Jacob Wilson

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Kane Kalas and Franco Tucci got their big stacks in preflop, and it was Kalas who found himself on the wrong end of a massive cooler.

Kane Kalas: Q♠Q♦ All in
Franco Tucci: A♠A♦

The board didn't offer any help to Kalas, as it ran out K♣3♣K♥8♥3♥ sending him home just after returning from break.

Player	Chips	Progress
Franco Tucci	1,220,000 545,000	545,000
Kane Kalas	Busted

Tags: Franco Tucci Kane Kalas

06-23-2025 15:23 UTC-8

Rough Runout for Peterson

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Jacob Wilson

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Nicholas Peterson got his 330,000 stack in preflop, and was way out in the lead as Gregory Pearson made the call.

Nicholas Peterson: K♠K♦ All in
Gregory Pearson: A♦K♥

The flop was a brutal one, as it came down J♣A♠9♥ leaving Peterson drawing to just a single out. He couldn't find it on the J♦8♥ runout, as Pearson dragged in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gregory Pearson	794,000 623,000	623,000
Nicholas Peterson	Busted

Tags: Nicholas Peterson Gregory Pearson

06-23-2025 15:15 UTC-8

Fournier Takes Wilson's Stack

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Gregory Fournier raised to 30,000 before calling the shove from Karle Wilson seated in the big blind for around 110,000:

Karle Wilson: Q♥Q♠ All in
Gregory Fournier: A♠10♦

Wilson had good hopes for a double as the flop first fell 7♥4♣8♥ but a A♣ hit the turn and he got eliminated after the 7♣ completed the board.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gregory Fournier	340,000 188,000	188,000
Karle Wilson	Busted

Tags: Gregory Fournier Karle Wilson

06-23-2025 15:10 UTC-8

Moniz Spikes the Turn

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Stewart Morrison

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Jinju Wu moved all in for 75,000, and only Lori Moniz in the cutoff called.

Jinju Wu: A♣10♦ All in
Lori Moniz: K♠Q♦

The flop 8♥3♣9♣ kept Wu in the lead, but the turn Q♣ saw Moniz move ahead.

The river 6♠ was unable to save Wu, who vacated his seat and headed to the cash desk.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lori Moniz	360,000 302,000	302,000
Jinyu Wu	Busted

Tags: Jinju Wu Lori Moniz

06-23-2025 14:56 UTC-8

Chen Eliminates Teisseire

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Peter Robinson went jammed in cutoff for 37,000 and Antonin Teisseire made a duty call in the big blind taking them to showdown.

Peter Robinson: Q♠10♥ All in
Antonin Teisseire: 9♥3♥

Already ahead, Robinson's lead got reinforced when the flop dropped Q♠5♥8♠ giving him a pair. The runout 8♥4♠ didn't take the lead away from Robinson resulting in a double up for him.

A few hands later, Teisseire found himself in an all-in situation with Wei Chen, who covered him and placed his tournament life on the line.

Antonin Teisseire: A♥7♣ All in
Wei Chen: A♦K♦

Both players had an ace but Chen had the better kicker putting him in the front. It was looking grim for Teisseire when the flop dropped 10♥8♠K♠. The turn 9♣ and river 5♣ didn't help Teisseire at all ending his tournament life instantly. He left the table as the dealer pushed the chips towards Chen's direction.