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

06-23-2025 17:27 UTC-7

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 17:23 UTC-7

Latest Round of Eliminations

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Gaelle Jaudon

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

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

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Level: 22

Blinds: 10,000/25,000

Ante: 25,000

06-23-2025 17:18 UTC-7

Miracle Double Up for Maruo

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Gaelle Jaudon

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

Yuefan Wang raised to 40,000 in middle position and Nicolas Sagra shoved for around 215,000. Tasuku Maruo also pushed next to him for his last 125,000 and Wang quickly folded:

Tasuku Maruo: A♣J♠ All in
Nicolas Sagra: J♥J♦

Sagra had the best starting hand and improved into a set on the 7♠A♠J♣ flop, but the rest of the board brought 5♠Q♠ to give a runner-runner flush to Maruo and the double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yuefan Wang	460,000 45,000	45,000
Tasuku Maruo	350,000 155,000	155,000
Nicolas Sagra	90,000 265,000	265,000

Tags: Nicolas Sagra Tasuku Maruo Yuefan Wang

06-23-2025 17:17 UTC-7

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 17:14 UTC-7

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 17:12 UTC-7

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 17:11 UTC-7

Seguin Wins the Battle vs Simao

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Gaelle Jaudon

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

Action folded to Joao Simao in the hijack who raised and faced a three-bet from Louis Seguin on the button for around 100,000. Simao decided to four-bet to 210,000 but Seguin shoved for 550,000.

Simao went deep into the tank and eventually folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joao Simao	950,000 200,000	200,000

Louis Seguin	800,000 345,000	345,000

Tags: Joao Simao Louis Seguin

06-23-2025 17:08 UTC-7

Tucci Takes from Rodriguez

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Gaelle Jaudon

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

Franco Tucci raised to 40,000 and got called by Matthieu Rodriguez seated in the small blind.

Both checked on the 8♣5♦3♣ flop and a J♠ fell on the turn. Rodriguez took a minute and check-called Tucci for 75,000.

The river brought the 3♠ and after another check, Tucci bet 210,000. Rodriguez tanked and ended up folding.

Player	Chips	Progress
Franco Tucci	1,390,000 170,000	170,000
Matthieu Rodriguez	800,000 125,000	125,000

Tags: Franco Tucci Matthieu Rodriguez

06-23-2025 16:59 UTC-7

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