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

06-23-2025 23:19 UTC-8

Simon Kaiser Eliminated in 16th Place ($16,571); Ruoxiao Shi Eliminated in 17th Place ($16,571)

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Kai Cocklin

Level 32 : Blinds 120,000/240,000, 240,000 ante

A double knockout just saw both Simon Kaiser and Ruoxiao Shi hit the rail.

First, Shi shoved from the small blind for 1,850,000 and Allan Le called in the big blind with 1,840,000.

Allan Le: A♠9♣ All in
Ruoxiao Shi: 9♦5♦

Shi was dominated and despite flopping a gutshot on 6♠K♠7♣, he couldn't catch up as the runout of 7♠3♦ kept the ace-high of Le in the lead.

In the very next hand, Shi called for his last 10,000 on the button, Le shoved the small blind, and Kaiser called off his stack of around 2,500,000 from the big blind.

Ruoxiao Shi: Q♥5♥ All in
Simon Kaiser: A♣J♠ All in
Allan Le: J♦10♦

Kaiser was poised to score a big double-up, but the 8♣10♠6♥ flop had other ideas as Le took the lead. An 8♦ on the turn put Shi and Kaiser one step closer to elimination, and the 4♣ river confirmed it.

Player	Chips	Progress
Allan Le	6,500,000 2,500,000	2,500,000

Simon Kaiser	Busted
Ruoxiao Shi	Busted

Tags: Allan Le Ruoxiao Shi Simon Kaiser

06-23-2025 23:26 UTC-8

Two Table Redraw

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Jacob Wilson

Level 32 : Blinds 120,000/240,000, 240,000 ante

Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
Feature	1	Jack Maskill	United Kingdom	5,440,000	22
Feature	2	Ignacio Sagra	Argentina	4,010,000	16
Feature	3
Feature	4	Matthieu Rodriguez	France	5,760,000	24
Feature	5	Jeremy Becker	United States	815,000	3
Feature	6	Xia Wang	Macao	3,405,000	14
Feature	7	Kelley Slay	United States	3,920,000	16
Feature	8
Feature	9	Srivinay Irrinki	United States	4,740,000	19

630	1	Gregory Pearson	United States	3,550,000	14
630	2	Sebastiaan De Jonge	Netherlands	2,150,000	8
630	3
630	4	Wei Chen	China	2,200,000	9
630	5	Gary Friedlander	United States	1,750,000	7
630	6	Hakeem Mashal	United States	8,000,000	33
630	7	Joseph Roh	United States	4,300,000	17
630	8	Farid Moshirbahram	United States	3,500,000	14
630	9	Allan Le	United States	6,800,000	28

Player	Chips	Progress
Hakeem Mashal	8,000,000 285,000	285,000
Allan Le	6,800,000 300,000	300,000

Matthieu Rodriguez	5,760,000 1,300,000	1,300,000
Jack Maskill	5,440,000 1,960,000	1,960,000
Srivinay Irrinki	4,740,000 790,000	790,000
Joseph Roh	4,300,000 1,700,000	1,700,000

Ignacio Sagra	4,010,000 410,000	410,000
Kelley Slay	3,920,000 1,060,000	1,060,000

Gregory Pearson	3,550,000 1,150,000	1,150,000
Farid Moshirbahram	3,500,000 1,200,000	1,200,000
Xia Wang	3,405,000 315,000	315,000
Wei Chen	2,200,000 240,000	240,000
Sebastiaan de Jonge	2,150,000 50,000	50,000

Gary Friedlander	1,750,000 550,000	550,000
Jeremy Becker	815,000 600,000	600,000

06-23-2025 23:34 UTC-8

Jeremy Becker Eliminated in 15th Place ($16,571)

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Stewart Morrison

Level 32 : Blinds 120,000/240,000, 240,000 ante

Action was joined with a large majority of Jeremy Becker's 815,000 stack already in the middle, with a little left behind in consideration of the pay jumps. Xia Wang was the only other player in the pot.

The flop came K♦J♣Q♣, and Becker moved his remaining chips into the middle, only to be met with a snap call.

Jeremy Becker: A♦3♦ All in
Xia Wang: A♥10♥

Wang had flopped Broadway and was a long way ahead. Becker called for the ten of diamonds, but the turn came down the 9♥ instead.

The river A♠ was no help to Becker, who said his goodbye and stepped away from the feature table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Xia Wang	4,200,000 795,000	795,000
Jeremy Becker	Busted

Tags: Jeremy Becker Xia Wang

06-23-2025 23:35 UTC-8

Friedlander Turns the Ace

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Jacob Wilson

Level 32 : Blinds 120,000/240,000, 240,000 ante

Following a hijack open to 480,000 from Allan Le, as had been the trend from the table's big stack for the last orbit, Gary Friedlander shoved from the big blind, for 2,510,000. After a lengthy tank, and a count, Le made the call.

Gary Friedlander: A♥9♠ All in
Allan Le: 10♥10♠

It was looking bleak for Friedlander, but a miracle ace on the turn of the 6♥5♥J♣A♠4♥ runout kept him alive, still to be playing after break.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gary Friedlander	5,380,000 3,630,000	3,630,000
Allan Le	4,070,000 2,730,000	2,730,000

Tags: Allan Le Gary Friedlander

06-23-2025 23:36 UTC-8

Break Time

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Jacob Wilson

Level 32 : Blinds 120,000/240,000, 240,000 ante

The 14 remaining players head to what will most likely be the final 15-minute break of the day. Action will resume at 12:50 a.m. local time

Level: 33

Blinds: 150,000/300,000

Ante: 300,000

06-23-2025 23:56 UTC-8

Updated Chip Counts

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Stewart Morrison

Level 33 : Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante

The remaining 14 players have taken their seats following the break, and play has restarted.

Here is a look at the players' stacks.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hakeem Mashal	8,025,000 25,000	25,000
Joseph Roh	5,955,000 1,655,000	1,655,000

Gary Friedlander	5,380,000
Matthieu Rodriguez	5,150,000 610,000	610,000
Srivinay Irrinki	4,725,000 15,000	15,000
Jack Maskill	4,600,000 840,000	840,000
Ignacio Sagra	4,500,000 490,000	490,000
Allan Le	4,000,000 70,000	70,000

Xia Wang	3,725,000 475,000	475,000
Kelley Slay	3,575,000 345,000	345,000

Farid Moshirbahram	3,525,000 25,000	25,000
Sebastiaan de Jonge	2,675,000 475,000	475,000

Gregory Pearson	2,400,000 1,150,000	1,150,000
Wei Chen	1,025,000 1,175,000	1,175,000

06-24-2025 00:07 UTC-8

Matthieu Rodriguez Elimiated in 14th Place ($16,571)

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Kai Cocklin

Level 33 : Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante

The feature table only managed to play two hands in the space of ten minutes, but still managed to result in the elimination of Matthieu Rodriguez.

First, Srivinay Irrinki opened from the button and took down the pot. In the next hand, Irrinki raised the cutoff to 600,000 and Rodriguez shoved from the big blind for around 4,500,000. After just a few seconds, Irrinki called.

Matthieu Rodriguez: A♣3♦ All in
Srivinay Irrinki: A♦K♦

Irrinki was best and stayed ahead through the Q♠Q♦4♠ flop. Rodriguez was hoping for an unlikely scoop, but the K♠ on the turn meant he was drawing dead. A meaningless 4♥ hit the river, and Rodriguez headed to the exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Srivinay Irrinki	10,200,000 5,475,000	5,475,000
Matthieu Rodriguez	Busted

Tags: Matthieu Rodriguez Srivinay Irrinki

06-24-2025 00:13 UTC-8

Farid Moshirbahram Eliminated in 13th Place ($20,693)

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Jacob Wilson

Level 33 : Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante

Gary Friedlander raised it up to 850,000 from early position, and called Farid Moshirbahram's 3,400,000 shove from the cutoff, with a covering stack.

Farid Moshirbahram: 8♣8♥ All in
Gary Friedlander: J♣J♠

Friedlander held as the board ran out 10♥3♥9♦5♥6♠ making him the table's new chip leader as he raked in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gary Friedlander	7,900,000 2,520,000	2,520,000
Farid Moshirbahram	Busted

Tags: Farid Moshirbahram Gary Friedlander

06-24-2025 00:16 UTC-8

Roh Takes It on the Turn

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Kai Cocklin

Level 33 : Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante

Gary Friedlander made it 650,000 to go from under the gun and Joseph Roh called from the next seat.

They went to a flop of 4♠K♠10♦, where Friedlander quickly bet out 850,000. Roh called.

When the 6♠ hit the turn, Friedlander decided to check, then Roh announced a bet of 1,700,000. Friedlander didn't want anything more to do with the hand and folded, which allowed Roh to chip up to over 9,000,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joseph Roh	9,100,000 3,145,000	3,145,000

Gary Friedlander	6,800,000 1,100,000	1,100,000

Tags: Gary Friedlander Joseph Roh