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

06-23-2025 14:37 UTC-7

Fernandez Finds One Outer to Scoop; Craig Eliminated

Stewart Morrison

Level 17 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Joseph Craig moved all-in from middle position for 32,000 before action got to the two players in the blinds. Small blind Jinju Wu moved all in, covering both remaining players, and Leonardo Fernandez made the call from the big blind.

Joseph Craig: A♥K♥ All in
Leonardo Fernandez: 10♠10♥ All in
Jinju Wu: A♦10♦

The flop saw Fernandez find the one remaining ten in the deck, coming 6♦10♣Q♣, to take a commanding lead.

The 8♠ turn and 8♦ river improved Fernandez to a full house and sealed the fate of Craig, who vacated his seat and headed to the payout desk.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jinyu Wu	149,000 20,000	20,000
Leonardo Fernandez	45,000 56,000	56,000
Joseph Craig	Busted

Tags: Joseph Craig Leonardo Fernandez Jinju Wu

06-23-2025 14:34 UTC-7

Gotlieb Drags one in

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Jacob Wilson

Level 17 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Frank Selldorff open-shoved his remaining 54,000 from under the gun before Roger Franco re-raised to 125,000 from middle position. Joseph Gotlieb made the call on the button, and the side pots were sorted. On a flop of 9♣9♥5♦ Franco checked and Gotlieb shoved. "I guess that's why I'm glad I didn't shove," announced Franco as he mucked.

Frank Selldorff: A♠Q♣ All in
Joseph Gotlieb: 10♥10♣

The 4♥4♦ runout sent Selldorff home. Franco let the table know he folded ace-king of diamonds.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joseph Gotlieb	480,000 104,000	104,000
Roger Franco	150,000 26,000	26,000
Frank Selldorff	Busted

Tags: Frank Selldorff Joseph Gotlieb Roger Franco

06-23-2025 14:30 UTC-7

Deck Stays Loyal

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Stewart Morrison

Level 17 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Loyal Sprague had raised from the hijack, and Scott Fawcett responded from the button by moving all in for 55,000. Action folded back to Sprague, who called.

Scott Fawcett: 10♦10♥ All in
Loyal Sprague: K♠K♣

The board ran out of 9♦7♣5♣4♣J♦, which was no help to Fawcett, and he headed to the payout desk.

Player	Chips	Progress
Loyal Sprague	185,000 63,000	63,000
Scott Fawcett	Busted

Tags: Loyal Sprague Scott Fawcett

Level: 17

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 8,000

06-23-2025 14:25 UTC-7

Double Up for Plante

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 16 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

The cards were already tabled, with Santiago Plante being at risk for a remaining stack around 55,000 and with 5♦5♥, against Jeffrey Kimber who had him covered and was holding 10♥9♦.

Plante won the flip thanks to a board 2♠K♣2♦6♣J♣ to get the double up he needed.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeffrey Kimber	135,000 55,000	55,000
Santiago Plante	115,000 59,000	59,000

Tags: Jeffrey Kimber Santiago Plante

06-23-2025 14:24 UTC-7

Early Eliminations

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 16 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Pingfeng Wu	Busted
Jim Gibson	Busted
Jonathan Stoeber	Busted

Zhongmin Wu	Busted
Alain Medesan	Busted
Ruben Costa	Busted
Dominic Coombe	Busted
Dong Chen	Busted

Jeffrey Butler	Busted
Mark Rollins	Busted
Allan Rosen	Busted
Artem Metalidi	Busted
Rashpaul Sekhon	Busted
Michael Rangel	Busted
Branden Shimamoto	Busted
Dennis Moore	Busted
Casey Sandretto	Busted
Vicente Pena	Busted
Bobby Martin	Busted
Joel Baker	Busted
Mitchell Collins	Busted
Adam Croffut	Busted
Joseph Brumpacheco	Busted
Namhyung Kim	Busted
Marcelo Bottino	Busted

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06-23-2025 14:19 UTC-7

Selldorf Hanging By a Straw

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 16 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Frank Selldorff open shoved all-in in hijack for 55,000. Alan Neuhauser in the big blind, who only had 38,000 behind made the call putting himself at risk and taking them to showdown.

Alan Neuhauser: A♦K♠ All in
Frank Selldorff: A♣9♠

Neuhauser had Selldorf dominated and it stayed that way throughout the runout of 6♥8♣4♣Q♠2♦. With no one hitting the board, Neuhauser took the pot leaving Selldorf shorter than when he started.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alan Neuhauser	85,000 41,500	41,500
Frank Selldorff	15,000 53,000	53,000

Tags: Frank Selldorff Alan Neuhauser

06-23-2025 14:18 UTC-7

Ingles Gets Double Up

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Jacob Wilson

Level 16 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Following a preflop raise from Kfir Nahum, Franco Tucci shoved on the button, and Jared Ingles called all in from the big. Nahum got out of the way.

Jared Ingles: A♥A♣ All in
Franco Tucci: A♠Q♦

The 9♣6♠3♣ offered no help to Tucci, and although he paired up on the 4♣Q♥ runout, it wasn't enough to secure the elimination.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jared Ingles	224,000 117,000	117,000
Franco Tucci	188,000 77,000	77,000

Tags: Franco Tucci Jared Ingles Kfir Nahum

06-23-2025 14:18 UTC-7

Dirlewanger Triples; Plastik Eliminates Moskovits

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Stewart Morrison

Level 16 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Leandro Dirlewanger moved all in under the gun for 24,000, and when the action folded to Joshua Moskovits in the hijack, he moved his remaining 26,000 into the middle as well. David Plastik, in the small blind, decided to get involved too, and also moved all in, covering both players with his 75,000 stack.

Joshua Moskovits: J♠J♣ All in
Leandro Dirlewanger: A♣K♦ All in
David Plastik: A♥10♣

The flop 10♠7♦5♣ kept Moskovits in the lead, but Plastik had overtaken Dirlewanger, putting him at risk of elimination.

The 2♥ turn and 5♦ river had no effect, and as Moskovits pulled in a triple up, Dirlewanger headed to the exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Leandro Dirlewanger	81,000 57,000	57,000
David Plastik	53,000 36,000	36,000
Joshua Moskovits	Busted

Tags: David Plastik Joshua Moskovits Leandro Dirlewanger

06-23-2025 14:15 UTC-7

NFL Star Adrian Peterson's Fist Fight in Texas Poker Room | PokerNews Podcast #900

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Chad Holloway

Level 16 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

It's the milestone 900th episode of the PokerNews Podcast!

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