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

06-23-2025 15:25 UTC-8

Some Eliminations Before the Break

Gabrielle Barredo

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Kazuto Suzuki	Busted
Connor Steinbrook	Busted
Paul Guerra	Busted
Charles Mitchell	Busted
Laksh Singh	Busted
Alan Neuhauser	Busted
Thomas Wasnock	Busted
Kfir Nahum	Busted
Karl Gottfried	Busted
Charles Marty	Busted
Peter Robinson	Busted

Glenn Sorrells	Busted
Jamie Heuer	Busted
Arnold Alaniz	Busted
Junhyoung Ki	Busted
Lloyd Yamada	Busted
Stephen Ma	Busted
Francisco Racionero	Busted
Richard Harroch	Busted
Andrew Grove	Busted
Charles Capobianco	Busted
Konstantin Generalov	Busted
Bruce Vandervort	Busted
Ryan Plant	Busted
Andrew Dakoski	Busted

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06-23-2025 15:25 UTC-8

First Break of the Day

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Gaelle Jaudon

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

The remaining 162 players have been sent on a 25-minute break, during which a color-up will take place. Play will resume at blinds 10,000/ 20,000 with a 20,000 ante.

Level: 21

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 20,000

06-23-2025 15:59 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
George Wolff	1,305,000 869,000	869,000

Joao Simao	1,150,000

Yifu He	1,070,000 922,000	922,000
Kevin Davis	1,015,000 989,700	989,700
Roberto Sagra	960,000 784,000	784,000
Adrian Cazacu	950,000 751,000	751,000
Matthieu Rodriguez	925,000 691,000	691,000
Daniel De Almeida	907,000 767,000	767,000
Liviu-Rodrig Bartha	890,000 522,000	522,000
Luis Fonseca	850,000 505,000	505,000
Ignacio Sagra	820,000
Jeffrey Kimber	805,000 670,000	670,000
Marcus Wheeler	775,000 666,000	666,000
Gregory Pearson	755,000 39,000	39,000
Joseph Roh	730,000 120,000	120,000

Ryan Riess	730,000 10,000	10,000

Demetrius Campbell	720,000 494,000	494,000
Hao Cheng	710,000 50,000	50,000
Elias Kolsun	700,000 310,000	310,000
Mikhail Zavoloka	700,000 328,000	328,000
Dumitru-Adrian Pora	675,000 355,000	355,000
Franco Tucci	675,000 487,000	487,000
Paul Campbell	665,000 275,000	275,000
Joseph Gotlieb	650,000 170,000	170,000
Mark Marcellus	620,000 534,000	534,000

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 16:08 UTC-8

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 16:11 UTC-8

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 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 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 16:17 UTC-8

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.