2025 WSOPC Calgary – Event #6: $400 Seniors NLH

I thought I’d have a chance to catch the endgame of the Seniors tonight, but the final table of the 4-Flight ran a bit longer than expected, so it was still underway when the Seniors finished their day. As a result, I don’t really have a lot of detail on the action for the Seniors.

Cal Johnson was the winner tonight, defeating Carlos Alaniz in the heads-up phase. Gord Chester, Ranko Zec, and Trevor Simpson rounded out the top five winners tonight. Simpson actually bagged his second cash of the day after min-cashing Day of the 4-Flight.

Final Payouts for Seniors

Place	Player	Prize
1	Cal Johnson	$33,615
2	Carlos Alaniz	$22,410
3	Gord Chester	$15,679
4	Ranko Zec	$11,171
5	Trevor Simpson	$8,108
6	Keith Gould	$5,996
7	Jeff “Doc” Mulder	$4,521
8	Ricky Donovan	$3,476
9	Weijie Zhang	$2,726
10	Cynthia Caspers	$2,182
11	Manfred Gunther	$2,182
12	Wallace Aebli	$1,784
13	Zhun (Sing) Chen	$1,784
14	Kirpal Deol	$1,489
15	James Chalcroft	$1,489
16	Jason Kelly	$1,489
17	April Facey	$1,489
18	Teresa Dotto	$1,270
19	James Rushak	$1,270
20	Carolyn Grad	$1,270
21	Jullie Poirier	$1,270
22	Melvin Podaima	$1,270
23	Frederick Parsons	$1,270
24	Korey Crerar	$1,270
25	Edward Guergis	$1,270
26	James Cruickshank	$1,270
27	Christian Wallmuth	$1,108
28	Laurie Merriam	$1,108
29	Barry Knight	$1,108
30	John Nielsen	$1,108
31	Jeffrey Forester	$1,108
32	Darryl Jenner	$1,108
33	Donald Morgan	$1,108
34	Peter Barzilay	$1,108
35	Joe Chapple	$1,108
36	Emmanuel Misonne	$989
37	Joseph Sylvain	$989
38	Reginald Hampton	$989
39	Jeffrey Gies	$989
40	Ronald Bourne	$989
41	William Parrottino	$989
42	Michael Mckinnon	$989
43	Andrew Bowers	$989
44	Clair Ramsay	$989
45	Kip Howard	$903
46	Brady O’Hara	$903
47	Matthew Mundell	$903
48	Arif Bhaloo	$903
49	Bruce Takeda	$903
50	Terry Chow	$903
51	Don Fujita	$903
52	Sean Pevlin	$903
53	David Labchuk	$903
54	Karen Dodd	$844
55	Michael Letal	$844
56	James Mccrimmon	$844
57	Paul Sokoloff	$844
58	Lorne Voth	$844
59	Laura Mccollom	$844
60	Thomas Mansell	$844
61	Gary Tripps	$844
62	Frederick Werezak	$844
63	Darrell Moore	$804
64	John Foley	$804
65	Earl Martin	$804
66	Gerald Nelner	$804
67	Gerald Edwards	$804
68	Richard Bracchi	$804
69	Jennifer Leubkert	$804
70	Max Fernandez	$804
71	Behnam Esfahanizadeh	$804
72	Don Kehler	$804
73	Martin Sayle	$804
74	Richard Housch	$804
75	Richard Mclaren	$804
76	Pierre St. Martin	$804
77	David Page	$804
78	Duane Van Keulen	$804
79	Garry Chan	$804
80	Garth Frizzell	$804
81	William Harrison	$804
82	Kevin Baraluk	$804
83	Mohammad Feizi	$804
84	Thomas Dratwa	$804
85	Frederick Perron	$804

I’m still watching the end of the 4-Flight game so I haven’t caught any of the action on this one yet, but they are down to 7 left now after Cynthia Kaspers, Weijie Zhang, and Rick Donovan were the first three off the final table, in that order.

I am very much behind the times with the payouts in this event at the moment as they are down to the final table. I grabbed some pictures of the final 10, but I’m still watching the final table of Event #4 so I won’t be watching the seniors very closely for a while.

The Seniors is moving quickly despite the big field with just 54 players left in the game in Level 15. Payouts to date are below, with the full prizes under the payouts tab.

Place	Player	Prize
55	Michael Letal	$844
56	James Mccrimmon	$844
57	Paul Sokoloff	$844
58	Lorne Voth	$844
59	Laura Mccollom	$844
60	Thomas Mansell	$844
61	Gary Tripps	$844
62	Frederick Werezak	$844
63	Darrell Moore	$804
64	John Foley	$804
65	Earl Martin	$804
66	Gerald Nelner	$804
67	Gerald Edwards	$804
68	Richard Bracchi	$804
69	Jennifer Leubkert	$804
70	Max Fernandez	$804
71	Behnam Esfahanizadeh	$804
72	Don Kehler	$804
73	Martin Sayle	$804
74	Richard Housch	$804
75	Richard Mclaren	$804
76	Pierre St. Martin	$804
77	David Page	$804
78	Duane Van Keulen	$804
79	Garry Chan	$804
80	Garth Frizzell	$804
81	William Harrison	$804
82	Kevin Baraluk	$804
83	Mohammad Feizi	$804
84	Thomas Dratwa	$804
85	Frederick Perron	$804

The Seniors game is down to 135 players left with the action in Level 12. They’ll go for a dinner break following this level and it looks like the bubble will come in Level 14 or 15 tonight.

The prizes are in for the Seniors game and the field is confirmed at 564 entries for more than $186k in prizes. The winner later tonight is set to pocket $33,615 with more than $100k on the final table.

I likely won’t be over to watch this one until they are well into the money, but it will also depend on how late Day 2 of the 4-Flight runs.

Seniors Prizes

Entries are now closed on the Seniors game and it was a huge one. The numbers are still unofficial, but the final tally on the board was 564 entries for prizes of $186,120. That’s a new record for the Seniors game here in Calgary beating the previous high by more than 100 entries.

If the numbers hold, it looks like 85 players will getting a piece of the prizes later tonight, and this could be a late one, given the size of the field.

The Day 2 players are back in their seats for the first level at 45 minutes. I’ve just been collating the data from all the events so far, and the series has already capped $1 million in total prizes without even considering the Seniors and HORSE games set to run today. With those included, it’s likely that the total prizes at the end of Sunday will be in the range of $1.4 million or more with the Seniors field closing in on $175k in prizes.

It remains to be seen how the turnout will be in the final week of the series starting tomorrow, but it’s still looking pretty good to meet or beat the 2024 Jan total of $5.8 million.

The Seniors field today is now the second event to beat the 2024 numbers after the first event of the series beat it by 1 entry. This win is a bit more significant, however, as they are already close to 20 extra over 2024 with just under 2 hours left to enter the game. Given the current numbers, it seems likely this one will cap 500, which will be the first time the Seniors has ever gone that big here at WSOP-C Calgary. The prizes are currently over $155k.

It’s a big turnout for the Seniors today. The action is still in Level 4 with more than 2 hours left to enter and the field is already over 400 entries. Last January the field was 453 total, and they are now less than 30 away from that total so it seems very likely this event will cap the 2024 number.

I won’t be following this one very closely until later in the day as my early day will be focused on Day 2 of the 4-Flight.

The Seniors game is the early start on Sunday with the game kicking off at 11 AM. Players will sit down with 20k in chips to play 30-minute levels for the whole day.

Late registration is open for 8 levels plus breaks which should put the last chance to enter at about 3:30 pm. This is a one-day event so once entries close, they’ll be playing down to a winner before they shut down for the night.

I likely won’t be watching this one very closely in the early part of the day as my attention will be on Day 2 of the 4-Flight, but once that game ends I’ll move over to cover the endgame of this one.