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

It took nearly 18 hours for the Seniors to decide a winner tonight. With 519 entries, there were 78 paid spots. I was busy for most of this one, watching the final Day of the Mini Main Event, so I wasn’t able to catch much of the action until they were three-handed.

With the action three ways, Graham Lupton was the first to go. Angelo Gambrelis was the leader when I got to the table, but Lupton doubled through him shortly after to take the lead. Gambrelis then lost another hand to runner-up Wayne Gair, doubling Gair up to near Lupton while leaving the eventual winner on about 700k with the big blind at 150k.

The players took a break with Lupton and Gair on about 4.5 million each, though Lupton was a bit ahead, while Gambrelis was the short stack. He found a huge double to stay alive through Lupton, however, when the money went in with Lupton drawing to hearts, but Gambrelis on the best hand with ace-high and a gutshot to Broadway. Lupton turned more outs to a straight, but ultimately bricked the lot to leave Gambrelis’ ace-high best.

Lupton then called off a shove from Gambrelis with ace-four, but ran into pocket sevens. He couldn’t spike an ace and ended his run in third place. That sent Gambrelis to the lead for heads up against Wayne Gair.

Heads up finished a bit after 4 AM, and all four aces in the deck figured in the hand. Gambrelis limped the button, then snapped it off when Gair shoved. Gair had a decent holding for heads up with ace-eight, but he ran into the rockets for Gambrelis. An ace on the flop pretty much sealed it for Gambrelis, and Gair had to settle for second place tonight.

Top Ten Results from Seniors

See the Payouts tab for a look at the full prize list from today’s Seniors game.

Place	Player	Prize
1	Angelo Gambrelis	$33,728
2	Wayne Gair	$22,461
3	Graham Lupton	$15,511
4	Eric Kettner	$10,913
5	Allan Hobbins	$7,824
6	Cameron Mcarthur	$5,718
7	Jack Wong	$4,262
8	Steven Labelle	$3,241
9	Cliff Green	$2,516
10	Brent Bibby	$1,994

Graham Lupton limped the small, then snap-called with Angelo Gambrelis shoved 2.4 million. Lupton was on ace-four against pocket sevens for Gambrelis, and the sevens held on a board of 6♦2♦7♦8♣3♦.

That puts Gambrelis over 5 million, while Wayne Gair is about 4.5 million, and Lupton was left short and busted in the next hand.

The money went in on the flop with the board reading Q♥J♥10♥. Angelo Gambrelis was at risk with ace-six against king-eight for Grama Lupton. Gambrelis was best with ace high, and was drawing to the Broadway gutshot, while Lupton was looking for a heart to hit his flush with the 8♥ in his hand.

The 2♠3♦ turn and river bricked for both hands, and Gambrelis’ ace high took it down. He had 1.25 million to start the hand, so he’s up to about 3 million, with Lupton on about the same and Wayne Gair now in the lead.

Graham Lupton is leading with 4.55 million, but Wayne Gair is close behind, thanks to a big double just before the break. He has 4.41 million, while Angelo Gambrelis has 1.45 million.

Angelo Gambrelis opened to 450k from the small blind before Wayne Gair shoved the big for 2.13 million. Gambrelis had him covered by about 700k, and after some time in the tank, he made the call.

He was in rough shape with K♦9♦ against pocket kings for Gair. The kings held, and Gair is now up to about 4.5 million. I’ll get exact counts shortly on the upcoming break.

It was limped preflop between Wayne Gair and Graham Lupton in the blinds. They both checked the 4♦7♠8♦ flop, but Gair led for 225k on the 7♥ turn.

Lupton called to the 2♦ turn, and Gair fired 325k. Lupton called quickly, and both players were on king-high, but Lupton’s six played over the three kicker for Gair

Graham Lupton shoved 2.45 million, and Angelo Gambrelis called. It was a race between ace-eight for Gambrelis against pocket fours for Lupton. The board ran clean for Lupton’s fours, and he’s in the lead now.

Lupton already has two rings from series here in Calgary, and he is also the defending Seniors champ in the Deerfoot room, though his Seniors win came in the Summer Super Stack this year, as opposed to a WSOP-C series.

One of the final three players requested no picture.

I’ve not been able to watch any of the Seniors so far, but the field is now down to 44, deep in the money. See below for the prizes to date, and the full list is under the Payouts tab.

Place	Player	Prize
45	Brevil Robinson	$786
46	Roneen Shaffer	$786
47	Katherine Quinn	$786
48	Ryan Rochon	$786
49	Chris Ruddell	$786
50	Bradley Barnes	$786
51	James Cruickshank	$786
52	Robert Lothian	$786
53	Gerald Chung	$786
54	Ugo Carbone	$748
55	Kenneth Tarabula	$748
56	Ronald Lauzon	$748
57	Gloria Kanngiesser	$748
58	Calvin Johnson	$748
59	Kirk Miller	$748
60	Joseph Cosco	$748
61	Nicola Tassone	$748
62	Shannon Lazorko	$748
63	Karen Villeneuve	$748
64	Gregory Mccartney	$748
65	Ferida Balic	$748
66	Barbara Dubnyk	$748
67	Trent Hopper	$748
68	Johnathan Mogg	$748
69	Hee Sun Lee	$748
70	Alan Schmelzel	$748
71	Jeffery Clarke	$748
72	Robert Stuve	$748
73	John Nielsen	$748
74	Holly Lingel	$748
75	Marc Dobell	$748
76	Branko Kozina	$748
77	Thomas Roach	$748
78	Trevor Otterson	$748

The Seniors game was another big one, with a final field of 519 entries. There are still 129 players competing for 78 paid spots today, so it will be a while before anyone starts getting paid.

This game is playing out in Sundance, while I am in Chrome for the day following Day 2 of the Mini Main Event, so I won’t have eyes on this game until after Day 2 is complete, or until they move the final few players over to Chrome. That said, I’ll still try to stay on top of the numbers and payouts for the rest of the day.

Event #6: $400 Seniors NLH ($330 + $70)

The Seniors game is the early game on Sunday, and it’s really early. Cards go in the air at 10 AM, and entries for the event are restricted to players 50 years of age or older.

Blinds will be 30 minutes long, and players start the day with 20k. Entries are open for 8 levels, with the desk closing at about 2:30 PM. After that, it’ll be a race to the finish as they’ll finish this game in one day.

I likely won’t be watching this one very closely, at least not until after Day 2 of Event #4 finishes. This game should be my second priority, however, so if it’s still running once E4 finishes, I’ll move here. Either way, I’ll still get the results and numbers published, but don’t expect a lot of coverage of this one.

In January, this was a massive game with 564 entries and $186,120 in prizes. Cal Johnson won it, with Carlos Alaniz and Gord Chester rounding out the podium spots. Given the other numbers so far this week, I wouldn’t be surprised to see this game meet or beat the January numbers.