Seniors Championship ($300)

Calvin Tan emerged victorious in this season's WPT Seniors Championship after overcoming a modest field of 40 entries, earning him $3,355 in cashes. A deal was set in place once the player pool narrowed down to three remaining, with the top three payouts shared evenly amongst Harry Cheatman and Neil Davidson.

Tan kicked off the final round middle of the pack and overtook the lead after eliminating both Rudolf Fourie (4th) and Michael Wood (5th) in quick succession. Play was halted following the bust, with Tan claiming the victory along with the coveted WPT trophy for his chip advantage.

"I feel good. I feel great! It's my first time winning the Seniors Event.", commented Tan in his post-match interview.

"It was a very fun final table. Everybody is very friendly and fun to play with."

Seniors Championship

Date/s: February 15, 2025

Buy-in: USD 300

Entries: 54

Prize pool: USD 13,881

ITM: 7 places

Full Payouts

Rudolf Fourie pushed all-in utg for his last 45,000 (8 BB) and was looked up by Calvin Tan right on the big blind.

Tan a huge favorite to win, had no problem dusting his opponent with top set on board A♣ J♥ 3♦ 8♠ T♠ .

Calvin Tan opened on the cutoff and called Michael Wood's 86,000 (14 BB) all-in on the big blind.

Wood in rough shape, missed to connect with board 8♥ A♦ Q♠ 3♦ 2♥ , ending his run in 5th place finish.

Harry Cheatham defended his big blind against Calvin Tan's 16,000 button open, and went to battle on flop 7♠ 8♣ 2♥ . Both players checked it through to turn A♠ , where Tan fired a bet of 15,000. Cheatham threw in the fold, shipping Tan another boost.

Neil Davidson min opened on the small blind and saw Calvin Tan complete.

On flop 7♣ 5♥ 8♦ , Davidson check called an 8,000 bet, but let it go on turn T♠ after Tan fired another 18,000.

Today's WPT Seniors Championship is down to its final seven players with USA's Harry Cheatham standing in the forefront. Cheatham delivered the last two eliminations and leads the hunt for the $5,135 top prize.

Seniors Championship

Date/s: February 15, 2025

Buy-in: USD 300

Entries: 54

Prize pool: USD 13,881

ITM: 7 places

Final Table Chip Counts

Harry Cheatham opened to 10,000 mid position and saw Calvin Tan on the big blind complete. On flop J♦ 9♦ 6♣ , Tan quickly surrendered after Cheatham followed with another bet of 10,000.

A button vs blind confrontation between Calvin Tan and Thalmann Robert built a pot of 31,000 in the middle across board A♦ 3♦ T♦ 7♣ . Both stacks wasted no time rushing in, Robert at risk for his last 26,000.

Tan A♣ 3♣

Robert A♥ 5♥

Robert in trouble, found no salvation on river A♠ , busting him out of the Seniors Championship games entirely.

Calvin Tan opened utg and was met with two all-ins - Rustem Zhugralin for 11,000 (5 BB), followed by another from Harry Cheatham for a larger 78,500 (39 BB). Tan opted out, leaving the two to showdown.

Cheatham with the best hand in the deck, easily scooped up the pot as board A♠ J♣ 5♠ K♠ K♣ offered him a slam dunk win.

Ferenczi Michel on the big blind, went with T♥ 9♣ for his last 9,600 (5 BB) and was up against utg raiser Calvin Tan's J♣ 9♠ .

Dominated, Michel crashed out shortly after board T♦ J♦ K♣ 5♠ 7♥ rolled on the felt.

Ferenczi Michel opened on the hijack and saw Rustem Zhugralin call behind, along with both players on the blinds - Todd Hansen and Calvin Tan.

Michel gunned another 3,000 on flop K♣ 4♠ J♥ and saw all three make the call. Action on both turn K♠ and river 8♦ welcomed no more bets, revealing Zhugralin's two pair for the win.

Calvin Tan opened early position and saw chip leader Michael Wood complete on the big blind.

On board Q♣ 8♣ 2♠ T♥ , Wood took the initiative and led out two streets - 3,600 and 8,700, leaving Tan unable to continue by the turn.

Calvin Tan opened 1,600 utg and was joined by James McCann on the button along with the big blind.

Action on flop Q♦ 8♠ 2♥ was checked to McCann, pushing him to bet 2,000. Tan check called, and check called another 6,000 on turn 6♣ . McCann decided to slow down on river 9♠ , revealing Tan's top pair Q♥ T♠ , good for the pot.

A three way all-in ensued with Rudolf Fourie covering both Stuart Green - 9,200 (18 BB) and Calvin Tan - 7,500 (15 BB).

Lucky for Tan, board 4♦ T♦ 3♦ 6♥ 3♣ rolled him a boat, earning him a clean triple up while Fourie took the side pot, eliminating Green in the process.

Ferenczi Michel opened 1,500 utg+1 and saw three other players come along on flop A♥ 2♥ 3♠ .

Michel continued for 2,500, called by both Thalmann Robert and Calvin Tan on the big blind. On turn Q♦ , Michel went ahead and barreled another 3,000. This time only Tan stuck around to see river 7♠ , and got to showdown for cheap after Michel checked it back.

Tan showed top pair A♦ 5♣ , no good against Michel's A♠ K♠ .

Calvin Tan opened 400 utg+1 and saw both players on the blinds come along on flop A♦ T♥ 8♠ .

Tan continued for 600 and was check called by Michael Wood on the small blind. Both checked turn K♦ through to A♥ , where Wood led a final 1,300. Tan snap called with two pair K♥ 7♥ and found it good against Wood's 9♥ 8♠ for the pot.