Seniors Championship ($300)

A limp pot blind vs blind between Harry Cheatman and Michael Wood dealt a flop of 9♣ J♠ Q♣ . Cheatman went for a check raise to 20,000 and Wood completed.

On turn J♥ , Cheatman checked once more to Wood, and faced another 20,500 bet from his opponent. Cheatman elected to just call this time around, and arrived at showdown shortly after Wood checked back river T♥ .

Cheatman showed two pair Q♦ 9♠ , good against Wood's T♠ 4♠ .

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.

Rudolf Fourie on the small blind, made it 12,500 to go and saw Harry Cheatman come along.

On flop 2♥ 6♦ T♥ , Fourie check called a 5,000 bet from his opponent, revealing turn J♣ . Both checked it through to river T♠ , where Cheatman gunned for a final 15,000, checked once more to him. Fourie slipped the fold, saving his seven big blinds behind.

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

Facing an open and a call, Nobuyasu Sato moved all-in on the small blind for 26,500 (6 BB) and saw initial raiser Harry Cheatham push likewise. Alfie Adam stepped away from the action, leaving the two to run the cards.

Sato at risk, bound for the exit shortly after losing the flip on board Q♠ 9♠ 5♣ K♥ 5♦ , eliminating him one spot shy of a payday.

Brian Green pushed for 58,000 (14 BB) against a late position open and ran smack into Harry Cheatham's rockets on the big blind.

No bad beats were delivered on board J♣ 6♣ 2♦ 3♣ 9♥ , ending Green's run two spots short of the money.

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 blind vs blind battle saw Michael Wood limp call a 7,500 raise from Harry Cheatham behind.

Action on board 8♠ 7♠ Q♥ 4♥ 4♠ was checked all the way down to the river, where Wood fired an 18,000 overbet. Cheatham surrendered, giving up the pot to his opponent.

Harry Cheatham limped in utg and was followed by two more limps behind. Michael Wood on the big blind, decided to bump it up to 6,500, and picked up the pot uncontested.

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.

Taruli Aritonang open jammed his 20,800 (13 BB) mid position and was looked up by Harry Cheatham on the cutoff.

In for a race, neither player found a pair on board 5♣ 2♦ 4♥ 6♥ 4♦ , leaving Cheatham's ace-high good for the takedown.

With a pot of 3,000 in the middle on flop 2♦ 3♠ T♣ , three way action saw Praveen Tammana lead 1,600 off the big blind. Harry Cheatham raised all-in for 7,200 more, and Tammana put out the rest.

Cheatham K♦ T♥

Tammana Q♦ T♦

Tammana outpipped, booked another loss as turn 9♥ and river 6♦ sealed his fate.