Brett Lim Cruises to a Dream Victory in 2025 WSOP Seniors Championship

A Closer Look at the Final Table

Play resumed on Day 5 with seven players and millions still left to be distributed. Manish Madan busted on the first hand. Jason Reels cracked kings to stay alive but was soon eliminated by Lim in sixth place. Then came a five-handed grind where Jose Boloqui found a straight, and Lim casually picked up quads — again — his second time at the final table.

Eventually, the field started thinning out: Lawrence Rabie was out in fifth after running into Lepovic’s ace, then Boloqui and Carlson fell back-to-back, setting the stage for the heads-up battle.

It was cautious at first, both players treading lightly. Then came the key pots. Lim shoved the turn with aces, got a fold, and slowly clawed back. The tide turned completely when he doubled through with kings, and moments later, ace-jack beat ace-four to close it out.

From Chip Lead to Tilt to Triumph

The 58-year-old from the U.S. started the final table second in chips, took control early, and even held over half the chips in play at one point. But Elan Lepovic wasn’t letting this one go easily. The two traded blows for nearly two and a half hours in a slow-burning, emotional heads-up duel.

Lim looked rattled at times. He fidgeted under the stream lights, changed sunglasses mid-match, and admitted he didn’t feel great about how things were going. Then — boom. Pocket kings held against ace-jack. Then ace-jack beat ace-four. And that was it. Game over. Lim’s first WSOP bracelet was locked up, along with a payout that was 43 times more than his lifetime live earnings before the event.

WSOP Seniors Championship Final Table Results

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Brett Lim		$653,839
2	Elan Lepovic		$435,572
3	Dennis Carlson		$326,508
4	Jose Boloqui		$246,464
5	Lawrence Rabie		$187,351
6	Jason Reels		$143,425
7	Manish Madan		$110,581
8	Ron Fetsch		$85,872
9	Peter Fellows		$67,166

Brett Lim: From Limit Hold’em to WSOP Glory

Lim might be relatively new to the spotlight, but he’s been around the game since the ‘90s — back when Limit Hold’em was still king. He only picked up No-Limit in the last seven years, and while he’s played his fair share of tournaments, he said himself: he doesn’t make final tables that often.

That didn’t show this time. He read his opponents, leaned into their assumptions, and threw in more bluffs than most Seniors field players would dare. And when it came down to the final stage, he kept his cool — mostly.

Brett Lim etched his name into WSOP history, capturing his first bracelet in Event #48: $1,000 Seniors No-Limit Hold’em Championship and locking up a career-best $653,839! #WSOP2025 pic.twitter.com/w3VuPR5qXE

— WSOP – World Series of Poker (@WSOP) June 22, 2025

His family was there the whole way, watching every hand, every bet, every emotional pivot. Afterward, Lim said they’d celebrate, maybe hit a nice restaurant. Then it’s straight onto a cruise he already had booked for the next day. As for the Main Event? He’s never played it before — but now he’s thinking about it.

Because when you’ve just won your first bracelet, survived a 7,500-player minefield, and cashed for more than your entire poker resume combined… why not?