{"id":10905,"date":"2026-06-16T23:15:03","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T23:15:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/casino-online-best.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/16\/juan-rodriguez-wins-event-39-5000-seniors-high-roller-no-limit-holdem\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T23:15:03","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T23:15:03","slug":"juan-rodriguez-wins-event-39-5000-seniors-high-roller-no-limit-holdem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/casino-online-best.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/16\/juan-rodriguez-wins-event-39-5000-seniors-high-roller-no-limit-holdem\/","title":{"rendered":"Juan Rodriguez Wins Event #39 $5,000 Seniors High Roller No Limit Holdem"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Juan Rodriguez won <strong>Event #39: $5,000 Seniors High Roller No-Limit Hold\u2019em<\/strong> at the 2026 World Series of Poker, turning a tough final table spot into a first WSOP bracelet and a $673,011 payday.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><em><strong>Good to know<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>Rodriguez beat 844 entries to win Event #39: $5,000 Seniors High Roller No-Limit Hold\u2019em.<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>The tournament created a $3,882,400 prize pool.<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Rodriguez became only the third Peruvian born player to win a WSOP bracelet.<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<h2><strong>Rodriguez Turns Short Stack Into WSOP Gold<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Juan Rodriguez started the final table near the bottom of the counts, but he ended the event with the bracelet, the biggest score of his poker life and a loud rail behind him.<\/p>\n<p>The Peruvian born player, who lived in Indiana for years before moving to Florida, outlasted one of the toughest 50 and over fields of the summer. <strong>Event #39: $5,000 Seniors High Roller No-Limit Hold\u2019em<\/strong> drew 844 entries, the largest turnout yet for the event, which first appeared on the WSOP schedule in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Rodriguez earned $673,011 from a $3,882,400 prize pool. Nariman Yaghmai of Iran finished second for $448,634 after a heads up match that ended with a rivered king for Rodriguez.<\/p>\n<p>The win also put Rodriguez in rare company. Only two Peruvian born players had won WSOP bracelets before him.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Final Day Brings Big Swings<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The Seniors High Roller ran for four days and tested more than just patience. After Day 1, 291 players remained. After Day 2, only 44 were still in. Rodriguez entered Day 3 just outside the top 10, then reached the final table as one of the shorter stacks.<\/p>\n<p>Gary Herstein and Luke Graham exited before the end of Day 3. On the last hand of that night, Rodriguez doubled with pocket jacks against A<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/72x72\/2663.png\" alt=\"\u2663\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\">10<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/72x72\/2660.png\" alt=\"\u2660\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\">, giving himself room to fight on the final day.<\/p>\n<p>Qing Lu started the last day as chip leader, but the stacks quickly tightened. Rodriguez moved ahead after winning A<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/72x72\/2660.png\" alt=\"\u2660\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\">J<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/72x72\/2666.png\" alt=\"\u2666\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\"> against Arie Kliper with pocket tens, then knocked out Kenneth Kim in seventh place when pocket nines held against A<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/72x72\/2663.png\" alt=\"\u2663\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\">J<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/72x72\/2665.png\" alt=\"\u2665\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\">.<\/p>\n<p>Rodriguez later sent Kliper out in sixth with A<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/72x72\/2666.png\" alt=\"\u2666\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\">9<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/72x72\/2663.png\" alt=\"\u2663\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\"> against A<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/72x72\/2665.png\" alt=\"\u2665\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\">6<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/72x72\/2665.png\" alt=\"\u2665\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\">. Lu then eliminated Marc Rivera in fifth with pocket kings, before Chad Lipton doubled through Rodriguez when an ace hit the river against Rodriguez pocket queens.<\/p>\n<p>Yaghmai then gathered chips fast. He eliminated Lipton in fourth with K<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/72x72\/2666.png\" alt=\"\u2666\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\">Q<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/72x72\/2665.png\" alt=\"\u2665\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\"> against K<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/72x72\/2663.png\" alt=\"\u2663\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\">8<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/72x72\/2663.png\" alt=\"\u2663\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\"> and later removed Lu in third after flopping two pair against top pair. That gave Yaghmai the lead entering heads up play, but Rodriguez quickly took it back. On the final hand, Rodriguez shoved K<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/72x72\/2663.png\" alt=\"\u2663\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\">8<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/72x72\/2663.png\" alt=\"\u2663\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\">, Yaghmai called with A<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/72x72\/2666.png\" alt=\"\u2666\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\">3<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/72x72\/2665.png\" alt=\"\u2665\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\">, and a K<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/72x72\/2660.png\" alt=\"\u2660\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\"> on the river gave Rodriguez the title.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Final Table Results<\/strong><\/h2>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Place<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Player<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Payout<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>Juan Rodriguez<\/td>\n<td>$673,011<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>Nariman Yaghmai<\/td>\n<td>$448,634<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>Qing Lu<\/td>\n<td>$314,158<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>Chad Lipton<\/td>\n<td>$223,439<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>Marc Rivera<\/td>\n<td>$161,446<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>Arie Kliper<\/td>\n<td>$118,541<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>Kenneth Kim<\/td>\n<td>$88,469<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>Luke Graham<\/td>\n<td>$67,130<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<td>Gary Herstein<\/td>\n<td>$51,804<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/igaming.org\/poker-news\/juan-rodriguez-takes-637k-wsop-seniors-high-roller-title\/\">Juan Rodriguez Wins Event #39 $5,000 Seniors High Roller No Limit Holdem<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/igaming.org\/\">iGaming.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Juan Rodriguez won Event #39: $5,000 Seniors High Roller No-Limit Hold\u2019em at the 2026 World Series of Poker, turning a tough final table spot into a first WSOP bracelet and a $673,011 payday. Good to know Rodriguez beat 844 entries to win Event #39: $5,000 Seniors High Roller No-Limit Hold\u2019em. The tournament created a $3,882,400 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poker"],"blocksy_meta":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/casino-online-best.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/casino-online-best.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/casino-online-best.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/casino-online-best.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/casino-online-best.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10905"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/casino-online-best.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10905\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/casino-online-best.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/casino-online-best.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/casino-online-best.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}