2019 World Series of Poker

Event #71: $500 SALUTE TO WARRIORS No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info

2019 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
55
Prize
$121,161
Event Info
Buy-in
$500
Prize Pool
$723,660
Entries
1,723
Level Info
Level
36
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
500,000

Event #71: $500 SALUTE TO WARRIORS No-Limit Hold'em

Day 1 Completed

Mike Sexton Among Top Notables to Survive Day 1 of Event #71: $500 Salute To Warriors

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Mike Sexton
Mike Sexton

Day 1 of Event #71: $500 Salute To Warriors is officially in the books. This event was the first of its kind as $40 of each buy-in was donated to the United Services Organization (USO), which has provided live entertainment and other services for the active military for 77 years, and other military-related charities. This historical event attracted 1,723 total entries that generated a total prize pool of $723,660 with first place taking home $121,161.

A total of 259 players were guaranteed a minimum cash of $699 and Day 1 play ended just before players made it to the money. Garry Stevens-Smith is among the top 287 remaining players after bagging 572,000 chips at the end of the night. Stevens-Smith is at the top of the leader board but is followed closely by Michael Nosek (517,000), Jordan Knackstedt (480,500), Fred Li (388,00), and Chad Gravenor (375,500).

The Salute To Warriors event attracted some of the best players in the world to its field, and some notables returning for Day 2 include, Ben Yu (370,500), Mike Sexton (300,000), and Aaron Johnson (137,500).

With some of the games top names entered into the field, not all of them were able to make it to Day 2 and those include bracelet winners, David Williams, Chris Ferguson, Benjamin Moon, Brett Apter, and Erik Cajelais.

All of the remaining 287 players will return for Day 2 action Wednesday, July 3rd, 2019. Day 2 will start at 12 p.m. local time with action picking up on level 16, where blinds will be 2,500/5,000 with a 5,000 big blind ante. Play is scheduled to play down to the final six players, with blind levels lasting 40-minutes. Players will receive a 15-minute break after every 3 levels with a 60-minute dinner break after the 9th level of the day.

It won't take long for Day 2 players to reach the money, so make sure to come back and tune in, as PokerNews live reporting team will be on hand throughout the day bringing you all of the updates of this historical event.

Tags: Aaron JohnsonBen YuBenjamin MoonBrett ApterChris FergusonDavid WilliamsErik CajelaisFred LiJordan KnackstedtMichael NosekMike SextonRyan Phan

Seat Draw Day 2 Event #71: $500 SALUTE TO WARRIORS No-Limit Hold'em

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
RoomTableSeatPlayerCountryChip CountBig Blinds
Brasilia11Kimlong LavUnited States234,50047
Brasilia12John BarnesUnited States116,50023
Brasilia13John IemoloUnited States138,00028
Brasilia14Kasper MellanenItaly42,5009
Brasilia15Fulvio SansanelliGermany81,00016
Brasilia16Jonathan WalkerUnited Kingdom73,50015
Brasilia17Chen Feng WenChina121,00024
Brasilia18Herman WashingtonUnited States108,00022
Brasilia19George KingUnited States223,50045
       
Brasilia21Steven PaytenUnited States153,50031
Brasilia22Hanh MaiCanada108,00022
Brasilia23James AlvarezBrazil199,00040
Brasilia24Susan FaberUnited States10
Brasilia25Jesus SanchezUnited States64,00013
Brasilia26Leo WhittUnited States122,00024
Brasilia27Lisa FongUnited States137,50028
Brasilia28Yosuke SekiyaJapan188,50038
Brasilia29Daijiro TomotoJapan167,50034
       
Brasilia31Loic DobrignaFrance85,50017
Brasilia32John LyerlyUnited States47,0009
Brasilia33Daniel DealmeidaBrazil80,00016
Brasilia34Yossi AzulayUnited States85,50017
Brasilia35Robert SongUnited States28,5006
Brasilia36Adam DemerssemanUnited States318,00064
Brasilia37Matthew CardozaUnited States129,00026
Brasilia38Christopher LauCanada99,50020
Brasilia39Tai TranUnited States97,50020
       
Brasilia41Christian VandollenUnited States39,5008
Brasilia42Graeme WrightCanada141,00028
Brasilia43Jeffrey CopelandUnited States176,50035
Brasilia44Ryan DodsonUnited States258,00052
Brasilia45Luke NichollsUnited States165,50033
Brasilia46Yotam ShmuelovUnited States117,00023
Brasilia47Shunsuke TsujiiJapan116,50023
Brasilia48Jeffrey PaoUnited States65,00013
Brasilia49Garry StevenssmithUnited Kingdom572,000114
       
Brasilia51Ray CorneliusUnited States10
Brasilia52George NiedzwickiUnited States95,50019
Brasilia53Daniel DaContiUnited States74,00015
Brasilia54Alessandro MigliuoloUnited States200,00040
Brasilia55Libo ZhuChina318,00064
Brasilia56Lei ZhouUnited States110,00022
Brasilia57Richard GlanzerUnited States131,00026
Brasilia58Chelsea ProctorUnited States42,0008
Brasilia59Renji MaoChina125,50025
       
Brasilia61Mark OsborneUnited States127,00025
Brasilia62Gregory BrodeurUnited States314,00063
Brasilia63Sean FitzpatrickUnited States139,50028
Brasilia64Dac NguyenUnited States96,00019
Brasilia65James Kasin 10
Brasilia66[Removed:355] MohamadSwitzerland202,00040
Brasilia67David SchwartzUnited States308,00062
Brasilia68Brian PachciarzUnited States202,00040
Brasilia69Dong GuoChina75,00015
       
Brasilia71Stanislav AngelovUnited States391,00078
Brasilia72Caufman TalleyUnited States77,00015
Brasilia73Liina VarkUnited States68,00014
Brasilia74Kenroy Thompson 97,50020
Brasilia75Patrick WattsUnited States98,50020
Brasilia76Vinny PahujaUnited States129,50026
Brasilia77Gauthier AbribatFrance226,00045
Brasilia79David TueffelUnited States84,50017
       
Brasilia81Kentaro IharaUnited States60,00012
Brasilia82Benjamin TengUnited States263,50053
Brasilia83Benjamin ClaybornUnited States53,00011
Brasilia84Stephen MartinUnited States56,50011
Brasilia85Lap LeeUnited States37,0007
Brasilia86Sangyeon HwangChina173,00035
Brasilia87Wei ChenChina100,00020
Brasilia88Jose AnnaloroVenezuela181,00036
Brasilia89Kenneth MorrisonUnited States53,50011
       
Brasilia91Dean BaranowskiUnited States115,50023
Brasilia92Luiz FerreiraBrazil192,00038
Brasilia93Marko FontanosUnited States102,50021
Brasilia94Hirotaka NakanishiJapan124,00025
Brasilia95Darren MartinUnited States148,00030
Brasilia96Yifan ZhengChina354,50071
Brasilia97Michael RaynorUnited States43,5009
Brasilia98Claudette NanniniSingapore78,50016
Brasilia99Robert KwonUnited States160,00032
       
Brasilia101David GonzalezUnited States82,50017
Brasilia102Henry SoUnited States123,00025
Brasilia103William ShanksUnited States277,00055
Brasilia104Mickael AthiasFrance50,00010
Brasilia105Joseph McvetyUnited States159,50032
Brasilia106Ryan BaybayanUnited States164,00033
Brasilia107Jason WaughUnited States86,50017
Brasilia108Yoshiya AgataJapan55,00011
Brasilia109Jesse KertlandUnited States148,00030
       
Brasilia111Sean TrohaUnited States124,00025
Brasilia112Kevin SickelsUnited States75,00015
Brasilia113Jumma TomiyamaJapan229,50046
Brasilia114David DaoUnited States175,00035
Brasilia115Jonathan HalesUnited States197,00039
Brasilia116Aditya SystlaIndia310,00062
Brasilia117Shannon EnglehartUnited States274,00055
Brasilia118Taehyung Kim 294,50059
Brasilia119Naseem KteilyUnited States210,00042
       
Brasilia121Rudijanto Soetikno 80,00016
Brasilia122Brett ReissUnited States211,50042
Brasilia123Danny CallahanUnited States58,50012
Brasilia124Donald NimnehUnited States310,00062
Brasilia125Andrew FieldsUnited Kingdom104,00021
Brasilia126Fiodor MartinoItaly158,00032
Brasilia127Joseph LabiosaUnited States107,50022
Brasilia128Robert DodsonUnited States248,00050
Brasilia129Robert DefabrizioUnited States340,50068
       
Brasilia131Ryan HullemanUnited States133,00027
Brasilia132Ramon KropmannsBrazil220,00044
Brasilia133David OppenheimUnited States193,50039
Brasilia134Robert BarlettaUnited States51,00010
Brasilia135Jordan KnackstedtCanada480,50096
Brasilia136Mehrdad GhiasvandUnited States294,50059
Brasilia137Travis TachibanaUnited States92,00018
Brasilia138Derek SchroederUnited States73,50015
Brasilia139Yuho IwataJapan61,50012
       
Brasilia141Jeremiah MiesenUnited States62,00012
Brasilia142Wayne CarlsonAustralia47,0009
Brasilia143Chad GravenorUnited States375,50075
Brasilia144Federico OttenioUnited States94,50019
Brasilia145Gerald TaylorUnited States144,00029
Brasilia146George VigeletteUnited States150,00030
Brasilia147Nicholas StowellUnited States106,50021
Brasilia148Eugene TungUnited States214,00043
Brasilia149Daniel LawrenceUnited States190,00038
       
Brasilia151Dominique TerzianFrance801,000160
Brasilia152Cary SalleeUnited States178,00036
Brasilia153Andrew SanftUnited States148,00030
Brasilia154Robert BennettCanada74,50015
Brasilia155David PetrusUnited States219,00044
Brasilia156Brian HorwitzUnited States210,00042
Brasilia157Gian GelpiUnited States65,50013
Brasilia158Andre AwaneUnited States88,00018
Brasilia159Michael CunninghamUnited States102,00020
       
Brasilia161Dwight LemoineUnited States196,00039
Brasilia162Philipp CaranicaSpain77,00015
Brasilia163Brian ShewskiUnited States146,50029
Brasilia164Michael VikUnited States138,50028
Brasilia165Mark HallUnited States120,00024
Brasilia166Steven KrasnerUnited States125,00025
Brasilia167Johnny DudleyUnited States126,50025
Brasilia168Jeanmarc DijouxFrance117,00023
Brasilia169Dean YoonUnited States316,00063
       
Brasilia171Robert CoombsCanada134,00027
Brasilia172Frantisek ZacekFrance99,00020
Brasilia173David PlastikUnited States91,00018
Brasilia174Robert CheungCanada164,00033
Brasilia175Manish BhargavaUnited States54,00011
Brasilia176David HughesUnited States178,50036
Brasilia177Scott WoodsUnited States124,00025
Brasilia178Maristela Galafassi ArantesBelize80,00016
Brasilia179Adam KievmanUnited States96,00019
       
Brasilia181Tim WestUnited States192,50039
Brasilia182Moshe GavrieliUnited States10
Brasilia183Andrew RansomUnited States216,50043
Brasilia184Christopher CananUnited States103,00021
Brasilia185Daniel JenningsUnited States81,50016
Brasilia186Mohamed AissaniFrance98,00020
Brasilia187David SwansonUnited States90,50018
Brasilia188Bolivar Palacios 134,00027
Brasilia189Richard LangdonUnited States134,50027
       
Brasilia191Charles ThomasUnited States103,00021
Brasilia192Alan HearnUnited States155,50031
Brasilia193Gerald TrassNew Zealand33,0007
Brasilia194Marco SibillinoGermany136,50027
Brasilia195Uriah GrossglauserUnited States89,00018
Brasilia196Adel NaounFrance264,50053
Brasilia197Hideki IzutsuJapan231,50046
Brasilia198Frank CesenaUnited States36,5007
Brasilia199Nicholas TamburoUnited States123,00025
       
Brasilia241Romain KowalczykFrance10
Brasilia242Danny RileyUnited States92,50019
Brasilia243Claude McGuffUnited States85,50017
Brasilia244Steven BaysaUnited States67,50014
Brasilia245Corbin AveryUnited States85,50017
Brasilia246Ashish GuptaAustralia289,00058
Brasilia247Reda BouaboulaFrance61,00012
Brasilia248Thom SabaCanada300,00060
Brasilia249Barry JacobsUnited States148,00030
       
Brasilia251Richard HendricksUnited States84,50017
Brasilia252Charles HansonUnited States85,00017
Brasilia253Idan RazIsrael199,00040
Brasilia254Kristopher BradshawUnited States67,00013
Brasilia255Marcos Da SilvaBrazil83,50017
Brasilia256Robert LopesUnited States87,00017
Brasilia257Than HuynhAustralia344,00069
Brasilia258Vincent KarbassiounGermany209,50042
Brasilia259Dmitri WilliamsUnited States172,50035
       
Brasilia261Richard BlackburnUnited States157,50032
Brasilia262Colman RoyUnited States206,00041
Brasilia263David HengenUnited States191,00038
Brasilia264Jaswinder SangheraCanada167,00033
Brasilia265Angelo PeraltaUnited States116,00023
Brasilia266Anthony GonnetFrance42,5009
Brasilia267Aaron Johnson (MN)United States137,50028
Brasilia268Nathan DuffyUnited States107,50022
Brasilia269Michael MoncekUnited States306,50061
       
Brasilia271Patrick NicholsUnited States204,50041
Brasilia272Brian SchmittUnited States217,00043
Brasilia273Kulwant SinghUnited States83,50017
Brasilia274Shigeji KusakabeUnited States55,50011
Brasilia275Joseph FritzUnited States6,5001
Brasilia276Aaron ThivyanathanUnited States168,00034
Brasilia277Steve HohnUnited States281,00056
Brasilia278Senthil VitaranyamUnited States61,00012
Brasilia279Giovanni VentulloCanada86,00017
       
Brasilia311Douglas HunichenUnited States38,5008
Brasilia312Alexander MatveevUnited States66,00013
Brasilia313David NunezSouth Georgia61,00012
Brasilia314Robert LudwigUnited Kingdom298,50060
Brasilia315Satoshi TanakaUnited States134,00027
Brasilia316Denis VladimirovRussia93,00019
Brasilia317Michael WolffUnited States70,00014
Brasilia318Gregory KoloUnited States147,00029
Brasilia319Weiyi ZhangChina131,50026
       
Brasilia321Sachidananda SivakumarJapan70,00014
Brasilia322Michael NosekUnited States517,000103
Brasilia323Paris HeardUnited States220,00044
Brasilia324DJ MacKinnonUnited States121,00024
Brasilia325Taylor CarrollUnited States247,00049
Brasilia326Juan Diego ValladaresUnited States85,00017
Brasilia327Eyal BensimhonAustria329,00066
Brasilia328Martin ZamaniUnited States136,00027
Brasilia329Ardys ReedUnited States138,00028
       
Brasilia331David LebharUnited States165,50033
Brasilia332Ray JonesUnited States91,50018
Brasilia333Kenneth PlechaUnited States76,00015
Brasilia334Orlin OmlidUnited States261,50052
Brasilia335John LyonsUnited States260,00052
Brasilia336Jacky WongHong Kong360,00072
Brasilia337Albert Franklin JrUnited States85,00017
Brasilia338Lu ChenChina247,00049
Brasilia339Roberto Bonilla RiveraUnited States109,50022
       
Brasilia341Devin WunschelUnited States133,00027
Brasilia342Lawrence FurieUnited States63,50013
Brasilia343Alexey GrabarnikUnited States211,00042
Brasilia344Montague SchneiderCanada241,50048
Brasilia345Baret GrigorianUnited States174,00035
Brasilia346James CollinsUnited States282,50057
Brasilia347Roy ShimadaUnited States48,00010
Brasilia348Alex ScattareggiaUnited States335,50067
Brasilia349John DeFabisUnited States56,50011
       
Brasilia351Dustin BryanUnited States110,00022
Brasilia352Samuel BantockCanada38,0008
Brasilia353Moshe CohenUnited States155,50031
Brasilia354Cody MoncurUnited States176,00035
Brasilia355Terry GillespieAustria139,50028
Brasilia356Dennis PremmaneeUnited States125,50025
Brasilia357Josef KacherlGermany106,50021
Brasilia358Michael ChanUnited States62,50013
Brasilia359Shuichi HiratsukaJapan43,5009
       
Brasilia381Richard AliUnited States86,00017
Brasilia382Jason BraudaUnited States65,50013
Brasilia383Mike SextonUnited States300,00060
Brasilia384Lorena ChiquilloUnited States139,00028
Brasilia385Joaquim JuniorBrazil173,50035
Brasilia386Brenna WarrenUnited States208,00042
Brasilia387Stefano PariseCanada286,00057
Brasilia388Clint WilcoxUnited States172,50035
Brasilia389Peter ForsstromUnited States124,50025
       
Brasilia391Ross WardUnited States83,00017
Brasilia392Peter MerciniBrazil265,00053
Brasilia393Andres MolinaSouth Georgia147,00029
Brasilia394Fred LiUnited States388,00078
Brasilia395Paul PritchettCanada57,50012
Brasilia396Dominick GiovannielloUnited States124,00025
Brasilia397Terry GuessUnited States83,00017
Brasilia398Robin StarkUnited States188,00038
Brasilia399Dylan HortinUnited States50,50010
       
Brasilia401Ronald GuanlaoUnited States11,5002
Brasilia402Matthew DiethelmUnited States50,00010
Brasilia403Blair MillerUnited States126,50025
Brasilia404Brad AlbrinckUnited States164,00033
Brasilia405Van LandrumUnited States188,00038
Brasilia406Thomas HanesUnited States91,00018
Brasilia407Chun KwokUnited States171,00034
Brasilia408David MacfarlaneUnited States4,5001
Brasilia409Brandon FrazierUnited States115,00023
       
Brasilia411Chris KealyUnited States56,00011
Brasilia412Karaminder DhillonUnited States11,5002
Brasilia413Michael WoznickiUnited States65,00013
Brasilia414Ben YuUnited States370,50074
Brasilia415Jurgen BluthgenGermany245,50049
Brasilia416Wooseok KimSouth Korea238,50048
Brasilia417Arkadiy TsinisUnited States187,50038
Brasilia418Douglas TallmanUnited States160,00032
Brasilia419Pedro PadilhaBrazil332,50067

End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Dominique Terzian fr
Dominique Terzian
801,000
Day 1 Chip Leader
Garry Stevens-Smith gb
Garry Stevens-Smith
572,000
Michael Nosek us
Michael Nosek
517,000 517,000
Jordan Knackstedt ca
Jordan Knackstedt
480,500 396,600
Stanislav Angelov us
Stanislav Angelov
391,000
Fred Li us
Fred Li
388,000 -14,000
Chad Gravenor us
Chad Gravenor
375,500 354,500
Ben Yu us
Ben Yu
370,500 150,500
WSOP 4X Winner
Jacky Wong hk
Jacky Wong
360,000
Yifan Zheng cn
Yifan Zheng
354,500
Than Huynh au
Than Huynh
344,000
Robert Defabrizio us
Robert Defabrizio
340,500
Alex Scattareggia us
Alex Scattareggia
335,500
Pedro Padilha br
Pedro Padilha
332,500 242,300
Eyal Bensimhon il
Eyal Bensimhon
329,000 204,000
Libo Zhu cn
Libo Zhu
318,000 233,000
Adam Demersseman us
Adam Demersseman
318,000
Dean Yoon us
Dean Yoon
316,000
Gregory Brodeur us
Gregory Brodeur
314,000 -1,600
Donald Nimneh us
Donald Nimneh
310,000
Aditya Systla in
Aditya Systla
310,000
David Schwartz us
David Schwartz
308,000 308,000
Michael Moncek us
Michael Moncek
306,500
WSOP 2X Winner
Thom Saba ca
Thom Saba
300,000
Mike Sexton us
Mike Sexton
300,000 60,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer

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Ladies Good for Petrns

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

David Petrns opened under the gun for 18,000 and action folded to the big blind player who jammed for his remaining stack, Petrns called.

David Petrns: {q-Hearts}{q-Spades}
Opponent: {8-Clubs}{8-Spades}

Petrns had his opponent dominated and sealed the deal after turning a set as the board ran out {k-Diamonds}{a-Hearts}{9-Spades}{q-Clubs}{j-Hearts} and he eliminated his opponent from the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
David Petrns us
David Petrns
280,000

Tags: David Petrns

Lebhar Eliminates Opponent

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

A player from early position open-jammed for 34,000 and Dave Lebhar called on the button.

Dave Lebhar: {a-Hearts}{k-Hearts}
Opponent: {a-Spades}{10-Clubs}

Lebhar had his opponent dominated, but the {7-Spades}{9-Diamonds}{6-Hearts} flop added more outs with the gutterball staright.

The board would pair with the {7-Clubs} turn and Lebhar eliminated his opponent with the {4-Hearts} river.

Player Chips Progress
Dave Lebhar us
Dave Lebhar
210,000

Tags: Dave Lebhar

Level: 15

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 4,000