Event #71: $500 SALUTE TO WARRIORS No-Limit Hold'em Day 2 | 2019 World Series of Poker

07-03-2019 20:23 UTC-7

Recent Eliminations in the Money

Will Shillibier

Level 25 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Claudette Nannini	Busted
Bolivar Palacios	Busted
Arkadiy Tsinis	Busted
Idan Raz	Busted
Adel Naoun	Busted
Brian Pachciarz	Busted
Libo Zhu	Busted
Benjamin Teng	Busted
Lei Zhou	Busted
James Collins	Busted
Andrew Ransom	Busted
James Kasin	Busted
Graeme Wright	Busted
Dominick Giovanniello	Busted
Loic Dobrigna	Busted
Jurgen Bluthgen	Busted
Uriah Grossglauser	Busted

07-03-2019 20:22 UTC-7

Some Salute To Warriors Photos

Anthony Thompson

07-03-2019 20:17 UTC-7

The Lyons Sleeps Tonight

Will Shillibier

Level 25 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

John Lyons moved all in for 500,000 from the button and chip lead Lu Chen looked him up in the big blind.

John Lyons:
Lu Chen:

"No diamonds," said Lyons, but the flop did bring a four for Chen as the full board came and he was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lu Chen	4,450,000	550,000
John Lyons	Busted

Tags: John Lyons Lu Chen

07-03-2019 20:11 UTC-7

Horwitz Eliminates Vik

Anthony Thompson

Level 25 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Michael Vik open-jammed for 190,000 from middle position and Brian Horwitz called from the small blind.

Brian Horwitz:
Michael Vik:

Vik was behind and wasn't able to pair on the flop but he did pick up outs for a gutterball.

Horwitz was able to pair his ace with the turn, however, Vik picked up the flush draw as well.

Unfortunately Vik was unable to get there as the river fell a brick with the and he was eliminated from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Horwitz	600,000	125,000
Michael Vik	Busted

Tags: Brian Horwitz Michael Vik

07-03-2019 20:06 UTC-7

Updated Chip Counts

Will Shillibier

Level 25 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Shigeji Kusakabe	2,200,000	600,000
Nathan Duffy	1,900,000	1,200,000
Pete Forsstrom	1,300,000
Taylor Carroll	1,300,000	-800,000
Michael Moncek	1,300,000	100,000
Aditya Systla	1,200,000	450,000
Hideki Izutsu	1,000,000	50,000
Jose Annaloro	950,000	769,000
Susan Faber	875,000	-225,000
Daijiro Tomoto	700,000	120,000
Jason Waugh	650,000	-220,000
Rob Stark	500,000	-400,000
Ramon Kropmanns	500,000
Stanislav Angelov	500,000	109,000
Scott Woods	500,000	-35,000
Reda Bouaboula	400,000	90,000

Level: 25

Blinds: 20,000/40,000

Ante: 40,000

07-03-2019 18:53 UTC-7

Dinner Break

Will Shillibier

Level 24 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

The remaining players are going on a 60-minute dinner break with a field of 45 players remaining.

According to the schedule, when they return they will play down to a final table of six.

07-03-2019 18:50 UTC-7

Yu Finds Two Doubles Back To Back, Then Eliminated

Anthony Thompson

Level 24 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Hand #1: Action folded around to Renji Mao in the small blind who raised and Ben Yu called for his remaining 70,000 from the big blind.

Ben Yu:
Renji Mao:

Yu was able to double up after pairing his king on the river as the board ran out .

Hand #2: Ben Yu Open-jammed for 140,000 from the small blind and was called by the big blind player.

Ben Yu:
Opponent:

Yu was able to pair his eight on the flop and that was good enough to win the hand as the board ran out .

As PokerNews was writing up both Yu's Double up hands he was seen walking to the payout desk and is eliminated from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ben Yu	Busted

Tags: Ben Yu Renji Mao

07-03-2019 18:45 UTC-7

Junior Eliminates Roy

Will Shillibier

Level 24 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Colman Roy held and would need to hit to double through Joaquim Junior who held .

Unfortunately for Roy, the board came and Junior's pair was enough to eliminate him.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joaquim Junior	1,100,000	340,000
Colman Roy	Busted

Tags: Colman Roy Joaquim Junior

07-03-2019 18:41 UTC-7

Osborne Hits his Ace to Double

Will Shillibier

Level 24 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

As the cards were being dealt, Mark Osborne was given the which flashed up on the table. He was dealt a replacement card and moved all in for somewhere in the region of 100,000. Tournament chip leader Taylor Carroll called.

Mark Osborne:
Taylor Carroll:

Osborne clarified that he had been dealt the queen first so hadn't missed out on aces, but it didn't matter as the flop gave him the lead. The turn and river doubled him up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Taylor Carroll	2,100,000	-100,000
Mark Osborne	200,000	73,000

Tags: Taylor Carroll Mark Osborne