Event #63: $500 Salute to Warriors
Day 1 Completed
Event #63: $500 Salute to Warriors
Day 1 Completed
Day 1 of Event #63: $500 Salute To Warriors is officially in the books. This charity event helps a great cause as $40 of each buy-in is 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 1,738 entrants who generated a total prize pool of $712,580; the champion takes home $102,465. A total of 261 players were guaranteed a minimum cash of $821, and the bubble burst just before the close of play.
Andrew Moon is the chip leader with 169 remaining players after he bagged 1,274,000 chips at the end of the night followed by Taylor Pollard (866,000), Nicholas Verderomo (654,000), Senthuran Vijayaratnam (629,000), and Terry Wheeler (617,000) of the stacks confirmed but right behind them is Thomas Taylor (500,000) with over $1 million in live earnings.
With some of the games, top names entered into the field, not all of them were able to make it to Day 2 Barry Greenstein, Kathy Liebert, JJ Liu, Michael Wang, and Ori Hasson.
All of the remaining 169 players return for Day 2 action on Wednesday, November 3rd at 12 p.m. local time with action picking up on Level 18, where blinds will be 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 big blind ante. Play is scheduled to play down to the final five players, with blind levels lasting 40-minutes. Players will receive a 15-minute break after every three levels with a 60-minute dinner break after Level 26,
Come back on Wednesday to hang around with the PokerNews live reporting team to see who will make it to the final day!
Room | Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Amazon | 470 | 1 | Jerry Ferrantino | United States | 190,000 | 19 |
Amazon | 470 | 3 | Arnaldo Gordon | United States | 536,000 | 54 |
Amazon | 470 | 4 | Tony Jakes | United States | 367,000 | 37 |
Amazon | 470 | 5 | Hernan Crespin | Argentina | 124,000 | 12 |
Amazon | 470 | 6 | Guy Hadas | United States | 516,000 | 52 |
Amazon | 470 | 7 | Kyle Yu | United States | 425,000 | 43 |
Amazon | 470 | 8 | Melissa Brown | United States | 195,000 | 20 |
Amazon | 470 | 9 | Landen Lucas | United States | 403,000 | 40 |
Amazon | 471 | 1 | Matthew Lubawski | United States | 147,000 | 15 |
Amazon | 471 | 2 | Laurence Hughes | United States | 97,000 | 10 |
Amazon | 471 | 3 | Christopher Bibb | United States | 224,000 | 22 |
Amazon | 471 | 4 | Thomas Taylor | Canada | 500,000 | 50 |
Amazon | 471 | 5 | Jihyeong Kim | South Korea | 164,000 | 16 |
Amazon | 471 | 6 | Jesus Reyna | United States | 105,000 | 11 |
Amazon | 471 | 7 | Christian Steindel | Austria | 235,000 | 24 |
Amazon | 471 | 8 | Terry Morrison | United States | 257,000 | 26 |
Amazon | 471 | 9 | Skender Alicka | United States | 237,000 | 24 |
Amazon | 472 | 1 | Richard Block | United States | 121,000 | 12 |
Amazon | 472 | 2 | Warwick Dunnett | United States | 458,000 | 46 |
Amazon | 472 | 3 | Tarah Wheeler | United States | 232,000 | 23 |
Amazon | 472 | 4 | Yuta Aikawa | Japan | 300,000 | 30 |
Amazon | 472 | 5 | Anthony Mccurdy | United States | 95,000 | 10 |
Amazon | 472 | 6 | Joseph Kalisek | United States | 121,000 | 12 |
Amazon | 472 | 7 | Joshua Emory | United States | 181,000 | 18 |
Amazon | 472 | 8 | Abad Beltran | United States | 264,000 | 26 |
Amazon | 472 | 9 | Paul Stratman | United States | 455,000 | 46 |
Amazon | 473 | 1 | Ed Giron | United States | 79,000 | 8 |
Amazon | 473 | 2 | Dimitrios Pappis | Canada | 245,000 | 25 |
Amazon | 473 | 3 | Seokyoung Lee | South Korea | 434,000 | 43 |
Amazon | 473 | 4 | Bernardo Tristao Soares | Brazil | 272,000 | 27 |
Amazon | 473 | 5 | Shane Thorne | United States | 291,000 | 29 |
Amazon | 473 | 6 | Mitch Garshofsky | United States | 190,000 | 19 |
Amazon | 473 | 7 | Toru Taniguchi | Japan | 190,000 | 19 |
Amazon | 473 | 8 | Pedro Padilha | Brazil | 248,000 | 25 |
Amazon | 473 | 9 | Andrew Moon | United States | 1,274,000 | 127 |
Amazon | 474 | 1 | Chen Balteriski | United States | 188,000 | 19 |
Amazon | 474 | 2 | Gary Thill | United States | 106,000 | 11 |
Amazon | 474 | 3 | Kenji Hamamoto | Japan | 184,000 | 18 |
Amazon | 474 | 4 | Xiao Yu | United States | 210,000 | 21 |
Amazon | 474 | 5 | Nicholas Flesch | United States | 255,000 | 26 |
Amazon | 474 | 6 | Jeffrey Klemenswicz | United States | 109,000 | 11 |
Amazon | 474 | 7 | Russell Fitzgerald | United States | 49,000 | 5 |
Amazon | 474 | 8 | Christopher Corbo | United States | 293,000 | 29 |
Amazon | 474 | 9 | Beau Stanton | United States | 50,000 | 5 |
Amazon | 477 | 1 | Jason Wesemann | United States | 286,000 | 29 |
Amazon | 477 | 2 | Mark Brodsky | United States | 206,000 | 21 |
Amazon | 477 | 3 | Randy Lowery | United States | 114,000 | 11 |
Amazon | 477 | 4 | Paul McMullin | United States | 161,000 | 16 |
Amazon | 477 | 5 | Marvin Unsworth | Estonia | 370,000 | 37 |
Amazon | 477 | 6 | Marco Sanchez | United States | 98,000 | 10 |
Amazon | 477 | 7 | Rodolfo Romeira | Portugal | 251,000 | 25 |
Amazon | 477 | 8 | Sanjay Mayekar | United States | 374,000 | 37 |
Amazon | 477 | 9 | Eric Zhang | United States | 309,000 | 31 |
Amazon | 478 | 1 | Yoshiya Agata | Japan | 276,000 | 28 |
Amazon | 478 | 2 | David Wood | United States | 228,000 | 23 |
Amazon | 478 | 3 | Jake Schwartz | United States | 534,000 | 53 |
Amazon | 478 | 4 | Yitshak Shitrit | Israel | 285,000 | 29 |
Amazon | 478 | 5 | Michael Baselice | United States | 424,000 | 42 |
Amazon | 478 | 6 | Hyun Kim | United States | 220,000 | 22 |
Amazon | 478 | 7 | Kenneth Boll | United States | 208,000 | 21 |
Amazon | 478 | 8 | Paul Molter | United States | 192,000 | 19 |
Amazon | 478 | 9 | William Wood | United States | 146,000 | 15 |
Amazon | 479 | 1 | Filippos Stavrakis | United States | 248,000 | 25 |
Amazon | 479 | 2 | Justin Ouimette | Canada | 88,000 | 9 |
Amazon | 479 | 3 | Bradley Rogoff | United States | 149,000 | 15 |
Amazon | 479 | 4 | Shane Beckim | United States | 139,000 | 14 |
Amazon | 479 | 5 | Azim Orunov | UAE | 516,000 | 52 |
Amazon | 479 | 6 | Eliezer Federman | United States | 220,000 | 22 |
Amazon | 479 | 7 | Jared Pereira | United States | 55,000 | 6 |
Amazon | 479 | 8 | Alan Percal | United States | 580,000 | 58 |
Amazon | 479 | 9 | Pedro Fernandez | Mexico | 334,000 | 33 |
Amazon | 480 | 1 | David Lu | United States | 286,000 | 29 |
Amazon | 480 | 2 | Eummi Kwon | United States | 122,000 | 12 |
Amazon | 480 | 3 | Gabriel Jansen Falcao Bal | United States | 248,000 | 25 |
Amazon | 480 | 5 | Kenneth Douglas | United States | 187,000 | 19 |
Amazon | 480 | 6 | William Draper | United States | 164,000 | 16 |
Amazon | 480 | 7 | Stephen Rose | United States | 178,000 | 18 |
Amazon | 480 | 8 | Kevin Bortfeld | United States | 381,000 | 38 |
Amazon | 480 | 9 | Yiannis Logothetis | United States | 520,000 | 52 |
Amazon | 481 | 1 | Kyle Miholich | United States | 170,000 | 17 |
Amazon | 481 | 2 | Adam Kowalski | United States | 256,000 | 26 |
Amazon | 481 | 3 | Faraz Iqbal | Pakistan | 419,000 | 42 |
Amazon | 481 | 4 | Hlib Kovtunov | Ukraine | 324,000 | 32 |
Amazon | 481 | 5 | Syed Ahmed | United States | 135,000 | 14 |
Amazon | 481 | 6 | Ana Freitas | Brazil | 156,000 | 16 |
Amazon | 481 | 7 | Adrian Buckley | United States | 136,000 | 14 |
Amazon | 481 | 8 | Erik Cajelais | Canada | 353,000 | 35 |
Amazon | 481 | 9 | Seongsu Kong | South Korea | 473,000 | 47 |
Amazon | 482 | 1 | Chad Weldon | United States | 118,000 | 12 |
Amazon | 482 | 2 | Kyle Oshita | United States | 44,000 | 4 |
Amazon | 482 | 3 | Senthuran Vijayaratnam | Canada | 629,000 | 63 |
Amazon | 482 | 4 | Wesley Heverley | United States | 46,000 | 5 |
Amazon | 482 | 5 | DID NOT REPORT 1 | United States | 98,000 | 10 |
Amazon | 482 | 6 | Daniel Hamm | United States | 310,000 | 31 |
Amazon | 482 | 7 | Hana Cho | United States | 102,000 | 10 |
Amazon | 482 | 8 | John Song | United States | 711,000 | 71 |
Amazon | 482 | 9 | Seongmin Lee | South Korea | 150,000 | 15 |
Amazon | 483 | 1 | Christophe Colombier | France | 91,000 | 9 |
Amazon | 483 | 2 | Jason May | United States | 60,000 | 6 |
Amazon | 483 | 3 | Christopher Canan | United States | 102,000 | 10 |
Amazon | 483 | 4 | Dwayne Evans | United States | 173,000 | 17 |
Amazon | 483 | 5 | Walter Hrelja | Canada | 43,000 | 4 |
Amazon | 483 | 6 | Sean Hovelkamp | Canada | 404,000 | 40 |
Amazon | 483 | 7 | John Van Arnam | United States | 481,000 | 48 |
Amazon | 483 | 8 | Christopher Whittaker | United States | 103,000 | 10 |
Amazon | 483 | 9 | Joey Katzen | United States | 282,000 | 28 |
Amazon | 484 | 1 | Teddy Tuil | France | 234,000 | 23 |
Amazon | 484 | 2 | Joshua Edgell | United States | 136,000 | 14 |
Amazon | 484 | 3 | Micha Hoedemaker | Netherlands | 195,000 | 20 |
Amazon | 484 | 4 | Steven Lauson | United States | 116,000 | 12 |
Amazon | 484 | 5 | Kay Kim | United States | 161,000 | 16 |
Amazon | 484 | 6 | Nicholas Verderamo | United States | 653,000 | 65 |
Amazon | 484 | 7 | Jose A Isea Torres | United States | 200,000 | 20 |
Amazon | 484 | 8 | Kyle Besaw | United States | 584,000 | 58 |
Amazon | 484 | 9 | David Espinola | United States | 285,000 | 29 |
Amazon | 485 | 1 | John Pekonen | United States | 144,000 | 14 |
Amazon | 485 | 2 | Andy Wang | United States | 173,000 | 17 |
Amazon | 485 | 3 | Susan Genard | United States | 94,000 | 9 |
Amazon | 485 | 4 | Jeff Sluzinski | United States | 152,000 | 15 |
Amazon | 485 | 5 | Buzzard Alavi | United States | 136,000 | 14 |
Amazon | 485 | 6 | Benjamin Moon | United States | 229,000 | 23 |
Amazon | 485 | 7 | Xiang Cheng | United States | 187,000 | 19 |
Amazon | 485 | 8 | Donald Thompson | United States | 158,000 | 16 |
Amazon | 485 | 9 | Michele Saccani | Italy | 263,000 | 26 |
Amazon | 486 | 1 | Raffael Crose | Austria | 136,000 | 14 |
Amazon | 486 | 2 | Ariel Shevach | Israel | 371,000 | 37 |
Amazon | 486 | 3 | Robert Lopes | United States | 211,000 | 21 |
Amazon | 486 | 4 | Junhyoung Ki | South Korea | 171,000 | 17 |
Amazon | 486 | 5 | Aldo Urbina | Belize | 280,000 | 28 |
Amazon | 486 | 6 | Evgenii Fidchuk | Russia | 409,000 | 41 |
Amazon | 486 | 7 | Florian Ribouchon | France | 481,000 | 48 |
Amazon | 486 | 8 | Nilesh Thakker | United States | 345,000 | 35 |
Amazon | 486 | 9 | Elvis Toomas | United States | 303,000 | 30 |
Amazon | 487 | 1 | Roger Jensen | United States | 207,000 | 21 |
Amazon | 487 | 2 | Terry Wheeler | United States | 617,000 | 62 |
Amazon | 487 | 3 | Pedro Neves | Portugal | 409,000 | 41 |
Amazon | 487 | 4 | Elisa Hawes | United States | 173,000 | 17 |
Amazon | 487 | 5 | Chulhan Choi | South Korea | 171,000 | 17 |
Amazon | 487 | 6 | Yueqi Wang | United States | 215,000 | 22 |
Amazon | 487 | 7 | Cooper Wilhelm | United States | 317,000 | 32 |
Amazon | 487 | 8 | Tam Nguyen (AZ) | United States | 344,000 | 34 |
Amazon | 487 | 9 | Jason Conley | United States | 215,000 | 22 |
Amazon | 488 | 1 | Dominick Pelli | United States | 166,000 | 17 |
Amazon | 488 | 2 | Marc Wolpert | United States | 300,000 | 30 |
Amazon | 488 | 3 | Jeffrey Miller | United States | 149,000 | 15 |
Amazon | 488 | 4 | Everett Carlton | United States | 301,000 | 30 |
Amazon | 488 | 5 | Johnny Tan | United States | 389,000 | 39 |
Amazon | 488 | 6 | Marty Zabib | United States | 557,000 | 56 |
Amazon | 488 | 7 | Dominic Choma | United States | 185,000 | 19 |
Amazon | 488 | 8 | David Cambas | United States | 108,000 | 11 |
Amazon | 488 | 9 | Taylor Pollard | United States | 866,000 | 87 |
Amazon | 489 | 1 | Jeffrey Yarchever | United States | 62,000 | 6 |
Amazon | 489 | 2 | Stephen Cesarini | United States | 453,000 | 45 |
Amazon | 489 | 3 | Badr Imejjane | United States | 534,000 | 53 |
Amazon | 489 | 4 | Yale Greenfield | United States | 76,000 | 8 |
Amazon | 489 | 5 | Kelly Kercher | United States | 215,000 | 22 |
Amazon | 489 | 6 | Jerold Saeman | United States | 175,000 | 18 |
Amazon | 489 | 7 | Danny Illingworth | United States | 258,000 | 26 |
Amazon | 489 | 8 | Philip Sacks | United States | 141,000 | 14 |
Amazon | 489 | 9 | Aleksei Shaburo | Russia | 204,000 | 20 |
Amazon | 490 | 1 | Dylan Herrmann | United States | 150,000 | 15 |
Amazon | 490 | 2 | Brian Hobbs | United States | 114,000 | 11 |
Amazon | 490 | 3 | Steven Firestone | United States | 260,000 | 26 |
Amazon | 490 | 4 | Dwain Kinder | United States | 306,000 | 31 |
Amazon | 490 | 5 | James Cooper | United States | 97,000 | 10 |
Amazon | 490 | 6 | Lisa Roberts | United States | 240,000 | 24 |
Amazon | 490 | 7 | Alfredo Hernandez Jr | United States | 118,000 | 12 |
Amazon | 490 | 8 | Ajmal Homayun | United States | 381,000 | 38 |
Amazon | 490 | 9 | Oleksii Kravchuk | Ukraine | 270,000 | 27 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Andrew Moon
|
1,274,000 | 1,274,000 |
Taylor Pollard | 866,000 | 318,000 |
John Song | 711,000 | 711,000 |
Nicholas Verderamo | 653,000 | 653,000 |
Senthuran Vijayaratnam | 629,000 | -321,000 |
Terry Wheeler | 617,000 | 202,000 |
Kyle Besaw | 584,000 | 459,000 |
Alan Percal
|
580,000 | 580,000 |
Marty Zabib | 557,000 | 557,000 |
Arnaldo Gordon | 536,000 | 536,000 |
Badr Imejjane | 534,000 | 534,000 |
Jake Schwartz | 534,000 | 534,000 |
Yiannis Logothetis | 520,000 | 520,000 |
Guy Hadas | 516,000 | 516,000 |
Azim Orunov | 516,000 | 516,000 |
Thomas Taylor | 500,000 | 180,000 |
Florian Ribouchon | 481,000 | 481,000 |
John Van Arnam | 481,000 | 80,000 |
Seongsu Kong | 473,000 | 473,000 |
Warwick Dunnett | 458,000 | 458,000 |
Paul Stratman | 455,000 | 455,000 |
Stephen Cesarini
|
453,000 | 453,000 |
Seokyoung Lee
|
434,000 | 434,000 |
Kyle Yu
|
425,000 | 425,000 |
Michael Baselice
|
424,000 | 424,000 |
A feel-good story has to be about Mark Brodsky who's donating all his winnings from this event to veterans.
The competitive nature of poker players playing this event makes people forget that this is a charity event with a portion of the money going to United Services Organization (USO), which has provided live entertainment and other services for the active military for 77 years, and other military-related charities.
Stay tuned here as the PokerNews live reporting team are on hand throughout the day bringing you all of the updates. Let's see how deep Mark Brodsky and your favorite players cango.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Mark Brodsky | 170,000 | 170,000 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Senthuran Vijayaratnam | 950,000 | 950,000 |
Mike Wheeler
|
650,000 | 235,000 |
Taylor Pollard | 548,000 | 548,000 |
Aleksey Shaburou
|
420,000 | |
Allen Pock | 340,000 | 340,000 |
Everett Carlton | 320,000 | 215,000 |
Thomas Taylor | 320,000 | -20,000 |
Level: 17
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
The hand of the night has to be when Marsha Wolak and Erik Cajelais had all the chips in the middle and Wolak was at risk.
The board had already ran out and the cards were face up with Wolak showing for the full house and Cajelais had for four-of-a-kind.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Erik Cajelais
|
260,000 | |
Marsha Wolak
|
Busted |
Level: 16
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
Players are now on a 20-minute break the last break of the day.