2022 World Series of Poker

Event #54: $500 Salute to Warriors
Day: 3
Event Info

2022 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a3
Prize
$161,256
Event Info
Buy-in
$500
Prize Pool
$1,315,690
Entries
3,209
Level Info
Level
39
Blinds
1,000,000 / 1,500,000
Ante
1,500,000
Players Info - Day 3
Entries
21
Players Left
1

Level: 33

Blinds: 200,000/400,000

Ante: 400,000

Vlogger Vaughan in the Hunt for Salute to Warriors Bracelet; Day 3 Starts at Noon

Matthew Vaughan
Matthew Vaughan

Matthew Vaughan, a popular YouTube poker vlogger, could have a new piece of hardware to show off at his next meetup game if all goes to plan Tuesday.

He enters the final 21 of Event #54: $500 Salute to Warriors No-Limit Hold'em in ninth place with an above-average chip stack of 7,750,000. While he does have nearly $300,000 in career live tournament earnings, he could potentially score his largest-ever WSOP cash Tuesday, with $161,256 and a prestigious WSOP bracelet up top.

He’ll be trying to chase down James Todd, who enters the day with the chip lead, an even 20,000,000. Rigoberto Rodriguez is the closest player to him on the leaderboard, in second place with 14,950,000, while just three others come back with eight-figure stacks.

Event #54: $500 Salute to Warriors Top 10 Chip Counts

PlacePlayerCountryChipsBig Blinds
1James ToddUnited States20,000,00050
2Rigoberto RodriguezUnited States14,950,00037
3Todd SaffronUnited States11,900,00030
4Nicholas Sena-HopkinsUnited States10,305,00026
5Zyad QasemUnited States10,000,00025
6Patrick PilkoUnited States9,900,00025
7Brett ColtmanUnited States9,300,00023
8Elias NetoBrazil9,200,00023
9Matthew VaughanUnited States7,750,00019
10Richard StrainisUnited States6,650,00017

The massive event, which saw 3,209 entries pay their $500 for a shot at WSOP glory and to help support the USO and other Veterans organizations, has smashed its entry record, as 1,723 entries took part in 2019 with Susan Faber winning $121,161, and 1,738 entered in 2021 with Eric Zhang taking home $102,465 for his victory.

The event had originally been scheduled for just the final five players to be returning Tuesday for Day 3, but with such a huge field it will be 21 players coming back to the Bally’s Event Center at 12:00 noon local time for Level 33 and onward until a champion is crowned.

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Tags: Eric ZhangJames ToddMatthew VaughanRigoberto RodriguezSusan Faber

Seat Draw for Day 3

CasinoTableSeatPlayerCountryChipsBig Blinds
Bally's11Brett ColtmanUnited States9,300,00023
Bally's13Allan DancerUnited States4,525,00011
Bally's15Nicholas Sena-HopkinsUnited States10,300,05026
Bally's16Christopher BowenUnited States4,700,00012
Bally's17Todd SaffronUnited States11,900,00030
Bally's18Randy LevinUnited States4,325,00011
Bally's19Elias NetoBrazil9,200,00023
       
Bally's21Marco PetruschGermany4,925,00012
Bally's22Gerardo AmezolaUnited States6,400,02516
Bally's23Scott ShafmanUnited States2,625,0007
Bally's24Caleb McginnUnited States3,075,0008
Bally's25Maximo MartinezUnited States502,0001
Bally's26Patrick PilkoUnited States9,900,00025
Bally's28James ToddUnited States20,000,00050
       
Bally's31Richard AlatiUnited States5,225,00013
Bally's33Andrew GrombacherUnited States4,700,00012
Bally's34Rigoberto RodriguezUnited States14,950,00037
Bally's35Matthew VaughanUnited States7,750,00019
Bally's36Richard StrainisUnited States6,650,00017
Bally's38Qasem ZyadUnited States10,000,00025
Bally's39Manuel Bravo MartinsPortugal4,700,00012

Event #54: $500 Salute to Warriors

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