2022 World Series of Poker

Event #54: $500 Salute to Warriors
Day: 2
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 2
Entries
498
Players Left
21

James Todd Leads as 21 Players Survive Day 2 of Event #54: $500 Salute to Warriors

Level 32 : 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
James Todd
James Todd

Day 2 of the 2022 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Event #54: $500 Salute to Warriors began with 498 players returning from the 3,209-entry field. By the end of the night, just 21 players remained with James Todd and his stack of 20 million leading the way.

Todd got a good deal of his chips in the last level of the night when he scored a double elimination. It happened when Dennis Booze raised with tens, Michael Vaverka jammed with pocket queens, and Todd woke up with two black aces in the small blind. He reraised, Booze shoved, and Todd both called and held to vault up the counts.

Others to survive the night were Rigoberto Rodriguez (14,950,000), Todd Saffron (11,900,000), Elias Neto (9,200,000), poker vlogger Matt Vaughan (7,750,000), Richard Alati (5,225,000), Marco Petrusch (4,925,000), and Scott Shafman (2,625,000).

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

With the top 482 spots getting paid, 16 players left empty-handed on Day 2, but from there the in-the-money bust outs came at a fast and furious pace. Among those to earn a cash were Christina Gollins (170th - $1,277), Jessica Weldon (152nd - $1,460), Kenny Nguyen (113th - $1,460), Paul Sokoloff (75th - $2,283), Jacqueline Ray (42nd - $4,607), Chad Layne (37th - $4,607), and Gerome Touchard (28th - $5,593).

The Day 3 finale is slated to kick off at noon local time on June 28, and once again PokerNews will be on-site to provide live updates straight from the tournament floor. Be sure to join us then!

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