Event #54: $500 Salute to Warriors Day 1 | 2022 World Series of Poker

06-26-2022 14:53 UTC-7

Player Of The Year Contender In The Field

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Level 5 : 300/600, 600 ante

Dan Weinman has graced the Salute to Warriors event with his presence.

Weinman was just in a pot three ways to a flop, where he bet from under the gun after the big blind checked to him. His sizing was 2,500 and one player folded before the big blind called on a board.

To a turn of , after the big blind checked once again, Weinman fired 8,000 which got a fold from his opponent.

Weinman is in the hunt for Player Of the Year after cashing a whopping 12 events so far this series. With a 2nd place in Event #9, followed by his first bracelet in Event #30.

Weinman, with a new haircut, is second on the POY leaderboard behind Dan Zack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Weinman	48,000 48,000	48,000

Tags: Dan Weinman Dan Zack

06-26-2022 15:29 UTC-7

Notables In The Field

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Level 5 : 300/600, 600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Barry Greenstein	50,000

DJ MacKinnon	50,000
Micha Hoedemaker	50,000
Frank Marasco	50,000
Duff Charette	50,000
Robert Bickley	50,000
Thierry van den Berg	50,000
Everett Carlton	50,000
Sonia-Veronika Shashikhina	50,000
Yueqi Zhu	50,000

Dehlia De Jong	50,000
Anson Tsang	50,000

Level: 6

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

06-26-2022 15:32 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Glenn Taylor	85,000

Player	Chips	Progress
DJ MacKinnon	80,000 30,000	30,000

Players On Second Break

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Level 6 : 400/800, 800 ante

The second break of the day is underway, with players having 30 minutes to get refreshed.

The next blind level will be 500/1000 with a 1000 big blind ante. Players play three more levels before a 75 minute dinner break.

Seventeen levels will be played today.

Level: 7

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

06-26-2022 16:31 UTC-7

Shaun Colquhoun, One Veteran's Story

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Level 7 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Shaun Colquhoun, who has been covered in this event today after rising to the top of the chip counts early, is here representing Warriors Poker.

Colquhoun, who had a 4th place finish in Event #1 at this years WSOP, is an U.S Army Infantry veteran, who was medically discharged. Serving 6 years from '07-'13, with part in Afghanistan, Colquhoun has lived in Las Vegas for the last 8 years, playing cash games across Vegas casinos for the last 6.

He also is a celebrity host for cash games across the city, working with Phil Ivey, for example.

According to Colquhoun, Warriors Poker is a fantastic organisation that helps fund Veterans with buy-ins, so they can play poker tournaments. Colquhoun has spoken of how calming poker can be, helping those with post-traumatic stress to find focus and community.

A charming guy, Colquhoun is focused on trying to win a bracelet, after just missing out at the start of the WSOP summer, with this event his target.

There will be plenty of other stories from this event over the next two or three days, keep it here with PokerNews, where we'll try to bring you more stories like Shaun's as the event progresses.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shaun Colquhoun	100,000

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06-26-2022 16:52 UTC-7

Andion In Massive Pot On The River

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Level 7 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Alejandro Andion was heads-up against the cutoff on a , the pot already at 70,000.

According to another player at the table, who helpfully filled PokerNews in on the action, apparently after a pre-flop limp from early position, Andion's opponent had bet and Andion three-bet the button. After getting called he continued, was called, then continued again on the turn when checked to. The opponent called again.

This time, on the river his opponent lead into him for 31,000 chips only to have Andion move all in for 99,500 total. The opponent had Andion covered by a few thousand, and after thinking for a couple of minutes if not more, the opponent perhaps begrudgingly let his hand go.