Event #45: $500 SALUTE to Warriors Day 1 | 2025 World Series of Poker

06-15-2025 22:25 UTC-8

Turn Action Not Good for Vijayaratnam

Roxanne Johnson

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Action was picked up on the turn with the board reading 5♦3♣J♥Q♣ with a pot of about 75,000. Ian Crampton was in the big blind and put in a stack of chips enough to put Senthuran Vijayaratnam all-in for 81,000. Vijayaratnam decided to make the call.

Senthuran Vijayaratnam: A♥8♥ All in
Ian Crampton: 9♠9♣

The river 9♦ only sealed the deal for Crampton, who made a set for the win.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ian Crampton	455,000
Senthuran Vijayaratnam	Busted

Tags: Ian Crampton Senthuran Vijayaratnam

06-15-2025 22:20 UTC-8

Flush for Ivers

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Erick Torres

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Siarhei Chudapal raised from early position to 17,000 and was called in the next seat over by Kilo Krahn.

The table folded around to Daniel Ivers on the button, who chose to go all in for 58,000. Chudapal folded, but Krahn would not do the same as he called to put Ivers at risk.

Daniel Ivers: K♣Q♣ All in
Kilo Krahn: K♦J♠

Ivers' hand improved to a flush when the board ran out 3♦4♣7♣10♣3♣ to score the double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joaquin Lestani	445,000 445,000	445,000
Stephen Ma	390,000 390,000	390,000
Eric English	360,000 360,000	360,000
Kilo Krahn	340,000 340,000	340,000
Andrew Gebert	336,000 336,000	336,000
Jeri Polen	195,000 195,000	195,000
Daniel Ivers	151,000 151,000	151,000
Raad Farida	141,000 141,000	141,000
Siarhei Chudapal	129,000 129,000	129,000
Tobias Karl	30,000 30,000	30,000

Tags: Daniel Ivers Kilo Krahn Siarhei Chudapal

06-15-2025 22:07 UTC-8

Shulman in the Hunt

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Jerome Solomon

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Two-time bracelet winner Barry Shulman has creeped onto the leaderboard, and is currently 12th in chips. Shulman is the lone WSOP champions among the chip leaders.

Player	Chips	Progress
Barry Shulman	685,000 2,000	2,000

Tags: Barry Shulman

06-15-2025 21:58 UTC-8

Chip Count Update

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Erick Torres

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Here are the top ten chip stacks according to the WSOP+ app.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dan Borlan	1,002,000 430,000	430,000
Eric Bunch	927,000 927,000	927,000
Michael Ison	909,000 909,000	909,000
Ran Yi	857,000 857,000	857,000
Joey Couden	825,000

Dylan Crawford	810,000 810,000	810,000
Caleb Levesque	730,000 730,000	730,000
Mitchell Tsang	717,000 717,000	717,000
Giovanni Spataro	695,000 135,000	135,000

Barry Shulman	687,000 687,000	687,000

Level: 16

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 8,000

06-15-2025 21:39 UTC-8

Break Time

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Erick Torres

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Players are now on a 20-minute break. There are a total of 829 players left in the tournament. Play will resume at the 4,000/8,000 blind level.

06-15-2025 21:33 UTC-8

Ostenberg Battles Back From the Brink

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Jerome Solomon

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Kevin Ostenberg nursed 30,000 chips for so long, it seemed his chip stack might never grow. Then he went all in against Velupillai Kalahmohan and Jennifer Breckenridge.

Kevin Ostenberg: A♥Q♣ All in
Velupillai Kalahmohan: K♦K♣ All in
Jennifer Breckenridge: J♣J♠

The flop told the story right away, and the full runout A♦5♦6♦2♣9♥ gave him the top pair, aces, and a main pot that gave him more chips than he has had in 10 hours of play. Kalahmohan took the side pot, which was about half Ostenberg's take.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kevin Ostenberg	323,000 323,000	323,000
Velupillai Kalahmohan	118,000 118,000	118,000
Jennifer Breckenridge	67,000 155,000	155,000

Tags: Jennifer Breckenridge Kevin Ostenberg Velupillai Kalahmohan

06-15-2025 21:25 UTC-8

"She's Got the Gas"

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

A few of her tablemates were chatting, and one of them stated, "She's got the gas; that's why she has so many chips." Lisa Childers is on fire; this Las Vegas resident always makes her presence known at the World Series of Poker.

This tournament is part of her schedule, and she appreciates the charity aspect, as her Grandfather and many of her relatives have served their time. However, she is torn, feeling guilty about being away from her family during Father's Day. After the series is over, she will be giving them plenty of visiting time, and her family understands this.

Childer's favorite tournaments coming up are the Ladies Event and the Mini Main, both of which have an excellent format.

Childers has just begun studying and taking courses on the mental aspect of the game, as well as the theory portion, but she likes to have fun at the table.

Childers just finished 135th in the Colussus and has been winning up a storm at many ladies' events.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lisa Childers	245,000 105,000	105,000

Tags: Lisa Childers

Level: 15

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 6,000

06-15-2025 20:55 UTC-8

Three-Way Action and Aces Hold

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Xavier Silva Pena raised to 10,000 from late position, Scott Bunn moved all in for 74,000 from the cutoff, and Mark Baxter called all in with the shortest stack for 40,000. Pena called both shoves.

Mark Baxter: 9♥9♣ All in
Scott Bunn: A♥A♣ All in
Xavier Silva Pena: A♦Q♦

The board ran well for the aces with J♦4♣4♥7♦3♠, and two pair was golden for Bunn, Baxter was eliminated, and Pena went into short stack mode.