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

06-15-2025 19:36 UTC-8

Top Ten Chip Counts After Break According to the WSOP+ App

Roxanne Johnson

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Ricky Landais	594,000
Serkan Yalcin	579,000
Dan Borlan	572,000
Christopher Cornell	559,000 559,000	559,000
Walter Ruman	526,000
Mathieu Larcade	525,000
Tolga Ismen	521,000

Clark Reynolds	499,000
Nicole Bernal	460,000 131,700	131,700
Harry Johnson	456,000

06-15-2025 19:20 UTC-8

Steele Makes a Steal on the River

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 12 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Chris Dilts raised to 8,000 from late position, and received calls from a middle position player, Mark Baxter, the cutoff, Jason Steele and the big blind, Scott Berridge. The flop came out with 10♠10♦A♠, and it checked to Dilts, who bet out 8,000. Only Steele and Berridge came along to see the turn.

On the turn K♥ Dilts bet 16,000 and received two calls again,

The river Q♥ was where Steele made his move and put all of his chips in for 46,100. Everyone folded, and Steele scooped the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Scott Berridge	320,000 146,000	146,000
Jason Steele	165,000
Chris Dilts	120,000 40,000	40,000
Mark Baxter	40,000 40,000	40,000

Tags: Chris Dilts Jason Steele Scott Berridge

06-15-2025 18:55 UTC-8

Check Out the 2025 WSOP PokerGO Streaming Schedule

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Lyle Bateman

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

PokerGO revealed the streaming schedule for the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP) that will include near-daily coverage of more than two dozen bracelet events.

Most notable will be the coverage of the $10,000 Main Event. PokerGO will broadcast each step of the action from July 2-16.

Day 1 coverage for flights 1a-1d will kick off at 7 p.m. local time, while coverage of Day 2 through Day 4 will begin at 3:30 p.m. Coverage will then begin at 1 p.m. from Day 5-8 before switching to 3 p.m. for two days of final table coverage.

Other highlights from the streaming schedule include:

$250,000 Super High Roller No-Limit Hold'em - June 16-17
$50,000 Poker Players Championship - June 26-28
$1,000 Ladies Championship - June 29
$10,000 PLO Championship - July 1

Find the Full Schedule Here

06-15-2025 18:28 UTC-8

Dinner Time

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Jerome Solomon

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

The players are on a 75-minute dinner break. There are 1,391 left in the field. Play is scheduled to resume around 8:40 p.m. local time.

06-15-2025 18:26 UTC-8

Down, Up, Out

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Jerome Solomon

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Matthew Walter shoved all in when he thought his hand was good. James Simmons made the call for the same reason.

Matthew Walter: A♦8♦ All in
James Simmons: A♠10♠

As the board rolled out, 8♥A♣10♦8♠A♥, Walter fell behind on the flop, went ahead on the turn and was knocked out of the tournament on the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
James Simmons	185,000
Matthew Walter	Busted

Tags: James Simmons Matthew Walter

06-15-2025 18:23 UTC-8

Small Scoop for Abdallah

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Baker Abdallah raised from early position to 6,000, and Tommy Trinh called in the big blind. The flop arrived with 5♦10♥6♥ and both players checked.

On the turn K♦ Abdallah took a stab with a delayed continuation-bet for 5,000, and Trinh made the call.

Both players checked the river Q♠, and Abdallah showed A♣Q♥ for a pair of queens, and Trinh mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tommy Trinh	171,000 171,000	171,000
Baker Abdallah	82,000 82,000	82,000

Tags: Baker Abdallah Tommy Trinh

06-15-2025 18:23 UTC-8

More Bust Outs

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Shaun Colquhoun	Busted
Tracie Osborn	Busted
Jeffrey Yarchever	Busted
David Peterson	Busted

06-15-2025 18:23 UTC-8

More Bust Outs

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexander Kartveli	Busted
Javier Olivares	Busted
Orion Stonebraker	Busted
Jonathon Marshall	Busted
Thomas Lindell	Busted
Larry Ormson	Busted
Narayan Patel	Busted
Kyota Henzan	Busted
Lon Mceachern	Busted
Axel Orellana	Busted
Yoon Kim	Busted
Giovanni Spataro	Busted

Herman Tallman	Busted
Angelo Martelli	Busted
Liang Ruei Jiun	Busted
Jose Orozcogomez	Busted
Joseph Marchal	Busted
Daniel Folsom	Busted
Sherif Elmessiri	Busted

John Gwinn	Busted
Haiyang Yang	Busted
Andrew Rubin	Busted
Jacob Thibodeau	Busted

Branden Shimamoto	Busted
Jeffrey Fotakis	Busted

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06-15-2025 18:08 UTC-8

Prize Pool is Official

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Erick Torres

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

A field of 3,937 players created a prize pool of $1,614,170. A total of 591 places will be in the money, with first place receiving a prize of $187,937 for their effort.

Rank	Prize	Rank	Prize
1	$187,937	36-44	$4,850
2	$125,034	45-53	$4,036
3	$92,221	54-62	$3,391
4	$68,619	63-71	$2,878
5	$51,511	72-80	$2,468
6	$39,015	81-89	$2,138
7	$29,818	90-98	$1,871
8	$22,998	99-143	$1,654
9	$17,901	144-188	$1,479
10-11	$14,063	189-233	$1,336
12-13	$11,152	234-287	$1,219
14-17	$8,927	288-341	$1,125
18-26	$7,214	342-395	$1,050
27-35	$5,887	396-591	$1,000

06-15-2025 18:06 UTC-8

Some Knockouts

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Mcdonald	Busted
Marcello Campbell	Busted
John Lombardo	Busted
Rick Henry	Busted
Thomas Ferguson	Busted
Justin Molina	Busted
Sanjay Mayekar	Busted
Brandon Rieken	Busted
Jesse Ercillo	Busted
Austin Kohnle	Busted
Garry Gurevich	Busted
Orion Gallagher	Busted
Scott Dobbs	Busted
Hieu Ma	Busted

Steven Morlock	Busted
Xuan Yang	Busted
John Nguyen	Busted
Huzaifa Lalva	Busted
John Lafave	Busted
Dipak Bhakta	Busted
Stefan Kostelyna	Busted
Christophe Goyard	Busted
Farley Penaflorida	Busted
Sam Dryden	Busted
Alfonso Alcantara	Busted

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