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

06-15-2025 17:55 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Joey Gargiulo	193,000 193,000	193,000
Tatanisha Jones	145,000 145,000	145,000
Christina Gollins	91,000 91,000	91,000
Hemanth Kumar	86,000 86,000	86,000
James Morgan	61,000 61,000	61,000
David Ivers	60,500

Childers With Aces

Roxanne Johnson

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

Chris Dilts raised to 5,000 from early position, and Lisa Childers repopped it to 21,000 from the hijack. Xavier Pena was in the small blind and went into the think tank for a bit, and finally folded, and Scott Berridge (who is playing his very first World Series of Poker event) also folded from the big blind. Dilts quickly folded as well.

Childers proclaimed, "I was hoping for a call, especially with the news lady here", as she rolled over two black aces.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lisa Childers	350,000 350,000	350,000
Scott Berridge	174,000 174,000	174,000
Chris Dilts	160,000 160,000	160,000
Xavier Pena	156,000

Tags: Chris Dilts Lisa Childers Scott Berridge Xavier Pena

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 3,000

06-15-2025 17:39 UTC-8

Breckenridge Breaks Through

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Jerome Solomon

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Jennifer Breckenridge waited for the opportunity to make a move with a decent stack and it finally came after a flop of 2♥3♣A♣. Having decided against a couple tournament-risking calls, she went all-in against Velupillai Kalahmohan.

Jennifer Breckenridge: A♦K♥ All in
Velupillai Kalahmohan: A♠Q♥

Breckenridge' King separated the two, each of whom had pair of aces on the flop. The turn-river combo 2♦10♦ brought no change and Breckenridge had found a double for her trouble.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jennifer Breckenridge	222,000 99,000	99,000
Velupillai Kalahmohan	27,500 27,500	27,500

Tags: Jennifer Breckenridge Velupillai Kalahmohan

06-15-2025 17:31 UTC-8

Brookshire Doubles Through Hampson

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Erick Torres

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Brian Brookshire jammed for his final 61,500 from the button and was called by Craig Hampson out of the big blind to head to a showdown.

Brian Brookshire: A♣10♦ All in
Craig Hampson: A♥7♠

Brookshire's better ace improved to a pair of tens and held on the 3♦10♥5♦Q♣K♣ board to score the double up against Hampson.

Player	Chips	Progress
Craig Hampson	204,000 204,000	204,000
Lucas Jumalon	151,000 151,000	151,000
Armeen Haghighatjou	150,000 150,000	150,000
Luca Campagnoli	143,000 143,000	143,000
Nicholas Wai	136,000 136,000	136,000
Brian Brookshire	129,000 129,000	129,000
Brian Gudim	96,000 96,000	96,000
Anthony Babic	86,000 86,000	86,000
Roc Fang	54,000 54,000	54,000
Justin Datloff	50,000 50,000	50,000

Tags: Brian Brookshire Craig Hampson

06-15-2025 17:30 UTC-8

Sasaki Triples

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Erick Torres

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Seiji Sasaki began the hand flinging in his final 8,500 for an all-in in the cutoff. Christian Hermann called from the button before Mike Pazuki also went all in for 103,000.

Hermann went into an agonized tank and took enough time before someone at the table called the clock. Just as the floorman got to the table, Hermann pitched his cards into the muck, which sent Sasaki and Pazuki into a showdown.

Seiji Sasaki: 9♥6♥ All in
Mike Pazuki: A♠J♥

Pazuki held the lead going into the runout, but Sasaki binked a pair on the 10♥10xQ♣6♠2♥ runout to triple up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Romik Vartzar	197,000 197,000	197,000
Mike Pazuki	92,000 92,000	92,000
Christian Hermann	78,000 78,000	78,000
William Gian	78,000 78,000	78,000
Kasey Fingarson	76,000 76,000	76,000

Andrew Davis	75,000 75,000	75,000
Gary Mcbride	67,000 67,000	67,000
Mateusz Moolhuizen	56,000 56,000	56,000
Seiji Sasaki	26,500 26,500	26,500
Yechan Kang	26,000 26,000	26,000

Tags: Christian Hermann Mike Pazuki Seiji Sasaki

06-15-2025 17:29 UTC-8

Kelley Sends Khakban to the Rail

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Erick Torres

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

The chips went in the middle when Michael Kelley and Rahman Khakban decided to play for it all. Khakban was at risk for 21,000.

Rahman Khakban: A♥Q♦ All in
Michael Kelley: J♥J♣

It was a classic race of a pair versus overcards and this time the pair won as the board fanned out 3♥5♠10♦4♠3♦ to eliminate Khakban.

Player	Chips	Progress
Steven Causer	153,000 153,000	153,000
Howard Dion	132,000 132,000	132,000
Christian Naso	104,000 104,000	104,000
David Jordan	81,000 81,000	81,000
Michael Kelley	74,000 74,000	74,000
Fernando Zuliani	74,000 74,000	74,000
Felipe Quijano	65,000 65,000	65,000
Yumehito Takimoto	63,000 63,000	63,000
Todd Leveen	43,000 43,000	43,000
Rahman Khakban	Busted

Tags: Michael Kelley Rahman Khakban

06-15-2025 17:10 UTC-8

Seven-High Bluff in WSOP $250K w/ 15% Pot Bet; Did It Work?

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Calum Grant

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

The $250,000 Super High Roller — the biggest buy-in on the 2025 World Series of Poker schedule — got underway Sunday at noon inside Paris Las Vegas. And it didn’t take long for fireworks.

Austrian high-stakes crusher Matthias Eibinger, who has more than $24 million in live earnings according to The Hendon Mob, attempted an ambitious seven-high bluff with a 15% pot shove on businessman Brandon Steven. But did the gutsy move pay off?

Find out here

Level: 11

Blinds: 1,000/2,500

Ante: 2,500

06-15-2025 17:02 UTC-8

Song Sends Ward Out

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Erick Torres

Level 10 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Jared Ward began the hand with a raise to 4,000 from middle position before Daewoong Song announced all in from late position. Ward obliged and pushed in his final 40,500 to the middle to put himself at risk for his tournament life.

Jared Ward: A♦J♦ All in
Daewoong Song: A♠Q♥

Ward was in rough shape against the better ace, but the 10♠7♣8♣ flop gave Ward additional outs to a straight. However, the 3♦ turn and the 8♠ river failed to produce any of the cards he needed to send him out of the tournament.