Event #45: $500 SALUTE to Warriors Day 2 | 2025 World Series of Poker

06-16-2025 11:44 UTC-8

More Eliminations Following the Bubble

Stewart Morrison

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jennifer Oar	Busted

Earnest Holthusen	Busted
Ramon Lopez	Busted
Jared Pereira	Busted
Jason Clarke	Busted
Andrew Gebert	Busted
Kenneth Johnson	Busted
Michael Cordeau	Busted
Do Tran	Busted
Huifang Zhang	Busted
Christina Gollins	Busted
Justin Heilman	Busted
Luis Riobo	Busted
John Diamond	Busted
Claudio Maksoud	Busted
Gilberto Amaral	Busted
Pierre Mangin	Busted
Christopher Moran	Busted
Alain Medesan	Busted
Francisco Giorgi	Busted
Jonathan Guez	Busted
Carlos Inukai	Busted
Franklin Lo	Busted
Chun Lau	Busted
Russell Morse	Busted

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06-16-2025 11:48 UTC-8

Childers Eliminates Richardson

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Laura Fryer

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Mackenzie Richardson open-jammed for 110,000 from an early position, and Lisa Childers called and covered from the big blind.

Mackenzie Richardson: A♥6♣ All in
Lisa Childers: 10♣9♠

Childers hit a ten on the 10♦6♥4♣ flop, and Richardson also paired up.

Childers only improved further on the 10♥ turn.

Richardson stood up from the table when the 4♠ river was placed, as she was eliminated from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lisa Childers	730,000 361,000	361,000
Mackenzie Richardson	Busted

Tags: Lisa Childers Mackenzie Richardson

06-16-2025 11:52 UTC-8

Young Rivers a Flush to Stay Alive

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Nick Becker

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Jason Young moved all in from early position for 239,000 and Victoria Livschitz called in the small blind with the covering stack. Lyndon Goodly also called in the big blind for just under 100,000.

Lyndon Goodly: Q♦7♦ All in
Jason Young: A♣8♣ All in
Victoria Livschitz: 9♦9♥

The flop came 3♦5♣4♠ with Livschitz still out in the lead with her pair of nines. Young picked up additional outs with a flush draw on the K♣ turn and got there on the 4♣ river to scoop the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Young	590,000 317,000	317,000

Victoria Livschitz	265,000 60,000	60,000
Lyndon Goodly	Busted

Tags: Jason Young Lyndon Goodly Victoria Livschitz

06-16-2025 11:59 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Frank Ficadenti	Busted
Nicholas Zivolich	Busted
Hung Nguyen	Busted
Matthew Aronowitz	Busted
Frank Reichel	Busted
Tommy Trinh	Busted
Raymond Schefers	Busted
Anthony Shively	Busted
Carlos Lucero	Busted
Zehong Zong	Busted
Jose Alfaro	Busted
Karlis Siljakovs	Busted
Brent Shepard	Busted
Howard Dion	Busted
Joseph Michaels	Busted
Sylvester Wu	Busted
Mor Kamber	Busted
Michael Teich	Busted
Adam Kerievsky	Busted
Kimberly Chenoweth	Busted
Jorge Paredes Andia	Busted
Axel Orellana	Busted
Laurence Goldstein	Busted
Rahul Deevara	Busted
Ronen Revizada	Busted

Player	Chips	Progress
Gustavo Machado	Busted
Serkan Yalcin	Busted
Richard Cadieux	Busted
John Quarnstrom	Busted
Michael Beattie	Busted
Minhyung Lee	Busted
Paolo Tana	Busted
Michael Moran	Busted
Mathieu Larcade	Busted
Steven Firestone	Busted
Christopher Harrison	Busted
Francis Brea	Busted
David Karnafel	Busted
Oscar Ramirez	Busted
Harris Rapaport	Busted
Andres Vasquez Fajardo	Busted
Yusuke Yamoto	Busted
Donald Manns	Busted
Jason Young	Busted

Leonardo Lisi	Busted
Samir Bhatia	Busted
Kenneth Brossoit	Busted
Brian Brenneke	Busted
Giovanny Reyes Perez	Busted
Steven Buckner	Busted

Lee Hits Million-Chip Mark

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Nick Becker

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Joseph Samida open-shoved in early position for 270,000 and David Lee called in the small blind with the covering stack.

Joseph Samida: A♥2♣ All in
David Lee: A♦Q♥

The board ran out 7♦A♣5♦8♠10♠ and Lee's kicker played to send Samida to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Lee (NY)	1,075,000 735,000	735,000
Joseph Samida	Busted

Tags: David Lee Joseph Samida

06-16-2025 12:57 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Carpentier	Busted
Andrew Mcilvain	Busted
Andrea Orphanos	Busted
Rick Henry	Busted
Orit Hadas	Busted
Benny Beever	Busted
Marko Hirschfelder	Busted
Simon Yee	Busted
Gatmanee Jitlert	Busted
Pil Kim	Busted
Nicole Bernal	Busted
Kory Kallenbach	Busted
Max Havlish	Busted
Sherwin Basti	Busted
Tiange Yang	Busted
Marcelo Grabois Gadelha	Busted
Fady Khabbaz	Busted
Amin Hosein	Busted
Poong Kihyun	Busted
David Hom	Busted
Jeffrey Tecca	Busted
Migle Kriksciunaite	Busted
Jalen Morris	Busted
Florence Mazet	Busted
Alan Berlin	Busted

Cole Wins a Flip

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Nick Becker

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Hunter Cole raised to 60,000 in the cutoff and Paul Carpentier three-bet jammed for 310,000 in the big blind to put himself at risk. Cole made the call.

Paul Carpentier: K♦9♦ All in
Hunter Cole: 5♦5♣

Cole remained in the lead all the way as the board ran out 6♠3♣Q♠A♠5♥ and Carpentier was sent to the payout desk.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hunter Cole	1,625,000 345,000	345,000
Paul Carpentier	Busted

Tags: Paul Carpentier Hunter Cole

06-16-2025 13:07 UTC-8

Youngblood Cracks Kings

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Nick Becker

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Chester Mead raised to 55,000 in late position, Randy Youngblood flatted in the cutoff, and Michael Kelley three-bet jammed in the big blind for 295,000. Mead got out of the way and Youngblood called with the covering stack.

Michael Kelley: K♠K♣ All in
Randy Youngblood: J♣10♣

Kelley improved to trips on the Q♦K♥6♣ flop, but Youngblood picked up additional outs with an open-ended straight draw.

Youngblood got there on the 9♣ turn and Kelley was unable to fill up on the 4♦ river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Randy Youngblood	850,000 205,000	205,000
Michael Kelley	Busted

Tags: Chester Mead Michael Kelley Randy Youngblood

06-16-2025 13:07 UTC-8

Park Busts Wilkie

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Laura Fryer

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Jaehyun Park opened from under the gun to 75,000 and Steve Wilkie three-bet to 215,000 and was sitting to Parks direct left. Park four-bet to around 450,000 and Wilkie five-bet jammed for his remaining stack. Park snap called and the players flipped their cards.

Steve Wilkie: 10♠10♥ All in
Jaehyun Park: Q♣Q♦

The 8♦8♠4♦8♣Q♥ runout was only good for Park, and Wilkie was eliminated from the tournament.