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

06-16-2025 13:26 UTC-8

Mirza Sends O'Neill to the Rail

Stewart Morrison

Level 22 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

John O'Neill was first to act and moved all in for 250,000. Jason Mirza was the only player to match the bet.

John O'Neill: Ax4x All in
Jason Mirza: AxJx

O'Neill was at risk and dominated. Unfortunately for him, the jack-high flop saw him fall even further behind, and when the turn and river offered no salvation, O'Neill headed for the exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Mirza	600,000 149,000	149,000
John O'Neill	Busted

Tags: Jason Mirza John O'Neill

06-16-2025 13:27 UTC-8

Parent Sends Long to the Rail

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Nick Becker

Level 22 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

John Long moved all in for about 225,000 in late position and Jacob Parent called in the big blind with the covering stack.

John Long: 8♣8♠ All in
Jacob Parent: Q♣J♥

The flop came 5♥2♥K♦ with Long's pair of eights still in the lead. Parent pulled ahead on the J♣ turn, pairing his jack and the K♠ rolled off on the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jacob Parent	1,025,000 607,000	607,000
John Long	Busted

Tags: Jacob Parent John Long

06-16-2025 13:27 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Peter Walsworth	Busted
Ramiro Yranek	Busted
Nikolas Stone	Busted
Paulo Lopes	Busted
John Long	Busted
Dipak Bhakta	Busted
Qing You	Busted
Kyle Yu	Busted
Shalom Elharar	Busted
Ofer Sisso	Busted
Lyn Witte	Busted
John O'Neill	Busted
Robert Salera	Busted
Royce Kim	Busted
Jeffrey Petsche	Busted
Suhail Khan	Busted

Paul Schwanitz	Busted
Michael Vidrick	Busted
Huabao Chen	Busted
Keith Brunscheon	Busted
Jonathan Green	Busted
Robert Geier	Busted
Spencer Simon	Busted
Michael Kelley	Busted
Justin Geronimo	Busted

Herron's Hearts Hit Geier Hard

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Eliot Thomas

Level 22 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Patricia Herron raised to 75,000 from the cutoff, before Robert Geier, sitting under the gun, raised to 150,000 from a stack of approximately 500,000. Herron asked for a count, thought it over for around a minute, and made the call.

The flop came 5♠10♥3♥. Geier shoved, and Herron made the call to put Geier at risk.

Robert Geier: A♦J♠ All in
Patricia Herron: Q♥Q♣

The 7♥ came on the turn, before a 6♥ on the river sealed the queen-high flush for Herron, sending Geier to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Patricia Herron	1,210,000 905,000	905,000

Robert Geier	Busted

Tags: Patricia Herron Robert Geier

06-16-2025 13:35 UTC-8

Santos' Ten Cracks Pinnola on River

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Eliot Thomas

Level 22 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Max Pinnola opened the action with a bet of 60,000 from a total of around 475,000. Ross Santos called with a stack of around 1.06 million, and Casey Wassell came along as well.

The flop fell 6♣A♥5♥. Wassel checked over to Pinnola, who moved all in, and Santos called to put him at risk. Wassel folded.

Max Angelo Pinnola: A♣J♠ All in
Ross Santos: A♠10♠

The turn brought the 8♣, before a 10♦ on the river improved Santos to two pair and ended Pinnola's tournament life.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ross Santos	1,550,000 1,234,000	1,234,000
Max Pinnola	Busted

06-16-2025 13:36 UTC-8

Not Mead, You.

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Stewart Morrison

Level 22 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Action folded around to Qing You on the button, who moved all in for 315,000. The small blind got out of the way, but Chester Mead, in the big blind, clearly had a decision to make. He took a bit of time to consider his options but elected to call.

Qing You: K♦3♣ All in
Chester Mead: 4♠4♦

You looked dismayed at the situation, and it only got worse, the window card giving his opponent a set on a flop of 4♣K♣J♦.

Not all hope was lost, though, when the turn brought the 3♦, offering reprieve for You.

Alas, the river 10♠ sealed the deal and sent You to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chester Mead	860,000 504,000	504,000
Qing You	Busted

Tags: Chester Mead Qing You

06-16-2025 13:41 UTC-8

Hayes Building a Stack

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Nick Becker

Level 22 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

William Hayes raised to 70,000 on the button and Teddy Conner three-bet shoved for about 300,000 in the big blind. Hayes called with the covering stack.

Teddy Conner: A♦9♠ All in
William Hayes: K♥6♥

Hayes pulled ahead on the 8♠6♠Q♣ flop, pairing his six. The 7♠ turn gave Conner additional outs with a flush draw and an open-ended straight draw, but the 4♣ river was a brick and he was sent packing.

Player	Chips	Progress
William Hayes	1,800,000 1,662,000	1,662,000
Teddy Conner	Busted

Tags: Teddy Conner William Hayes

06-16-2025 13:43 UTC-8

Kvisthammar Knocked Out by Zhan

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Laura Fryer

Level 22 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Peter Kvisthammar was already up from the table, having been eliminated by Jianci Zhan for his remaining 300,000 stack.

Peter Kvisthammar: A♦J♦ All in
Jianci Zhan: A♥K♠

Zhan had hit top pair on the 7♥4♣K♦4♠3♠ runout, securing himself a near double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jianci Zhan	770,000 482,500	482,500
Peter Kvisthammar	Busted

Tags: Jianci Zhan Peter Kvisthammar

06-16-2025 13:47 UTC-8

Singh's Song Sang

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Stewart Morrison

Level 23 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Giovanni Spataro raised in middle position to 65,000 before seeing Anilkumar Singh move all in from the button for 350,000. Action folded back to Spataro, who called it off.

Anilkumar Singh: 8♠8♣ All in
Giovanni Spataro: J♣J♠

The board ran out a very safe 4♥9♦A♥7♠K♣, for Spataro and Singh headed towards the exit.