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

06-16-2025 10:09 UTC-8

Tana Busts Privat with Tens

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Laura Fryer

Level 18 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

The cards were already on their backs and the K♣2♦6♦3♥J♥ board was showing.

Shawn Privat was all in from middle position and at risk of elimination against Paolo Tana in the small blind.

Shawn Privat: 8♦8♠ All in
Paolo Tana: 10♣10♦

Privat's eights weren't good enough against Tana's pocket tens, and Privat was eliminated just a couple of hands into the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paolo Tana	453,000 193,000	193,000
Shawn Privat	Busted

Tags: Paolo Tana Shawn Privat

06-16-2025 10:12 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Laura Barraza	Busted
Jonathon State	Busted
Scott Jerzek	Busted
Christian Torres	Busted
Sims White	Busted
Wai Lo	Busted
Abraham Beddaoui	Busted
Jonathon Marshall	Busted
John Kurfman	Busted
Lorraine Widener	Busted
Peter Kinseth	Busted
John Marlowe	Busted
Alan Kay	Busted
Robert Stephens	Busted

Bunch Sitting with a Bunch

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Nick Becker

Level 18 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Eric Bunch raised to 30,000 under the gun and Jason Steele three-bet shoved in the cutoff for about 170,000 to put himself at risk. Bunch snap-called.

Jason Steele: K♠K♣ All in
Eric Bunch: A♠A♦

The board ran out 10♦9♥9♣3♣Q♦ and Steele was sent to the rail on the soft bubble in an unavoidable spot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eric Bunch	1,325,000 459,000	459,000
Jason Steele	Busted

Tags: Eric Bunch Jason Steele

06-16-2025 10:38 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Joshua Berthiaume	Busted
Ricky Landais	Busted
Guifang Liu	Busted
Steven Oliver	Busted
Paul Ocallaghan	Busted
Gary Kozin	Busted
Gary Sadlon	Busted
Jason Steele	Busted
Chris Dilts	Busted
Marc Spitaleri	Busted
Eric Olson	Busted
Maurice Chaplin	Busted
Victor Wan	Busted
James Adkins	Busted
John Barbieri	Busted
Emily Spencer	Busted
Jhonatan Mendoza	Busted
Lorraine Widener	Busted
Peter Kinseth	Busted
John Marlowe	Busted
Alan Kay	Busted
Osmin Dardon	Busted

Nahid Busts on the Stone-Bubble with Aces

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Erick Torres

Level 19 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Kareef Nahid has the unfortunate title of bubble boy in the $500 SALUTE to Warriors event when he battled with Mitchell Tsang.

Nahid and Tsang took a flop in a raised pot when the board ran 8x9x5x. Tsang checked, and Nahid fired a bet before Tsang jammed all in to put Nahid at risk. Nahid called holding AxAx and found out the bad news as Tsang held a flopped set with 9x9x.

The turn and river bricked to send Nahid to the rail and burst the money bubble. Each player is now guaranteed at least $1,000 for their efforts.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mitchell Tsang	950,000 99,000	99,000
Kareef Nahid	Busted

Tags: Kareef Nahid Mitchell Tsang

06-16-2025 10:53 UTC-8

Post Bubble Eliminations

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Stewart Morrison

Level 19 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

With the bubble now burst, the eliminations are coming thick and fast.

Here are the players that survived the bubble to record a min-cash

Player	Chips	Progress
Donna Laduke	Busted
Grant Foster	Busted
Steven Stuller	Busted
Jason Balaban	Busted
Scott Carlson	Busted
Kachun Kan	Busted
Bradley Waddell	Busted
Yan Yan	Busted
Andrew Davis	Busted
Guillermo Garcia	Busted
Kathy Cooke	Busted
Jason Chung	Busted
Michael Wells	Busted
Lester Bruno	Busted
Mike Chau	Busted
Martin Peterson	Busted
Rami Hammoud	Busted
Aleksandar Trajkovski	Busted
Steven Nooralian	Busted
Robert Ledebur	Busted
Laurence Humler	Busted
Fernando Fontoura Brito	Busted
Michael Snyder	Busted
Kenneth Garen	Busted

06-16-2025 10:58 UTC-8

Mussat Eliminated in the Money

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Laura Fryer

Level 19 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

The players were heads up with Joseph Mussat under the gun and at risk of elimination. He was against Conor Hannan on the button, who covered his remaining 200,000 stack.

Joseph Mussat: A♣8♣ All in
Conor Hannan: 10♥10♠

Mussat missed on the 4♥J♠Q♠5♥6♥ runout and Hannan took the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Conor Hannan	595,000 321,000	321,000
Joseph Mussat	Busted

Tags: Conor Hannan Joseph Mussat

06-16-2025 11:06 UTC-8

Simonea Survives Four-Way All In

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Nick Becker

Level 19 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Jason Hoffman jammed under the gun for 190,000, Welfredy Baoit called in early position for 30,000, Serkan Yalcin called on the button for 173,000, and Emil Simonea joined the party in the small blind for 52,000.

Welfredy Baoit: 7♠7♦ All in
Emil Simonea: A♦10♦ All in
Serkan Yalcin: A♣K♠ All in
Jason Hoffman: K♥Q♥

The board ran out 4♠2♠10♥5♠6♥ with Simonea scooping the main pot with a pair of tens. Yalchin was awarded the side pot with ace-high and Baoit was sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Serkan Yalcin	242,000 40,000	40,000
Emil Simonea	218,000 98,000	98,000
Jason Hoffman	17,000 118,000	118,000
Welfredy Baoit	Busted

Tags: Emil Simonea Jason Hoffman Serkan Yalcin Welfredy Baoi

06-16-2025 11:23 UTC-8

Kihyun Scoops; Tonigold Sent to the Cage

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Erick Torres

Level 19 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

A three-way hand broke out when Poong Kihyun jammed from early position. Jeannine Tonigold pushed in her last 44,000, and both were called by Timothy Shifflet, who had both players covered.

Poong Kihyun: K♥J♣ All in
Jeannine Tonigold: 7♦5♣ All in
Timothy Shifflet: 9♦9♥

The A♥5♠2♦ flop kept Shifflet's nines in the lead, but the K♦ turn was a welcome sight for Kihyun, who hit one of his outs. The K♠ river improved Kihyun to trips to seal the deal.