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

06-16-2025 15:12 UTC-8

Victory for Victor Lee

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Stewart Morrison

Level 24 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

After a raise and a three-bet, action folded to Victor Lee pre-flop, who four-bet shoved for 750,000.

The initial raiser folded, but Kim Kelly called.

Victor Lee: K♠K♦ All in
Kim Kelly: Q♦Q♣

Before the flop was dealt, the initial raiser let the table know that he folded pocket fives and, as such, did not want to see a five.

The window 5♦ followed by 9♣7♥ saw the player slam the table, but for those still in the hand, it had no effect.

The turn 7♦ and 3♣ river were no help to Kelly, and Lee got the double up and some.

Player	Chips	Progress
Victor Lee	1,750,000 1,186,000	1,186,000
Kim Kelly	750,000 250,000	250,000

Tags: Kim Kelly Victor Lee

06-16-2025 15:22 UTC-8

Wai Finds a Way Back

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Laura Fryer

Level 24 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Nicholas Wai open-jammed from the cutoff for 245,000 and got a single call from Sebastian Medina in the big blind.

Nicholas Wai: A♣8♠ All in
Sebastian Medina: A♦10♥

The players chopped the pot on the 7♠J♠J♥Q♦Q♥ runout.

Wai moved all in again in the next hand and got it through, picking up the blinds.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sebastian Medina	4,200,000 4,001,000	4,001,000
Nicholas Wai	615,000 249,000	249,000

Tags: Nicholas Wai Sebastian Medina

06-16-2025 15:23 UTC-8

Tough Spot for Hansen

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Nick Becker

Level 24 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Action went heads-up to a flop of 4♠K♠K♦ in a hand between Sean Hansen who was under the gun and Jesus Ortiz Calderon in the big blind.

Hansen check-called a bet of 75,000, bringing the J♠ turn where he moved all in for 500,000.

Hansen had 385,000 back and went into the tank before tossing his cards into the muck.

After the hand, Hansen mentioned that he had folded pocket aces.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jesus Ortiz Calderon	925,000 25,000	25,000
Sean Hansen	385,000 135,000	135,000

Tags: Jesus Ortiz Calderon Sean Hansen

06-16-2025 15:26 UTC-8

Yi Scores a Double with Tens

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 24 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Joseph Couden opened for 1,500,000 from the cutoff putting Ran Yi effectively all-in with a call. All remaining players folded leaving the two to head to showdown.

Ran Yi: 10♥10♠ All in
Joey Couden: 5♣5♥

The flop came Q♣A♦2♣ maintaining Yi's lead with tens. The runout K♣4♦ didn't help Couden at all, securing Yi with a much-needed double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joey Couden	3,350,000 1,460,000	1,460,000

Ran Yi	1,600,000 750,000	750,000

Tags: Joey Couden Ran Yi

Level: 25

Blinds: 30,000/60,000

Ante: 60,000

06-16-2025 15:30 UTC-8

Easy Come Easy Go

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Erick Torres

Level 25 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Masbah Ben Baba from the cutoff and Keith Romer from the small blind clashed in an all-in pot preflop, and cards were on their backs.

Keith Romer: J♦J♠ All in
Masbah Ben Baba: 6♠6♣

Romer's jacks defeated Ben Baba's sixes when the board ran out 7♦2♣K♠8♣9♣.

Romer was hardly done stacking his chips when he found himself involved in an all-in pot this time against Hesham Ayoub. Ayoub jammed for 540,000 from middle position, and Romer called from the button.

Hesham Ayoub: Q♥J♥ All in
Keith Romer: A♣K♣

Romer hit an ace on the 6♦10♦A♠ flop, and looked primed for a knockout when the 8♦ turn flipped over. However, the K♦ river gave Ayoub the straight to defeat Romer.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hesham Ayoub	1,205,000 906,000	906,000
Keith Romer	875,000 115,000	115,000
Masbah Ben Baba	120,000 380,000	380,000

Tags: Hesham Ayoub Keith Romer Masbah Ben Baba

06-16-2025 15:34 UTC-8

Recent Eliminations

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Stewart Morrison

Level 25 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Gabriel Fuller	Busted
Giovanni Maccagni	Busted
David Starcher	Busted
Yoni Elbaz	Busted
James James	Busted
Michael Roe	Busted
Jay Carter	Busted
Riley Stahley	Busted
Tommy Robins	Busted
Marc Magazu	Busted
William Hawk	Busted
Ugo Taurines	Busted
Caleb Levesque	Busted
Victor Vladov	Busted
Malachy Hagan	Busted
Calvin Chen	Busted
Gary Murphy	Busted
David Yu	Busted
Brian Lim	Busted
Lucille Hargett	Busted
Armeen Haghighatjou	Busted
Malissia Zapata	Busted
Vineet Pahuja	Busted
Youngjung Kong	Busted
Pierre Horaud	Busted

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06-16-2025 15:40 UTC-8

Fountoukidis Scores Huge Double Up

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Nick Becker

Level 25 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Action picked up on the turn with a sizable pot brewing between Kimon Fountoukidis in the small blind and Chester Mead in middle position.

With about 1,500,000 in the middle, Fountoukidis moved all in for 1,105,000, prompting Mead to go into the tank.

Mead eventually made the call with Q♥Q♦ and saw the bad news when Fountoukidis tabled K♠K♦.

The river landed the J♠ and the pot was pushed Fountoukidis' way.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kimon Fountoukidis	3,710,000 2,785,000	2,785,000
Chester Mead	550,000 1,350,000	1,350,000

Tags: Chester Mead Kimon Fountoukidis

06-16-2025 15:44 UTC-8

A Cooler on a Hot Day in Vegas

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 25 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

The hand was underway with Siarhei Chudapal betting 900,000 on a completed board of 6♦4♦J♠10♦6♠ with a pot of around 2,000,000. Action was on his heads-up opponent, Joseph Hernon who was deep in thought considering his options.

He finally decided to go all-in for 1,295,000. Chudapal snap-called.

Chudapal showed 4♣4♥ for fours full of sixes. Hernon, then, turned over his 10♥10♠ for tens full of sixes, outdrawing Chudapal for a better full house on the turn.