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

06-16-2025 16:23 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthew Boddorf	Busted
Eric Bunch	Busted
Steven Johnson	Busted
Tyler Sigman	Busted

Conor Hannan	Busted
Ran Yi	Busted
Richard Mullen	Busted
Heidi Erickson	Busted
William Hayes	Busted
Preshaylen Pillay	Busted
Tao Qin	Busted
Casey Wassell	Busted
Michael Milazzo	Busted
Dominique Lamy	Busted

Hannan and Boddorf Bust in Back-to-Back Hands

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Nick Becker

Level 26 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Conor Hannan got it all in with just over 1,000,000 against Tim Caziarc who had him covered.

Conor Hannan: 10♥10♦ All in
Tim Caziarc: Q♦Q♥

The board ran out 2♣4♦2♦A♦8♥, and Caziarc scooped the pot with two pair, queens and deuces.

The next hand, Jacques Misonne got it all in against the short-stacked Matthew Boddorf.

Matthew Boddorf: 10♥9♥ All in
Jacques Misonne: K♦10♣

There were no nines to be found on the 7♦4♣2♥4♠J♣ runout and Boddorf was sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tim Caziarc	4,600,000 200,000	200,000
Jacques Misonne	2,650,000 975,000	975,000
Conor Hannan	Busted
Matthew Boddorf	Busted

Tags: Conor Hannan Jacques Misonne Tim Caziarc

06-16-2025 16:35 UTC-8

Causer Sends Yi to the Rail

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Stewart Morrison

Level 26 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Action was joined with cards already on their back, and Ran Yi all in at risk versus Steven Causer.

Ran Yi: 6♠6♣ All in
Steven Causer: 10♣10♦

Yi was behind and at risk, and it didn't get any easier for him on the 5♦10♥8♦ flop.

The Q♥ turn sealed his fate, and once the dealer put out the mandatory 8♣ river, Yi headed towards the exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Steven Causer	2,275,000 1,428,000	1,428,000
Ran Yi	Busted

Tags: Ran Yi Steven Causer

06-16-2025 16:37 UTC-8

Don't Get Aces Next Time

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 26 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Action was picked up with Muffadal Daginawala and Samuel Butters with their hands and chips in the middle of the felt on a completed board.

Samuel Butters: A♥Q♠ All in
Muffadal Daginawala: A♦A♣

Daginwala was ahead with his aces but the flop 8♥5♥Q♥ gave Butters outs for a flush. The turn 4♣, didn't change anything. The river 10♥ completed Butter's one card flush, cracking Daginwala's aces and leaving him with only around 220,000 chips behind.

On the very next hand, Daginwala shoved all-in for 220,000 on the small blind and got called by Brandon Sowers for another all-in showdown.

Muffadal Daginawala: 5♠5♦ All in
Brandon Sowers : A♠8♠

The board ran K♦4♦7♣9♥9♠ with neither an ace nor an eight in sight. Jordan Lewis, who was also on the table, commented, "Don't get aces next time," as Daginwala scooped the pot for a double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brandon Sowers	1,700,000 680,000	680,000
Samuel Butters	1,430,000 1,200,000	1,200,000
Muffadal Daginawala	600,000 78,000	78,000

Tags: Brandon Sowers Jordan Lewis Muffadal Daginawala Samuel Butters

06-16-2025 16:40 UTC-8

Stout is Out

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Erick Torres

Level 26 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

With roughly over 400,000 already in the pot on the flop, a battle occurred between Glenn Stout and Roger Hendren.

The board read Q♥4♥J♦, and Hendren led out for 220,000 from early position. Stout responded with a jam from the cutoff position for his final 630,000. Hendren went into the tank for long enough that a player at the table called clock to expedite his decision. Hendren eventually decided on a call to go to a showdown.

Glenn Stout: A♥3♥ All in
Roger Hendren: K♦10♦

Stout got it in with a draw, but was slightly ahead despite that, as Hendren was also drawing to a straight. The K♠ turn gave Hendren the lead, and the 6♠ river did not convert any of Stout's outs to send him to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Roger Hendren	2,400,000 1,925,000	1,925,000
Glenn Stout	Busted

Tags: Glenn Stout Roger Hendren

06-16-2025 16:43 UTC-8

Field Falls Under 100

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Stewart Morrison

Level 26 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

As the dinner break approaches, the original field of 3,937 is now just 93.

A reminder that they are playing for the top prize of $187,937 and a WSOP gold bracelet.

06-16-2025 16:46 UTC-8

Guzman's Rockets Win It

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Nick Becker

Level 26 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Dario Dussan Guzman was in the cutoff and got it all in preflop against James Murphey in the big blind. Guzman started the hand with 1,865,000 and had Murphey covered by a small margin.

Dario Dussan Guzman: A♥A♦ All in
James Murphey: J♥J♠

Murphey picked up additional outs on the 10♦9♥7♦ flop with a gutshot. The 2♦ turn and 6♣ river offered him no help and he was sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dario Dussan Guzman	3,920,000 3,121,000	3,121,000
James Murphey	Busted

Tags: Dario Dussan Guzman James Murphey

06-16-2025 16:46 UTC-8

Gao Sends Stacy Home

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Laura Fryer

Level 26 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Kenneth Stacy moved all in from the hijack for 525,000. Mike Gao re-jammed and covered Stacy's stack.

Kenneth Stacy: K♣9♣ All in
Mike Gao: A♣10♦

Stacy flopped top pair on the 7♥Q♦K♦ board.

The J♥ turn gave Gao back the lead as he turned the straight.

The 10♠ river saw Stacy eliminated, with around 100 players remaining.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Gao	1,320,000 903,000	903,000
Kenneth Stacy	Busted

Tags: Kenneth Stacy Mike Gao

06-16-2025 16:48 UTC-8

Dinner Break

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 26 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

The remaining 91 players are on a 60-minute dinner break. Play will resume at approximately 6:50 p.m with blinds at Level 27 - 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante.

06-16-2025 17:14 UTC-8

Actress Jennifer Tilly Tried to Stop Sam Simon from Co-Creating 'The Simpsons'

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Lyle Bateman

Level 26 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

The Simpsons is widely regarded as one of the most successful and beloved television shows of all time. But actress and high-stakes poker player Jennifer Tilly, who was married to Simpsons co-creator Sam Simon, tried to stop her ex-husband from making the iconic show.

Tilly, the star of the Chucky franchise and a recent guest on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, revealed her skepticism about Simon pursuing the cartoon in a new episode of the PokerNews Life Outside Poker podcast.

"I remember us trying to keep Sam from doing it because he had been offered his own deal, multi-million-dollar deal, at Hollywood Pictures, which was at the time very trendy," Tilly told PokerNews. "And I said, 'Sam, don't you want to be your own person and do your own shows?'"

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