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

06-16-2025 11:23 UTC-8

Joseph Finds the Double

Nick Becker

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

Tim Caziarc raised to 32,000 in the hijack and Marvin Joseph three-bet jammed in the small blind for 121,000 to put himself at risk. Caziarc made the call.

Marvin Joseph: A♦9♠ All in
Tim Caziarc: 10♥8♥

The board ran out 4♥9♦5♦A♠Q♠ with Joseph improving to two pair, aces and nines to secure the double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tim Caziarc	1,350,000 50,000	50,000
Marvin Joseph	274,000 128,000	128,000

Tags: Marvin Joseph Tim Caziarc

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Timothy Shifflet	410,000
Poong Kihyun	378,000
Jeannine Tonigold	Busted

Tags: Jeannine Tonigold Poong Kihyun Timothy Shifflet

06-16-2025 11:23 UTC-8

Livschitz Chipping Up

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Nick Becker

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

Jason Young raised to 35,000 in middle position and Victoria Livschitz defended in the big blind.

The flop came 9♠7♠10♣ and Livschitz check-raised all in for 183,000 over Young's continuation-bet of 40,000.

Young had the covering stack and thought for a moment before tossing his cards into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Victoria Livschitz	325,000 120,000	120,000
Jason Young	273,000 62,000	62,000

Tags: Jason Young Victoria Livschitz

06-16-2025 11:20 UTC-8

Aces Versus Queens

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Erick Torres

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

It was a battle of two players in late position as Randy Levin in the cutoff and Malachy Hagan on the button got the chips in when Levin raised and faced an all-in from Hagan. Levin made the call and sent the players to a showdown, putting Hagan at risk.

Malachy Hagan: A♦A♠ All in
Randy Levin: Q♦Q♠

Hagan was hoping to see no queen, and it did not appear as the board fanned out 3♦7♥3♣3♥5♦ to improve both players to a full house. The threes full of aces was the high hand, doubling Hagan up, and left Levin with less than ten big blinds.

Player	Chips	Progress
Malachy Hagan	450,000 208,000	208,000
Randy Levin	126,000 120,000	120,000

Tags: Malachy Hagan Randy Levin

06-16-2025 11:17 UTC-8

Some Big Stacks Around the Room

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Stewart Morrison

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Tim Caziarc	1,300,000 760,000	760,000
Stephen Ma	1,300,000 690,000	690,000
Ofer Sisso	1,250,000 379,000	379,000
Goncalo Ferreira	1,250,000 731,000	731,000
Patrick Beuter	1,100,000 780,000	780,000
Daniel Muniz	1,100,000 30,000	30,000
Clark Reynolds	1,050,000 346,000	346,000
Jeri Polen	1,000,000 762,000	762,000
Pete Chen	1,000,000 16,000	16,000
Nikolas Stone	900,000 142,000	142,000

06-16-2025 11:16 UTC-8

Delfour Doubles With Jacks

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Eliot Thomas

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

Marvin Joseph opened to 35,000 from the hijack, Serge Delfour was in the small blind and shoved for 272,000. Joseph asked for a count and then took around a minute before making the call.

Serge Delfour: J♥J♦ All in
Marvin Joseph: A♠Q♥

The flop came 8♦5♣K♦ before the board ran out 2♦, and the river was 10♥, which was no good for Joseph.

Player	Chips	Progress
Serge Delfour	575,000 298,000	298,000
Marvin Joseph	146,000 593,000	593,000

Tags: Marvin Joseph Serge Delfour

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 11:03 UTC-8

Hodge Doubles Through Livschitz

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Erick Torres

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

Ryan Hodge open jammed from early position and was called by Victoria Livschitz in late position to put Hodge at risk.

Ryan Hodge: K♠K♦ All in
Victoria Livschitz: A♦J♠

Hodge's kings had Livschitz in trouble. The 4♥Q♦8♠ flop kept the kings firmly in the lead, but the J♦ turn gave Livschitz some more outs. However, the Q♥ river ended the hand and awarded Hodge with a double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Hodge	246,000 141,100	141,100
Victoria Livschitz	205,000 145,000	145,000

Tags: Ryan Hodge Victoria Livschitz

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 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