{"id":9313,"date":"2025-06-18T12:12:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T12:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/slategray-wallaby-310340.hostingersite.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/18\/joey-couden-wins-wsop-event-45-salute-to-warriors-for-second-bracelet\/"},"modified":"2025-06-18T12:12:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T12:12:11","slug":"joey-couden-wins-wsop-event-45-salute-to-warriors-for-second-bracelet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/casino-online-best.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/18\/joey-couden-wins-wsop-event-45-salute-to-warriors-for-second-bracelet\/","title":{"rendered":"Joey Couden Wins WSOP Event #45: Salute to Warriors for Second Bracelet"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Joey Couden has added a second World Series of Poker title to his record by winning WSOP Event 45: $500 Salute to Warriors No-Limit Hold\u2019em, topping a massive field of 3,937 entries and taking home $187,937.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><em><strong>Good to know<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>The event generated a $1.6 million prize pool.<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Over $155,000 will be donated to veteran charities from the entry fees.<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Couden eliminated the final six players in under an hour.<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<p>Couden\u2019s victory came after three full days of play, where he started Day 3 with a rough patch.<em> \u201cTo start the day, I had a bad first 30 minutes, maybe even 20 minutes, I lost like half my stack,\u201d<\/em> he told reporters. 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