Event #21: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em MILLIONAIRE MAKER Day 3 | 2018 World Series of Poker

06-12-2018 12:34 UTC-8

Franco Takes Chips from Beier

Level 23 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Sonny Franco in early position opened to 38,000 and only Matthew Beier in big blind made the call.

Both players checked all the way as the board ran out . Franco tabled and it was enough to grab the pot.

The French player has now 640,000, while Beier has fallen down among the short stacks.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sonny Franco	640,000 33,000	33,000
Matthew Beier	200,000 170,000	170,000

Tags: Matthew Beier Sony Franco

06-12-2018 12:42 UTC-8

Loeser Stacks Ma

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Level 23 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Conlan Ma was on the button and got his approximately 400,000-chip stack in before the flop against Manig Loeser, who was under the gun.

Conlan Ma:
Manig Loeser:

Ma was racing for his tournament life and Loeser needed to improve to knock him out. The board ran out and Loeser took the pot with trip kings to end Ma's tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Manig Loeser	1,560,000 510,000	510,000

Conlan Ma	Busted

Tags: Conlan Ma Manig Loeser

06-12-2018 12:43 UTC-8

Pocket Rocket for Razavi

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Level 23 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

James Leinenbach raised to 35,000 from under the gun and Raja Sekhar reraised to 90,000 next to act. Samad Razavi moved all in for 359,000 from the cutoff and with the action back on Leinenbach he reshoved all in for about 800,000.

Sekhar got out of the way and the hands were shown. Leinenbach turned over , but Razavi showed . The board ran out clean for Razavi — — and his pocket aces held up to earn him the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sam Razavi	850,000 485,000	485,000
James Leinenbach	540,000 365,000	365,000

Tags: James Leinenbach Samad Razavi

06-12-2018 12:44 UTC-8

Canadeo Out

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Level 23 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Alex Benjamen in late position opened to 35,000 and Joseph Canadeo pushed all in for 287,000. Benjamen made the call and the players tabled their cards:

Joseph Canadeo:
Alex Benjamen:

Canadeo was in bad shape to double-up and the board didn't change anything, improving Benjamen to a set of queens. Canadeo is out, while Benjamen now has a huge stack of more than 1,200,000 chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Benjamen	1,200,000 792,000	792,000
Joseph Canadeo	Busted

Tags: Joseph Canadeo

06-12-2018 12:49 UTC-8

Lightbourne Doubles Through Gordon

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Level 23 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Iaron Lightbourne got his stack of 199,000 all in preflop holding against the of Josh Gordon.

The dealer spread the flop and Gordon picked up a gutshot straight draw to go along with his overcards. But the turn and river were no help to Gordon, and Lightbourne doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Josh Gordon	450,000 90,000	90,000
Iaron Lightbourne	438,000 273,000	273,000

Tags: Iaron Lightbourne Joshua Gordon

06-12-2018 12:56 UTC-8

Lee Chips Up

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Level 23 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Stanley Lee opened to 35,000 from under the gun and Christopher Childers in middle position made the call.

Both players checked after the flop. A fell on the turn and Lee bet 40,000. Childers quickly folded his hand and Lee won the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Christopher Childers	1,400,000 698,000	698,000
Stanley Lee	590,000 55,000	55,000

Tags: Stanley Lee Christopher Childers

06-12-2018 12:58 UTC-8

Kerby Doubles Through Benjamen

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Level 23 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Action folded around to the blinds, Alex Benjamen raised from the small, Hillery Kerby jammed from the big for 125,000, and Benjamen called to put him at risk.

Alex Benjamen:
Hillery Kerby:

Kerby was racing for his stack and needed to improve to win. He took the lead on the flop, then the turn and river meant Kerby would take the pot playing his eight-kicker to double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Benjamen	1,200,000
Hillery Kerby	280,000 35,000	35,000

Tags: Alex Benjamen Hillery Kerby

06-12-2018 13:02 UTC-8

Another Round of Chip Counts

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Level 23 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Aaron Messmer	2,400,000 50,000	50,000

Joe McKeehen	1,700,000 740,000	740,000

Manig Loeser	1,650,000 90,000	90,000

Sean Marshall	1,400,000 200,000	200,000
Manuel Ruivo	1,300,000 220,000	220,000
Fahredin Mustafov	1,250,000 624,000	624,000
Michael Finstein	985,000 65,000	65,000
Joseph Cheong	950,000 491,000	491,000

Curt Kohlberg	875,000 518,000	518,000
Mario Prats Garcia	790,000 426,000	426,000
JC Tran	775,000 75,000	75,000

Wendy Freedman	760,000 252,000	252,000
Rob Brown	700,000 15,000	15,000
Richard Dixon	525,000 201,000	201,000
Fikret Kovac	420,000 166,000	166,000
Thomas Taylor	390,000 126,000	126,000

06-12-2018 13:10 UTC-8

Profeta Catches Guivehchi Bluff

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Level 23 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Anthony Profeta opened from the button to 35,000 and Hossein Guivehchi in the big blind made the call.

The flop came Guivehchi check-called Profeta's bet of 45,000. The same action happened on the turn, but this time for 65,000.

On the river, Guivehchi fired a huge bet worth 200,000, and after some consideration, Profeta made the call.

Guivehchi showed for a missed straight and Profeta grabbed the pot with .

Player	Chips	Progress
Anthony Profeta	1,350,000 580,000	580,000
Hossein Guivehchi	240,000 199,000	199,000

Tags: Anthony Profeta Hossein Guivehchi

06-12-2018 13:13 UTC-8

Tran Takes from Franco

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Level 23 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Sonny Franco raised to 38,000 from middle position and JC Tran called from the button. They went heads-up to the flop and Franco continued with a bet of 27,000. Tran called and the hit the turn. Franco checked to Tran who bet 56,000 and Franco called.