Event #53: $1,500 Millionaire Maker Day 2 | 2023 World Series of Poker

06-25-2023 13:55 UTC-8

Chip Counts Before the Break

Gaelle Jaudon

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Leng	500,000 325,000	325,000

Paul Tedeschi	355,000 183,000	183,000
Everett Carlton	346,000 98,500	98,500
Benjamin Spragg	308,000 249,000	249,000

Jacques Guenni	231,000 116,500	116,500
Erik Cajelais	165,000 80,500	80,500

Bob Mather	148,000 51,000	51,000
Mikiyo Aoki	120,000 30,000	30,000
Eyal Bensimhon	80,000 40,000	40,000
Johan Guilbert	18,000 11,500	11,500

06-25-2023 13:55 UTC-8

Players on Break

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Alek Gillies

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Players are on their second break and will return to play in 15 minutes. Blinds will be 3,000 and 6,000 with a 6,000 big blind ante.

06-25-2023 14:15 UTC-8

Some Updated Chip Counts

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Nicola Basile	580,000 100,000	100,000

Rene Lazaro	425,000 281,000	281,000
Matt Affleck	395,000 80,500	80,500
Rafael Reis	230,000 2,500	2,500

Abby Merk	165,000 140,000	140,000
Shannon Shorr	144,000 15,000	15,000

Lexy Gavin-Mather	136,000 3,000	3,000

Level: 16

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 6,000

06-25-2023 14:29 UTC-8

Margets Plays Aggressive to Take it Down

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Alek Gillies

Level 16 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Action began after the flop of 8♦4♥6♦, as Viet Vo checked from the big blind. Leo Margets in the cutoff led out for 16,000, and Vo found a call.

The turn was the 10♥, and Vo checked to Margets. She jammed all in for 230,000, while Vo made the fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Leo Margets	306,000 4,000	4,000

Viet Vo	54,000 61,000	61,000

Tags: Leo Margets Viet Vo

06-25-2023 14:36 UTC-8

Jiang Flushes a Player

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 16 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Zhi Jiang was facing an opponent in the cutoff who raised all in for 85,000. Jiang made the call from the button.

Cutoff player: K♦K♥
Zhi Jiang: Q♠4♠

The board came out in favor of Jiang with K♠5♠6♠ but left the cutoff with some outs if the board paired. But the board had other ideas and the turn and river were J♠7♣. Jiang won with the flush.

Player	Chips	Progress
Zhi Jiang	478,000 379,000	379,000

Tags: Zhi Jiang

06-25-2023 14:51 UTC-8

Lucky 7's for Valden

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Alek Gillies

Level 16 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

The middle position player jammed all in for 40,000, while David Valden made the call from the small blind. Both players exposed their hands.

Opponent: A♥4♥
David Valden: 7♣7♦

The board ran out 5♣Q♥2♦J♦6x as Valden's pocket pair held to scoop the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Valden	362,000 155,000	155,000

Tags: David Valden

06-25-2023 15:01 UTC-8

Chip Counts and Eliminations

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 16 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jose Severino	725,000 5,000	5,000
Mustapha Kanit	390,000 165,000	165,000

Jerome Zerbib	280,000 60,000	60,000
Jessica Teusl	205,000 20,000	20,000

Christopher Conrad	146,000 40,000	40,000
Victor Paredes	110,000 58,000	58,000

Dylan Mayo	Busted
Malcolm Glenn-Adams	Busted
Muskan Sethi	Busted

06-25-2023 15:03 UTC-8

Beltran Takes from Barbero

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 16 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

In a heads-up pot, the flop showed 5♦3♥4♣ when Jair Beltran checked to Nacho Barbero who bet 18,000. After some thinking, Beltran Raised it to 43,000, with around 95,000 left behind. Barbero called.

The turn revealed the 8♣ and Beltran fired 55,000. It was enough who Barbero who folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nacho Barbero	350,000 50,000	50,000

Jair Beltran	230,000 109,000	109,000

Tags: Jair Beltran Nacho Barbero

06-25-2023 15:05 UTC-8

Teusl Takes One Out

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 16 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Jessica Teusl raised preflop to 13,000 and the player in late position three-bet to 24,000. Teusl pondered for a moment and called.

The flop came out J♦2♠8♦ and Teusl checked to the late position player who put in one green chip for a 25,000 bet. Teusl called.

The turn brought the Q♠ and Teusl checked again and the late position player made his move and announced, "all in" for 94,000.

Teusl stared down her opponent and took her time making a decision. The late position player said, "Do you have jack ten?" and Teusl called.

Late position player: A♠J♣
Jessica Teusl: Q♣10♣

The river sealed the deal for Teusl with the 10♥ which gave Teusl the win with two pair.

Teusl stated, "As soon as he started talking I knew I was calling".

Elsewhere Scott Lazar had rebuilt his stack up to 271,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jessica Teusl	440,000 235,000	235,000

Scott Lazar	271,000 221,000	221,000

Tags: Jessica Teusl