Event #53: $1,500 Millionaire Maker Day 3 | 2023 World Series of Poker

06-26-2023 10:02 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Koki Miyahara	Busted
Ronit Chamani	Busted
Ben Rimmer	Busted
Rellie Sigua	Busted
Fausto Valdez	Busted

Steven Snyder	Busted
Kris Kwiatkowski	Busted
Eric Bella	Busted
Dominic Staniscia	Busted
Katrina Weaver	Busted
Nicola Basile	Busted

Young "Yuki" Choi	Busted
Jamie Rosen	Busted
Dylan Linde	Busted

Raquel Dardon	Busted
Kyle Ho	Busted
Mo Zhou	Busted
Allen Chang	Busted
Drew Oconnell	Busted

Iacopo Brandi	Busted
Bryan Byers	Busted

Hirschfeld Holds With Fours

Yori Epskamp

Level 22 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Tyler Hirschfeld raised from the cutoff to 55,000 and Zurvan Tumboli moved all in for his last 200,000 in the small blind. Hirschfeld called.

Zurvan Tumboli: K♥10♥
Tyler Hirschfeld: 4♥4♠

The board came with some sweat with Q♠3♥6♥, and while Tumboli had quite a few outs heading to the turn and river, the cards came 6♣ and 9♦ to knock him out of the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tyler Hirschfeld	1,900,000 510,000	510,000
Zurvan Tumboli	Busted

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06-26-2023 09:56 UTC-8

Almagableh Takes One from Sabioni

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 22 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

In a blind versus blind situation, Saulo Sabioni raised to 60,000 and Abdul Almagableh call.

The flop was 7♦4♠Q♦ and Almagableh check-called 40,000. The 5♥ hit the turn and this time, Sabioni checked. Almagableh bet 125,000, enough to win the hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Abdul Almagableh	880,000 65,000	65,000
Saulo Sabioni	820,000 145,000	145,000

Tags: Abdul Almagableh Saulo Sabioni

06-26-2023 09:53 UTC-8

Four-Way Pot for Douglas

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 22 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Vadim Shlez opened to 50,000 and got called by Viet Vo next to him, as well as Champie Douglas and Wiliam Davies in the blinds.

The flop 7♠9♦6♠ was checked to Davies who bet 150,000. Shlez folded, Vo called, and Douglas tanked for a minute before shoving for almost 600,000, with only 25,000 chips left.

After some thinking, both Davies and Vo let it go.

Player	Chips	Progress
William Davies	1,850,000 1,105,000	1,105,000
Viet Vo	1,300,000 205,000	205,000
Champie Douglas	1,150,000 525,000	525,000
Vadim Shlez	680,000 480,000	480,000

Tags: Champie Douglas Vadim Shlez Viet Vo

06-26-2023 09:38 UTC-8

Rotariu Survives An All-In

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 22 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

A player in middle position raised to 55,000 and Rotariu three-bet shoved 390,000 on the button. The middle position player called.

George Rotariu: 9♥9♣
Middle position player: A♦Q♦

The flop did not bode well for Rotariu when it came Q♠2♦J♣, but the turn 8♠ and the river 10♠ had Rotariu celebrating as he hit a straight on the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
George Rotariu	815,000 475,000	475,000

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06-26-2023 09:31 UTC-8

While Awaiting Trial for Intent to Murder Wife, Poker Player Wins Online Bracelet

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Jon Sofen

Level 22 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

A man who is accused of brutally attacking his wife apparently won a World Series of Poker (WSOP) online bracelet on WSOP.com in Michigan last week.

Rudy Gavaldon, a 36-year-old from Traverse City, is currently awaiting trial in Grand Traverse County, Michigan from an alleged violent incident that took place on July 29, 2022. He faces felony charges of intent to commit murder and for being a habitual offender. In 2011, he pled guilty to larceny in a building and third-degree home invasion. He was sentenced to 11 months in jail and 36 months of probation.

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Tags: Rudy Gavaldon

06-26-2023 09:25 UTC-8

Hinkle Foils the Bluff

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 22 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Blair Hinkle raised to 40,000 first to act and Aaron Thivyanathan defended the big blind. The flop came J♠5♣9♣ and both players checked.

The turn was the 3♣ and Thivyanathan bet 50,000, which Hinkle called. On the Q♥ river, Thivyanathan quietly shoved the rest of his stack in for about 220,000. Hinkle talked to himself for a few seconds and called.

Aaron Thivyanathan: 8♦7♦
Blair Hinkle: A♠Q♣

Hinkle's top pair was good to knock out Thivyanathan.

Elsewhere Matthias Auer and Eugene Pleyo took early exits and were knocked out.

Player	Chips	Progress
Blair Hinkle	1,900,000 1,170,000	1,170,000

Aaron Thivyanathan	Busted
Matthias Auer	Busted
Eugene Pleyo	Busted

Tags: Aaron Thivyanathan Blair Hinkle Eugene Pleyo Matthias Auer

06-26-2023 09:18 UTC-8

Early Eliminations

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 22 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Bob Shao	Busted
Renan Bruschi	Busted

Vanessa Castro	Busted
Anthony Newman	Busted
Ran Kadur	Busted

06-26-2023 09:17 UTC-8

Tulin Wins the Preflop Battle

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 22 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Aram Mkhitaryan opened and faced a three-bet from Nikolai Tulin for 135,000. It came back to Mkhitaryan who opted to four-bet to 255,000. Tulin announced all in for 705,000 and after some consideration, Mkhitaryan let it go.