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

06-26-2023 13:53 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Safwane Bahri	5,100,000 450,000	450,000
Rafael Gonzalez	3,300,000 160,000	160,000
Christian Roberts	3,150,000 850,000	850,000

Paul Tedeschi	2,100,000 600,000	600,000
Tongguang Sun	2,080,000 1,580,000	1,580,000
Matthew Gillingham	1,800,000 735,000	735,000
Benny Chen	1,800,000 1,100,000	1,100,000

Joshua Berardi	1,600,000 770,000	770,000
Zong Chi He	1,450,000 660,000	660,000
Daniel Ivers	790,000 30,000	30,000
Kenneth Hicks	660,000 685,000	685,000

Fang Gets Value on Heredia

Gaelle Jaudon

Level 26 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

The board already read 7♠4♦7♥7♦8♠ in a heads-up pot with around 1,000,000 in the middle. Powen Fang announced all in for his last 540,000 and Antonio Mallol Heredia took a minute on the button before making the call.

Fang flipped over K♣K♦ and earned the big pot, as Heredia sent 10♣10♦ into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Powen Fang	2,200,000 640,000	640,000
Antonio Mallol Heredia	1,550,000 775,000	775,000

Tags: Antonio Mallol Heredia Powen Fang

06-26-2023 13:58 UTC-8

Pirault Wins a Back and Forth Pot

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Alek Gillies

Level 26 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Francois Pirault bet for 120,000 from middle position, while Safwane Bahri made the call from the big blind.

The flop came 10♣4♣9♣, and Bahri checked to Pirault. He led out for 100,000, and was quickly raised to 330,000 from Bahri. Pirault made the call to the turn.

When the 5♠ peeled off on the turn, Bahri fired for 340,000. Pirault jammed all in for 1,240,000, and received a fold from Bahri to scoop the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Safwane Bahri	5,080,000 20,000	20,000
François Pirault	2,600,000 900,000	900,000

Tags: Safwane Bahri Francois Pirault

06-26-2023 14:00 UTC-8

Chen Pulls out the Nut Flush

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 26 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

David Jackson raised from under the gun to 100,000 and Benny Chen called from the button.

The flop came 9♣7♥10♦ and Chen bet 100,000 once checked to and Jackson called.

Both players checked the turn J♣.

Then on the river 8♣, Jackson checked and Chen bet 375,000. Jackson put the pressure on and raised to 1,100,000.

Chen quickly called and tabled A♣K♣ for the nut flush and Jackson mucked and said, "Good hand."

Player	Chips	Progress
Benny Chen	3,000,000 1,200,000	1,200,000

David Jackson	1,800,000 650,000	650,000

Tags: Benny Chen David Jackson

06-26-2023 14:00 UTC-8

Latest Eliminations

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 26 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Abdul Almagableh	Busted
Yake Wu	Busted
Nathan Tuthill	Busted
Mohamed Benohod	Busted
Robert Mather	Busted
Rafael Herrera	Busted
Matt Waxman	Busted

06-26-2023 14:13 UTC-8

Double Up for Stausholm

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 26 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Kenneth Mapoy raised to 120,000 and Michael Smith called on the button before Martin Stausholm jammed in the small blind for 850,000. It folded back to Smith who called:

Martin Stausholm: A♥Q♦
Michael Smith: 9♦9♥

Stausholm won the flip thanks to a board of 6♣A♣K♠4♣4♦ and took down the pot to double up after pairing his ace.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kenneth Mapoy	2,700,000 1,135,000	1,135,000
Martin Stausholm	1,800,000 1,465,000	1,465,000
Michael Smith (SK)	980,000 200,000	200,000

Tags: Kenneth Mapoy Martin Stausholm Michael Smith

06-26-2023 14:23 UTC-8

Gunness Over the 10-Million Mark

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 26 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Gunness	11,500,000 5,400,000	5,400,000
Michael Allen	3,400,000 2,255,000	2,255,000
François Pirault	3,200,000 600,000	600,000
Gokul Dharmarajan	3,200,000 1,570,000	1,570,000
Brandon Schwartz	3,150,000 350,000	350,000
Adam Adler	2,200,000 1,150,000	1,150,000
Meir Jimi	2,000,000 1,315,000	1,315,000
Riva Arthur	1,520,000 80,000	80,000
Tony Gregg	1,460,000 240,000	240,000

Mnatsakanian Vanush	1,450,000 900,000	900,000
Yucel Eminoglu	1,360,000 660,000	660,000
Mayank Madan	850,000 1,250,000	1,250,000

06-26-2023 14:25 UTC-8

Busted Players

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Alek Gillies

Level 26 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Wernnie Saechao	Busted
Rostyslav Sabishchenko	Busted
Navid Mohabaty-Doost	Busted
Matt Waxman	Busted

Eugene Pleyo	Busted
Jesse Letchworth	Busted
Iraklis Manikaros	Busted
Justin Leeds	Busted
Aaron Thivyanathan	Busted
Renan Bruschi	Busted

Hossam Mhamed Ali	Busted
Anthony Newman	Busted
Kenn Pluard	Busted
Robert Mather	Busted
Vanessa Castro	Busted
Nipun Java	Busted

Ran Kadur	Busted
Renan Aziz	Busted
Zurvan Tumboli	Busted
Matthias Auer	Busted
Christopher Kim	Busted
Jagdeep Bal	Busted
Bob Shao	Busted
David Peters	Busted

Moshe Ovadya	Busted

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Level: 27

Blinds: 40,000/80,000

Ante: 80,000

06-26-2023 14:44 UTC-8

Cipiti Plays the Aces

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 27 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Myles Mullaly raised in the cutoff to 120,000 and Nick Cipiti three-bet to 280,000 and Mullaly flatted.

The flop came out 5♥J♣9♣ and Mullaly checked and Cipiti bet 175,000. Mullaly called.

The A♠ on the turn had both players check.

The river was the 3♣ and Mullaly checked and Cipiti bet out 500,000. Mullaly went into the think tank for awhile and eyed up Cipiti. Some of the players discussed calling the clock but then Mullaly folded.

One of the players asked Cipiti to show his cards for fun and Cipiti threw his cards up across the table which were A♥A♦.