2025 World Series of Poker

Event #53: $1,500 Millionaire Maker
Day: 5
Event Info
2025 World Series of Poker
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$15,924,690
Total Entries
11,996
Players Left
1
Average Chip Stack
299,900,000
Total Chips
299,900,000
Level Info
Level
43
Blinds
1,500,000 / 3,000,000
Ante
3,000,000
Players Info - Day 5
Entries
7
Players Left
1
Players Left 1 / 11,996

Heads-Up Hands #51-55: Roles Have Reversed, Yaginuma Takes Huge Chip Lead

Level 43 : Blinds 1,500,000/3,000,000, 3,000,000 ante
Jesse Yaginuma
Jesse Yaginuma

Hand #51: Jesse Yaginuma limped in holding 42 and James Carroll made it 13,000,000 to go with 74. Yaginuma folded.

Hand #52; Carroll raised 73 to 9,000,000 and Yaginuma three-bet to 28,000,000 with K5. Carroll folded.

Hand #53: Yaginuma made it 7,500,000 with 87 and Carroll three-bet to 23,000,000 holding 83. Yaginuma then four-bet to 42,000,000, and Carroll folded.

Hand #54: Carroll raised to 9,000,000 holding 65 and Yaginuma called holding Q7. The flop came A4J, where Yaginuma checked and Carroll fired 15,000,000. Yaginuma put in a raise, and Carroll let his hand go after thinking about it for a bit.

Hand #55: Yaginuma limped with J8 and Carroll raised to 13,000,000 holding 63. Yaginuma called. On the J105 flop, Carroll bet 17,000,000, and Yaginuma called to see the 7 hit the turn. Both checked, and when the Q landed on the river, Carroll fired 57,000,000. Yaginuma called with his pair of jacks and took down the pot.

Tags: James CarrollJesse Yaginuma