Event #53: $1,500 Millionaire Maker Day 2 | 2025 World Series of Poker

06-22-2025 20:53 UTC-8

Eliminations Before Break; Ren Lin Out of the Running

Claudio Elizalde

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Gianluca Angeloni	Busted
Daniel Peracchi	Busted
Nahum Maldonado	Busted
Xiaohu Liu	Busted
Francisco Trujillo	Busted
Alejandro Porras	Busted
Jordan Siegel	Busted
Ian Greendale	Busted
Anthony Scarborough	Busted
James Chavanarojrit	Busted

Peter Csampai	Busted
Leandro Bustillo	Busted
Scott Allacher	Busted
Colton Blomberg	Busted
Jake Flores	Busted
Andreas Olympios	Busted
Roshan Rodrigues	Busted
Ehsan Amiri	Busted
David Pevahouse	Busted
Yu Huang	Busted
Jesper Hoog	Busted
Nikolai Fal	Busted

Carlos Chang	Busted

Matija Dobric	Busted
Adel Jo	Busted

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06-22-2025 20:26 UTC-8

Margets Busts Scarborough

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Anthony Scarborough open-shoved for his last 50,000 on the button, holding J♦7♣, and Leo Margets snap-called with 7♦7♥ in the big blind.

No miracle came for Scarborough throughout the board 6♦8♦K♦6♥10♣ and he was eliminated from the event.

Player	Chips	Progress
Leo Margets	405,000 175,000	175,000

Anthony Scarborough	Busted

Tags: Anthony Scarborough Leo Margets

06-22-2025 20:13 UTC-8

Mekouane Takes It All from Appalaraju

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Jalil Mekouane raised to 25,000 and Jampana Appalaraju three-bet to 66,000 next to him. It came back to Mekouane who made the call.

The flop went J♠8♣4♣ and Mekouane check-called Appalaraju's continuation for 59,000. On the K♥ turn, Mekouane checked again and Appalaraju fired 165,000. Mekouane shoved and Appalaraju snap-called, at risk for a remaining stack around 190,000.

Jampana Appalaraju: A♣Q♣ All in
Jalil Mekouane: K♦J♦

Mekouane had hit two pair and the river 3♦ bricked to send Appalaraju to the payout desk.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jalil Mekouane	1,150,000 983,000	983,000
Jampana Appalaraju	Busted

Tags: Appalaraju Jalil Mekouane

06-22-2025 20:12 UTC-8

More Eliminations; Conniff is Out

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Claudio Elizalde

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Asher Conniff	Busted

Jake Schwartz	Busted
Christopher Dombrowski	Busted

Alexander Carr	Busted
Nicholas Stowell	Busted
Brian Nerney	Busted
Felix Mcpeake	Busted
Miguel Angelo Faria Lopes	Busted
Fausto Valdez	Busted

Rayane Mokhtar	Busted
Colbey Madewell	Busted
Julio Pulrolnik	Busted
Kachun Kan	Busted

06-22-2025 19:44 UTC-8

Lindgren Takes Out Prives

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Jerome Solomon

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Igal Prives moved all in for 228,000 chips over Michael Lindgren's preflop raise. Lindgren's subsequent call put Prives' tournament life at risk.

Igal Prives: K♠K♥ All in
Michael Lindgren: A♣K♦

The flop shifted the hand to Lindgren and the full runout Q♠9♣A♠2♦8♥ didn't change that.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Lindgren	575,000 519,000	519,000
Igal Prives	Busted

06-22-2025 19:28 UTC-8

Dimitrov Takes Broadway Exit

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Jerome Solomon

Level 18 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Aleks Dimitrov went all in from middle position, and got a call from Tianle Wang in the big blind.

Aleks Dimitrov: 10♣9♣ All in
Tianle Wang: A♠10♥

Dimitrov looked good on the flop, but on the full runout of 7♠9♦K♠Q♥J♥, Wang hit a gutshot straight on the river to knock him out.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tianle Wang	432,000 277,500	277,500
Aleks Dimitrov	Busted

Tags: Aleks Dimitrov Tianle Wang

06-22-2025 19:27 UTC-8

More Eliminations

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Claudio Elizalde

Level 18 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jimmy Born	Busted
Kurt Lichtman	Busted
Byungeun Shin	Busted
Nishant Sharma	Busted
Allan Farber	Busted
Mark Dijamco	Busted
Sean Troha	Busted

Jordan Westmorland	Busted
Adrian State	Busted
Nicholas Massey	Busted
James Olichwier	Busted
George Vellucci	Busted
Nader Arfai	Busted
Ekrem Bozkurt	Busted
Cristian Diaz	Busted
Michael Thornhill	Busted
Bryce Mcvay	Busted
Daniel Demuth	Busted
Joseandres Moranguzman	Busted
Daniel Lipszyc	Busted
Mihai Isar	Busted
Michael Hartzheim	Busted
Sascha Manns	Busted

Andreas Putz	Busted
Agharazi Babayev	Busted

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06-22-2025 19:23 UTC-8

Ho's Kings Hold

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 18 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Asi Moshe opened to 20,000 in late position and got a three-bet from Nathaniel Silver in the hijack to 50,000. Baoqiang Ho in big blind four-bet to 155,000 pushing Moshe out of the pot. Silver five-bet all-in for around 500,000 and Ho snap-called putting Silver's tournament life on the line.

Nathaniel Silver: A♦K♥ All in
Baoqiang Ho: K♠K♣

The dealer fanned out 2♣7♦7♥ maintaining Ho's lead. Silver still had hope to continue his run with an ace on the board. The turn 9♠ didn't change anything and the river J♣ made Silver's elimination a certainty. After verifying that he was covered, Silver left the table to head to the payout counter as Ho happily scooped the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Baoqiang Ho	1,200,000 1,083,000	1,083,000
Nathaniel Silver	Busted

Tags: Asi Moshe Baoqiang Ho Nathaniel Silver

06-22-2025 19:21 UTC-8

Brown Stacks up from Shih; Wang Eliminates Schulze

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Laura Fryer

Level 18 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Sebastian Schulze was all in and at risk from the big blind for his remaining 140,000 stack. His opponent Yilong Wang covered him from a late position.

Sebastian Schulze: A♥10♠ All in
Yilong Wang: A♣K♠

It was a quick elimination, and Schulze stood from the table as the K♦K♥A♠ flop was dealt. He didn't stick around to watch the 2♥ turn or 3♥ river.

On a table across the floor, Kenny Shih in the small blind and in a pot with Camille Brown in the big blind.

The players were heads-up and on the turn with a 10♦8♦3♥4♥ board.

Shih had moved all in for his remaining 100,000 and Brown made the call.

Kenny Shih: J♦10♠ All in
Camille Brown: A♦7♦

Shih was ahead when the cards were flipped, but Camille stole back on the Q♦ river with the flush.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yilong Wang	1,090,000 33,000	33,000

Camille Brown	679,000 188,000	188,000
Sebastian Schulze	Busted
Kenny Shih	Busted

Tags: Camille Brown Kenny Shih Sebastian Schulze Yilong Wang

06-22-2025 19:06 UTC-8

Huang's Back-to-Back Pockets Crushes Branciforte

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 18 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Action was picked up with Chia Huang, under the gun, and Vito Branciforte, in middle position, in an all-in showdown with their hands and chips in the middle of the felt.

Chia Huang: Q♥Q♠ All in
Vito Branciforte: A♥Q♣

The board ran 5♥3♥J♦2♣8♠. With no ace on the board Huang doubled up leaving Branciforte with only 40,000.

In the very next hand, Branciforte open-shoved with his remaining chips in middle position. Action folded around to the big blind Huang who made the call.

Vito Branciforte: 6♠6♥ All in
Chia Huang: K♥K♦

Once again, Huang was ahead and kept his lead on the flop 9♦7♣Q♥. The turn came the 8♦, which gave Branciforte a bit of hope when it gave him an open-ended straight draw. But the 4♦ river card cemented his elimination from the tournament in two hands against Huang.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chia Huang	800,000 640,000	640,000
Vito Branciforte	Busted

Tags: Chia Huang Vito Branciforte