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

06-22-2025 19:02 UTC-8

Iati Grabs Diab's Stack

Gaelle Jaudon

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

Rocco Iati raised to 22,000 in early position and Michael Diab shoved for 131,000. It folded back to Iati who tanked a minute and announced the call:

Michael Diab: K♦Q♦ All in
Rocco Iati: A♣J♠

Diab had some hopes for a double up but the board brought 8♠8♦7♣9♣3♣ and he made his way to collect his money prize.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rocco Iati	760,000 609,000	609,000

Michael Diab	Busted

Tags: Michael Diab Rocco Lati

06-22-2025 18:50 UTC-8

Blebea Eliminates Ishizu

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Claudio Elizalde

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

Tetsuma Ishizu raised to 94,000 preflop, leaving himself only 10,000 behind. Iulian Blebea made the call.

Blebea bet 10,000 in the dark before the 3♠8♠6♥ scrolled acrosss. Ishizu mulled it over but eventually flicked in his last two chips.

Tetsuma Ishizu: A♦7♦ All in
Iulian Blebea: A♣K♠

The turn slammed the door on Ishizu as the K♣ snapped off, making the 4♣ a pure formality. Blebea moved even further up in the counts.

Player	Chips	Progress
Iulian Blebea	954,000 832,000	832,000
Tetsuma Ishizu	Busted

Tags: Iulian Blebea Tetsuma Ishizu

06-22-2025 18:30 UTC-8

Eliminations Before Dinner; 800 Remain

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Claudio Elizalde

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Raymond Mancini	Busted
David Singontiko	Busted

Kazuki Fukuda	Busted
Manuel Herreragarcia	Busted
John Zaleskie Jr	Busted
Jason James	Busted

Greg Brantman	Busted
Jerry Payne	Busted
Jake Casey-Day	Busted
Hiroyuki Noda	Busted
Michael Mccullough	Busted
Jerwin Pasco	Busted
Thai Dinh	Busted
Ankit Ahuja	Busted
David Coffman	Busted
Bryan Obregon	Busted
Stephen Woodhead	Busted
Daniel Dayan	Busted

Daniel Perez	Busted
Sergio Sanchez	Busted
Kevin Eyster	Busted

Joon Kim	Busted
Benjamin Ludlow	Busted
Kenzo Ishida	Busted
Cherng Hua	Busted

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06-22-2025 17:27 UTC-8

Set Over Set

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Jerome Solomon

Level 17 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

The pot was already substantial before Ciaran Duffy threw in his last 120,000 chips on a board of A♦7♠10♠4♣9♠. Christian Hanschirik quickly made the call.

Ciaran Duffy: 10♦10♥ All in
Christian Hanschirik: A♣A♠

Duffy's set was the smaller one, the nasty break of a top-set-over-middle-set flop.

Player	Chips	Progress
Christian Hanschirik	970,000 668,000	668,000
Ciaran Duffy	Busted

Tags: Christian Hanschirik Ciaran Duffy

06-22-2025 17:26 UTC-8

Raymond Cracks Aces and Queens

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Laura Fryer

Level 17 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

The chips were already being passed after Alexandre Raymond was all in and at risk from under the gun. Raymond had knocked out Axel Santoni in the big blind and near tripled up his stack.

Axel Santoni: Q♠Q♦ All in
Alexandre Raymond: A♠K♥ All in
Opponent: A♦A♣

The 10♣7♦K♦K♣9♦ board gave Raymond trip kings, stealing the pot from his opponents.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexandre Raymond	321,000 245,000	245,000
Axel Santoni	Busted

Tags: Alexandre Raymond Axel Santoni Raymond Cracks Aces

06-22-2025 17:18 UTC-8

Ramos's Queens Go Up in Flames

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Joseph Berg

Level 17 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Dennys Luis Ramos went all in and was at risk for 127,000 from middle position and was called by Yoel Selles Meijer in late position.

Dennys Ramos: Q♠Q♣ All in
Yoel Selles Meijer: 7♣7♥

The board ran out K♥7♦8♦8♠2♣, sending Ramos to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yoel Selles Meijer	510,000 365,000	365,000
Dennys Ramos	Busted

Tags: Dennys Luis Ramos Yoel Selles Meijer

06-22-2025 17:15 UTC-8

Tamayo's Run Done

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 17 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Jonathan Tamayo open-shoved all-in in middle position for 100,000. Action folded to the big blind Daniel Lipszyc who made the call.

Jonathan Tamayo: A♦J♠ All in
Daniel Lipszyc: 5♣5♥

After the hands were tabled, Daniel Charlton was chatting with Tamayo encouraging that he may still win the pot. Tamayo who replied that it was now out of his hands watched the board run 9♠Q♣6♣3♠3♣.

Without any of his cards hitting the board, Tamayo's run ended.

Player	Chips	Progress
Danith Ham	615,000 428,000	428,000
Daniel Lipszyc	360,000 230,000	230,000
Sean Troha	340,000 112,000	112,000

Daniel Charlton	245,000 74,500	74,500
Ren Lin	180,000 12,000	12,000

Craig Jones	160,000 67,000	67,000
Joe Warling	110,000 20,000	20,000
Jonathan Tamayo	Busted

Tags: Daniel Charlton Daniel Lipszyc Jonathan Tamayo

06-22-2025 17:08 UTC-8

Filartiga Rivered by Reard

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Laura Fryer

Level 17 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Marcio Zacconi opened from under the gun to 16,000 and Alexandre Reard three-bet to 55,000 from middle position Holden Filartiga moved all in for his remaining 132,000 in the small blind and only Reard made the call.

Holden Filartiga: A♠K♠ All in
Alexandre Reard: Q♥10♥

Filartiga was ahead. The 5♥J♦4♥ flop and 2♠ turn didn't change anything.

Reard picked up a Q♣ on the river to put him ahead, and Filartiga was eliminated from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marcio Zacconi	550,000 390,000	390,000
Alexandre Reard	539,000 467,000	467,000

Holden Filartiga	Busted

Tags: Alexandre Reard Marcio Zacconi

06-22-2025 17:03 UTC-8

Many Eliminations; The Field Thins

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Claudio Elizalde

Level 17 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Tiffany Wong	Busted
Lachlan Crilly	Busted
Frederik Brink	Busted
Cody Wheeler	Busted
Atvars Altens	Busted
Tony Huang	Busted
Cody Bell	Busted

Martin Mathis	Busted
Thomas Muehloecker	Busted
Adam Kievman	Busted
Kharlin Sued	Busted
Victor Oliva	Busted
Jean Charron	Busted
Dalton Hobold	Busted
Robert Nims	Busted
Gal Naim	Busted
Dannette Mason	Busted
Ty Saunders	Busted
Nikolay Vorobyev	Busted
Caleb Rife	Busted
Colin Mchugh	Busted
Max Neugebauer	Busted

Ricardo Solis	Busted
Alan Goasdoue	Busted
Harald Sammer	Busted

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06-22-2025 16:57 UTC-8

Mutalapov Moves Near Leaders

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Jerome Solomon

Level 17 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Aleksejs Ponakovs's all-in from the cutoff was called by Maksim Mutalapov on the button.

Aleksejs Ponakovs: J♠J♥ All in
Maksim Mutalapov: K♠K♥

The bigger pair held with a runout of 2♠7♥10♣6♥A♣, giving Mutalapov a huge jump up the leaderboard, as he took out a two-time bracelet winner with an almost identical amount of chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Maksim Mutalapov	895,000 480,000	480,000
Aleksejs Ponakovs	Busted

Tags: Aleksejs Ponakovs Maksim Mutalapov