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

06-22-2025 13:50 UTC-8

Herring Suffers Savage Beating

Jerome Solomon

Level 14 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

The prospect of getting knocked out on the bubble didn't discourage John Herring from raising to 12,000 preflop, then going all in to call Christopher Savage's 92,000-chip three-bet.

John Herring: A♥A♦ All in
Christopher Savage: J♦J♣

In the runout 10♦4♠3♦J♠3♠ brought bad news on the turn and worse on the river, with Savage hitting a jack for a set, then a full house to crack Herring's aces.

"I'm sorry," Savage said. "That sucks."

Player	Chips	Progress
Christopher Savage	418,000 253,000	253,000
John Herring	Busted

Tags: Christopher Savage John Herring

06-22-2025 13:12 UTC-8

Eliminations Approaching the Bubble

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Claudio Elizalde

Level 14 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Behzad Teranie	Busted
Youssef Hmama	Busted
Cherish Andrews	Busted
Ning Cai	Busted
Ricardo Alves	Busted
Franco Spitale	Busted

Brandon Wilson	Busted
Claudio Lorenzi	Busted
Tung-Jung Wu	Busted
Kuan Ting Yeh	Busted
Ali Eslami	Busted

Daniel Revah	Busted
Joey Weissman	Busted

Santiago Plante	Busted
Nan Min	Busted
Sachin Joshi	Busted
Manas Gandhi	Busted
Hirokazu Kobayashi	Busted
Ronnie Day	Busted

Blakely Purvis	Busted
Marco Poccia	Busted
Mark Manges	Busted
Bruce Knee	Busted
Andrew Bradshaw	Busted
Rohit Kwatra	Busted

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06-22-2025 12:50 UTC-8

Comeskey Finds the Exit

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 14 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Caitlin Comeskey was all in and at risk for a short stack around 45,000, holding 9♦9♥, and was facing Q♥Q♦ in Andreas Olympios' hands.

Comeskey didn't find any miracle throughout the board 8♠A♦2♦10♣K♥ and was eliminated from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andreas Olympios	145,000 15,000	15,000
Caitlin Comeskey	Busted

Tags: Andreas Olympios'Caitlin Comeskey

06-22-2025 12:48 UTC-8

La Eliminates Liu

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Laura Fryer

Level 14 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Joe Warling opened from under the gun to 8,000 and Aaron La moved all in for his remaining 81,000 from the hijack. Huawei Liu was in the cutoff and called off his remaining ~60,000 stack and Warling folded.

Huawei Liu: K♦K♠ All in
Aaron La: A♥K♣

Liu was ahead and looking to find a double to stay alive but things took a turn on the 5♣4♠2♠ flop, as it brought in a straight draw for La.

The 3♦ was turned, bringing in the straight for La, and he held the lead on the 10♥ river, eliminating Liu just before the money bubble.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aaron La	144,000 25,500	25,500
Huawei Liu	Busted

Tags: Aaron La Huawei Liu Joe Warling

06-22-2025 11:58 UTC-8

More Eliminations Before the Break

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Nataly Sopacuaperu

Level 13 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Kyle Watanabe	Busted
Glen Gaines	Busted
Daniel Ivers	Busted
Gaetan Balleur	Busted
Joseph Burke	Busted
Hien Hoang	Busted
Michael Berk	Busted
Timothy Pai	Busted
Nicholas Grippo	Busted
Michael Burns	Busted
Daniel Dealmeida	Busted
George Cain	Busted
Barny Boatman	Busted

Shawn Pilot	Busted
George Abdallah	Busted
Daniel Robles	Busted
Caleb King	Busted
Derek Dufour	Busted
Mearl Wisehart	Busted
Hyomo Kang	Busted
Mandeep Sah	Busted
Leo Pinamonti	Busted
Rickard Ericson	Busted
Nathaniel Zoller	Busted
Junho Song	Busted

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06-22-2025 11:53 UTC-8

New Round of Eliminations

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Nataly Sopacuaperu

Level 13 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Min Kim	Busted
Sergii Karpov	Busted
Greg Abdulian	Busted
Eric Webster	Busted
Sam Jozani	Busted
Mark Mitzel	Busted
Michael Goldfarb	Busted
Michael Preston	Busted
Arthur Souzadecampos	Busted
Susannah Altman	Busted
Jacques Guenni	Busted
Shane Rose	Busted
Thomas Liu	Busted
Nathan Corbin	Busted
Oscar Montalvo	Busted
Gerson Caldeira	Busted
Guy Michimoto	Busted
Tim Kovacic	Busted
Joseph Alban	Busted
Zehong Zong	Busted
Igor Picone	Busted
Huifang Zhang	Busted
John Longoria	Busted
Agustin Naranja	Busted
Shan Jing	Busted

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06-22-2025 11:42 UTC-8

Obara Eliminates Unsal

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Joseph Berg

Level 13 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Jun Obara raised to 6,500 from the button, and Onur Unsal three-bet to 15,500 from the small blind. Obara responded by pushing a stack of red chips forward, putting Unsal all in and at risk for roughly 60,000 effective. Unsal made the call and was behind.

Onur Unsal: A♣10♥ All in
Jun Obara: A♥Q♥

The dealer ran out a board of 4♠3♥K♣7♥4♣ eliminating Unsal from Event #53.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jun Obara	321,000 183,000	183,000
Onur Unsal	Busted

Tags: Jun Obara Onur Unsal

06-22-2025 11:41 UTC-8

Nayak Leaves Yotsushika with Crumbs

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 13 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

In a three-bet pot, the flop was 8♠3♣7♥ when Neeraj Nayak bet 20,000 from the big blind, and Kazuhiko Yotsushika raised after some thinking. Nayak quickly shoved with 78,000 chips and Yotsushika called with slightly more.

Kazuhiko Yotsushika: 9♦8♦ All in
Neeraj Nayak: A♠A♦

Yotsushika couldn't find any of the outs he needed on the 4♥10♣ runout and busted a few minutes later.

Player	Chips	Progress
Neeraj Nayak	215,000 131,000	131,000

Kazuhiko Yotsushika	Busted

Tags: Kazuhiko Yotsushika Neeraj Nayak

06-22-2025 11:30 UTC-8

Hennigan Joins the Exit

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 13 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

According to the table, Yilong Wang raised to 6,000 with AxKx and John Hennigan made a three-bet to 15,500, holding K♦Q♦. It folded back to Wang who four-bet to 48,000 and Hennigan shoved for around 190,000, which Wang called.

The board didn't help Hennigan as Wang flopped a pair of aces, and Henningan made his way to the exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yilong Wang	560,000 244,500	244,500

John Hennigan	Busted

Tags: John Hennigan Yilong Wang

06-22-2025 10:57 UTC-8

Bardini Takes Morvan's Stack

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

All the chips were in the middle, with Romain Morvan being at risk with A♦10♠ in his hands, versus Gabriel Bardini who held the best hand with A♣Q♣.

Morvan didn't find any help throughout the board K♥8♠6♥K♣7♥ and made his way to the exit.