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

06-22-2025 16:26 UTC-8

La Doubles Through Troha

Laura Fryer

Level 16 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Sean Troha opened from the cutoff to 12,000. Aaron La was on the button and moved all in for his remaining 81,000. Troha called and the cards were flipped.

Aaron La: A♥8♣ All in
Sean Troha: K♣Q♥

The 5♣10♦2♦ flop saw no change and La held with just an Ace on the 5♠ turn and 2♠ river.

It won't be an easy day for either player as they have Ren Lin and Jonathan Tamayo at their table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sean Troha	452,000 344,000	344,000

Ren Lin	192,000 53,000	53,000

Aaron La	177,000 33,000	33,000
Jonathan Tamayo	80,000 21,500	21,500

Tags: Aaron La Jonathan Tamayo Ren Lin Sean Troha

06-22-2025 16:18 UTC-8

Snyder Chips Up

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 16 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Steven Snyder opened to 12,000 in late position and got called by Franchesco Yang in cutoff.

The dealer unfurled 3♣4♥Q♣ and both players checked through the turn K♦. Snyder led out with another 12,000 on the river J♠ which Yang called.

Snyder showed Q♠10♦ for a pair on the flop, prompting Yang to throw his hand in the muck pile.

Player	Chips	Progress
Steven Snyder	320,000 236,000	236,000
Franchesco Yang	104,000 6,000	6,000

Tags: Franchesco Yang Steven Snyder

06-22-2025 16:18 UTC-8

Kao Forces a Fold from Hosein

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 16 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Kuowei Kao started the action with a raise to 12,000 and got called by Amin Hosein on the button and Steven Ritchie in the big blind.

The dealer showed A♣8♦K♣ and the three players checked to see a A♠ pair the board on the turn. It checked again to Hosein who bet 17,000 and only Kao made the call.

The J♠ fell on the river and Kao checked again. Hosein bet 40,000 and after a minute, Kao announced all in. Hosein snap-folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Steven Ritchie	460,000 322,500	322,500
Amin Hosein	372,000 122,000	122,000
Kuowei Kao	252,000 141,000	141,000

Tags: Amin Hosein Kuowei Kao Steven Ritchie

06-22-2025 16:16 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Clement Bonnant	Busted
Christopher Chan	Busted
Edward Collins	Busted
Jacob Ferro	Busted
Joseph Graves	Busted
Daniel Marx	Busted
Irene Carey	Busted
Yifu He	Busted
Danny Gonzales	Busted
Robert Hover	Busted
Joshua Oneal	Busted
Ran Yi	Busted
Natalia Rozova	Busted
Fred Louie	Busted
Luca Campagnoli	Busted
Ruben Costa	Busted
Rodney Spriggs	Busted
Thanh Hoa	Busted
Mikhail Petrov	Busted
Jw Petree	Busted
Joffrey Margris	Busted
Luigi Soncin	Busted
Turlough Mchugh	Busted
Patrick Lyons	Busted

Donald Manns	Busted

Queens Top Matching Hands

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Jerome Solomon

Level 16 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

With Christopher Chan and Andrey Kaitmazov already all in, Anthony Koutsos made the decision to join the preflop party.

Christopher Chan: A♦K♥ All in
Andrey Kaitmazov: Q♣Q♠ All in
Anthony Koutsos: A♥K♠

The runout of 10♥6♠5♣7♠10♦ didn't deliver the ace of king that Chan and Koutsos needed, leading out a loud yelp from Kaitmazov, who found new life in tripling his stack with his pocket queens.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrey Kaitmazov	327,000 229,000	229,000
Christopher Chan	74,000 17,500	17,500
Anthony Koutsos	Busted

Tags: Andrey Kaitmazov Anthony Koutsos Christopher Chan

06-22-2025 16:08 UTC-8

Lucas Doubles Up; Mckellar Takes a Hit

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Claudio Elizalde

Level 16 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Kelly Lucas, previous surnname Minkin, went all in under the gun for 95,000. Pierce Mckellar made the call from the big blind.

Kelly Lucas: 10♣10♦ All in
Pierce Mckellar: A♣Q♥

The board ran out K♣6♣6♥2♥8♣ and Lucas secured a full double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Carl Carodenuto	950,000 593,500	593,500
Andreas Kniep	585,000 425,500	425,500
Pierce Mckellar	391,000 291,000	291,000
Ruben Costa	225,000 116,000	116,000
Kelly Lucas	199,000 39,000	39,000
Felix Mcpeake	107,000 19,500	19,500
Rodney Spriggs	85,000 85,000	85,000
Joshua Berthiaume	62,000 10,500	10,500

Tags: Kelly Lucas Pierce Mckellar

06-22-2025 16:07 UTC-8

Tieman Wins a Small One

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Joseph Berg

Level 16 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Johann Tiemann raised to 12,000 from middle position and was called by Andre Marcano on the button.

The flop came 5♠4♠5♦, Tiemann bet 11,000, and Marcano called.

The turn was the 6♥, this time Tiemann bet 23,000, which got a fold from Marcano.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexander Sokolovsky	305,000 207,000	207,000
Andre Marcano	220,000
Johann Tiemann	205,000 114,500	114,500
Linyang Song	205,000 60,000	60,000
Adam Cader	190,000 106,500	106,500
Asif Idrees	120,000 38,000	38,000
Clement Bonnant	85,000 15,000	15,000
Fred Louie	80,000 22,000	22,000

Tags: Andre Marcano Johann Tiemann

06-22-2025 16:06 UTC-8

Betz it all Against Shigano

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Laura Fryer

Level 16 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Kyle Shigano opened the hijack and Thomas Betz moved all in from the cutoff for 54,000. Shigano called taking them to showdown.

Thomas Betz: K♠K♦ All in
Kyle Shigano: A♦J♠

There was little sweat for Betz on the 3♠5♥9♦ flop, and he held on the 10♥ turn and 2♣ river, securing himself the double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kyle Shigano	340,000 116,000	116,000
Thomas Betz	123,000 23,500	23,500

Tags: Kyle Shigano Thomas Betz

06-22-2025 16:04 UTC-8

Tavss Sends Russell Out

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 16 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

In a heads-up raised pot, the flop showed 3♦7♥4♠ when John Tavss first checked from the small blind. Charles Russell bet 30,000 from the big blind and faced an all in shove from Tavss, who had him covered. Russell eventually called for a remaining stack around 120,000 and they tabled their cards:

Charles Russell: 10♥10♦ All in
John Tavss: J♠J♦

Russell didn't find any miracle on the A♥ turn and A♦ river and the pot was shipped to Tavss.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Tavss	335,000 274,000	274,000
Charles Russell	Busted

Tags: Charles Russell John Tavss

06-22-2025 16:03 UTC-8

Ishida Forces a Fold

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 16 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Action was picked up on the flop of 8♥2♥6♦ and a pot of around 40,000. Draxton Amador in the small blind and Adin Aragon in big checked the action to Kenzo Ishida. Ishida fired 15,000 which was enough to make Amador fold.

Aragon called to see another card. The turn dropped 9♣ and after a check Ishida placed 50,000 in the middle making Aragon think about his next move. After a few seconds, he mucked his hand leaving the pot to be awarded to Ishida.