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

06-22-2025 15:41 UTC-8

McKeehen Doubles Through Westover

Laura Fryer

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

Joe McKeehen was all in for around 140,000 and at risk on the button against Keegan Westover in the big blind.

Joe McKeehen: A♥Q♥ All in
Keegan Westover: A♦K♦

Westover was ahead, but McKeehen stole the pot after hitting a queen on the Q♠6♦4♠ flop and holding on the 4♣ turn and 10♥ river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joseph Mckeehen	295,000 80,000	80,000

Keegan Westover	10,000 164,000	164,000

Tags: Joe Mckeehen Keegan Westover

06-22-2025 15:45 UTC-8

Moon Goes Down

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Jerome Solomon

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

Juan Chaves was blinded into an all-in preflop. Benjamin Moon was coaxed into it after Changliang Deng shoved all in with the full board of 8♦7♦10♦7♥7♣ on display.

Juan Chaves: K♦9♥ All in
Benjamin Moon: [x][x] All in
Changliang Deng: 8♣8♠

Moon thought about making the call for some time, and regretted it when he did. Deng was sitting on a full house and got the double knockout with it.

Player	Chips	Progress
Changliang Deng	363,000 263,000	263,000
Benjamin Moon	Busted

Juan Chaves	Busted

06-22-2025 15:46 UTC-8

Kislinskii Forces a Fold from Zacconi

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Gaelle Jaudon

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

In a heads-up pot, the flop was J♠3♠3♣ when Marcio Zacconi checked from the small blind before raising to 27,000 a bet of 8,000 from Sergei Kislinskii. The latter made the call.

The 7♣ fell on the turn and Zacconi led out for 41,000. After a minute, Kislinskii made the call. The river was the 6♣ and this time Zacconi checked. Kislinskii fired 103,000 in the middle and Zacconi didn't take long to fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sergei Kislinskii	300,000 142,000	142,000
Marcio Zacconi	160,000 113,500	113,500

Tags: Marcio Zacconi Sergei Kislinskii

06-22-2025 15:46 UTC-8

Edris Sends Seltzer Home

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Laura Fryer

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

Jonathan Seltzer was all in and at risk against Laith Edris.

Jonathan Seltzer: K♦Q♣ All in
Laith Edris: 8♣8♦

Edris hit a set on the 9♠7♠8♠ flop and only improved on the A♥ turn and A♣ river, eliminating Seltzer from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Laith Edris	490,000 260,000	260,000
Jonathan Seltzer	Busted

Tags: Jonathan Seltzer Laith Edris

06-22-2025 15:47 UTC-8

Li's Triples Up, Gets First Green Chip

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Gabrielle Barredo

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

Ari Richelson opened for 15,000 under the gun and got called by Michael Mccullough in late position. Zheng Li in the big blind shoved all-in for 40,000. After asking for a count, Richelson called and so did Mccullough, putting Li in a tense position and making him look at his hole cards once again, rubbing it on the felt and visibly hoping he tripled up.

Both Richelson and Mccullough checked down the runout of 2♣3♣Q♦8♣8♦. Li turned over 5♦5♥ anxiously waiting for the other players to table their hands. Mccullough flipped over A♠J♦ and Richelson, hesitant to initially show, tabled K♥J♠ after he was told he should.

Li let out a small cheer of victory for tripling up, saying, "I finally have my first green chip [worth 25,000]."

Player	Chips	Progress
Ari Richelson	390,000 265,000	265,000
Michael Mccullough	170,000 11,000	11,000
Zheng Li	130,000 6,000	6,000

Tags: Ari Richelson Michael Mccullough Zheng Li

06-22-2025 15:51 UTC-8

Hallaert Doubles on the River

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Gaelle Jaudon

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

Hallaert raised in the cutoff to 12,000 and Kenny Hallaert decided to just call in the big blind, with 30,000 left behind.

The flop went 10♣5♥3♣ and Hallaert moved his last chips in the middle. Roff called and they tabled their cards:

Kenny Hallaert: 2♣8♣ All in
Brian Roff: A♠J♣

Roff was still ahead on the 4♠ turn but a 8♥ showed up on the river to give a pair of eights to Hallaert and the small double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Roff	145,000 12,000	12,000
Kenny Hallaert	90,000 163,000	163,000

Tags: Brian Roff Kenny Hallaert

06-22-2025 15:51 UTC-8

Lima Eliminates Becker

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Joseph Berg

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

Action was picked up preflop with Jeremy Becker all in and at risk from middle position for roughly 65,000, and he was up against Vinicius Lima in late position.

Jeremy Becker: Q♣8♣ All in
Vinicius Lima: A♦3♦

The dealer ran out a board of 4♠2♦4♦5♣8♠, ending Becker's impressive run in Event #53.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vinicius Lima	375,000 292,000	292,000
Jeremy Becker	Busted

Tags: Jeremy Becker Vinicius Lima

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adin Aragon	370,000 224,000	224,000
Draxton Amador	285,000 147,000	147,000
Kenzo Ishida	280,000 183,000	183,000

Tags: Adin Aragon Draxton Amador Kenzo Ishida

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.