Level: 15
Blinds: 3,000/5,000
Ante: 5,000
2025 World Series of Poker
Event #53: $1,500 Millionaire Maker
Day: 2
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Final Table
Level 14
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
With what turned out to be ten bust outs during hand-for-hand, there was a flurry of eliminations in the white section of Horseshoe.
Hand 1:
David Moses got his last 151,000 in the middle preflop against Charles Shaverdians.
David Moses: A♦K♣ 
Charles Shaverdians: A♣Q♠
The queen came right away as the board ran out 2♣Q♣9♥3♦10♦ and Moses was left rolling his eyes.
Hand 2:
Heads up on a flop of 8♦2♣J♠, Bruceadam Mansonhing was all in and at risk against Vera Dong.
Bruceadam Mansonhing: Q♣Q♦
Vera Dong: J♣J♥
The board completed with the A♥ and 8♥, awarding Dong the pot with her flopped top set.
Hand 3:
Hattori Lopez was all in and at risk preflop against the commanding stack of Alexander Kartveli.
Hattori Lopez: A♥K♥
Alexander Kartveli: 7♥7♣
The board ran out 4♦10♠2♦5♦5♥ and Kartveli's sevens were good enough to eliminate Lopez.
Hand 4
Quite the cooler unfolded preflop as Michael Marder got his chips in against Tetsuma Ishizu.
Michael Marder: K♠K♣
Tetsuma Ishizu: A♣A♦
The flop rolled 2♠8♠6♦ and Marder picked up a sweat with the 9♠ on the turn but the river paired with the 2♦ and Ishizu's aces held over Marder's kings.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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665,000
115,000
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115,000 |
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420,000
34,500
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34,500 |
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391,000
244,500
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244,500 |
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165,000
58,000
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58,000 |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
Level 14
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Saigokul Kannan went all-in and was at risk from the small blind for 33,000 and was up against Troy Donaldson in the big blind.
Saigokul Kannan: K♣K♠
Troy Donaldson: J♦10♦
The board ran out Q♠9♦3♠5♣6♠, providing some drama. Donaldson was left with a severe short stack after the hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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76,000
4,500
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4,500 |
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2,000
42,000
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42,000 |
Level 14
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Aaron Motoyama was all in and at risk for a remaining stack around 100,000, with the best possible hand as he was holding A♣A♠. He was facing Stephen Buell who had A♦J♦.
Motoyama had good hopes for a double up but found a board 6♣6♠4♦J♥J♣, giving runner-runner trips to Buell in a dramatic fashion.
A few tables next to them, the board was showed K♦Q♥7♣10♦ in a heads-up pot when Neeraj Nayak bet and called a shove from Garith Rodgers who had the lower stack .
Garith Rodgers: A♣K♠
Neeraj Nayak: A♦J♦
Nayak had hit a straight and the 8♥ river didn't change anything, sending Rodgers to the payout desk to split the first payouts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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380,000
221,500
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221,500 |
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330,000
115,000
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115,000 |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
Level 14
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
During bubble time ten people were eliminated and two of them were Delano Jackson and Thao Yang.
Delano Jackson open- shoved all-in in the small blind for around 55,000 and got called by big blind Kharlin Sued taking them to showdown.
Delano Jackson: 6♠6♦
Kharlin Sued: 9♠9♦
Sued was ahead with his nines and and stayed ahead on the board 3♠K♥J♦8♥2♦ making Jackson one of the eliminations on the bubble.
Two tables down, Thao Yang responded with an all-in shove for around 39,000 in middle position after David Amos under the gun opened to 9,000. Amos made the call putting Yang's tournament life during bubble time in jeopardy.
Thao Yang: K♦Q♣
David Amos: A♥10♥
The flop came 8♥10♠8♣ instantly giving Amos a pair and potentially sending Yang to hit the rails. With the runout 4♦7♠, Yang's fate was sealed to join Jackson as one of the ten eliminations.
The ten eliminated players would be chopping seven payouts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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290,000
176,000
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176,000 |
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146,000
63,000
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63,000 |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
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♦
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 |
|---|---|---|
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418,000
253,000
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253,000 |
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Busted |
Level 14
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Players were heads-up on the 7♦Q♥A♣J♠10♠ board with a pot of around 80,000. Mihai Isar had checked from the big blind and Dingxiang Ong had moved 150,000 into the middle from his stack. Isar had only 90,000 behind and went into the tank as there were 3 people away from reaching the money.
Isar put his remaining stack into the pot and play was paused whilst hand for hand was in play.
There was alot of table talk, and Isar asked Ong "Do you have it?". Isar stood from the table until the cards were turned.
Mihai Isar: Q♣7♣
Dingxiang Ong: 10♣8♦
Isar showed two pair, and took the pot after Ong had only a single pair of tens.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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271,000
95,000
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95,000 |
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196,000
138,000
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138,000 |
Level 14
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Pok Kim was all in and at risk for a short stack worth 35,000, holding 10♣10♠, and was facing AxKx in Quang Vu's hands for a typical flip situation.
Kim managed to find a board 2♥8♠7♥9♥6♠ to make a straight and take a needed double up at the bubble of the event.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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175,000
99,000
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99,000 |
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80,000
35,000
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35,000 |
Level 14
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Just before the money bubble, Jessica Vierling was all in from middle position on the 9♠4♦8♥7♥3♣ flop with a pot of around 95,000. Action was on Eunyoung Choi on the button to make the call.
Choi took around 3 minutes before moving in a stack of chips to call and the player went to showdown.
Jessica Vierling: 6♣5♣
Eunyoung Choi: 6♦5♦
Vierling remarked, "Wow, same hand." as both players were sitting with a straight. She continued with, "How do you have six fiver here?".
Neither player was eliminated and they chopped the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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297,000
44,500
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44,500 |
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239,000
42,500
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42,500 |
Level 14
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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400,000
89,000
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89,000 |
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179,000
800,000
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800,000 |
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156,000
1,087,000
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1,087,000 |
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152,000
748,000
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748,000 |
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152,000
43,000
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43,000 |
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