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

06-22-2025 13:15 UTC-8

More Chipcounts as the Bubble Approaches

Gaelle Jaudon

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Sean Picquelle	493,000 402,500	402,500
Grant Gardner	485,000 168,500	168,500
James Morris	345,000 171,500	171,500
Jake Schwartz	290,000 129,000	129,000
Alexane Najchaus	200,000 121,000	121,000
Leo Margets	163,000 12,000	12,000

Hung Vo	150,000 110,000	110,000
Rainer Kempe	113,000 90,500	90,500

Megan Chapman	103,000 75,500	75,500
Dan Heimiller	85,000 123,500	123,500

Nadine Savage	70,000 11,500	11,500

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 13:09 UTC-8

Hand for Hand Play Started

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Gaelle Jaudon

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

With 1,809 players left on for 1,800 places in the money, the tournament's director instructed the dealers to stand up before the start of the Hand for Hand play.

06-22-2025 13:09 UTC-8

Leblond Aggression Right Before Hand For Hand Pays Off

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Gabrielle Barredo

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

Benh Kieu opened for 8,000 in middle position and got called by the man to his immediate left Benjamin Leblond to see a flop.

The flop came 10♣9♦8♠ which both players checked. The turn A♣ fell and Kieu shot out 6,000. As the floor announced hand-for-hand playe on the next hand, Leblond raised to 18,000 sending Kieu to think of what to do with only about 50,000 behind.

He ultimately folded conceding the pot to Leblond.

Player	Chips	Progress
Benjamin Leblond	300,000
Benh Kieu	50,000

Tags: Benh Kieu Benjamin Leblond

06-22-2025 13:08 UTC-8

June Avoids Swoon

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Jerome Solomon

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

Venkata Tayi started with a raise from the cutoff to 12,000 on a flop of J♠A♣10♠. June Kim three-bet it to 28,000 chips.

After much study, Tayi went all in with enough chips to put Kim to the test for all of his chips with the bubble looming.

Kim made the call.

June Kim: K♥Q♣ All in
Venkata Tayi: A♠3♥

With the top straight on the flop, Kim didn't need any help. The runout of Q♥2♣ didn't change anything, and Kim got the crucial double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
June Kim	193,000 96,000	96,000
Venkata Tayi	130,000 60,000	60,000

Tags: June Kim Venkata Tayi

06-22-2025 13:06 UTC-8

Crookston's River Bluff Gets Through

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Joseph Berg

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

David Marshall raised to 8,000 from the cutoff, and Andrew Crookston three-bet to 25,000 on the button. Marshall called.

The flop came 7♣Q♦Q♣. Marshall checked, Crookston bet 16,000, and Marshall called.

Both players checked the 7♦ turn.

The river was the 9♥. Marshall checked again, and Crookston bet 55,000. After some time, Marshall folded, Crookston windmilled J♥8♠ face-up. As he dragged in the sizable pot, Crookston told Marshall, 'You made me sweat.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Crookston	315,000 235,000	235,000
David Marshall	210,000 38,500	38,500

Tags: Andrew Crookston David Marshall

06-22-2025 13:02 UTC-8

Davila Raises the River; Zektser Pays It Off

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Claudio Elizalde

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

Heads up to a flop of Q♦J♦8♣ saw Igor Zektser check and Jacobo Davila followed suit.

The J♣ came on the turn and both players checked again.

Zekster bet 4,000 when the 2♦ completed and he soon faced a raise to 15,000 from Davila.

It appeared Zekster was counting combinations of hands his opponents could have and eventually he flicked in the call.

Davila tabled A♦3♦ for the nut flush and Zekster mucked his hand, nodding as if that hand was indeed on his mental list.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mikhail Sniatovskii	227,000 72,500	72,500
Matt Glantz	222,000 59,000	59,000

Jacobo Davila	160,000 19,000	19,000
John Giacobbe	158,000 113,000	113,000
Igor Zektser	150,000 81,500	81,500

Jason Johnson	119,000 29,000	29,000
David Whitehouse	106,000 46,000	46,000
Shiina Okamoto	64,000 97,000	97,000

Tags: Igor Zektser Jacobo Davila

06-22-2025 13:01 UTC-8

Song Catches Park's Bluff

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Gabrielle Barredo

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

Action was picked up on the flop of 7♦2♣9♠ and a pot of 20,000. After a check, Daewoong Song from cutoff bet out 8,000 and got called by Joon Park on the button. Sascha Manns in the big blind folded leading the other two to the turn.

The turn 9♣ dropped and Song check-called Park's bet of 18,000. The same thing happened on the river 2♦ with Park betting 30,000 and Song calling.

Park showed J♦10♣ for a paired board with his jack as a kicker while Song tabled A♣7♥ for two pair with the board and his ace as the kciker.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daewoong Song	300,000 49,000	49,000
Joon Park	220,000 73,000	73,000
Sascha Manns	195,000 581,000	581,000

Tags: Daewoong Song Joon Park Sascha Manns

06-22-2025 12:57 UTC-8

Gonzalez Doubles Through Pochat

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Laura Fryer

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

Daniel Gonzalez was all-in from the hijack for his remaining 35,000 and went heads-up against Lucas Pochat in a middle position.

Daniel Gonzalez: A♠Q♣ All in
Lucas Pochat: J♦J♣

Gonzalez needed to improve and was behind on the 5♣K♦2♠ flop, and the 10♣ turn.

His luck changed on the Q♠ river and he retook his seat, doubling his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lucas Pochat	282,000 140,000	140,000
Daniel Gonzalez	80,000 40,000	40,000

Tags: Daniel Gonzalez Lucas Pochat

06-22-2025 12:56 UTC-8

Some Updated Chipcounts

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Gaelle Jaudon

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Camille Brown	280,000 30,000	30,000
Joseph Mckeehen	215,000 114,000	114,000

Maria Lampropulos	192,000 98,000	98,000
Congya Zhang	178,000 28,000	28,000
Aaron Massey	175,000 13,500	13,500
Natalia Rozova	162,000 68,500	68,500
Kelly Lucas	160,000 20,000	20,000
Alexandre Mantovani	115,000 66,000	66,000

Alexis Gavin	113,000 85,500	85,500

Barry Greenstein	100,000 27,000	27,000