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

06-22-2025 18:57 UTC-8

Strelitz Gets Value

Gaelle Jaudon

Level 18 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

In a heads-up pot, the flop read 2♣2♠A♣ when Terry Wheeler checked from the big blind. Daniel Strelitz bet 15,000 and Wheeler raised it to 40,000, which Strelitz called.

On the 9♥ turn, Wheeler check-called for 40,000 and a 10♦ landed on the river. Wheeler checked again and quickly called Strelitz's bet worth 85,000, but mucked A♥8♣ after Strelitz showed A♦Q♠ for the winning hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Strelitz	578,000 188,000	188,000

Terry Wheeler	37,000 167,500	167,500

Tags: Daniel Strelitz Terry Wheeler

06-22-2025 18:59 UTC-8

Post Dinner Eliminations

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Claudio Elizalde

Level 18 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Steve Sebbag	Busted
Bruno Porto	Busted
Fan Zhang	Busted
Benjamin Berman	Busted
Guoliang Wei	Busted

Sinead Davenport	Busted
Trung Le	Busted
Benjamin Underwood	Busted
Adrien Favre Felix	Busted
Ryan Sullivan	Busted
Simeon Spasov	Busted

David Levi	Busted
Kenny Shih	Busted
Jose Latorremarina	Busted
Craig Bateman	Busted
Artem Riabov	Busted
Neil Blumenfield	Busted
Steven Sarmiento	Busted
Loic Debregeas	Busted
Perla Ojeda	Busted
Daewoong Song	Busted
Sebastian Schulze	Busted
Baojie Lin	Busted
Thomas Bell	Busted
Senthuran Vijayaratnam	Busted

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06-22-2025 19:02 UTC-8

Iati Grabs Diab's Stack

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 18 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Rocco Iati raised to 22,000 in early position and Michael Diab shoved for 131,000. It folded back to Iati who tanked a minute and announced the call:

Michael Diab: K♦Q♦ All in
Rocco Iati: A♣J♠

Diab had some hopes for a double up but the board brought 8♠8♦7♣9♣3♣ and he made his way to collect his money prize.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rocco Iati	760,000 609,000	609,000

Michael Diab	Busted

Tags: Michael Diab Rocco Lati

06-22-2025 19:06 UTC-8

Huang's Back-to-Back Pockets Crushes Branciforte

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 18 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Action was picked up with Chia Huang, under the gun, and Vito Branciforte, in middle position, in an all-in showdown with their hands and chips in the middle of the felt.

Chia Huang: Q♥Q♠ All in
Vito Branciforte: A♥Q♣

The board ran 5♥3♥J♦2♣8♠. With no ace on the board Huang doubled up leaving Branciforte with only 40,000.

In the very next hand, Branciforte open-shoved with his remaining chips in middle position. Action folded around to the big blind Huang who made the call.

Vito Branciforte: 6♠6♥ All in
Chia Huang: K♥K♦

Once again, Huang was ahead and kept his lead on the flop 9♦7♣Q♥. The turn came the 8♦, which gave Branciforte a bit of hope when it gave him an open-ended straight draw. But the 4♦ river card cemented his elimination from the tournament in two hands against Huang.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chia Huang	800,000 640,000	640,000
Vito Branciforte	Busted

Tags: Chia Huang Vito Branciforte

06-22-2025 19:16 UTC-8

Aces Are Enough for Yaginuma

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 18 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

In a heads-up raised pot, the flop read A♦8♦3♣ when Yaginuma check-called a bet worth 25,000 from David Rees.

The 4♦ turn brought no action and the 2♣ landed on the river. Both checked again and Yaginuma tabled A♣A♥ for trips aces. Rees took some time to release his cards into the muck.

"Good enough?" said Yaginuma jokingly before grabbing the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Rees	925,000 740,000	740,000
Jesse Yaginuma	920,000 816,000	816,000

Tags: David Rees Jesse Yaginuma

06-22-2025 19:21 UTC-8

Amiri Doubles Through Wu

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 18 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

All the chips went in the middle on a flop Q♠3♦K♠ between Huihan Wu and Ehsan Amiri, at risk for a stack of 110,000.

Ehsan Amiri: A♠10♠ All in
Huihan Wu: A♦K♣

Amiri managed to hit a flush as the rest of the board showed 10♣4♠ and took down the pot to double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ehsan Amiri	240,000 144,000	144,000
Huihan Wu	126,000 77,500	77,500

Tags: Ehsan Amiri Huihan Wu

06-22-2025 19:21 UTC-8

Brown Stacks up from Shih; Wang Eliminates Schulze

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Laura Fryer

Level 18 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Sebastian Schulze was all in and at risk from the big blind for his remaining 140,000 stack. His opponent Yilong Wang covered him from a late position.

Sebastian Schulze: A♥10♠ All in
Yilong Wang: A♣K♠

It was a quick elimination, and Schulze stood from the table as the K♦K♥A♠ flop was dealt. He didn't stick around to watch the 2♥ turn or 3♥ river.

On a table across the floor, Kenny Shih in the small blind and in a pot with Camille Brown in the big blind.

The players were heads-up and on the turn with a 10♦8♦3♥4♥ board.

Shih had moved all in for his remaining 100,000 and Brown made the call.

Kenny Shih: J♦10♠ All in
Camille Brown: A♦7♦

Shih was ahead when the cards were flipped, but Camille stole back on the Q♦ river with the flush.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yilong Wang	1,090,000 33,000	33,000

Camille Brown	679,000 188,000	188,000
Sebastian Schulze	Busted
Kenny Shih	Busted

Tags: Camille Brown Kenny Shih Sebastian Schulze Yilong Wang

06-22-2025 19:23 UTC-8

Ho's Kings Hold

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 18 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Asi Moshe opened to 20,000 in late position and got a three-bet from Nathaniel Silver in the hijack to 50,000. Baoqiang Ho in big blind four-bet to 155,000 pushing Moshe out of the pot. Silver five-bet all-in for around 500,000 and Ho snap-called putting Silver's tournament life on the line.

Nathaniel Silver: A♦K♥ All in
Baoqiang Ho: K♠K♣

The dealer fanned out 2♣7♦7♥ maintaining Ho's lead. Silver still had hope to continue his run with an ace on the board. The turn 9♠ didn't change anything and the river J♣ made Silver's elimination a certainty. After verifying that he was covered, Silver left the table to head to the payout counter as Ho happily scooped the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Baoqiang Ho	1,200,000 1,083,000	1,083,000
Nathaniel Silver	Busted

Tags: Asi Moshe Baoqiang Ho Nathaniel Silver

06-22-2025 19:27 UTC-8

More Eliminations

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Claudio Elizalde

Level 18 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jimmy Born	Busted
Kurt Lichtman	Busted
Byungeun Shin	Busted
Nishant Sharma	Busted
Allan Farber	Busted
Mark Dijamco	Busted
Sean Troha	Busted

Jordan Westmorland	Busted
Adrian State	Busted
Nicholas Massey	Busted
James Olichwier	Busted
George Vellucci	Busted
Nader Arfai	Busted
Ekrem Bozkurt	Busted
Cristian Diaz	Busted
Michael Thornhill	Busted
Bryce Mcvay	Busted
Daniel Demuth	Busted
Joseandres Moranguzman	Busted
Daniel Lipszyc	Busted
Mihai Isar	Busted
Michael Hartzheim	Busted
Sascha Manns	Busted

Andreas Putz	Busted
Agharazi Babayev	Busted