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

Players Left 1 / 11,996

Final Table

Collin Ball

3,245,000

Artem Tuliupa

3,135,000

David Rees

2,830,000

Carl Carodenuto

2,500,000

Lucca Nascimento

2,310,000

Chris Moorman

2,295,000

Yang Zhang

2,260,000

Clayton Kalisek

2,240,000

Alexander Savchenko

2,215,000

Vinicius Lima

2,145,000

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06-22-2025 11:55 UTC-8

Porrello Chipping Up

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Joseph Berg

Level 13 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Action folded to Xiaoqiong Liu in the small blind, who raised to 8,000 and was called by Katherine Porrello in the big blind.

The flop came A♥3♥4♦. Liu bet 5,000, and Porrello called.

The turn brought the 5♦. This time, Liu bet 21,000, but was met with an all-in from Porrello for roughly 50,000. Liu quickly tossed her cards into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Katherine Porrello	98,000 35,000	35,000
Xiaoqiong Liu	28,000 26,000	26,000

Tags: Katherine Porrello Xiaoqiong Liu

06-22-2025 11:53 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Min Kim	Busted
Sergii Karpov	Busted
Greg Abdulian	Busted
Eric Webster	Busted
Sam Jozani	Busted
Mark Mitzel	Busted
Michael Goldfarb	Busted
Michael Preston	Busted
Arthur Souzadecampos	Busted
Susannah Altman	Busted
Jacques Guenni	Busted
Shane Rose	Busted
Thomas Liu	Busted
Nathan Corbin	Busted
Oscar Montalvo	Busted
Gerson Caldeira	Busted
Guy Michimoto	Busted
Tim Kovacic	Busted
Joseph Alban	Busted
Zehong Zong	Busted
Igor Picone	Busted
Huifang Zhang	Busted
John Longoria	Busted
Agustin Naranja	Busted
Shan Jing	Busted

Preflop Pot for Raymond Ross

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 13 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Robert Nehorayan opened to 6,000 in the cutoff and Chun-Ting Chu three-bet to 17,500 on the button. Raymond Ross four-bet shoved in the small blind for 70,000 and after some thinking, both his opponents folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chun-Ting Chu	180,000 50,000	50,000
Robert Nehorayan	141,000 99,000	99,000

Raymond Ross	103,000 5,000	5,000

Tags: Chun-Ting Chu Raymond Ross Robert Nehorayan

06-22-2025 11:42 UTC-8

Obara Eliminates Unsal

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Joseph Berg

Level 13 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Jun Obara raised to 6,500 from the button, and Onur Unsal three-bet to 15,500 from the small blind. Obara responded by pushing a stack of red chips forward, putting Unsal all in and at risk for roughly 60,000 effective. Unsal made the call and was behind.

Onur Unsal: A♣10♥ All in
Jun Obara: A♥Q♥

The dealer ran out a board of 4♠3♥K♣7♥4♣ eliminating Unsal from Event #53.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jun Obara	321,000 183,000	183,000
Onur Unsal	Busted

Tags: Jun Obara Onur Unsal

06-22-2025 11:41 UTC-8

Nayak Leaves Yotsushika with Crumbs

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 13 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

In a three-bet pot, the flop was 8♠3♣7♥ when Neeraj Nayak bet 20,000 from the big blind, and Kazuhiko Yotsushika raised after some thinking. Nayak quickly shoved with 78,000 chips and Yotsushika called with slightly more.

Kazuhiko Yotsushika: 9♦8♦ All in
Neeraj Nayak: A♠A♦

Yotsushika couldn't find any of the outs he needed on the 4♥10♣ runout and busted a few minutes later.

Player	Chips	Progress
Neeraj Nayak	215,000 131,000	131,000

Kazuhiko Yotsushika	Busted

Tags: Kazuhiko Yotsushika Neeraj Nayak

06-22-2025 11:30 UTC-8

Hennigan Joins the Exit

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 13 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

According to the table, Yilong Wang raised to 6,000 with AxKx and John Hennigan made a three-bet to 15,500, holding K♦Q♦. It folded back to Wang who four-bet to 48,000 and Hennigan shoved for around 190,000, which Wang called.

The board didn't help Hennigan as Wang flopped a pair of aces, and Henningan made his way to the exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yilong Wang	560,000 244,500	244,500

John Hennigan	Busted

Tags: John Hennigan Yilong Wang

06-22-2025 11:16 UTC-8

Filartiga Chipping Up

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Joseph Berg

Level 13 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Holden Filartiga raised to 6,000 from early position, Carlos Caldas then three-bet to 22,000, and Filartiga made the call.

The flop came 2♥J♦3♥, Filartiga bet 19,000, and Caldas made the call.

Action checked through on the 10♥ turn and 4♣ river. Filartiga tabled Q♠Q♥, which was good for the win.

Player	Chips	Progress
Holden Filartiga	210,000 67,500	67,500
Carlos Caldas	163,000 21,000	21,000

Tags: Carlos Caldas

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 3,000

06-22-2025 10:59 UTC-8

Svoboda Happily Takes Triple-up

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Jerome Solomon

Level 12 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Erik Svoboda went all in from middle position, risking his 51,500 chips. When he got two callers, he thought he was in trouble. "Uh oh," he said.

Erik Svoboda: K♣Q♣ All in
Matthew Kirkwood: A♦K♠
Brian Nerney: J♣J♦

Turned out the runout of Q♥K♦9♠7♠3♠ hit Svoboda nicely, as his two pair on the flop held for the triple-up and shouts of joy.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Nerney	262,000 86,500	86,500
Erik Svoboda	163,000 85,000	85,000
Matthew Kirkwood	22,000 58,500	58,500

Tags: Erik Svoboda Brian Nerney Matthew Kirkwood

06-22-2025 10:57 UTC-8

Bardini Takes Morvan's Stack

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

All the chips were in the middle, with Romain Morvan being at risk with A♦10♠ in his hands, versus Gabriel Bardini who held the best hand with A♣Q♣.

Morvan didn't find any help throughout the board K♥8♠6♥K♣7♥ and made his way to the exit.