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

06-22-2025 20:13 UTC-8

Mekouane Takes It All from Appalaraju

Gaelle Jaudon

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Jalil Mekouane raised to 25,000 and Jampana Appalaraju three-bet to 66,000 next to him. It came back to Mekouane who made the call.

The flop went J♠8♣4♣ and Mekouane check-called Appalaraju's continuation for 59,000. On the K♥ turn, Mekouane checked again and Appalaraju fired 165,000. Mekouane shoved and Appalaraju snap-called, at risk for a remaining stack around 190,000.

Jampana Appalaraju: A♣Q♣ All in
Jalil Mekouane: K♦J♦

Mekouane had hit two pair and the river 3♦ bricked to send Appalaraju to the payout desk.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jalil Mekouane	1,150,000 983,000	983,000
Jampana Appalaraju	Busted

Tags: Appalaraju Jalil Mekouane

06-22-2025 20:14 UTC-8

Cai Still Alive

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Jerome Solomon

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

After taking a huge hit, losing a preflop race with A♠K♦ against Richard Pipe's J♥J♠, Jessica Cai was down to just 22,000 chips. Two hands later, she was back in the mix.

She won the first hand with 7♣7♠ against Joe Hindry's A♦7♦ and the board came 2♠10♥10♠Q♥J♦. On the second hand, she went all in against Hindry again, this time as a huge underdog.

Jessica Cai: 5♠5♥ All in
Joe Hindry: K♠K♣

Cai, who is on her third cash of the series, improved immediately on the flop, as the door card gave her a set, and that was the winning hand through the runout of 6♣3♥5♣4♥9♠.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joe Hindry	380,000 243,500	243,500
Richard Pipe	300,000 190,000	190,000
Jessica Cai	200,000 162,000	162,000

Tags: Jessica Cai Joe Hindry Richard Pipe

06-22-2025 20:18 UTC-8

Primus Secures Double with a Full House

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Action was picked up with Arie Kliper in late position and Benjamin Primus in the big blind in an all-in showdown and waiting for the dealer to peel the board.

Benjamin Primus: Q♠Q♦ All in
Arie Kliper: 3♠3♣

Primus lead was strengthened when the flop came J♣10♥A♦ giving him additional outs to improve his hand. The Q♣ turn boosted his chance for a double-up as it gave him a set. The A♥ river gave him a full house cementing his chips to double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Arie Kliper	1,600,000 475,000	475,000
Benjamin Primus	270,000 110,000	110,000

Tags: Arie Kliper Benjamin Primus

06-22-2025 20:26 UTC-8

Margets Busts Scarborough

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Anthony Scarborough open-shoved for his last 50,000 on the button, holding J♦7♣, and Leo Margets snap-called with 7♦7♥ in the big blind.

No miracle came for Scarborough throughout the board 6♦8♦K♦6♥10♣ and he was eliminated from the event.

Player	Chips	Progress
Leo Margets	405,000 175,000	175,000

Anthony Scarborough	Busted

Tags: Anthony Scarborough Leo Margets

06-22-2025 20:30 UTC-8

Battle of the Short Stacks

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Play was already underway with Danserban Borlan and Jeffrey Rospond all-in both below the average stack and looking for a chance to chip up.

Jeffrey Rospond: Q♠Q♣ All in
Danserban Borlan: 3♥3♣

Rospond had a shorter stack and was waiting to see if his queens would hold. After fixing the cards in the middle, the dealer finally fanned out the board 10♦7♠J♥K♠10♥. Rospond scored a much-needed double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Danserban Borlan	93,000 60,500	60,500
Jeffrey Rospond	84,000 114,000	114,000

Tags: Danserban Borlan Jeffrey Rospond

06-22-2025 20:32 UTC-8

Marshall Hits the Flush River

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

David Marshall raised to 24,000 and it folded to Hugues Girard who called in the big blind.

Both checked on the 5♥3♣2♥ flop and a 5♦ fell on the turn. Girard bet for 18,000 and Marshall made the call.

The 7♥ completed the board and Girard sent a few 25,000 chips into the middle, putting Marshall at risk for his last 84,000. The latter snap-called. Girard tabled 4♦5♣ for trips but Marshall had 9♥6♥ for the flush and took down the double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hugues Girard	675,000 476,000	476,000
David Marshall	260,000 50,000	50,000

Tags: David Marshall Hugues Girard

06-22-2025 20:33 UTC-8

Break

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

The remaining 550 players are on a 20-minute break.

Level: 20

Blinds: 10,000/15,000

Ante: 15,000

06-22-2025 20:53 UTC-8

Eliminations Before Break; Ren Lin Out of the Running

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Claudio Elizalde

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Gianluca Angeloni	Busted
Daniel Peracchi	Busted
Nahum Maldonado	Busted
Xiaohu Liu	Busted
Francisco Trujillo	Busted
Alejandro Porras	Busted
Jordan Siegel	Busted
Ian Greendale	Busted
Anthony Scarborough	Busted
James Chavanarojrit	Busted

Peter Csampai	Busted
Leandro Bustillo	Busted
Scott Allacher	Busted
Colton Blomberg	Busted
Jake Flores	Busted
Andreas Olympios	Busted
Roshan Rodrigues	Busted
Ehsan Amiri	Busted
David Pevahouse	Busted
Yu Huang	Busted
Jesper Hoog	Busted
Nikolai Fal	Busted

Carlos Chang	Busted

Matija Dobric	Busted
Adel Jo	Busted

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06-22-2025 20:53 UTC-8

Updated Top Ten Counts After the Break According to the WSOP+ App

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Laura Fryer

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Clayton Kalisek	2,000,000 1,937,000	1,937,000
Collin Ball	1,890,000 556,000	556,000

David Rees	1,890,000 965,000	965,000
Arie Kliper	1,830,000 230,000	230,000
Artem Tuliupa	1,825,000 1,569,500	1,569,500
Carlos Pou	1,600,000 1,490,000	1,490,000
Bogdan Munteanu	1,550,000 1,218,000	1,218,000
Quang Vu	1,550,000 1,375,000	1,375,000
Brian Waletzki	1,535,000 1,427,000	1,427,000
Damarjai Davenport	1,500,000 210,000	210,000