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

06-22-2025 21:10 UTC-8

Puntinas Takes from Wang

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Claudio Elizalde

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

Gintautas Putinas raised to 30,000 under the gun and Yuzhu Wang defended his big blind.

The flop scrolled across 7♦8♥8♦ and Wang check-called a bet of 25,000.

Both players checked the 10♦, as well as the 2♦ on the river.

Yuzhu Wang: A♥Q♣
Gintautas Putinas: 6♣6♦

Putinas' little flush was good enough to to claim the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Damarjai Davenport	1,350,000 150,000	150,000
Yuzhu Wang	875,000 710,000	710,000
Matt Glantz	860,000 325,000	325,000

Jun Obara	550,000 229,000	229,000
Gintautas Putinas	470,000 360,500	360,500
Gavin Sardini	405,000 273,500	273,500
Tianyu Wang	365,000 131,000	131,000
Carlos Leiva	270,000 70,000	70,000

David Uvaydov	150,000 55,000	55,000

Tags: Gintautas Putinas Yuzhu Wang

06-22-2025 21:10 UTC-8

Peay Eliminated by Rees

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Laura Fryer

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

Zachary Peay was all in at risk against David Rees for his remaining 80,000.

Zachary Peay: A♠3♣ All in
David Rees: A♦K♣

The A♣10♣Q♥4♣8♠ runout saw Peay eliminated and Rees add to his already increasing stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Rees	1,820,000 70,000	70,000
Zachary Peay	Busted

Tags: David Rees Zachary Peay

06-22-2025 21:11 UTC-8

Tang Gets Harder

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Gabrielle Barredo

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

With a chance to eliminate, Nathan Tang called Christian William Steven Harder's all-in shove for 130,000 from the big blind. Both players tabled their hands.

Christian William Steven Harder: 8♥8♦ All in
Nathan Tang: 9♠9♥

It was looking grim for Harder when there were no additional outs for him to improve his hand on the flop of 3♦7♦3♥. Nothing changed on the runout J♣6♦. Harder left the table as Tang scooped the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nathan Tang	370,000 185,000	185,000
Christian Harder	Busted

Tags: Christian William Steven Harder Nathan Tang

06-22-2025 21:20 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Ty Ho	Busted
Richard Mullen	Busted
Ross Krause	Busted
Liao Yinghsiang	Busted
Ian Steinman	Busted

Andrew Wilson	Busted
Elvyn Bello	Busted
Jeremy Wing	Busted
Daniel Bland	Busted
James Sparacio	Busted
Gareth Devereux	Busted
Jonathan Phelps	Busted
Andrew Tran	Busted
Marino Mura	Busted
Raman Afanasenka	Busted
Daniel Buzgon	Busted
Meir Kakoun	Busted
Waichiro Oka	Busted
Shant Marashlian	Busted
Asi Moshe	Busted

Yingge Yan	Busted
Terence Reid	Busted
Clifford Deardorff	Busted
Ionnis Oikonomidis	Busted
Jordyn Miller	Busted

Shuda Passes to Perez

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Laura Fryer

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

Camille Brown opened to 30,000 from the hijack and got two calls from Gregory Shuda in the small blind and Matthew Perez in the big blind.

The 5♦6♠10♣ flop prompted Shuda to bet 25,000. Perez raised to 100,000 and Brown folded. Shuda called and the players went heads-up to the turn.

The 9♠ was placed and Shuda bet 100,000. Perez raised to 600,000 and Shuda mucked his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthew Perez	975,000 926,000	926,000
Camille Brown	425,000 120,000	120,000
Gregory Shuda	190,000 52,000	52,000

Tags: Camille Brown Gregory Shuda Matthew Perez

06-22-2025 21:29 UTC-8

Gao Rivers a Pair for a Double

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Gabrielle Barredo

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

Alex Visbisky opened to 30,000 in late position and got reraised to 75,000 by Takashi Mizukami on the button. Small blind Mike Gao decided to push all his chips for 240,000 in the middle of the table. Visbisky folded but Mizukami made the call putting Gao at risk.

Mike Gao: A♦K♥ All in
Takashi Mizukami: A♠Q♥

Gao already had Mizukami dominated but the board came 7♣5♦7♦2♦K♣ sealing the deal for his double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Gao	520,000 389,500	389,500
Takashi Mizukami	465,000 278,000	278,000
Alex Visbisky	400,000 204,500	204,500

Tags: Alex Visbisky Mike Gao Takashi Mizukami

06-22-2025 21:42 UTC-8

Brown Chips Up; Sanchez Doubles

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Claudio Elizalde

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

Heads up to a turn of A♣7♠10♠7♣ saw Camille Brown bet 85,000 and get called by Steven Jones.

The river fell the J♣ and Brown continued all in for 200,000 and Jones made the fold.

The Very Next Hand:

Sandy Sanchez went all in for 170,000, in late position and Steven Jones made the call.

Sandy Sanchez: A♠K♥ All in
Steven Jones: 9♠9♥

The board ran out A♥8♦5♠2♥3♥, securing a full double for Sanchez.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthew Perez	1,500,000 525,000	525,000
Steven Jones	905,000 310,000	310,000

Sebastian Crane	735,000 590,100	590,100
Preston Mcewen	600,000 490,000	490,000
Camille Brown	490,000 65,000	65,000
Sandy Sanchez	350,000 203,000	203,000
Corentin Ropert	345,000 165,000	165,000
Marshal Alexander-White	245,000 37,000	37,000
Gregory Shuda	220,000 30,000	30,000

Tags: Camille Brown Sandy Sanchez Steven Jones

06-22-2025 21:43 UTC-8

Pichierri Left Hanging On

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Laura Fryer

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

Alessandro Pichierri in the small blind went to battle heads-up against Antonio Vargas who was to his direct left in the big blind. Picherri had around 320,000 and just covered Vargas's stack.

Alessandro Pichierri: A♦J♣ All in
Antonio Vargas: K♠Q♣

Pichierri was looking strong and held on the 2♥7♣3♥ flop and 4♣ turn.

Vargas pinched the pot on the Q♠ river, leaving Pichierri with only 35,000 to play with.

Player	Chips	Progress
Antonio Vargas	620,000 395,000	395,000
Alessandro Pichierri	35,000 46,000	46,000

Tags: Alessandro Pichierri Antonio Vargas

06-22-2025 21:43 UTC-8

Parys Stays Alive

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Gabrielle Barredo

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

The hand was ongoing with two players - Louis Kneeshaw and Maxime Parys heads-up and all in.

Maxime Parys: A♦A♣ All in
Louis Kneeshaw: A♠Q♠

Aces were just what Parys needed with only seven big blinds behind. With Kneeshaw giving him action, Parys was looking at a potential double-up. The dealer unfurled Q♣8♠5♥4♣K♥. The window card of the queen gave him a slight sweat but all was well when the board was completed.

Player	Chips	Progress
Maxime Parys	315,000 238,500	238,500
Louis Kneeshaw	275,000 140,000	140,000

Tags: Louis Kneeshaw Maxime Parys

06-22-2025 21:46 UTC-8

More Eliminations

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Claudio Elizalde

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

Player	Chips	Progress
John Gorsuch	Busted

Adam Levy	Busted

Dennis Saneski	Busted

Ayaz Mahmood	Busted

Richard Pipe	Busted
Thijs Hilberts	Busted
Ryutaro Sugita	Busted
Brandon Cannady	Busted
Marcus Knox	Busted
Jonathan Schwartz	Busted
Ryan Hollaender	Busted
Danserban Borlan	Busted
Martin Sgrilletti	Busted
Kosuke Miyoshi	Busted
Michael Duncan	Busted
Giovanni Zanette	Busted
Bryan Sumner	Busted
Ludovic Geilich	Busted

Jeremy Wien	Busted

Hartt Stearns	Busted
Ran Kadur	Busted
Carlos Martinez	Busted
Konstantinos Patsourakis	Busted