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

06-22-2025 21:48 UTC-8

Kalisek Finds a King to Take Out Zhang

Laura Fryer

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

Sihao Zhang was already all in on the button for his remaining 150,000. Clayton Kalisek was the only other player in the hand and covered him from a late position.

Sihao Zhang: Q♦Q♥ All in
Clayton Kalisek: A♥K♦

Zhang was ahead until the K♣2♠J♥ flop, which saw Kalisek pair up. The 6♥ turn and 2♥ river sealed Zhangs fate, and he was eliminated just before the last level of the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Clayton Kalisek	1,525,000 475,000	475,000
Sihao Zhang	Busted

Tags: Clayton Kalisek Sihao Zhang

06-22-2025 21:57 UTC-8

No Sweat for Smajd

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Gabrielle Barredo

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

Anze Smajd opened on the button to 30,000. Jinlong Hu in the big blind reraised to 100,000. Smajd shoved all in for 325,000 and Hu snap-called leading them to a showdown.

Anze Smajd: J♥J♦ All in
Jinlong Hu: A♥6♣

Smajd didn't even have to sweat so much when the flop came 3♣J♠10♦ giving him a set. The runout K♠K♥ improved both his hand to a full house and his stack doubled.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jinlong Hu	1,115,000 1,014,500	1,014,500

Anze Smajd	680,000 587,000	587,000

Tags: Anze Smajd Jinlong Hu

06-22-2025 21:59 UTC-8

Aces No Good for Pichierri

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Laura Fryer

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

David Froyalde opened the button to 30,000 and Jessica Cai defended the big blind.

The players saw a 9♥6♥9♠ flop and Cai checked. Froyalde bet 25,000 which was enough to get Cai to fold, having only 150,000 chips behind.

A few hands later on the same table Alessandro Pichierri opened to 30,000 from an early position and Antonio Vargas, who was sat to Pichierri's direct left, raised to 70,000. Pichierri was all in and Vergas made the call.

Alessandro Pichierri: A♣A♦ All in
Antonio Vargas: A♥10♣

Pichierri was hoping to hold, but the 10♦4♥10♥ flop gave Vargas the lead. Pichierri couldn't find a way back on the 5♣ turn and 8♥ river and was eliminated from the tournament despite spinning his stack back from 35,000 in the previous level. ,

Player	Chips	Progress
Antonio Vargas	910,000 290,000	290,000
David Froyalde	615,000 408,500	408,500
Jessica Cai	150,000 50,000	50,000
Alessandro Pichierri	Busted

Level: 21

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 20,000

06-22-2025 22:15 UTC-8

Getzen Gets It in with Blackjack

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Claudio Elizalde

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Scott Margereson raise in late position to 40,000 and when it folded to Nicholas Getzen he made mention he wasn't sure if he had any fold equity with his opponents' effective stack. After a short deliberation he went all in for 300,000. Margereson made the call.

Nicholas Getzen: A♠J♠ All in
Scott Margereson: 6♣6♠

The flop came K♠8♥3♣ and Getzen was elated to see the J♣ on the turn, especially when he dodged the six when the 8♠ completed the board.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Fehlig	1,600,000 1,479,000	1,479,000
Praveen Anguru	745,000 483,500	483,500
Valentino Konakchiev	685,000 575,000	575,000

Nicholas Getzen	610,000 489,000	489,000
Joonhee Yea	565,000 409,000	409,000
Filipp Khavin	435,000 247,000	247,000
Hung Vo	360,000 210,000	210,000
Scott Margereson	100,000 51,500	51,500

Tags: Nicholas Getzen Scott Margereson

06-22-2025 22:19 UTC-8

Another Round of Eliminations

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Claudio Elizalde

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Cory Rock	Busted
Kyosuke Nagami	Busted
Shunsuke Ishikawa	Busted
Khoi Nguyen Le Nguyen	Busted
Josselin Gardes	Busted
Brock Wilson	Busted
Pablo Roman	Busted
Damarjai Davenport	Busted
Stanley Lee	Busted
Vijayarengan Visvalingam	Busted
George Medina	Busted
Ryan Kutasi	Busted
Djordje Stojic	Busted
Leandro Rubinsztain	Busted
Jason Hoffman	Busted
Yu Li	Busted
Warren Obrien	Busted
Iason Filippidis	Busted
Gavin Sardini	Busted
John Giacobbe	Busted
Alonzo Lau	Busted
Kenneth Quattrocchi	Busted
Michael Walsh	Busted
John Tech	Busted
Oleksii Mezhenkov	Busted

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06-22-2025 22:23 UTC-8

End of the Road for Gardes

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Laura Fryer

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Laurence Stein opened to 40,000 from middle position and David Froyalde called from the cutoff. Josselin Gardes three-bet to 150,000 and Stien four-bet jammed. Froyadale folded and Gardes called, putting his remaining 150,000 stack at risk.

Laurence Stein: 10♠10♥ All in
Josselin Gardes: A♦Q♦

The 5♠A♥J♣ flop saw Gardes move into the lead. Stien didn't recover on the 4♣ turn or 8♥ river, and he was eliminated from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Laurence Stein	825,000 758,000	758,000
David Froyalde	500,000 115,000	115,000
Josselin Gardes	Busted

06-22-2025 22:39 UTC-8

Duan and Adib Chop It Up

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Laura Fryer

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Action folded to Yassine Adib who jammed from the small blind with only Jiaofang Duan left to act in the big blind.

Duan snap called and turned over Ace-King suited. Adib also turned over Ace-King and the players went to the runout.

Jiaofang Duan: A♥K♥ All in
Yassine Adib: A♣K♦

Duan was looking for hearts, but the 8♠8♦5♠ flop didn't bring in anything for Duan and the players chopped the pot after seeing the 8♥ turn and 9♣ river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeff Platt	960,000 95,000	95,000
Richard Troendly	950,000 540,000	540,000
Matthew Peng	935,000 575,000	575,000
Ramon Sorgatto	925,000 752,000	752,000
Jessica Vierling	615,000 376,000	376,000
Jennifer Sabuel	580,000 468,500	468,500

Jiaofang Duan	470,000 188,000	188,000
Yassine Adib	350,000 297,000	297,000

Tags: Yassine Adib Jiaofang Duan

06-22-2025 22:42 UTC-8

Sondhi Doubles Through Dempsey

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Claudio Elizalde

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Vikas Sondhi went all in for for 385,000 and Johnathan Dempsey made the call a few seats to his left.

Vikas Sondhi: A♠J♥ All in
Johnathan Dempsey: 8♣8♠

Sondhi was on the edge of his seat, rooting for top pair as the 10♣2♣9♦ hit the felt. The K♦ was no help to him either but when the A♥ completed the board he clapped his hands in celebration as he secured the double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yusuke Tsukatani	950,000 877,000	877,000
Kasey Mills	855,000 513,000	513,000
Vikas Sondhi	760,000 350,000	350,000
Erik Svoboda	570,000 290,000	290,000
William Parker	495,000 275,000	275,000
Lucas Pochat	445,000 163,000	163,000
Sergi Reixach	400,000 156,000	156,000
Joseph Ozimok	395,000 95,000	95,000
Johnathan Dempsey	385,000 316,000	316,000

Tags: Johnathan Dempsey Vikas Sondhi

06-22-2025 22:46 UTC-8

More Eliminations as Day Comes to an End

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Claudio Elizalde

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Ivan Stankov	Busted
Rudy Cervantes	Busted

David Ivers	Busted
Bin Duan	Busted
Jarrod Blackwell	Busted
Tomas Soderstrom	Busted
Joseph Ozimok	Busted
Nicolas Jalife	Busted
Pierre Sinnig	Busted
Kevin Phan	Busted
Damien Simon	Busted
Dean Ruan	Busted
Kitty Kuo	Busted
Hugo Nazar	Busted
Sandy Sanchez	Busted
Martijn Kiers	Busted
Coralie Sferrazza	Busted
Zhengxiong Zouxu	Busted
James Lim	Busted
Divjot Chhabra	Busted
Christopher Doan	Busted
Michael Minetti	Busted
Richard Kerbis	Busted
Michael Bartov	Busted
Hardey Karem	Busted

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