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

06-22-2025 22:23 UTC-8

End of the Road for Gardes

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 22:19 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 22:15 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

Level: 21

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 20,000

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

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 21:48 UTC-8

Kalisek Finds a King to Take Out Zhang

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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 21:46 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

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 21:43 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.