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

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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 10:27 UTC-8

Hale Takes It River

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Gaelle Jaudon

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

In a heads-up raised pot, the flop was 8♣4♣Q♠ when Millard Hale checked from the blinds to David Amos who bet 4,000. Hale called and both checked on the 5♣ turn.

The river was the 7♦ and this time Hale led out for 10,000. It was enough to get a fold from Amos and grab the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Amos	114,000 17,000	17,000
Millard Hale	95,000 27,000	27,000

Tags: David Amos Millard Hale

06-22-2025 10:30 UTC-8

Davis Sends Liu Out

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Gaelle Jaudon

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

All the chips went in the middle preflop between Thomas Liu, at risk with a short stack of around 70,000, and Matthew Davis, who had him covered:

Thomas Liu: Q♠Q♦ All in
Matthew Davis: A♣K♠

Liu had to win the flip to survive, but the board revealed A♥6♠10♦3♦J♦, and Davis took down the pot with top pair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthew Davis	245,000 61,500	61,500
Thomas Liu	Busted

Tags: Matthew Davis Thomas Liu

06-22-2025 10:37 UTC-8

Hegarty's Kings No Match for Manikaros's Big Slick

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Joseph Berg

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

Iraklis Manikaros raised to 6,000 from late position, and Sean Hegarty three-bet to 14,500 from the small blind. Manikaros then moved all in for approximately 72,000, putting himself at risk. Hegarty made the call and looked to be in great shape.

Iraklis Manikaros: A♥K♦ All in
Sean Hegarty: K♠K♣

The dealer fanned an A♦ in the window, followed by the K♥5♥, maximum excitement, but the drama wasn’t over. The J♥7♥ runout completed a nut-flush for Manikaros, putting a massive dent in Hegarty’s stack. As chips were pushed across the table, one player muttered, “Poker can be a stupid game sometimes.”

Player	Chips	Progress
Iraklis Manikaros	151,000 61,000	61,000
Sean Hegarty	12,000 54,500	54,500

Tags: Iraklis Manikaros Sean Hegarty

06-22-2025 10:39 UTC-8

Rupe Flushed Out

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Jerome Solomon

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

Marlon Rupe put his last 50,000 chips at risk. Bhavesh Patel took some time before deciding to make the call.

Marlon Rupe: 9♣9♥ All in
Bhavesh Patel: A♠10♣

The runout of K♠8♥7♠9♠2♠ looked fine for Rupe for a while, but ended badly with Patel hitting a nut-flush on the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bhavesh Patel	120,000 99,500	99,500
Marlon Rupe	Busted

Tags: Bhavesh Patel Marlon Rupe

06-22-2025 10:44 UTC-8

Good Start for Wien

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Gaelle Jaudon

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

Jeremy Wien limped in early position and it folded to Sheldon Hayashi in the small blind who raised. Wien three-bet to 13,500 and after a minute, Hayashi made the call.

The flop showed 8♠9♥3♠ and Hayashi didn't take long to check-fold after Wien continued for 13,500. Wien tabled K♦K♠ before grabbing the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeremy Wien	220,000 97,000	97,000

Sheldon Hayashi	45,000 9,000	9,000

Tags: Jeremy Wien Sheldon Hayashi

06-22-2025 10:49 UTC-8

Picone Slips Down

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Gaelle Jaudon

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

In a heads-up raised pot, the flop showed 5♣4♦8♦ when Igor Picone check-called, from the small blind, Dimitrios Gkatzas' continuation-bet for 11,500.

Both checked on the 6♥ turn and on the 2♠ river. Picone turned over A♣10♣ and the pot was sent to Gkatzas, who tabled Q♠Q♦.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dimitrios Gkatzas	130,000 14,000	14,000
Igor Picone	55,000 54,000	54,000

Tags: Dimitrios Gkatzas Igor Picone

06-22-2025 10:54 UTC-8

Shmuelov Takes From Holloway

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Joseph Berg

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

Chad Holloway limped in from the button, as did Yotam Shmuelov in the small blind and Blake Bohn in the big blind.

The dealer spread a 4♥2♠7♦ flop. Shmuelov led out for 4,000, Bohn folded, and Holloway called.

The turn brought the A♣. Shmuelov checked, Holloway bet 8,000, and Shmuelov called.

Both players checked the Q♥ river. Shmuelov tabled 7♣2♣, which was good for the win.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yotam Shmuelov	92,500 13,500	13,500
Blake Bohn	88,000 3,000	3,000
Chad Holloway	72,000 1,500	1,500

Tags: Blake Bohn Chad Holloway Yotam Shmuelov

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.