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

06-22-2025 19:21 UTC-8

Brown Stacks up from Shih; Wang Eliminates Schulze

Laura Fryer

Level 18 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Sebastian Schulze was all in and at risk from the big blind for his remaining 140,000 stack. His opponent Yilong Wang covered him from a late position.

Sebastian Schulze: A♥10♠ All in
Yilong Wang: A♣K♠

It was a quick elimination, and Schulze stood from the table as the K♦K♥A♠ flop was dealt. He didn't stick around to watch the 2♥ turn or 3♥ river.

On a table across the floor, Kenny Shih in the small blind and in a pot with Camille Brown in the big blind.

The players were heads-up and on the turn with a 10♦8♦3♥4♥ board.

Shih had moved all in for his remaining 100,000 and Brown made the call.

Kenny Shih: J♦10♠ All in
Camille Brown: A♦7♦

Shih was ahead when the cards were flipped, but Camille stole back on the Q♦ river with the flush.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yilong Wang	1,090,000 33,000	33,000

Camille Brown	679,000 188,000	188,000
Sebastian Schulze	Busted
Kenny Shih	Busted

Tags: Camille Brown Kenny Shih Sebastian Schulze Yilong Wang

06-22-2025 19:21 UTC-8

Amiri Doubles Through Wu

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 18 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

All the chips went in the middle on a flop Q♠3♦K♠ between Huihan Wu and Ehsan Amiri, at risk for a stack of 110,000.

Ehsan Amiri: A♠10♠ All in
Huihan Wu: A♦K♣

Amiri managed to hit a flush as the rest of the board showed 10♣4♠ and took down the pot to double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ehsan Amiri	240,000 144,000	144,000
Huihan Wu	126,000 77,500	77,500

Tags: Ehsan Amiri Huihan Wu

06-22-2025 19:16 UTC-8

Aces Are Enough for Yaginuma

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 18 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

In a heads-up raised pot, the flop read A♦8♦3♣ when Yaginuma check-called a bet worth 25,000 from David Rees.

The 4♦ turn brought no action and the 2♣ landed on the river. Both checked again and Yaginuma tabled A♣A♥ for trips aces. Rees took some time to release his cards into the muck.

"Good enough?" said Yaginuma jokingly before grabbing the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Rees	925,000 740,000	740,000
Jesse Yaginuma	920,000 816,000	816,000

Tags: David Rees Jesse Yaginuma

06-22-2025 19:06 UTC-8

Huang's Back-to-Back Pockets Crushes Branciforte

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 18 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Action was picked up with Chia Huang, under the gun, and Vito Branciforte, in middle position, in an all-in showdown with their hands and chips in the middle of the felt.

Chia Huang: Q♥Q♠ All in
Vito Branciforte: A♥Q♣

The board ran 5♥3♥J♦2♣8♠. With no ace on the board Huang doubled up leaving Branciforte with only 40,000.

In the very next hand, Branciforte open-shoved with his remaining chips in middle position. Action folded around to the big blind Huang who made the call.

Vito Branciforte: 6♠6♥ All in
Chia Huang: K♥K♦

Once again, Huang was ahead and kept his lead on the flop 9♦7♣Q♥. The turn came the 8♦, which gave Branciforte a bit of hope when it gave him an open-ended straight draw. But the 4♦ river card cemented his elimination from the tournament in two hands against Huang.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chia Huang	800,000 640,000	640,000
Vito Branciforte	Busted

Tags: Chia Huang Vito Branciforte

06-22-2025 19:02 UTC-8

Iati Grabs Diab's Stack

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 18 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Rocco Iati raised to 22,000 in early position and Michael Diab shoved for 131,000. It folded back to Iati who tanked a minute and announced the call:

Michael Diab: K♦Q♦ All in
Rocco Iati: A♣J♠

Diab had some hopes for a double up but the board brought 8♠8♦7♣9♣3♣ and he made his way to collect his money prize.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rocco Iati	760,000 609,000	609,000

Michael Diab	Busted

Tags: Michael Diab Rocco Lati

06-22-2025 18:59 UTC-8

Post Dinner Eliminations

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Claudio Elizalde

Level 18 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Steve Sebbag	Busted
Bruno Porto	Busted
Fan Zhang	Busted
Benjamin Berman	Busted
Guoliang Wei	Busted

Sinead Davenport	Busted
Trung Le	Busted
Benjamin Underwood	Busted
Adrien Favre Felix	Busted
Ryan Sullivan	Busted
Simeon Spasov	Busted

David Levi	Busted
Kenny Shih	Busted
Jose Latorremarina	Busted
Craig Bateman	Busted
Artem Riabov	Busted
Neil Blumenfield	Busted
Steven Sarmiento	Busted
Loic Debregeas	Busted
Perla Ojeda	Busted
Daewoong Song	Busted
Sebastian Schulze	Busted
Baojie Lin	Busted
Thomas Bell	Busted
Senthuran Vijayaratnam	Busted

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06-22-2025 18:57 UTC-8

Strelitz Gets Value

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 18 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

In a heads-up pot, the flop read 2♣2♠A♣ when Terry Wheeler checked from the big blind. Daniel Strelitz bet 15,000 and Wheeler raised it to 40,000, which Strelitz called.

On the 9♥ turn, Wheeler check-called for 40,000 and a 10♦ landed on the river. Wheeler checked again and quickly called Strelitz's bet worth 85,000, but mucked A♥8♣ after Strelitz showed A♦Q♠ for the winning hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Strelitz	578,000 188,000	188,000

Terry Wheeler	37,000 167,500	167,500

Tags: Daniel Strelitz Terry Wheeler

06-22-2025 18:54 UTC-8

Audette Puts Pressure on Ivers

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 18 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

David Ivers opened for 20,000 in middle position and got called by Randy Audette in the big blind. The flop came 3♦9♥J♣.

Audette led with a 15,000 bet which Ivers called. Both players checked the 8♣ turn.

On the river 4♥, Audette fired 55,000 bet which Ivers couldn't call.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ramon Pessoa	430,000 110,000	110,000
Ko Isayama	415,000 303,000	303,000
Khoi Nguyen Le Nguyen	380,000 349,000	349,000
Nikko Laochua	370,000 290,000	290,000
Adin Aragon	350,000 20,000	20,000
David Ivers	350,000 315,500	315,500
Garry Medlock	340,000 225,000	225,000
Randy Audette	285,000 204,500	204,500
Baojie Lin	60,000 36,500	36,500

Tags: David Ivers Randy Audette

06-22-2025 18:52 UTC-8

Crazy Eights Rule

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Jerome Solomon

Level 18 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

In a blind-on-blind matchup — a chop not allowed — Woody Christy fired first with 105,000 chips. David Rasmussen thought about it for a minute, then went all in. Christy called.

David Rasmussen: 8♠8♣ All in
Woody Christy: K♥5♣

Not that he needed much help as the favorite going into the flop, but Rasmussen got plenty from the runout of Q♣8♥A♥8♦2♦, landing quads on the turn to double up.