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

06-22-2025 18:48 UTC-8

Stroke Doubles Through Gaston

Laura Fryer

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

Shawn Stroke was on the button and moved all in for his remaining 125,000 after David Baker opened from the cutoff. Tyler Gaston called from middle position and Baker folded, leaving the players to go heads-up.

Shawn Stroke: A♣Q♠ All in
Tyler Gaston: K♦10♠

Stroke only improved on the 6♦A♦7♥ flop, and the low 3♦, 4♣ runout secured him the double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tyler Gaston	323,000 101,000	101,000
Shawn Stroke	275,000 219,000	219,000

Tags: David Baker Shawn Stroke Tyler Gaston

06-22-2025 18:37 UTC-8

Lee Takes from Nanao

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Gaelle Jaudon

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

Gyeongbyeong Lee started with a raise to 20,000 in the cutoff and received calls from Toshio Nanao and Roi Sabag in the blinds.

The flop revealed 2♦9♦3♦ and Nanao led out for 50,000. Roi quickly folded and Lee decided to raise it to 150,000. After some thinking, Nanao released his cards into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gyeongbyeong Lee	1,165,000 1,126,000	1,126,000
Toshio Nanao	725,000 543,500	543,500
Roi Sabag	382,000 271,500	271,500

Tags: Gyeongbyeong Lee Roi Sabag Toshio Nanao

06-22-2025 18:31 UTC-8

Updated Top Ten Counts After the Break According to the WSOP+ App

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Laura Fryer

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Yang Zhang	1,498,000 338,000	338,000

Jun Li	1,475,000 1,318,000	1,318,000
Florian Pesce	1,437,000 7,000	7,000
Collin Ball	1,334,000 744,000	744,000

Damarjai Davenport	1,290,000 863,000	863,000
Trung Pham	1,265,000 35,000	35,000
Dejuante Alexander	1,190,000 210,000	210,000

Arie Kliper	1,125,000 199,000	199,000
Yilong Wang	1,123,000 563,000	563,000

Preston Mcewen	1,090,000 1,037,000	1,037,000

06-22-2025 18:30 UTC-8

Eliminations Before Dinner; 800 Remain

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Claudio Elizalde

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Raymond Mancini	Busted
David Singontiko	Busted

Kazuki Fukuda	Busted
Manuel Herreragarcia	Busted
John Zaleskie Jr	Busted
Jason James	Busted

Greg Brantman	Busted
Jerry Payne	Busted
Jake Casey-Day	Busted
Hiroyuki Noda	Busted
Michael Mccullough	Busted
Jerwin Pasco	Busted
Thai Dinh	Busted
Ankit Ahuja	Busted
David Coffman	Busted
Bryan Obregon	Busted
Stephen Woodhead	Busted
Daniel Dayan	Busted

Daniel Perez	Busted
Sergio Sanchez	Busted
Kevin Eyster	Busted

Joon Kim	Busted
Benjamin Ludlow	Busted
Kenzo Ishida	Busted
Cherng Hua	Busted

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Level: 18

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 10,000

06-22-2025 17:32 UTC-8

Defending Champ Jonathan Tamayo Wins Lucky Flip for WSOP Main Event Seat

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Connor Richards

Level 17 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Reigning World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event champion Jonathan Tamayo flipped his way into this year's championship event, meaning he won't even have to put up the $10,000 buy-in to defend his title.

Tamayo announced on Sunday that he won a WSOP Online $160 All-In Flipament, a flip-and-go-style event that puts players all-in blind and that needs 64 players to run, according to Kevin Mathers.

Tamayo demonstrated his luck a year ago when he navigated the largest WSOP Main Event field in history to win $10 million. The longtime poker pro from Texas proved luck is still on his side in 2025.

"I won the 3pm one it seems," Tamayo wrote on X.

Read About Tamayo's Satellite Win!

Tags: Jonathan Tamayo Kevin Mathers

06-22-2025 17:30 UTC-8

Players are on Dinner Break

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Laura Fryer

Level 17 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

The remaining 803 players are now on a 60-minute dinner break. Play is expected to resume at approximately 7:27 p.m in Level 14 with 5,000/10,000 blinds and 10,000 big blind ante.

06-22-2025 17:30 UTC-8

Troendly Couldn't Call

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 17 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Soo Chang raised to 16,000 on the button. Richard Troendly re-raised to 48,000 and Chang called taking both of them to the flop.

The dealer fanned out 8♥Q♥3♣ which both players checked. The turn 6♦ dropped and Troendly fired 25,000. Chang called once again.

On the river 10♥ Troendly slowed the action down with a check. Chang keeping the action going shoved all-in for around 150,000 sending Troendly to the tank.

Troendly looked at his stack, separated the 150,000, then put it back. He looked at the flop for a few seconds then mucked his cards, stating that Chang probably had a flush.

As Chang scooped the pot, Troendly said he had two pair, to which Chang jokingly asked, "Why didn't you call?"

Player	Chips	Progress
Richard Troendly	410,000 150,000	150,000
Soo Hyun Chang	310,000 271,500	271,500

Tags: Richard Troendly Soo Chang

06-22-2025 17:27 UTC-8

Aces Hold for Dibernardi

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Jerome Solomon

Level 17 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Kachun Kan fired a raise from under the gun, and David Dibernardi three-bet from the cutoff, which drew a jam from Kan and an all-in call from Dibernardi.

David Dibernardi: A♠A♥ All in
Kachun Kan: 3♣3♠

The runout Q♠A♦2♣J♣Q♣ resulted in a full house for Dibernardi, who doubled up into more than a million chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Dibernardi	1,020,000 933,000	933,000
Kachun Kan	188,000 111,500	111,500

Tags: David Dibernardi Kachun Kan

06-22-2025 17:27 UTC-8

Set Over Set

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Jerome Solomon

Level 17 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

The pot was already substantial before Ciaran Duffy threw in his last 120,000 chips on a board of A♦7♠10♠4♣9♠. Christian Hanschirik quickly made the call.

Ciaran Duffy: 10♦10♥ All in
Christian Hanschirik: A♣A♠

Duffy's set was the smaller one, the nasty break of a top-set-over-middle-set flop.