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

06-22-2025 13:44 UTC-8

Double on the Bubble

Laura Fryer

Level 14 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Players were heads-up on the 7♦Q♥A♣J♠10♠ board with a pot of around 80,000. Mihai Isar had checked from the big blind and Dingxiang Ong had moved 150,000 into the middle from his stack. Isar had only 90,000 behind and went into the tank as there were 3 people away from reaching the money.

Isar put his remaining stack into the pot and play was paused whilst hand for hand was in play.

There was alot of table talk, and Isar asked Ong "Do you have it?". Isar stood from the table until the cards were turned.

Mihai Isar: Q♣7♣ All in
Dingxiang Ong: 10♣8♦

Isar showed two pair, and took the pot after Ong had only a single pair of tens.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dingxiang Ong	271,000 95,000	95,000
Mihai Isar	196,000 138,000	138,000

Tags: Dingxiang Ong Mihai Isar

06-22-2025 13:50 UTC-8

Herring Suffers Savage Beating

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Jerome Solomon

Level 14 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

The prospect of getting knocked out on the bubble didn't discourage John Herring from raising to 12,000 preflop, then going all in to call Christopher Savage's 92,000-chip three-bet.

John Herring: A♥A♦ All in
Christopher Savage: J♦J♣

In the runout 10♦4♠3♦J♠3♠ brought bad news on the turn and worse on the river, with Savage hitting a jack for a set, then a full house to crack Herring's aces.

"I'm sorry," Savage said. "That sucks."

Player	Chips	Progress
Christopher Savage	418,000 253,000	253,000
John Herring	Busted

Tags: Christopher Savage John Herring

06-22-2025 13:54 UTC-8

Jackson and Yang: Two of Ten Eliminated on the Bubble

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 14 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

During bubble time ten people were eliminated and two of them were Delano Jackson and Thao Yang.

Delano Jackson open- shoved all-in in the small blind for around 55,000 and got called by big blind Kharlin Sued taking them to showdown.

Delano Jackson: 6♠6♦ All in
Kharlin Sued: 9♠9♦

Sued was ahead with his nines and and stayed ahead on the board 3♠K♥J♦8♥2♦ making Jackson one of the eliminations on the bubble.

Two tables down, Thao Yang responded with an all-in shove for around 39,000 in middle position after David Amos under the gun opened to 9,000. Amos made the call putting Yang's tournament life during bubble time in jeopardy.

Thao Yang: K♦Q♣ All in
David Amos: A♥10♥

The flop came 8♥10♠8♣ instantly giving Amos a pair and potentially sending Yang to hit the rails. With the runout 4♦7♠, Yang's fate was sealed to join Jackson as one of the ten eliminations.

The ten eliminated players would be chopping seven payouts.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Amos	290,000 176,000	176,000
Kharlin Sued	146,000 63,000	63,000
Delano Jackson	Busted
Thao Yang	Busted

Tags: David Amos Delano Jackson Kharlin Sued Thao Yang

06-22-2025 13:57 UTC-8

Rodgers and Motoyama Also Bust to Split the Money

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 14 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Aaron Motoyama was all in and at risk for a remaining stack around 100,000, with the best possible hand as he was holding A♣A♠. He was facing Stephen Buell who had A♦J♦.

Motoyama had good hopes for a double up but found a board 6♣6♠4♦J♥J♣, giving runner-runner trips to Buell in a dramatic fashion.

A few tables next to them, the board was showed K♦Q♥7♣10♦ in a heads-up pot when Neeraj Nayak bet and called a shove from Garith Rodgers who had the lower stack .

Garith Rodgers: A♣K♠ All in
Neeraj Nayak: A♦J♦

Nayak had hit a straight and the 8♥ river didn't change anything, sending Rodgers to the payout desk to split the first payouts.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stephen Buell	380,000 221,500	221,500
Neeraj Nayak	330,000 115,000	115,000

Garith Rodgers	Busted
Aaron Motoyama	Busted

Tags: Aaron Motoyama Garith Rodgers Neeraj Nayak Stephen Buell

06-22-2025 14:04 UTC-8

Kannan Doubles With Kings

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Joseph Berg

Level 14 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Saigokul Kannan went all-in and was at risk from the small blind for 33,000 and was up against Troy Donaldson in the big blind.

Saigokul Kannan: K♣K♠ All in
Troy Donaldson: J♦10♦

The board ran out Q♠9♦3♠5♣6♠, providing some drama. Donaldson was left with a severe short stack after the hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Saigokul Kannan	76,000 4,500	4,500
Troy Donaldson	2,000 42,000	42,000

Tags: Saigokul Kannan Troy Donaldson

06-22-2025 14:05 UTC-8

Bubbles Bursting Everywhere; Moses Gets Three-Outed

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Claudio Elizalde

Level 14 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

With what turned out to be ten bust outs during hand-for-hand, there was a flurry of eliminations in the white section of Horseshoe.

Hand 1:

David Moses got his last 151,000 in the middle preflop against Charles Shaverdians.

David Moses: A♦K♣ All in
Charles Shaverdians: A♣Q♠

The queen came right away as the board ran out 2♣Q♣9♥3♦10♦ and Moses was left rolling his eyes.

Hand 2:

Heads up on a flop of 8♦2♣J♠, Bruceadam Mansonhing was all in and at risk against Vera Dong.

Bruceadam Mansonhing: Q♣Q♦ All in
Vera Dong: J♣J♥

The board completed with the A♥ and 8♥, awarding Dong the pot with her flopped top set.

Hand 3:

Hattori Lopez was all in and at risk preflop against the commanding stack of Alexander Kartveli.

Hattori Lopez: A♥K♥ All in
Alexander Kartveli: 7♥7♣

The board ran out 4♦10♠2♦5♦5♥ and Kartveli's sevens were good enough to eliminate Lopez.

Hand 4

Quite the cooler unfolded preflop as Michael Marder got his chips in against Tetsuma Ishizu.

Michael Marder: K♠K♣ All in
Tetsuma Ishizu: A♣A♦

The flop rolled 2♠8♠6♦ and Marder picked up a sweat with the 9♠ on the turn but the river paired with the 2♦ and Ishizu's aces held over Marder's kings.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexander Kartveli	665,000 115,000	115,000
Tetsuma Ishizu	420,000 34,500	34,500
Charles Shaverdians	391,000 244,500	244,500
Vera Dong	165,000 58,000	58,000
David Moses	Busted

Bruceadam Mansonhing	Busted
Hattori Lopez	Busted
Michael Marder	Busted

Tags: Alexander Kartveli Bruceadam Mansonhing Charles Shaverdians David Moses Hattori Lopez Michael Marder Tetsuma Ishizu Vera Dong

Level: 15

Blinds: 3,000/5,000

Ante: 5,000

06-22-2025 14:14 UTC-8

James Dominates Harwood

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Jay Harwood open-shoved in middle position and got called by small blind player Robert James taking them to showdown.

Jay Harwood: A♥10♦ All in
Robert James: A♠K♣

James had Harwood dominated and with no one hitting the board of 7♣4♦J♠3♦Q♦, James took the pot down sending Harwood to the payout counter.

Player	Chips	Progress
Robert James	220,000 31,500	31,500
Jay Harwood	Busted

Tags: Jay Harwood Robert James

06-22-2025 14:15 UTC-8

Fidanza Runs into Double Pocket Aces

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Laura Fryer

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Players were already all in three-ways preflop. Steven Nichols was at risk from the small blind as was covered by both Bahar Musa from under the gun and Steven Nichols, the largest stack in play on the button.

Fabio Fidanza: 8♣9♣ All in
Bahar Musa: A♦A♠
Steven Nichols: A♥A♣

Fidanza found a pair of nines on the 4♦9♦4♣ flop, but it wasn't good enough to crack both Aces, and he bricked on the 2♥, 3♣ runout. Fidanza made it through the bubble and took home a minimum cash.

Nichols chopped the pot with Musa and said "Nice hand sir".

Player	Chips	Progress
Steven Nichols	275,000 132,500	132,500
Bahar Musa	111,000 80,500	80,500
Fabio Fidanza	Busted

Tags: Bahar Musa Fabio Fidanza Steven Nichols

06-22-2025 14:25 UTC-8

Lampropulos Busts; Owen More than Doubles Up

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

The board A♥A♦2♣3♣10♦ was already dealt, with Maria Lampropulos being all in and holding JxJx against Adam Owen who was also at risk with A♠K♠. The third player involved, Collin Ball, had Q♣Q♦ and was covering both.