Event #53: $1,500 Millionaire Maker Day 3 | 2025 World Series of Poker

06-23-2025 19:28 UTC-8

No Laughing Matter for Ha

Jerome Solomon

Level 29 : Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Thai Ha waited until the clock was called before making the decision to go all in with his last 2,150,000 chips. It was a call of Jesus Ortiz Calderon's shove.

The delay was due in part to the pay jump of nearly $5,000 that would come if someone else in the field was knocked out of the tournament before Ha.

Alas, he made the call.

Thai Ha: A♦K♥ All in
Jesus Ortiz Calderon: A♠Q♦

The first bit of bad news came immediately, as Calderon paired his queen on the flop 5♥Q♠9♦. His tournament life didn't get better as the turn 10♥ opened the door for a gutshot straight that didn't make it when the 8♣ came on the river.

Ha ended up in 63rd place. Alexander Savchenko, who went out three minutes later in 62nd place, picked up an extra $4,620 for lasting longer.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jesus Ortiz Calderon	5,725,000 4,255,000	4,255,000
Thai Ha	Busted

Tags: Alexander Savchenko Jesus Ortiz Calderon Thai Ha

06-23-2025 19:26 UTC-8

Carroll Crushes Carter

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Laura Fryer

Level 29 : Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Action folded to Bruce Carter who open-jammed for his remaining 985,000 chips from the cutoff, and got a snap call from James Carroll on the button.

Bruce Carter: A♦8♦ All in
James Carroll: K♠K♣

The 9♦Q♣4♥5♠2♦ runout saw Carroll hold with pocket kings, and Carter was eliminated from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
James Carroll	12,950,000 1,470,000	1,470,000
Bruce Carter	Busted

Tags: Bruce Carter James Carroll

06-23-2025 19:15 UTC-8

Kings Do Not Friend Lee

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Jerome Solomon

Level 29 : Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Gyeongbyeong Lee put his 1,125,000 chips all in from the cutoff and got a call from Atanas Kodinov in the big blind.

Gyeongbyeong Lee: J♠10♣ All in
Atanas Kodinov: K♠K♦

Lee did pair his ten on the flop 4♠10♦3♠, but the 5♦8♥ bricks on the river and turn didn't save him from a tournament exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Atanas Kodinov	5,200,000 2,800,000	2,800,000
Gyeongbyeong Lee	Busted

Tags: Atanas Kodinov Gyeongbyeong Lee

06-23-2025 19:12 UTC-8

Swart Eliminated by Aboudi

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Laura Fryer

Level 29 : Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Nathan Swart moved all in for his remaining 580,000 from the hijack and got a single call from Ido Aboudi in the cutoff.

Nathan Swart: A♠Q♠ All in
Ido Aboudi: 5♦5♠

Swart was hoping to hit, but Aboudi held on the 9♣4♥2♦8♠10♠ runout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ido Aboudi	2,920,000 2,400,000	2,400,000
Nathan Swart	Busted

Tags: Ido Aboudi Nathan Swart

06-23-2025 19:05 UTC-8

Spencer Runs into Hendrix's Aces

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Laura Fryer

Level 29 : Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Adam Hendrix opened to 220,000 from the cutoff and Lewis Spencer moved 555,000 chips, the majority of his stack in the middle, leaving only 2 chips behind worth 10,000 as players were on a pay jump.

Hendrix moved all in, forcing Spencer into a tank. After around 30 seconds "payout" was called at another table and Spencer moved his final 10,000 into the pot to call.

Lewis Spencer: A♠K♥ All in
Adam Hendrix: A♣A♦

Hendrix held on the Q♠6♠3♦5♣8♣ runout, and spencer was eliminated from the tournament with around 70 players remaining.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adam Hendrix	3,050,000 1,525,000	1,525,000
Lewis Spencer	Busted

Tags: Adam Hendrix Lewis Spencer

06-23-2025 19:01 UTC-8

Pham's Jacks Hold; Carodenuto Sits and Laments

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Claudio Elizalde

Level 29 : Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Trung Pham raised to 280,000 in late position and Carl Carodenuto went all in for just over 2,000,000. Pham slammed a call in.

Carl Carodenuto: A♣7♣ All in
Trung Pham: J♠J♦

Carodenuto was drawing thin when the J♣10♦9♠ hit the felt. He picked up some more outs when the 5♣ fell but it wasn't meant to be when the 6♦ completed the board.

Pham reached across the table and extended a fist bump to Carodenuto who accepted it as he nodded his head, coming to terms with the end of his run.

"You think I was supposed to go with that one? I don't really know how you play..."

Pham assured him it was strategically sound.

"Well, I guess it was a pretty good run...."

Eventually the floor let Carodenuto know he was good to go collect his prize money any time before July 26th and off he went.

Player	Chips	Progress
Josh Reichard	13,100,000 5,150,000	5,150,000

Trung Pham	9,600,000 2,100,000	2,100,000
Laith Edris	5,200,000 1,380,000	1,380,000
Samuel Taylor	4,775,000 450,000	450,000
Michael Oar	2,750,000 850,000	850,000
Mark Wagstaff	2,650,000 450,000	450,000
Olga Iermolcheva	2,550,000 1,025,000	1,025,000
Carl Carodenuto	Busted

Tags: Carl Carodenuto Trung Pham

06-23-2025 18:55 UTC-8

Moorman is Poor Man After Takedown

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Jerome Solomon

Level 29 : Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

The back-and-forth between Chris Moorman in the cutoff and James Carroll in the small blind went to a five-bet all-in from Carroll, before Moorman called, putting all of his chips in the pot.

In one of the biggest hands in the tournament thus far, Moorman was at risk with each player having more than 5 million in chips at stake.

Chris Moorman: A♣K♣ All in
James Carroll: A♠A♦

The flop of 6♣Q♣10♠ gave Moorman hope with the nut flush draw, but the turn and river 4♥3♦ were inconsequential, sending him home.

Carroll moved into second place in the overall chip count with the huge win.

Player	Chips	Progress
James Carroll	11,480,000 7,080,000	7,080,000
Chris Moorman	Busted

Tags: Chris Moorman James Carroll

06-23-2025 18:48 UTC-8

Ho Send Home Zobian

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Laura Fryer

Level 29 : Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Clayton Kalisek opened to 200,000 from under the gun and action folded to Aram Zobian on the button who moved all in for his remaining 400,000. Baoqiang Ho called the small blind and Javier Swett called from the big blind.

The Q♣10♣3♣ flop saw Ho bet out and both the blinds folded, leaving just Zobian and Ho to go to showdown.

Aram Zobian: J♣J♦ All in
Baoqiang Ho: K♠Q♠

Ho was already ahead, and things stayed that way on the 7♠ turn and 9♦ river, sending Zobian to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Clayton Kalisek	6,000,000 2,500,000	2,500,000
Baoqiang Ho	3,620,000 50,000	50,000
Javier Swett	2,300,000 1,500,000	1,500,000
Aram Zobian	Busted

Tags: Aram Zobian Baoqiang Ho Clayton Kalisek Javier Swett

06-23-2025 18:27 UTC-8

Eliminations Post Dinner

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Claudio Elizalde

Level 28 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jalil Mekouane	Busted
Andrew Chang	Busted
Brayden Jinks	Busted
Steven Parkin	Busted
Dean Blatt	Busted
Ramy Boctor	Busted
Marco Damico	Busted
Yang Zhang	Busted

Eusebiu Jalba	Busted
Valentino Konakchiev	Busted

Abhishek Goindi	Busted
Takashi Shimada	Busted
Charles Shaverdians	Busted
Yu Liu	Busted
Wai Lo	Busted