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

06-23-2025 14:47 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Mark Wagstaff	3,100,000 2,935,000	2,935,000
Christopher Puetz	Busted

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeffrey Colpitts	Busted
Matthew Swiatek	Busted
Bogdan Munteanu	Busted
Jessica Vierling	Busted
Niall Costigan	Busted
Yoel Meijer	Busted
Laurence Stein	Busted
Ramon Rivera	Busted
Jennifer Sabuel	Busted

Michael Traficante	Busted
Hung Vo	Busted
Steven Ritchie	Busted
Matthew Blagg	Busted
Yilong Wang	Busted

Vinicius Lima	Busted

Ha Sends Meijer into the Tank

Laura Fryer

Level 25 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Yoel Selles Meijer opened from under the gun to 100,000 and Thai Ha three-bet from middle position to 225,000. Meijer called and the players saw a 4♣5♥Q♣ flop.

Meijer checked, Ha bet out 130,000 and Meijer called.

The 3♠ was turned and Meijer checked. Ha moved all in for around 1,500,000, which sent Meijer into the tank.

He took around four minutes to make the call and stood from the table after seeing Ha's Aces.

Yoel Selles Meijer: Q♦9♦ All in
Thai Ha: A♥A♣

It was the end of the road for Meijer after seeing the K♣ river, as he couldn't find a way out.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thai Ha	2,965,000 2,450,000	2,450,000

Yoel Selles Meijer	Busted

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06-23-2025 14:14 UTC-8

Affleck Knocked Out

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Jerome Solomon

Level 25 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Anze Smajd put his final 310,000 chips into the pot with an all-in, and Matt Affleck went all in over the top. Luis Faria, who had the most chips of the three, made the call.

Anze Smajd: A♦A♠ All in
Matt Affleck: A♣Q♦ All in
Luis Faria: 10♣10♠

Affleck was in jeopardy, needing to at least beat Faria in a race for the side pot to stay alive. The runout of 5♣9♥6♣J♠2♦ didn't help him, as the pocket pairs held. Smajd tripled up and Faria got twice his investment back from the side pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Luis Faria	3,150,000 560,000	560,000
Anze Smajd	1,030,000 520,000	520,000
Matt Affleck	Busted

Tags: Anze Smajd Luis Faria Matt Affleck

06-23-2025 14:12 UTC-8

Vo Knocked Out by Tsukatani

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Laura Fryer

Level 25 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Yusuke Tsukatani moved all in from the cutoff for his remaining 295,000 and got a single call from Hung Vo in the big blind.

Hung Vo: A♣10♠ All in
Yusuke Tsukatani: 4♦4♥

Both players missed on the 2♥J♥9♦7♠K♠ runout, which kept Tsukatani ahead with pocked fours.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yusuke Tsukatani	1,510,000 160,000	160,000
Hung Vo	Busted

Tags: Hung Vo Yusuke Tsukatani

06-23-2025 13:57 UTC-8

More Eliminations; Glantz & Owen Out

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Claudio Elizalde

Level 25 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Preston Mcewen	Busted
Alan Sternberg	Busted

Roi Sabag	Busted
Alisson Piekazewicz	Busted
Sergei Kislinskii	Busted
Matt Glantz	Busted

Antonio Vargas	Busted
Fehim Hajdari	Busted
Selma Sayin	Busted
Joseph Bartholdi	Busted
Tony Hoang	Busted
Wojciech Barzantny	Busted
Sanjeev Kapoor	Busted
Quang Vu	Busted
Ko Isayama	Busted
Kasey Mills	Busted
Sebastian Crane	Busted
Bradley Gafford	Busted

Jakub Sterba	Busted
Aaron Pinson	Busted
Yucel Eminoglu	Busted
Kaiwen Wei	Busted
Mikhail Sniatovskii	Busted
Carlos Pou	Busted
Nicholas Getzen	Busted

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06-23-2025 13:54 UTC-8

Kislinskii Falls to Faria

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Laura Fryer

Level 25 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Sergei Kislinskii was all in from middle position for his remaining 370,000. Ignacio Moron called from the cutoff and Luis Faria raised to 625,000 on the button. Moron folded and the players went heads up to showdown.

Sergei Kislinskii: A♠Q♦ All in
Luis Faria: A♥K♣

The flop came 4♣2♥10♦, with neither player improving.

Faria remained ahead on the 9♦ turn and 8♦ river, sending Kislinskii to the payout desk.

Player	Chips	Progress
Luis Faria	2,590,000 1,815,000	1,815,000
Ignacio Moron	875,000 590,000	590,000
Sergei Kislinskii	Busted

Tags: Ignacio Moron Luis Faria Sergei Kislinskii

06-23-2025 13:48 UTC-8

Barzantny Sent to the Rail

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Joseph Berg

Level 25 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Josh Reichard raised to 100,000 from middle position. Wojciech Barzantny then went all in for roughly 750,000 from late position. The rest of the table folded, and Reichard made the call.

Wojciech Barzantny: 7♥7♠ All in
Josh Reichard: A♦10♦

The board ran out 10♥4♠2♦10♠Q♠, sending Barzantny to the payout desk.

Player	Chips	Progress
Josh Reichard	4,100,000 1,000,000	1,000,000

Wojciech Barzantny	Busted

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06-23-2025 13:46 UTC-8

Wangs Wins Three-Way All In

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Jerome Solomon

Level 25 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Paul Fehlig kicked the action off with a raise to 100,000. Yucel Eminoglu three-bet it to 225,000. Yuzhu Wang went over the top all in for just over one million chips.

Fehlig, who had the most, called, and Eminoglu, who had less than Wang, jumped into the fray with all of his stack.

Yucel Eminoglu: K♥K♠ All in
Yuzhu Wang: A♠K♦ All in
Paul Fehlig: A♥Q♦

Wang got help immediately with the flop 4♥A♦J♦, and his ace with the king-kicker held through the 3♣9♠ turn and river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yuzhu Wang	2,280,000 905,000	905,000
Paul Fehlig	1,670,000 930,000	930,000
Yucel Eminoglu	Busted

Tags: Paul Fehlig Yucel Eminoglu Yuzhu Wang

06-23-2025 13:36 UTC-8

Tanouye's Boat Sends Higgins Down the River

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Laura Fryer

Level 25 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

The cards were already showing and Jeffrey Tanouye relayed the action, that the players had got it all in on the 2♦4♦3♠ flop.

Simon Higgins was sitting under the gun and at risk for his remaining 2,000,000 stack after calling off Jeffrey Tanouye in the small blind, who had jammed for around 2,600,000.

Simon Higgins: A♦K♦ All in
Jeffrey Tanouye: 4♠4♥

Higgins was looking at a flush draw, and Tanouye had flopped a set of fours.

The Q♦ turn brought in the flush for Higgins, but the 3♦ river gave Tanouye a boat, eliminating Higgins from the tournament.