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

06-23-2025 13:29 UTC-8

Lucky For Lauck; Lousberg Loses; Glantz Has a Chance

Claudio Elizalde

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

Jonas Lauck and Chad Lousberg got in a massive preflop confrontation that saw all their chips in the middle and their cards on their backs.

Chad Lousberg: J♥J♣ All in
Jonas Lauck: A♣K♣

The board ran out king-high, awarding a massive pot to Lauck and sending Lousberg on his way.

The Very Next Hand

Matt Glantz went all in for his last 300,000 and was able to successfully steal the blinds, but with the level going up, he'll need to gain traction soon to stay in contention.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jonas Lauck	2,400,000 1,925,000	1,925,000

Nicholas Seward	1,610,000 310,000	310,000

Mikhail Sniatovskii	1,150,000 450,000	450,000
Jerod Smith	1,030,000 670,000	670,000
Kenny Sung	890,000 360,000	360,000
Joseph Bartholdi	625,000 255,000	255,000
Barry Shulman	600,000 310,000	310,000

Matt Glantz	400,000 750,000	750,000

Chad Lousberg	Busted

Tags: Chad Lousberg Jonas Lauck Matt Glantz

06-23-2025 13:07 UTC-8

Recent Eliminations; Platt No Longer in the Running

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Claudio Elizalde

Level 24 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Sung Lee	Busted
David Rees	Busted
Alex Visbisky	Busted
Vladas Tamasauskas	Busted
Brian Biggs	Busted
Harry Rubin	Busted
Brad Sailor	Busted
Ramon Pessoa	Busted
Craig Crivello	Busted
Congya Zhang	Busted
Jeff Platt	Busted
James Turner	Busted
Alessandro Oliveira	Busted
Dejuante Alexander	Busted

Larry Cruickshank	Busted
Leonard Foley	Busted
Joseph Dipascale	Busted
Tal Herzog	Busted
Norman Michalek	Busted
Taylor Black	Busted
Dingxiang Ong	Busted
David Hoote	Busted
Rolf Nordstrom	Busted
Collin Ball	Busted

Yuhui Wang	Busted

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06-23-2025 13:02 UTC-8

Hindry Hits the Rail

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Joseph Berg

Level 24 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Joe Hindry went all in and was at risk from late position, and Benjamin Steinwachs called from the cutoff. The rest of the table folded, and the players tabled their hands.

Joe Hindry: 3♥3♠ All in
Benjamin Steinwachs: A♦Q♣

The board ran out 10♠2♥Q♥9♥K♠, ending Hindry's impressive run.

Player	Chips	Progress
Benjamin Steinwachs	2,300,000 1,690,000	1,690,000
Joe Hindry	Busted

Tags: Benjamin Steinwachs Joe Hindry

06-23-2025 12:34 UTC-8

Cards Don't Give a Hoote

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Jerome Solomon

Level 24 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Three players called Yang Zhang's 85,000-chip bet preflop, then checked when J♥9♣A♠ hit the board.

David Hoote, first to act out of the big blind, pushed all in when the 10♥ landed on the turn. Zhang called.

David Hoote: A♣7♣ All in
Yang Zhang: A♦A♥

Hoote had shoved into a set of aces and was drawing very slim, needing an eight for a straight to survive. When the useless 3♦ came on the river, Zhang took the pot and the overall chip lead.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yang Zhang	4,150,000 1,415,000	1,415,000

David Hoote	Busted

Tags: Yang Zhang David Hoote

06-23-2025 12:16 UTC-8

Eliminations Before Break

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Claudio Elizalde

Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Arie Kliper	Busted
Delmiro Toledo	Busted
Luther Tran	Busted
Christopher Blik	Busted
Raymond Power	Busted
Ronald Jackson	Busted
Joonhee Yea	Busted
Iulian Blebea	Busted
Joan Crespi	Busted
Ramon Sorgatto	Busted
Steven Jones	Busted

06-23-2025 12:00 UTC-8

Taylor Takes Down Toledo

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Jerome Solomon

Level 23 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Delmiro Toledo shoved all in with his last 700,000 chips. Samuel Taylor made the call.

Delmiro Toledo: K♦8♦ All in
Samuel Taylor: A♥9♥

Toldeo was fine on the flop 6♥3♥8♣, though Taylor had a big flush draw. The flush never came, but the turn 7♦ and river 10♣, were unkind to Toledo, giving Taylor a straight and the huge win.

Player	Chips	Progress
Samuel Taylor	1,900,000 1,215,000	1,215,000
Delmiro Toledo	Busted

Tags: Delmiro Toledo Samuel Taylor

06-23-2025 11:47 UTC-8

Field Thins; Song's Run is Over

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Claudio Elizalde

Level 23 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Chia Huang	Busted
Charles Noll	Busted
Xingyu Liu	Busted
James Kohl	Busted
David Bashel	Busted
Chunhui Ji	Busted
Philip Vitale	Busted
Hieu Ngo	Busted
Edward Leonard	Busted
Florencio Campomanes	Busted
Brian Kim	Busted

Timothy Miles	Busted
Matias Ruzzi	Busted
Joon Park	Busted
Lucas Pochat	Busted
Noel Edwards	Busted
Rajai Wazwaz	Busted

Matthew Paston	Busted
Harjinder Gandham	Busted
Eliana Shapovalov	Busted
Farris Abdulla	Busted
Michael Assante	Busted
Jun Weng	Busted
Sascha Pregler	Busted
Danith Ham	Busted

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06-23-2025 11:43 UTC-8

Iermolcheva Turns a Set to Eliminate Paston

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Laura Fryer

Level 23 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Olga Iermolcheva opened from early position to 60,000 and got a call from Nathan Tang in the small blind and Matthew Paston in the big blind.

The A♦J♣2♦ flop was checked by all to the 7♥ turn. Tang checked and Paston bet 85,000. Iermolcheva called and so did Tang.

The 8♠ river was checked by the blinds and Iermolcheva bet 200,000. Tang folded and Paston called for his remaining 100,000 stack.

Matthew Paston: A♣10♦ All in
Olga Iermolcheva: 7♠7♣

Iermolcheva quickly flipped over her pocket pair, hitting a set of sevens on the turn. Paston's pair of aces wasn't enough to save him and he was eliminated early in the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Olga Iermolcheva	1,400,000 270,000	270,000
Nathan Tang	1,250,000 175,000	175,000
Matthew Paston	Busted

Tags: Matthew Paston Nathan Tang Olga Iermolcheva

06-23-2025 11:07 UTC-8

More Early Eliminations

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Claudio Elizalde

Level 23 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Uri Reichenstein	Busted
Ta-Yu Shih	Busted
Jason Wong	Busted
Jason Blount	Busted
Kyle Grupp	Busted
Dawid Smolka	Busted
Corbin Neumann	Busted
Yassine Adib	Busted
Alan Ferraro	Busted
Christopher Savage	Busted
Dario Marinelli	Busted
Huanglin Wu	Busted
Megan Chapman	Busted
Benjamin Cordes	Busted
Alan Pham	Busted
Gonzalo Araujo	Busted
Sergio Barrios	Busted
Maksim Mutalapov	Busted
Peter Foldes	Busted
Matthew Peng	Busted
Igor Zektser	Busted

Tyler Hancock	Busted

Gaurav Raina	Busted

Michael Young	Busted
Narayan Patel	Busted

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06-23-2025 10:49 UTC-8

Vierling Keeps Climbing; Shin Eliminated

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Laura Fryer

Level 22 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

In the hand after tripling her stack, Jessica Vierling found herself in a hand against Kyeongrim Shin.

Shin moved all in for his last 240,000 from middle position and action folded around to Vierling in the big blind. Vierling made a quick call and the players went to showdown.

Kyeongrim Shin: Q♣J♣ All in
Jessica Vierling: K♦Q♦

Vierling held on the 9♣3♦7♠A♥10♦ runout, busting Shin in the first level in the day.