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 13:48 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

Tags: Josh Reichard Wojciech Barzantny

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 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 15:23 UTC-8

More Eliminations; Final 100 Approaches

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Claudio Elizalde

Level 26 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Mcmillan	Busted
Benedict Cullen	Busted
Artem Tuliupa	Busted
Christian Hanschirik	Busted
Praveen Anguru	Busted
Brian Patton	Busted
Ryan Gibbs	Busted
Jiaze Li	Busted
Barry Shulman	Busted

Yen-Tuan Chen	Busted
Tomas Szwarcberg	Busted
Marc Bougaret	Busted
Nikko Laochua	Busted
Dustin Ethridge	Busted
Samuel Bifarella	Busted
David Dibernardi	Busted
Christopher Puetz	Busted
Santiago Moises	Busted
Brandon Sheils	Busted
Steven Snyder	Busted
Hugues Girard	Busted
Dominik Siegl	Busted
Vikas Sondhi	Busted
Richard Troendly	Busted
Jiaofang Duan	Busted

06-23-2025 15:42 UTC-8

Moorman Takes Control in Duel with Saliba

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Joseph Berg

Level 27 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Benjamin Gros raised to 160,000 from early position, and Justin Saliba moved all in for 1,435,000 from middle position. Chris Moorman then reshoved with both players covered. Gros folded, and Saliba and Moorman were in a classic coin-flip situation.

Justin Saliba: A♣K♦ All in
Chris Moorman: Q♥Q♣

The board ran out Q♠K♥9♣7♥3♣, sending Saliba to the payout desk.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Moorman	4,500,000 3,100,000	3,100,000

Benjamin Gros	1,200,000 490,000	490,000
Justin Saliba	Busted

06-23-2025 16:20 UTC-8

More Eliminations

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Claudio Elizalde

Level 27 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Armin Ojani	Busted
Tianle Wang	Busted
Jacopo Olivieri Achille	Busted

Filipp Khavin	Busted
Jonathan Yuen	Busted
Didier Guérin	Busted

Brian Waletzki	Busted
Jun Li	Busted
David Froyalde	Busted
Samuel Ronalds	Busted
Arthur Schiavo	Busted
Yusuke Tsukatani	Busted
Angelina Rich	Busted
William Parker	Busted

06-23-2025 16:29 UTC-8

Moorman Chips Away

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Laura Fryer

Level 27 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Christopher Moorman opened to 160,000 from the cutoff and picked up the blind.

In the next hand, Moorman opened the hijack to 160,000 and Kaifan Wang called from the small blind.

The players saw the A♣Q♦6♥ flop and Wang checked. Moorman bet 140,000 and Wang folded, leaving Moorman to pick up more chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Moorman	5,100,000 600,000	600,000

Kaifan Wang	2,875,000 2,315,000	2,315,000

Tags: Christopher Moorman Kaifan Wang

06-23-2025 17:35 UTC-8

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

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Laura Fryer

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Jonah Labranche	9,300,000 4,850,000	4,850,000

Zachary Camp	9,260,000 5,040,000	5,040,000
Bruno Fuentes	8,450,000 1,150,000	1,150,000
Josh Reichard	7,950,000 3,850,000	3,850,000

Trung Pham	7,460,000 2,960,000	2,960,000
Alejandro Ganivet	7,150,000 810,000	810,000
Clayton Kalisek	6,500,000 700,000	700,000
Kenny Sung	6,175,000 5,285,000	5,285,000
Leo Margets	6,045,000 1,415,000	1,415,000

Gyeongbyeong Lee	5,900,000 5,900,000	5,900,000