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 13:18 UTC-8

Cullen Doubles Through Affleck

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Laura Fryer

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

Matthew Affleck opened to 100,000 from the cutoff and Benedict Cullen moved all in for his remaining 530,000 on the button. Affleck took some time before moving a stack in the middle to call.

Benedict Cullen: A♠J♥ All in
Matthew Affleck: A♦9♠

Cullen was ahead, and he only improved on the J♦4♦5♦ flop.

Affleck was looking for a diamond to steal the pot but missed on the 8♣ turn and 4♠ river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Benedict Cullen	1,160,000 585,000	585,000
Matt Affleck	935,000 935,000	935,000

Tags: Benedict Cullen Matthew Affleck

06-23-2025 12:44 UTC-8

Tsukatani Takes from Guérin

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Laura Fryer

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

Yusuke Tsukatani opened from late position to 80,000 and Didier Guerin called from the big blind.

Guerin bet the 5♣4♥3♥ flop for 65,000 and Tsukatani raised to 210,000. Guerin called.

The 5♠ turn saw Guerin check-fold after Tsukatani moved all in for his remaining 650,000 stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Didier Guérin	2,410,000 580,000	580,000

Yusuke Tsukatani	1,350,000 25,000	25,000

Tags: Didier Guerin Yusuke Tsukatani

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 11:21 UTC-8

Guerin Battles with Crane

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Laura Fryer

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

Didier Guerin opened from middle position to 60,000 and Sebastian Crane three-bet to 155,000 from the hijack. Action folded back around to Guerin who four-bet to 365,000 and Crane moved all in for around 3,200,000. Guerin was the shorter of the two stacks with around, 1,000,000 but made a quick call.

Didier Guerin: A♠A♣ All in
Sebastian Crane: 9♥9♠

It was Guerin who was sitting comfortably preflop and things stayed that way with little sweat on the J♣3♦6♥6♣3♣ runout.

Guerin secured the double, and Crane was knocked down in the counts.

Player	Chips	Progress
Didier Guérin	2,185,000 100,000	100,000

Sebastian Crane	2,100,000 730,000	730,000

Tags: Didier Guerin Sebastian Crane

06-23-2025 11:09 UTC-8

Tracking the Start of Day Chip Leaders

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Joseph Berg

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

Most of the players who began the day on the leaderboard have maintained their chip stacks as they aim to advance to Day 4 and beyond in Event #53.

Player	Chips	Progress
Artem Tuliupa	3,200,000 65,000	65,000
Carl Carodenuto	3,100,000 600,000	600,000
David Rees	2,800,000 30,000	30,000
Collin Ball	2,600,000 645,000	645,000

Yang Zhang	2,500,000 240,000	240,000

Lucca Nascimento	2,260,000 50,000	50,000
Clayton Kalisek	1,800,000 440,000	440,000
Chris Moorman	1,400,000 895,000	895,000

Vinicius Lima	1,000,000 1,145,000	1,145,000

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 10:59 UTC-8

Anguru Doubles Through Glantz

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Claudio Elizalde

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

Matt Glantz raised to 125,000 and Praveen Anguru responded with a raise to 300,000. Glantz went all in and Anguru beat him in the pot with a call.

Praveen Anguru: A♣A♦ All in
Matt Glantz: Q♥Q♣

The board ran out K♠9♠8♣9♥J♠ and Anguru's aces held to put a big dent in Glantz's stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jun Li	1,400,000 210,000	210,000
Praveen Anguru	1,200,000 460,000	460,000
Adam Walton	1,200,000 240,000	240,000
Matt Glantz	1,150,000 950,000	950,000

Won Lee	940,000 160,000	160,000
Changliang Deng	755,000 139,000	139,000
Jiaze Li	540,000 135,000	135,000
Stephen Song	525,000 205,000	205,000

Tags: Matt Glantz Praveen Anguru

06-23-2025 10:39 UTC-8

Kings Send East to the Rail

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Joseph Berg

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

Won Lee raised to 50,000 from under the gun. Jareth East decided to three-bet to 110,000 from the button. Lee then went all in, and East made the call and was ahead.

Jareth East: K♣K♥ All in
Won Jong Lee: J♥J♦

The dealer ran out a board of 4♣J♠6♥7♥5♠ ending East's impressive run in.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matt Glantz	2,100,000 85,000	85,000

Won Lee	1,100,000 660,000	660,000
Stephen Song	730,000 560,000	560,000

Jareth East	Busted

Tags: Jareth East Won Jong Lee

06-23-2025 10:36 UTC-8

Early Eliminations on Day 3

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Claudio Elizalde

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Rocco Iati	Busted

Kyeongrim Shin	Busted
Alexander Kartveli	Busted
Daniel Strelitz	Busted

Sacha Cohen	Busted
Wayne Frisbee	Busted
Marshal Alexander-White	Busted
Jeffery Meuangkhot	Busted
Joao Biancolini	Busted
Patrick Eskandar	Busted
Francois Pirault	Busted
Johnathan Dempsey	Busted

Louis Kneeshaw	Busted
Richard Robinson	Busted
Michael Lindgren	Busted
Jared Koppel	Busted
Amin Hosein	Busted
Jessica Cai	Busted
Barry Friedman	Busted
Daniel Jackson	Busted
Sonia Shashikhina	Busted
Thomas Fuller	Busted
David Rasmussen	Busted
Takashi Mizukami	Busted
Andrew Skiles	Busted

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