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

06-23-2025 18:27 UTC-8

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

Moorman is Poor Man After Takedown

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 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 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 19:09 UTC-8

Seward's Nines are Devine

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Joseph Berg

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

Nicholas Seward went all in from middle position for roughly 1,500,000, facing Anthony Potis in late position, who had about 1,100,000 and was at risk.

Anthony Potis: A♣Q♠ All in
Nicholas Seward: 9♠9♥

The dealer ran out a board of J♣K♥4♠9♦2♥, sending Potis to the rail and giving Seward’s stack a healthy boost. Seward, who won WSOP Event #31 in 2024, is now aiming to add a second gold bracelet to his collection.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nicholas Seward	2,900,000 1,290,000	1,290,000

Anthony Potis	Busted

Tags: Anthony Potis Nicholas Seward

06-23-2025 19:53 UTC-8

Top Chip Counts per WSOP+ App

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Claudio Elizalde

Level 30 : Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

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

James Carroll	12,100,000 850,000	850,000
Manuel Pochat	10,000,000 6,400,000	6,400,000
Alejandro Ganivet	9,500,000 2,350,000	2,350,000
Jonah Labranche	9,300,000 4,200,000	4,200,000

Trung Pham	9,300,000 300,000	300,000
Ignacio Moron	8,550,000 1,150,000	1,150,000
Bruno Fuentes	8,450,000
Pablo Melogno	8,000,000
Jacques Ortega	7,535,000 3,235,000	3,235,000
Hubert Spitzenstatter	3,975,000 3,900,000	3,900,000

06-23-2025 20:43 UTC-8

Reichard Applies Pressure as Pay Jumps Increase

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Joseph Berg

Level 30 : Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

Mark Wagstaff raised to 350,000 from late position, Josh Reichard then moved all in from the button. Action folded back around to Wagstaff, who took his time in hopes that another player would be eliminated before he committed his chips to the middle. He eventually made the call and was in great shape to double up.

Mark Wagstaff: K♣K♦ All in
Josh Reichard: A♦J♠

The dealer ran out a board of 9♠5♦9♣8♦3♥, securing a much-needed double-up for Wagstaff.

Player	Chips	Progress
Josh Reichard	14,500,000 1,500,000	1,500,000

Mark Wagstaff	5,600,000 4,200,000	4,200,000

Tags: Josh Reichard Mark Wagstaff

06-23-2025 20:58 UTC-8

Post Break Eliminations

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Claudio Elizalde

Level 31 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Nicholas Seward	Busted

Maximilien Reele	Busted
Changliang Deng	Busted
Adam Swan	Busted

Jessica Richards	Busted

06-23-2025 21:05 UTC-8

Cruel River Card Spells Doom for Seward

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Joseph Berg

Level 31 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Yuan Yu raised to 400,000 from late position, Jesus Ortiz Calderon called on the button. Nicholas Seward then moved all in for roughly 1,600,000 from the small blind and was at risk. Yu re-raised to about 2,800,000, prompting Calderon to fold.

Nicholas Seward: A♠K♠ All in
Yuan Yu: A♦J♥

Things looked good for Seward on the K♥6♥10♠ flop. The 10♥ on the turn gave Yu some additional outs, and the 2♥ on the river was a stunner that sent Seward to the payout desk.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yuan Yu	6,500,000 900,000	900,000
Jesus Ortiz Calderon	4,300,000 500,000	500,000
Nicholas Seward	Busted

Tags: Jesus Ortiz Calderon Nicholas Seward Yuan Yu

06-23-2025 21:23 UTC-8

Kodinov Busts Hendrix

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Laura Fryer

Level 31 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Adam Hendrix opened to 400,000 from under the gun and Atanas Kodinov three-bet to 1,100,000. Hendrix four-bet jammed for his remaining 2,000,000 and Kodinov called.

Adam Hendrix: A♠Q♥ All in
Atanas Kodinov: K♥K♠

Hendrix needed to pick up and he found a queen on the Q♠2♥4♥ flop but it wasn't enough.

The J♠ turn and 6♥ river didn't bring any more luck and he was eliminated from the tournament in the last level of the day.