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

06-23-2025 18:14 UTC-8

Moron’s Stack: Anything But Foolish

Joseph Berg

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

Ignacio Moron raised to 200,000 from middle position and was called by Clayton Kalisek in the cutoff.

Action checked through to the river on a 3♠6♠Q♥A♠A♣ board. Moron bet 500,000, after taking some time Kalisek made the call and was shown A♦10♦ which he could not beat.

Player	Chips	Progress
Clayton Kalisek	8,500,000 2,000,000	2,000,000
Trung Pham	7,500,000 40,000	40,000
Ignacio Moron	7,400,000 4,760,000	4,760,000
James Carroll	4,400,000 800,000	800,000
Atanas Kodinov	2,400,000 1,550,000	1,550,000
Bruce Carter	1,900,000 850,000	850,000

Tags: Clayton Kalisek Ignacio Moron

06-23-2025 18:18 UTC-8

Taylor Eliminates Liore; Play Slows on Pay Jumps

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Claudio Elizalde

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

A more than $2,500 pay jump loomed as the next hand unfolded.

Carl Carodenuto raised to 225,000 and Julien Loire raised pseudo all in, leaving himself a single 100,000 chip behind. In what appeared to be a courtesy to the table, Taylor tanked for an extended period of time before opting to just call.

The folds were slow to make it around the table and clock was called on the big blind. Several other tables had similar scenes unfolding and clock was called around the room.

After the big blind folded, Carodenuto folded.

The dealer presented 8♣3♥J♣ and Loire quietly requested that he be able to ponder his decision until the amount of players dwindled by one more. Once he secured the ladder, he stuck his last 100,000 in. Taylor called.

Julien Loire: Q♣Q♠ All in
Samuel Taylor: K♣K♠

Loire was drawing to two outs but they didn't materialize as the 9♣ and 2♣ completed the board.

Player	Chips	Progress
Samuel Taylor	5,225,000 1,860,000	1,860,000
Carl Carodenuto	1,350,000 1,750,000	1,750,000
Julien Loire	Busted

Tags: Carl Carodenuto Julien Loire Samuel Taylor

06-23-2025 18:20 UTC-8

Gros' Jacks Loses Race

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Jerome Solomon

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

After a raise and a three-bet, Benjamin Gros went all in for more than 2 million chips, and Kaifan Wang made the call.

Benjamin Gros: J♦J♥ All in
Kaifan Wang: A♣K♠

Gros was ahead in the race through the flop 4♥6♥6♠, but the A♦ on the turn made the difference, and the 4♣ river brick was not a factor.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kaifan Wang	5,850,000 2,975,000	2,975,000

Benjamin Gros	Busted

Tags: Benjamin Gros Kaifan Wang

06-23-2025 18:24 UTC-8

Perez Leaves Zobian Short

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Laura Fryer

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

Matthew Perez was all in and at risk from the big blind for his remaining 700,000 against Aram Zobian in the hijack.

Matthew Perez: K♣K♦ All in
Aram Zobian: A♦Q♠

Perez held on the J♥J♦K♠7♥4♣ runout, and secured himself the double up, leaving Zobian short.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthew Perez	1,630,000 380,000	380,000
Aram Zobian	150,000 625,000	625,000

Tags: Aram Zobian Matthew Perez

06-23-2025 18:27 UTC-8

Eliminations Post Dinner

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Claudio Elizalde

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

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

Level: 29

Blinds: 60,000/120,000

Ante: 120,000

06-23-2025 18:37 UTC-8

Labranche Leads the Field

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Laura Fryer

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

The cards were already on their backs with Luis Faria all in and at risk from a middle position against Jonah Labranche on the button.

Luis Faria: A♥5♥ All in
Jonah Labranche: K♣K♦

Labranche held on the 2♦2♣Q♣6♦8♠ runout and Faria was eliminated from the tournament.

Labranche left the hand with a mountain of chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jonah Labranche	13,500,000 4,400,000	4,400,000

Luis Faria	Busted

Tags: Jonah Labranche Luis Faria

06-23-2025 18:48 UTC-8

Ho Send Home Zobian

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Laura Fryer

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

Clayton Kalisek opened to 200,000 from under the gun and action folded to Aram Zobian on the button who moved all in for his remaining 400,000. Baoqiang Ho called the small blind and Javier Swett called from the big blind.

The Q♣10♣3♣ flop saw Ho bet out and both the blinds folded, leaving just Zobian and Ho to go to showdown.

Aram Zobian: J♣J♦ All in
Baoqiang Ho: K♠Q♠

Ho was already ahead, and things stayed that way on the 7♠ turn and 9♦ river, sending Zobian to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Clayton Kalisek	6,000,000 2,500,000	2,500,000
Baoqiang Ho	3,620,000 50,000	50,000
Javier Swett	2,300,000 1,500,000	1,500,000
Aram Zobian	Busted

Tags: Aram Zobian Baoqiang Ho Clayton Kalisek Javier Swett

06-23-2025 18:55 UTC-8

Moorman is Poor Man After Takedown

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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 18:57 UTC-8

Pineault Chipping Up

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Joseph Berg

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

Karl Pineault raised to 260,000 from early position, and Lucca Nascimento called from middle position. Alexander Savchenko then three-bet to 725,000. Pineault called, and Nascimento folded.

The flop landed 10♦4♠A♦. Pineault checked, and Alexander Savchenko bet 350,000. Pineault responded with a check-raise to 1,000,000, which Savchenko called.

The turn was the 5♣. Pineault bet 1,700,000. Savchenko tanked for an extended period before the clock was called on him. After his time expired, his hand was declared dead.