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

06-23-2025 19:46 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Christian Chung	Busted
Alexander Savchenko	Busted
Thai Ha	Busted

Rock Eanes	Busted
Nathan Tang	Busted
Carlos Matos	Busted
Jerod Smith	Busted
Lewis Spencer	Busted
Johann Tiemann	Busted
Matthew Perez	Busted
Paul Fehlig	Busted
David Amos	Busted

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

Zizka Takes From Hendrix

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Joseph Berg

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

Adam Hendrix raised to 320,000 from the cutoff, Zdenek Zizka called from the big blind.

The dealer fanned a 10♣A♣7♠ flop. Zizka checked, Hendrix bet 220,000, and Zizka called.

Action checked through on the 4♥ turn and Q♠ river. Zizka tabled K♣Q♥, which was good for the win.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jesse Yaginuma	5,500,000 100,000	100,000

Jesus Ortiz Calderon	4,800,000 925,000	925,000
Zdenek Zizka	4,300,000 3,170,000	3,170,000

Dominic Brugno	3,700,000 1,100,000	1,100,000
Adam Hendrix	3,200,000 150,000	150,000
Dmitry Blyumin	3,200,000 525,000	525,000
Changliang Deng	1,500,000 275,000	275,000

Tags: Adam Hendrix Zdenek Zizka

06-23-2025 20:12 UTC-8

Oneal Finds the Triple on the River

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Laura Fryer

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

John Oneal opened-jammed from under the gun for his remaining 1,380,000 and Hao-Shan Huang re-jammed for around 1,500,000. Jinho Hong called and covered both from the small blind.

John Oneal: 3♣3♦ All in
Hao-Shan Huang: A♥J♥ All in
Jinho Hong: A♠K♠

The 6♠J♣10♦ flop put Huang ahead, and the J♦ turn only improved him further. He was sucked out on the 3♥ river as Oneal had rivered the boat, tripling him up.

Huang left the hand with only the 350,000 side pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Oneal	4,140,000 3,040,000	3,040,000
Jinho Hong	2,835,000 915,000	915,000

Hao-Shan Huang	350,000 1,140,000	1,140,000

Tags: Hao-Shan Huang Jinho Hong John Oneal

06-23-2025 20:15 UTC-8

Winning a Million Preflop; Macdonald and Iannotti Switch Places

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Claudio Elizalde

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

Thomas Macdonald raised in late position to 320,000 and Dustin Iannotti made it 1,100,000 on his direct left.

When it folded back to Macdonald, he weighed his options shortly before going all in for just over 3,000,000.

With his tournament life on the line, Macdonald went deep in the tank, eventually apologizing to the rest of the table for the time he took. Finally, he slid his hand in the muck and surrendered over a million of his chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Macdonald	4,600,000 2,435,000	2,435,000
Dustin Iannotti	1,310,000 1,390,000	1,390,000

Tags: Dustin Iannotti Thomas Macdonald

06-23-2025 20:17 UTC-8

Steinwachs Hits the Rail

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Joseph Berg

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

Benjamin Steinwachs went all in and was at risk from under the gun for 250,000. Hao-Shan Huang also went all in next to act for 350,000 and was also at risk. Karl Pineault called from the big blind, and the players tabled their hands.

Benjamin Steinwachs: K♥6♥ All in
Hao-Shan Huang: A♣8♦ All in
Karl Pineault: K♠9♥

The board ran out A♠9♠2♥A♥6♣, sending Benjamin Steinwachs to the payout desk, while adding a much-needed boost to Huang's stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Karl Pineault	7,500,000 300,000	300,000
Hao-Shan Huang	1,200,000 850,000	850,000
Benjamin Steinwachs	Busted

Tags: Benjamin Steinwachs Hao-Shan Huang Karl Pineault

06-23-2025 20:22 UTC-8

Iermolcheva Eliminated by Wagstaff

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Laura Fryer

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

A few hands prior, Olga Iermolcheva was all in for her remaining 350,000 and chopped with Joshua Reichard on the A♣5♣10♠3♦3♠ runout when only their kings played.

Olga Iermolcheva: K♣9♣ All in
Joshua Reichard: K♥8♥

Martin Kabrhel said from the rail "Chop is better, you can go all in again".

It wasn't long before Iermolcheva found herself all in and at risk a few hands later after paying the small blind and folding for her remaining 320,000.

Iermolcheva jammed from the button after Mark Wagstaff opened from middle position. Wagstaff called and covered.

Olga Iermolcheva: 7♣6♣ All in
Mark Wagstaff: Q♣J♣

There was very little sweat on the Q♥A♥K♦2♥3♦ runout, and she was eliminated late into the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mark Wagstaff	4,700,000 2,050,000	2,050,000
Olga Iermolcheva	Busted

Tags: Joshua Reichard Martin Kabrhel Olga Iermolcheva

06-23-2025 20:32 UTC-8

Taylor Made Chip Jump

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Jerome Solomon

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

Samuel Taylor raised preflop to 325,000 chips from early position, which Mark Wagstaff called from the small blind.

When the flop hit Q♣4♠3♥ Wagstaff check-raised all in over Taylor's 225,000 bet. Taylor made the call for his 2,150,000 chips.

Samuel Taylor: K♥Q♠ All in
Mark Wagstaff: 7♥7♣

Taylor had the best of it with a pair of queens, and that held through the full runout of the 2♠6♥ on the turn and river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Samuel Taylor	4,687,000 88,000	88,000
Mark Wagstaff	1,400,000 3,300,000	3,300,000

Tags: Samuel Taylor Mark Wagstaff

06-23-2025 20:40 UTC-8

Yao Stood Tall

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Jerome Solomon

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

Bixi Yao went all in preflop from the big blind with 1,485,000 chips. Cyril Darmouni quickly called, bringing an excited Yao out of her seat.

Bixi Yao: A♦A♠ All in
Cyril Darmouni: Q♦Q♠

Not only did Yao have the better of Darmouni with the bigger pair, she also dominated his potential flush draws. The runout of 2♦2♠J♥3♣3♥ gave Yao the nice double-up.