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

06-23-2025 11:20 UTC-8

Big Stack Versus Bigger Stack

Jerome Solomon

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

Two of the ranking chip leaders, Yang Zhang and Bruno Fuentes, went head-to-head, or more like elbow-to-elbow in a battle of the blinds.

The action started on a flop of K♠4♣K♥. Fuentes bet 80,000. Zhang, sitting to his immediate left, raised the pot to 240,000. Fuentes upped it to 430,000, which Zhang quickly called.

The turn was the 5♠. Fuentes paused for a minute, then checked. Zhang grabbed 10 blue chips to bet one million.

Fuentes folded.

Hung Vo, seated on the other side of the table from the big stacks, chimed in. "Show the hand, please," he said. "That's a lot of drama. We need to see it."

Player	Chips	Progress
Yang Zhang	3,130,000 630,000	630,000

Bruno Fuentes	1,400,000 175,000	175,000

Tags: Yang Zhang Bruno Fuentes Hung Vo

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 11:38 UTC-8

Swart Chipping Up

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Joseph Berg

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

Dean Blatt raised to 60,000 from late position, and Nathan Swart called in the big blind.

The dealer revealed an A♦7♣6♦ flop. Swart checked, Blatt bet 50,000, and Swart called.

The turn brought the 7♦. Swart moved all in, and Blatt took a moment before folding.

Player	Chips	Progress
Josh Reichard	3,100,000 1,750,000	1,750,000

Nicholas Seward	1,300,000 930,000	930,000

Dean Blatt	820,000 480,000	480,000
Nathan Swart	550,000 310,000	310,000

Tags: Dean Blatt Nathan Swart

06-23-2025 11:41 UTC-8

Three Ways to a Flop; Vo Gets Paid Twice

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Claudio Elizalde

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

Olga Iermolcheva raised to 60,000 preflop. Eugene Tung called on the button and Hung Vo defended his big blind.

The dealer fanned out 6♦7♠5♠ and all three players checked, bringing the 4♠. They checked around again.

Vo led for 100,000 when the 10♥ completed the river. Iermolcheva called and Tung flicked it in as well.

Neither of the callers had a chance when Vo tabled A♠10♠ for the nut flush.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yang Zhang	3,135,000 5,000	5,000

Nathan Tang	1,425,000
Bruno Fuentes	1,375,000 25,000	25,000
Bruce Carter	1,225,000 445,000	445,000
Olga Iermolcheva	1,130,000 210,000	210,000
Hung Vo	850,000 400,000	400,000
David Hoote	525,000 185,000	185,000
Eugene Tung	450,000 195,000	195,000
Matthew Paston	230,000 285,000	285,000

Tags: Eugene Tung Hung Vo Olga Iermolcheva

06-23-2025 11:43 UTC-8

Iermolcheva Turns a Set to Eliminate Paston

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Laura Fryer

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

Olga Iermolcheva opened from early position to 60,000 and got a call from Nathan Tang in the small blind and Matthew Paston in the big blind.

The A♦J♣2♦ flop was checked by all to the 7♥ turn. Tang checked and Paston bet 85,000. Iermolcheva called and so did Tang.

The 8♠ river was checked by the blinds and Iermolcheva bet 200,000. Tang folded and Paston called for his remaining 100,000 stack.

Matthew Paston: A♣10♦ All in
Olga Iermolcheva: 7♠7♣

Iermolcheva quickly flipped over her pocket pair, hitting a set of sevens on the turn. Paston's pair of aces wasn't enough to save him and he was eliminated early in the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Olga Iermolcheva	1,400,000 270,000	270,000
Nathan Tang	1,250,000 175,000	175,000
Matthew Paston	Busted

Tags: Matthew Paston Nathan Tang Olga Iermolcheva

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 12:00 UTC-8

Sniatovskii Chipping Up Without Showdown

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Joseph Berg

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

Kenny Sung raised to 75,000 from middle position, and both Jerod Smith in late position and Mikhail Sniatovskii in the big blind called.

The flop came A♣7♣9♥. Sniatovskii checked, Sung bet 75,000, and both opponents called.

Action checked through on the 4♣ turn.

The river was the 3♠. Sniatovskii bet 175,000, forcing folds from the other two players.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jerod Smith	1,700,000 55,000	55,000
Mikhail Sniatovskii	1,600,000 1,275,000	1,275,000
Kenny Sung	1,100,000 350,000	350,000

Tags: Jerod Smith Kenny Sung Mikhail Sniatovskii

06-23-2025 12:00 UTC-8

Taylor Takes Down Toledo

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Jerome Solomon

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

Delmiro Toledo shoved all in with his last 700,000 chips. Samuel Taylor made the call.

Delmiro Toledo: K♦8♦ All in
Samuel Taylor: A♥9♥

Toldeo was fine on the flop 6♥3♥8♣, though Taylor had a big flush draw. The flush never came, but the turn 7♦ and river 10♣, were unkind to Toledo, giving Taylor a straight and the huge win.