2025 World Series of Poker

Event #53: $1,500 Millionaire Maker
Day: 3
Event Info
2025 World Series of Poker
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$15,924,690
Total Entries
11,996
Players Left
1
Average Chip Stack
299,900,000
Total Chips
299,900,000
Level Info
Level
43
Blinds
1,500,000 / 3,000,000
Ante
3,000,000
Players Info - Day 3
Entries
357
Players Left
44
Players Left 1 / 11,996
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Scatchard Runs Headlong into Faria

Level 27 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

David Scatchard raised in early position to 160,000 and it folded around to Luis Faria in the big blind, who made it 375,000. Scatchard chose to go all in and Faria made the call.

David Scatchard: 88 All in
Luis Faria: AA

The board ran out 79276 and a disappointed Scatchard tapped the table in defeat as Faria collected the pot.

Tags: David ScatchardLuis Faria

Big Stacks Battle

Level 27 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Draxton Amador opened from middle position to 160,000 and Samuel Taylor called from the big blind.

The 1065 flop was checked by both to get to the J turn.

Taylor bet out 135,000 and Amador called.

Both players checked down the 6 river, and Taylor was first to show 77 and Amador mucked his hand.

Tags: Draxton AmadorSamuel Taylor

Walton Eliminates Ward

Level 27 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Jared Ward
Jared Ward

Jared Ward was all in and at risk for roughly 1,000,000 in the small blind and was up against Adam Walton in the big blind.

Jared Ward: KQ All in
Adam Walton: AK

The dealer ran out a board of 93K103, sending Ward to the rail.

Tags: Adam WaltonJared Ward

Chung Scores With Pocket Tens

Level 27 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

John Oneal went all in from the button and Christian Chung called for all of his chips in the big blind.

Christian Chung: 1010All in
John Oneal: 99

Chung's better pocket pair did the job when neither player connected with the board runout of 7Q452.

Tags: Christian ChungJohn Oneal

Big Slick Provides Double-up

Level 27 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Ignacio Moron went all in with 1,240,000 chips. Laith Edris made the call.

Ignacio Moron: AKAll in
Laith Edris: AJ

Moron had the edge with the bigger kicker, and that would have been enough to take the hand. But the runout 84103K gave him a pair of kings on the river to win a nice chunk of chips.

Tags: Ignacio MoronLaith Edris

Fuentes's Stack Continues to Soar

Level 27 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Maximilien Reele raised to 200,000 from late position. Bruno Fuentes then three-bet to 575,000, the rest of the table folded, and Reele made the call.

The players saw a 10J4 flop, Reele checked, Fuentes bet 275,000, and Reele's cards hit the muck

Tags: Bruno FuentesMaximilien Reele

Carroll Gets Thin Value; Pineault Sigh Calls

Level 27 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
James Carroll
James Carroll

Karl Pineault opened to 160,000 in late position and James Carroll flatted from the small blind.

Heads up they saw the Q5J scroll across. Carroll check-called a bet of 155,000 from Pineault.

Action slowed, as both players checked, on the 6 turn.

The river completed with the 7 and Carroll placed a minimum bet of 80,000. Pineault shrugged and put the call in.

Carroll tabled 1010 and Pineault was unable to beat it.

Tags: James CarrollKarl Pineault

Alati Takes Out Reiser

Level 27 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Stefan Reiser opened to 500,000 from early position, leaving only around 100,000 behind. Action folded around to Richard Alati in the big blind who moved in 2,000,000. Reiser called off the rest of his stack and the players went to the runout.

Stefan Reiser: K10All in
Richard Alati: A9

Alati hit an Ace on the 4A6 flop, putting him further ahead.

The K turn wasn't enough of an improvement for Reiser to keep him alive, and he was eliminated after seeing the 2 river.

Tags: Richard AlatiStefan Reiser

More Eliminations

Level 27 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Moorman Chips Away

Level 27 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Christopher Moorman opened to 160,000 from the cutoff and picked up the blind.

In the next hand, Moorman opened the hijack to 160,000 and Kaifan Wang called from the small blind.

The players saw the AQ6 flop and Wang checked. Moorman bet 140,000 and Wang folded, leaving Moorman to pick up more chips.

Tags: Christopher MoormanKaifan Wang