Event #53: $1,500 Millionaire Maker Day 1a | 2023 World Series of Poker

06-23-2023 15:41 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Dietrich Fast	88,000 63,000	63,000

Vanessa Kade	74,000 39,000	39,000
Maxime Parys	65,000 65,000	65,000
Aki Fujimoto	47,000 11,000	11,000
Chris Moorman	43,000 43,000	43,000

Nick Yunis	40,000 5,000	5,000
Boris Berthomet	30,000 5,000	5,000
Bruno Lopes	30,000 17,000	17,000

Joe McKeehen	28,500 2,500	2,500

Mateusz Moolhuizen	23,000 23,000	23,000
Marc Etienne McLaughlin	16,500 5,500	5,500
Alexandre Reard	15,000 15,000	15,000

Chris Moneymaker	14,000 -26,000	-26,000

Robbi Jade Lew	12,500 -12,500	-12,500
Johan Guilbert	11,000 -1,000	-1,000

Kristen Foxen	7,600 7,600	7,600

Ashley Frank	6,000 -19,000	-19,000

Bylsma Kicks Frenchies Out

Maxime Taldir

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Jérôme Zerbib opened to 1,200 from under the gun, and was called by a player in middle position. But in the cutoff, Samy Dubonnet raised to 4,500. In the small blind, Brad Bylsma wasn't satisfied with this amount and four-bet to 12,500.

When the action was back to him, Zerbib counted his stack and took some time before raising again to 40,000. Dubonnet seemed to have a big hand too, but folded. Bylsma wasn't that wise and preferred to move all in for approximately 80,000 chips, and Zerbib called, slightly covered.

Jérôme Zerbib: A♥K♣
Brad Bylsma: K♠K♥

At risk, Zerbib wanted an ace to stay in the tournament. But the board Q♥6♠6♦4♣10♠ didn't help him, and he left just before the break.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brad Bylsma	165,000 165,000	165,000
Samy Dubonnet	57,000 57,000	57,000
Rémi Castaignon	16,000
Jerome Zerbib	Busted

Tags: Brad Bylsma Jérôme Zerbib Samy Dubonnet

06-23-2023 15:45 UTC-8

Another Break

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

The players are now on their way to another 20-minute break. Play will resume at blinds 400/ 800 with a 800 ate.

Level: 7

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

06-23-2023 16:17 UTC-8

Gavin-Mather Forces a Fold

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

In a three-way raised pot, the flop showed 10♣6♦8♠ when Lexy Gavin-Mather bet 2,800. The hijack raised it to 6,000 and Abhishek Goindi, on the button, folded. Gavin-Mather took a minute and eventually called.

The K♦ showed up on the turn and Gavin-Mather fired 25,000 into the pot, putting her opponent at risk for his last 11,000. The latter didn't take long to fold and Gavin-Mather added the chips to her stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lexy Gavin-Mather	53,000 29,000	29,000

Abhishek Goindi	52,000 -10,500	-10,500

Tags: Abhishek Goindi Lexy Gavin-Mather

06-23-2023 16:25 UTC-8

Kings for Saderne

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

The under the gun opened to 1,600 and Jeremy Saderne three-bet to 4,500 two seats over. It folded to the small blind who decided to four-bet to 13,000, with less than 10,000 chips left behind. It folded back to Saderne who jammed with a higher stack and his opponent called:

Small Blind: A♥Q♥
Jeremy Saderne: K♠K♣

Saderne was in good shape to bust his opponent and win another pot, which he did after the dealer showed a board 8♦5♦4♠3♦6♠.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeremy Saderne	124,000 19,000	19,000

Tags: Jeremy Saderne

06-23-2023 16:30 UTC-8

Bull With Queens

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Maxime Taldir

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Robbie Bull opened to 1,600, and everybody folded to the big blind who completed.

K♣10♥A♠ came on the flop. But there was no more action as both players checked. They also checked on the turn 2♣ and reached the river 4♦.

As nothing happened on the first two streets, the big blind questioned Bull's bet of 2,400 on the river. "You have the nuts or a shitty hand", he said. He eventually called and discovered Q♣Q♦ in Bull's hand. Enough to beat him as he only revealed the 10♠.

Player	Chips	Progress
Robbie Bull	23,000 23,000	23,000

06-23-2023 16:43 UTC-8

Beach Keeps Climbing

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

In a blind versus blind raised pot, the flop was 8♦10♣2♠ when both the small blind and Lawrence Beach checked. The same action happened on the J♠ turn and a A♠ landed on the river. After a last check from his opponent, Beach bet 3,200 and it was enough to get a fold and win another pot. He showed A♥5♥ to the table.

Beach, who told PokerNews he busted at least eight players since the beginning of the day, is now seated in front of a large stack worth around 250,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lawrence Beach	250,000 250,000	250,000

Tags: Lawrence Beach

06-23-2023 16:47 UTC-8

New Faces and Chip Counts

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Kyriakos Papadopoulos	117,000 79,000	79,000
Ryan Leng	112,000 62,000	62,000

Ebony Kenney	80,000
Erwann Pecheux	75,000 50,000	50,000
Farah Galfond	67,000 26,000	26,000
Conrad Simpson	61,000 36,000	36,000
Alex Foxen	53,000 26,000	26,000

Dylan Mayo	44,000 14,000	14,000
Tony Miles	44,000 19,000	19,000
Danny Allen	43,000 -3,000	-3,000
Jason Wheeler	42,000

Andrew Moreno	41,000 15,000	15,000
Clément Van Driessche	31,000 31,000	31,000
Ismael Bojang	25,000 25,000	25,000

Martin Jacobson	25,000 10,500	10,500

James Whittet	25,000 25,000	25,000
Bob Mather	25,000 25,000	25,000
Benjamin Spragg	20,000 20,000	20,000

Adrien Guyon	19,000 -6,000	-6,000
Chris Conrad	15,500 15,500	15,500
Antoine Saout	8,500 -11,500	-11,500

06-23-2023 16:53 UTC-8

Sigurdsson Takes from Lew

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Leo Sigurdsson raised in the hijack to 1,700 and picked up calls from Lori Persinger on the button, the small blind and Robbi Jade Lew in the big blind to create a four-way pot.

The flop appeared J♥10♦K♠and they all checked to see a 5♣ on the turn. This time Lew led out for 2,000 after it was checked to her and only Sigurdsson made the call.

The Q♣ completed the board and Lew check-folded after Sigurdsson made a bet worth 3,000.