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

06-24-2023 17:45 UTC-8

Action Table 563

Maxime Taldir

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

While 2021 WSOP Main Event Finalist Ugur Secilmis is building a big stack of 265,000, there is animation at the table behind him. From middle position, a player opened to 2,100. But in the hijack, Kenny Gollahon shoved for 16,700. All the other players folded, and the initial caller called.

Kenny Gollahon: A♦A♣
Middle position player: 4♥4♦

It was an easy win for Gollahon, who doubled up to 35,900 on J♣8♥7♥K♥J♠.

On the very next hand, it was Cameron Dhaliwal's turn to move all in for 15,400 chips from the middle position. The playeron the button reraised all in, and both players flipped their cards.

Cameron Dhaliwal: A♥K♠
Button: A♣J♠

Once again, the short stack doubled up on 7♠3♣7♣6♠4♣. With 12,000 chips remaining, the button was at risk on the straight after and was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ugur Secilmis	265,000 265,000	265,000
Kenny Gollahon	35,900 35,900	35,900
Cameron Dhaliwal	32,000 32,000	32,000

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06-24-2023 17:47 UTC-8

Zukowicz Busts a Second Time

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

In a heads-up pot, the flop showed 5♦3♠8♦ when Monika Zukowicz, who rebought in the event not long ago, bet 3,000 from the big blind. Her opponent made the call and a 4♣ showed up on the turn. Zukowicz bet 6,500 this time and her opponent shoved, having her covered. Zukowicz snap-called:

Monika Zukowicz: 5♥5♠
Jason Ayala: 8♣8♠

Zukowicz had the bad surprise to see her flopped set wasn't good enough, and exited the tournament after the J♠ completed the board.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Ayala	66,000
Monika Zukowicz	Busted

Tags: Monika Zukowicz Jason Ayala

06-24-2023 17:52 UTC-8

New Entries and Chip Counts

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Matt Affleck	132,000 34,000	34,000
Marle Spragg	110,000 89,000	89,000

Peter Wigglesworth	96,000 5,000	5,000
Dinesh Alt	71,000 45,000	45,000
Jean-Philippe Piquette	48,000 1,000	1,000
Vasyl Zabrodskyy	47,000 -44,500	-44,500
Richy Rob	43,000 15,000	15,000
Jorge Hou	25,000 -6,000	-6,000
Mustapha Kanit	25,000 -7,000	-7,000

Nicolas Vayssieres	25,000 25,000	25,000
Dillon Ott	25,000 -50,500	-50,500
Stefan Lehner	25,000 25,000	25,000

Justin Liberto	25,000 25,000	25,000

Ebony Kenney	25,000 25,000	25,000
Gabriel Ramos	25,000 25,000	25,000
Xuan Liu	23,500 23,500	23,500
Sofia Lovgren	22,000 8,000	8,000
Karim Lehoussine	20,000 20,000	20,000
Romain Bremont	12,000 12,000	12,000

06-24-2023 17:53 UTC-8

Sergio Takes Another One Down

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Alek Gillies

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Joseph Sergio raised for 2,000 from the under-the-gun position. The button made the call as they headed to the flop.

The flop came 2♣2♥J♠ and both players were quick to check.

With the turn of 6♣, Sergio led out for 3,500 and his opponent called to the river.

The 9♥ was the river, and Sergio checked to his opponent.His opponent bet 12,000 and Sergio jammed all in to receive a quick fold from his opponent.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joseph Sergio	57,000 17,000	17,000

Tags: Joseph Sergio

06-24-2023 18:00 UTC-8

Swift Gets a Fold

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

According to the table, a player opened to 2,000 and Katie Swift called in the big blind. The flop gave K♠K♥10♦ and Swift just check-called her opponent for 3,000.

The 3♠ didn't bring any action on the turn and a Q♦ landed on the river. This time Swift tossed a pile of 5,000-chip in front of her, putting her opponent at risk for his last 10,000. The latter tanked a few minutes and ended up folding after the clock has been called.

Player	Chips	Progress
Katie Swift	104,000 75,500	75,500

Tags: Katie Swift

06-24-2023 18:08 UTC-8

Seiroz Eliminates Opponent With the Dominating Hand

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Alek Gillies

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

The small blind raised to 2,000 and the big blind found a call. A raise to 30,000 came from the middle position player and Marcelo Seiroz called all in from the button. Both of the blinds folded as the heads up players revealed their hands.

Opponent: K♥10♥
Marcelo Seiroz: K♦Q♠

The board ran out Q♥4♠7♠Q♣A♣ and Seiroz took down the pot with his trips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marcelo Seiroz	41,000

Tags: Marcelo Seiroz

06-24-2023 18:10 UTC-8

Mayo Scores a Double Knockout

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

The hijack started the action with a raise to 2,000 and it was called by the button. Dylan Mayo three-bet to 7,500 in the small blind and his two opponents called.

Things heated on the 9♣Q♥7♥ flop. Mayo sent 12,000 in the middle and the hijack called. The button tanked a minute and shoved for around 31,000. Mayo snap-called with a bigger stack and the hijack also called all in for less than 6,000 left.

HIjack: Q♠Q♣
Button: K♥Q♦
Dylan Mayo: A♣A♥

The hijack was in great shape for a triple up, but a A♦ showed up on the turn to give a set of aces to Mayo, who busted his two opponents after the 3♠ completed the board.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dylan Mayo	193,000 168,000	168,000

Tags: Dylan Mayo

06-24-2023 18:13 UTC-8

Dinner Break

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

The Millionaire Maker players are heading on a 75-minute dinner break. The action is scheduled to resume at approximately 8:26 p.m. local time

06-24-2023 18:27 UTC-8

Negreanu Proposes Changes to the Poker Hall of Fame Induction Process

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Connor Richards

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

With its ever-growing backlog of deserving players and industry professionals waiting for their time to be inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame, some players are calling for changes to the nomination and induction process.

One of those players is Daniel Negreanu, poker's biggest ambassador and himself a member of the Poker Hall of Fame who was inducted in 2014. Negreanu has long called for overhauls to the Poker Hall of Fame nomination process and renewed his calls this week on his daily vlog during the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP).

"How I would fix the Hall of Fame is this: every single year, two players get in — players, not contributors," Negreanu told his vlog viewers. "Every single year, two players get in. Every third year ... we add an additional third person who is a contributor to the game. That would be the Isai Scheinbergs and the Matt Savages of the world. Every three years, one of them would get in. That way, we don't have to constantly compare apples to oranges."

Read About Negreanu's Proposed HOF Changes

Level: 9

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200