2023 World Series of Poker

Event #53: $1,500 Millionaire Maker
Day: 2
Event Info

2023 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kq
Prize
$1,201,564
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$13,905,360
Entries
10,430
Level Info
Level
41
Blinds
1,000,000 / 2,000,000
Ante
2,000,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
2,322
Players Left
327

Chip Counts Before the Break

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Ryan Leng us
Ryan Leng
500,000
325,000
325,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Run It Once
Profile photo of Paul Tedeschi fr
Paul Tedeschi
355,000
183,000
183,000
Profile photo of Everett Carlton us
Everett Carlton
346,000
98,500
98,500
Profile photo of Benjamin Spragg gb
Benjamin Spragg
308,000
249,000
249,000
Profile photo of Jacques Guenni fr
Jacques Guenni
231,000
116,500
116,500
Profile photo of Erik Cajelais ca
Erik Cajelais
165,000
80,500
80,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Bob Mather us
Bob Mather
148,000
51,000
51,000
Profile photo of Mikiyo Aoki us
Mikiyo Aoki
120,000
30,000
30,000
Profile photo of Eyal Bensimhon il
Eyal Bensimhon
80,000
-40,000
-40,000
Profile photo of Johan Guilbert fr
Johan Guilbert
18,000
-11,500
-11,500
Run It Once

Level: 16

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 6,000

Margets Plays Aggressive to Take it Down

Level 16 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Leo Margets
Leo Margets

Action began after the flop of 846, as Viet Vo checked from the big blind. Leo Margets in the cutoff led out for 16,000, and Vo found a call.

The turn was the 10, and Vo checked to Margets. She jammed all in for 230,000, while Vo made the fold.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Leo Margets es
Leo Margets
306,000
-4,000
-4,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Winamax
Profile photo of Viet Vo us
Viet Vo
54,000
-61,000
-61,000

Tags: Leo MargetsViet Vo

Jiang Flushes a Player

Level 16 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Zhi Jiang was facing an opponent in the cutoff who raised all in for 85,000. Jiang made the call from the button.

Cutoff player: KK
Zhi Jiang: Q4

The board came out in favor of Jiang with K56 but left the cutoff with some outs if the board paired. But the board had other ideas and the turn and river were J7. Jiang won with the flush.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Zhi Jiang us
Zhi Jiang
478,000
379,000
379,000

Tags: Zhi Jiang

Lucky 7's for Valden

Level 16 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

The middle position player jammed all in for 40,000, while David Valden made the call from the small blind. Both players exposed their hands.

Opponent: A4
David Valden: 77

The board ran out 5Q2J6x as Valden's pocket pair held to scoop the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of David Valden us
David Valden
362,000
155,000
155,000

Tags: David Valden

Beltran Takes from Barbero

Level 16 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

In a heads-up pot, the flop showed 534 when Jair Beltran checked to Nacho Barbero who bet 18,000. After some thinking, Beltran Raised it to 43,000, with around 95,000 left behind. Barbero called.

The turn revealed the 8 and Beltran fired 55,000. It was enough who Barbero who folded.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Nacho Barbero ar
Nacho Barbero
350,000
50,000
50,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Jair Beltran ca
Jair Beltran
230,000
109,000
109,000

Tags: Jair BeltranNacho Barbero

Teusl Takes One Out

Level 16 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Jessica Teusl
Jessica Teusl

Jessica Teusl raised preflop to 13,000 and the player in late position three-bet to 24,000. Teusl pondered for a moment and called.

The flop came out J28 and Teusl checked to the late position player who put in one green chip for a 25,000 bet. Teusl called.

The turn brought the Q and Teusl checked again and the late position player made his move and announced, "all in" for 94,000.

Teusl stared down her opponent and took her time making a decision. The late position player said, "Do you have jack ten?" and Teusl called.

Late position player: AJ
Jessica Teusl: Q10

The river sealed the deal for Teusl with the 10 which gave Teusl the win with two pair.

Teusl stated, "As soon as he started talking I knew I was calling".

Elsewhere Scott Lazar had rebuilt his stack up to 271,000.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Jessica Teusl at
Jessica Teusl
440,000
235,000
235,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Scott Lazar us
Scott Lazar
271,000
221,000
221,000

Tags: Jessica Teusl