Event #53: $1,500 Millionaire Maker Day 4 | 2023 World Series of Poker

06-27-2023 12:52 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Pavel Plesuv	25,400,000 -600,000	-600,000

Arnaud Mattern	18,800,000 3,200,000	3,200,000
Florian Ribouchon	8,700,000 -4,300,000	-4,300,000
Michael McNicholas	8,700,000 1,500,000	1,500,000
Michael Oar	8,300,000 -1,100,000	-1,100,000
Zejin Shen	6,800,000 1,700,000	1,700,000

Mullaly Finds a Double Up

Alek Gillies

Level 35 : Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

Vitor De Souza Coutinho jammed all in from the small blind. Myles Mullaly took some time before he called as both players revealed their hands.

Myles Mullaly: K♣Q♦
Vitor De Souza Coutinho: Q♠J♠

The board ran out 9♣2♦7♥5♦3♦ for Mullaly to take the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Gunness	30,200,000 8,500,000	8,500,000
Vitor De Souza Coutinho	18,200,000 -12,200,000	-12,200,000
Myles Mullaly	16,300,000 11,200,000	11,200,000
Anton Smirnov	9,800,000 3,800,000	3,800,000
Charles Benoit	7,000,000 -1,000,000	-1,000,000
Domenico Paparo	4,550,000 -1,450,000	-1,450,000

Tags: Myles Mullaly Vitor De Souza Coutinho

06-27-2023 13:02 UTC-8

Plesuv Grabs a pot from Mattern

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 35 : Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

Pavel Plesuv raised under the gun to 1,000,000 and only got called by Arnaud Mattern on the button. The flop fell 6♣3♥3♠ and Plesuv continued for 1,800,000 and it was enough to win the pot right away.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pavel Plesuv	27,000,000 1,600,000	1,600,000

Arnaud Mattern	18,100,000 -700,000	-700,000

Tags: Pavel Plesuv Arnaud Mattern

06-27-2023 13:11 UTC-8

Jacob Perry Eliminated in 19th Place ($55,215)

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 35 : Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

Jacob Perry was under the gun and moved all in for 7,800,000 and Javier Zarco in the big blind called very fast and slammed his aces on the felt.

Jacob Perry: J♠J♣
Javier Zarco: A♦A♥

The board came with quads for Zarco and Perry did not stand a chance 5♥Q♥A♣A♠9♥.

Player	Chips	Progress
Javier Zarco	24,400,000 6,700,000	6,700,000
Jacob Perry	Busted

Tags: Jacob Perry Javier Zarco

06-27-2023 13:16 UTC-8

Zeijin Shen Eliminated in 18th Place ($55,215)

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 35 : Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

It folded to Pavel Plesuv in the small blind who just completed and Zejin Shen announced all in for a stack around 5,200,000. Plesuv snap-called for the following showdown:

Zejin Shen: A♠8♦
Pavel Plseuv: A♥10♥

Shen was in bad shape for his tournament's life and didn't find help throughout the board 5♠6♦Q♠K♥10♣ to find himself eliminated in 18th place for $55,215.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pavel Plesuv	35,400,000 8,400,000	8,400,000

Zejin Shen	Busted

Tags: Pavel Plesuv Zejin Shen

06-27-2023 13:22 UTC-8

Two Table Redraw

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 35 : Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

Table	Seat	Name	Country	Chipcount	Big Blinds
Main Feature	1	Michael Oar	United States	7,500,000	15
Main Feature	2	Powen Fang	Taiwan	14,300,000	29
Main Feature	3	Florian Ribouchon	France	7,500,000	15
Main Feature	4	Michael McNicholas	United States	11,700,000	23
Main Feature	5	empty
Main Feature	6	Pavel Plesuv	Moldavia	35,400,000	71
Main Feature	7	Vitor De Souza Coutinho	Brazil	16,800,000	34
Main Feature	8	Paul Gunness	United States	30,600,000	61
Main Feature	9	Myles Mullaly	United States	15,200,000	30

Horseshoe Feature	1	Charles Benoit	Canada	7,700,000	15
Horseshoe Feature	2	Andras Matrai	Hungary	12,875,000	26
Horseshoe Feature	3	Ian Matakis	United States	6,700,000	13
Horseshoe Feature	4	Martin Stausholm	Denmark	11,900,000	24
Horseshoe Feature	5	Andreas Kniep	Germany	25,975,000	52
Horseshoe Feature	6	Javier Zarco	Spain	24,600,000	49
Horseshoe Feature	7	Domenico Paparo	United States	4,050,000	8
Horseshoe Feature	8	Anton Smirnov	Russia	10,175,000	20
Horseshoe Feature	9	Arnaud Mattern	France	18,075,000	36

Player	Chips	Progress
Pavel Plesuv	35,400,000

Paul Gunness	30,600,000 400,000	400,000
Andreas Kniep	25,975,000

Javier Zarco	24,600,000 200,000	200,000
Arnaud Mattern	18,075,000 -25,000	-25,000
Vitor De Souza Coutinho	16,800,000 -1,400,000	-1,400,000
Myles Mullaly	15,200,000 -1,100,000	-1,100,000
Powen Fang	14,300,000 800,000	800,000
Andras Matrai	12,875,000 2,875,000	2,875,000
Martin Stausholm	11,900,000 6,950,000	6,950,000
Michael McNicholas	11,700,000 3,000,000	3,000,000
Anton Smirnov	10,175,000 375,000	375,000
Charles Benoit	7,700,000 700,000	700,000
Michael Oar	7,500,000 -800,000	-800,000
Florian Ribouchon	7,500,000 -1,200,000	-1,200,000
Ian Matakis	6,700,000 -800,000	-800,000

Domenico Paparo	4,050,000 -500,000	-500,000

06-27-2023 13:29 UTC-8

Matakis Gets Doubled

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 35 : Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

Ian Matakis was in late position and raised to 3,700,000 and Javier Zarco was in the big blind and declared all in which was an effective bet of 8,500,000. Matakis called and was at risk of being eliminated.

Ian Matakis: 8♣8♠
Javier Zarco: A♥Q♥

Matakis flopped well with 8♥2♠10♠K♦9♣ and won a double up with his set of eights.

Player	Chips	Progress
Javier Zarco	18,500,000 -5,900,000	-5,900,000
Ian Matakis	17,700,000 10,200,000	10,200,000

Tags: Ian Matakis Javier Zarco

06-27-2023 13:35 UTC-8

Smirnov's Queens Pull Through

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 35 : Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

Javier Zarco was in late position and raised to 1,000,000 and Anton Smirnov was in the cutoff and announced, "All in". Zarco took his time and calculated everyone's chip stacks before he made the call for 8,925,000.

Anton Smirnov: Q♦Q♣
Javier Zarco: A♠5♠

The board ran out 5♦10♠9♣2♥4♥ and the queens survived to give Smirnov a much needed boost in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Anton Smirnov	18,500,000 8,325,000	8,325,000
Javier Zarco	9,000,000 -9,500,000	-9,500,000

Tags: Anton Smirnov Javier Zarco

06-27-2023 13:37 UTC-8

Michael McNicholas Eliminated in 17th Place ($68,523)

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Alek Gillies

Level 35 : Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

Vitor De Souza Coutinho raised to 1,000,000 from middle position, and Michael McNicholas jammed all in from the big blind. Coutinho quickly made the call as both players revealed their hands.

Michael McNicholas: 9♦9♠
Vitor De Souza Coutinho: A♣A♠

The board ran out 3♦7♥8♦J♦Q♣ for Coutinho to scoop the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vitor De Souza Coutinho	25,000,000 8,200,000	8,200,000
Michael McNicholas	Busted

Tags: Michael McNicholas Vitor De Souza Coutinho

06-27-2023 13:54 UTC-8

Preflop Pot for Plesuv

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 35 : Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

Pavel Plesuv raised to 1,000,000 and Vitor De Souza Coutinho called next to him. Paul Gunness three-bet to 3,700,000 and it came back to Plesuv who announced all in. Both his opponents folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pavel Plesuv	41,200,000 5,800,000	5,800,000

Paul Gunness	26,400,000 -4,200,000	-4,200,000
Vitor De Souza Coutinho	18,600,000 -6,400,000	-6,400,000

Tags: Paul Gunness Pavel Plesuv Vitor De Souza Coutinho