2023 World Series of Poker

Event #53: $1,500 Millionaire Maker
Day: 1b
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 1b
Entries
5,845
Players Left
1,310

Action Table 563

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
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Ugur Secilmis
265,000
265,000
265,000
Profile photo of Kenny Gollahon
Kenny Gollahon
35,900
35,900
35,900
Profile photo of Cameron Dhaliwal gb
Cameron Dhaliwal
32,000
32,000
32,000

Tags: Cameron DhaliwalKenny Gollahon

Zukowicz Busts a Second Time

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
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Jason Ayala
66,000
Profile photo of Monika Zukowicz pl
Monika Zukowicz
Busted

Tags: Monika ZukowiczJason Ayala

New Entries and Chip Counts

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Matt Affleck us
Matt Affleck
132,000
34,000
34,000
Profile photo of Marle Spragg us
Marle Spragg
110,000
89,000
89,000
Profile photo of Peter Wigglesworth gb
Peter Wigglesworth
96,000
5,000
5,000
Profile photo of Dinesh Alt ch
Dinesh Alt
71,000
45,000
45,000
Profile photo of Jean-Philippe Piquette ca
Jean-Philippe Piquette
48,000
1,000
1,000
Profile photo of Vasyl Zabrodskyy ua
Vasyl Zabrodskyy
47,000
-44,500
-44,500
Profile photo of Richy Rob gb
Richy Rob
43,000
15,000
15,000
Profile photo of Jorge Hou pa
Jorge Hou
25,000
-6,000
-6,000
Profile photo of Mustapha Kanit it
Mustapha Kanit
25,000
-7,000
-7,000
Winamax
Profile photo of Nicolas Vayssieres fr
Nicolas Vayssieres
25,000
25,000
25,000
Profile photo of Dillon Ott us
Dillon Ott
25,000
-50,500
-50,500
Profile photo of Stefan Lehner at
Stefan Lehner
25,000
25,000
25,000
WSOP 1X Winner
StakeKings
Profile photo of Justin Liberto us
Justin Liberto
25,000
25,000
25,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Ebony Kenney us
Ebony Kenney
25,000
25,000
25,000
Profile photo of Gabriel Ramos us
Gabriel Ramos
25,000
25,000
25,000
Profile photo of Xuan Liu ca
Xuan Liu
23,500
23,500
23,500
Profile photo of Sofia Lovgren se
Sofia Lovgren
22,000
8,000
8,000
Profile photo of Karim Lehoussine fr
Karim Lehoussine
20,000
20,000
20,000
Profile photo of Romain Bremont fr
Romain Bremont
12,000
12,000
12,000

Sergio Takes Another One Down

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
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Joseph Sergio
57,000
17,000
17,000

Tags: Joseph Sergio

Swift Gets a Fold

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
Profile photo of Katie Swift gb
Katie Swift
104,000
75,500
75,500

Tags: Katie Swift

Seiroz Eliminates Opponent With the Dominating Hand

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
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Marcelo Seiroz
41,000

Tags: Marcelo Seiroz

Mayo Scores a Double Knockout

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
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Dylan Mayo
193,000
168,000
168,000

Tags: Dylan Mayo

Negreanu Proposes Changes to the Poker Hall of Fame Induction Process

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Daniel Negreanu, Phil Ivey
Daniel Negreanu, Phil Ivey

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