Event #50: $1,500 Millionaire Maker | 2026 World Series of Poker

Jun 24, 2026

Jacob Gagnon Eliminated in 7th Place ($245,000)

Laura Fryer

Level 41 : 1,000,000/2,000,000, 2,000,000 ante

Jacob Gagnon opened jammed to 10,000,000 on the button and Bradley Gafford moved all in for 16,500,000 from the small blind, putting Gagnon at risk. The big blind folded and the pair looked to the board for the runout.

Jacob Gagnon: A♥5♦ All in
Bradley Gafford: A♣Q♣

Gagnon picked up a pair of fives on the 7♠2♥5♥ flop but the A♦ on the turn saw Gafford also gain some more outs.

Gaffords rail were shouting for a "Seven, seven!" to come on the turn so that Gaffords queen kicker played, and the dealer peeled the 7♦ river card.

It was a brutal end of the road for Gagnon as the seven completer saw him eliminated in seventh place, but he had more than tripled his recorded lifetime earning from the payout, as he took home $245,000.

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Jun 24, 2026

Monroig Knocks Down Fairchild

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Laura Fryer

Level 41 : Blinds 1,000,000/2,000,000, 2,000,000 ante

Michael Monroig opened to 4,000,000 from under the gun with A♠5♦and saw two callers, one from Joseph Baghdadlian in the small blind with K♦Q♥ and one from Halford Fairchild in the big blind with K♠10♥.

The 9♣2♦A♦ flop was checked by all to see the A♥ turn and Fairchild bet 2,500,000. Monroig was the only caller and the pair went heads up to the 3♠ turn.

Fairchild checked, Monroig bet 12,000,000 and Fairchild mucked his hand.

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Jun 24, 2026

Liberta Traps Baghdadlian

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Erick Torres

Level 41 : 1,000,000/2,000,000, 2,000,000 ante

Joseph Baghdadlian opened to 4,000,000 with K♥5♥ from under the gun. Joseph Liberta defended his big blind with Q♣10♣

The Q♦7♦Q♥ flop led to a check from Liberta. Baghdadlian continued for 3,000,000 and was called by Liberta.

Liberta slipped it over to Baghdadlian on the 2♣ turn. Baghdadlian kept betting, this time for 8,500,000. Liberta called.

The A♣ river resulted in another check from Liberta. Baghdadlian fired the third barrel for 11,000,000. Liberta called to claim teh pot with his trips.

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Jun 24, 2026

Garry Gurevich Eliminated in 8th Place ($190,000)

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Laura Fryer

Level 41 : 1,000,000/2,000,000, 2,000,000 ante

Garry Gurevich moved all in for his remaining 3,000,000 on the button and Bradley Gafford called from the small blind. Alex Kim also defended his big blind, taking the players three-ways to the A♥5♠3♥ flop.

Both non-all in players checked to see the 8♥ turn and again to the 9♦ river. No more chips were moved into the pot and players flipped their cards.

Garry Gurevich: Q♦2♣ All in
Bradley Gafford: J♦2♥
Alex Kim: K♦9♣

Gurevich didn't have enough to hold on, and he hit the rail in 8th place leaving Kim to take the pot with the pair of nines.

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Jun 24, 2026

Monroig Ups the Pressure

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Laura Fryer

Level 41 : 1,000,000/2,000,000, 2,000,000 ante

Michael Monroig was the chip leader starting the day, and sat with around a fifth of the chips in play. He was seen chipping at the table early on.

He opened to 4,000,000 from the cutoff with K♥7♣ and saw the table make quick folds. In the next hand he opened A♠7♦ from the hijack and saw a sea of folds again.

A few hands later he was pressuring from the small blind as he open-jammed with J♣7♠ into Jacob Gagnon in the big blind who folded K♦5♠.

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Jun 24, 2026

Ducks for Monroig

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Erick Torres

Level 41 : 1,000,000/2,000,000, 2,000,000 ante

Michael Monroig opened to 4,000,000 with 2♠2♦ from under the gun. Halford Fairchild called from the big blind with J♥9♥.

The A♦10♣10♦ flop led to a check from Fairchild. Monroig bet 2,500,000, and Fairchild folded.

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Jun 24, 2026

Gagnon Makes Huge Fold to Gafford

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Laura Fryer

Level 41 : 1,000,000/2,000,000, 2,000,000 ante

Jacob Gagnon opened to 4,000,000 from early position with A♥Q♠ and Bradley Gafford three-bet to 14,000,000 from the cutoff with K♥K♦.

Gagnon went into the tank, but eventually mucked his hand.

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Level: 41

Blinds: 1,000,000/2,000,000

Ante: 2,000,000

Jun 24, 2026

Yifu He Eliminated in 9th Place ($150,067.50)

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Laura Fryer

Level 40 : Blinds 1,000,000/1,500,000, 1,500,000 ante

After not finding much to work with early in the day, Yifu He had sunk down in the counts and sat with just over two big blinds.

Michael Monroig opened to 2,500,000 from the cutoff and action folded to Yifu He who was in the big blind. He pushed his remaining 2,500,000 not already committed into the pot and put himself at risk of elimination.

Yifu He: 7♠4♦ All in
Michael Monroig: Q♥5♥

He was looking for help, but he missed on the J♥6♦10♠ flop. There was no coming back for He on the 3♦ turn or 3♣ river, and he was the first to hit the rail but took home $150,067.50.