Event #21: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em MILLIONAIRE MAKER
Day 1b Started
Event #21: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em MILLIONAIRE MAKER
Day 1b Started
Welcome to the second and last flight of Event #21: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em MILLIONAIRE MAKER. Yesterday's flight attracted 3,046 entries in total with 458 players finding a bag for Day 2 tomorrow, June 11. Kyle Hartree bagged the chip lead with a stack of 208,500.
Players will start with 7,500 in chips and are allowed to reenter this event once today. Levels will last 60 minutes each. There will be a 20-minute break after every two levels and a 75-minute dinner break after Level 6, which will be around 4:40 p.m. The late registration and reentry period will close after 8 levels at approximately 8:10 p.m. local time. Play will stop when around 15% of the field remains.
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Level: 1
Blinds: 25/50
Ante: 0
The tournament director has announced the ceremonial ''Shuffle Up and Deal'' and cards are in the air.
If you're used to getting massive starting stacks in your home game, you might think that you need to get things going quickly here in the MILLIONAIRE MAKER today. With 7,500 in chips, you might be under the impression that you're starting out short and in order to win, you need to get your stack growing fast.
Bernard Lee warns against all that, in a strategy article specifically written for players in the MILLIONAIRE MAKER. Read the full article, including a comparison of the MILLIONAIRE MAKER structure and your typical home game, on the PokerNews homepage.
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Bernard Lee is a poker columnist for ESPN.com and the host of a weekly poker radio show for over ten years in Boston, "The Bernard Lee Poker Show", which can be also heard and downloaded from RoundersRadio.com and iTunes. He has written for the Boston Herald, Cardplayer, and All-In Magazine, and has been a commentator for numerous events including the WSOP and WSOP Circuit.
We are only at level 1 of the tournament and 1870 players have already taken their seats. Some of the familiar faces already in include Andy Camou, Jimmy Cappucci, Ari Engel, Kitty Kuo and Kristy Arnett.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Kristy Arnett |
7,500
7,500
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7,500 |
Andy Camou |
7,500
7,500
|
7,500 |
Ari Engel |
7,500
7,500
|
7,500 |
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Jimmy Cappucci |
7,500
7,500
|
7,500 |
Kitty Kuo |
7,500
7,500
|
7,500 |
The following players have been spotted at the tables from the start already:
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Bill Klein |
7,500
7,500
|
7,500 |
Julien Sitbon | 7,500 | |
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Heidi May | 7,500 | |
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Koen De Visscher | 7,500 | |
Katie Swift | 7,500 | |
Tim West | 7,500 | |
Mikhail Semin | 7,500 | |
Men Nguyen | 7,500 | |
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Walter Treccarichi opened to 175 in the hijack. The player in the cutoff raised to 525. Action folded back to Treccarichi who called.
The dealer spread a flop of . Both players checked. The turn came the . Treccarichi bet 500. His opponent called.
The filled up the river. Treccarichi continued for 1,100. His opponent raised to 2,700. Treccarichi called. Treccarichi tabled and his opponent showed before mucking his hand.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Walter Treccarichi |
11,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
During a round through the Amazon room, quite a few players have taken their seats. That includes Dieter Dechant, who may have an edge in big field play after scoring a bracelet in last year's GIANT. A few of the others to take their seat this morning follow:
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Chris Dasilva |
8,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
Matt Affleck |
7,500
7,500
|
7,500 |
Will Berry |
7,500
7,500
|
7,500 |
Scott Margereson |
7,500
7,500
|
7,500 |
Georgios Sotiropoulos |
7,500
7,500
|
7,500 |
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Bruno Politano |
7,500
7,500
|
7,500 |
Sebastian Langrock |
7,500
7,500
|
7,500 |
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Ioannis Angelou-Konstas |
7,500
7,500
|
7,500 |
David Urban |
7,500
7,500
|
7,500 |
Dieter Dechant | 7,500 | |
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Barry Greenstein |
7,500
7,500
|
7,500 |
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Kenny Hallaert |
7,500
7,500
|
7,500 |
Gil Thierry |
7,500
7,500
|
7,500 |
Nacho Barbero |
7,500
7,500
|
7,500 |
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Ari Engel | 7,500 | |
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Jeremy Ausmus |
7,500
7,500
|
7,500 |
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Tom Middleton |
7,500
7,500
|
7,500 |
Jason Wheeler |
7,500
7,500
|
7,500 |
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Georgios Vrakas |
7,500
7,500
|
7,500 |
Maurice Hawkins |
5,300
5,300
|
5,300 |
Florian Duta |
3,175
3,175
|
3,175 |
The player in middle position opened to 150 and Levi Fox, in the cutoff, was the only caller. The flop came .
The original raiser continued for 175 and Fox raised to 550. His opponent called and the turn was the . Both players checked through to the river. Once again, both players checked.
Fox tabled . His opponent sent his hand to the muck.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Levi Fox
|
9,000
9,000
|
9,000 |