2014 World Series of Poker

Event #8: $1,500 Millionaire Maker No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
Event Info

2014 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
62
Prize
$1,319,587
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$10,768,950
Entries
7,977
Level Info
Level
37
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
50,000

Event #8: $1,500 Millionaire Maker No-Limit Hold'em

Day 2 Completed

Day 2 of the 2014 Millionaire Maker Event #8 ends with two chip leaders

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 500 ante
Yuliyan Kolev
Yuliyan Kolev

The second day of the record-breaking Millionaire Maker of the World Series Of Poker 2014 with staggering 7,977 entries saw 1,466 players returning to their seats and after nine levels of one hour each, only 178 would bag up chips. Both Jonathan Dimmig and Yuliyan Kolev claimed 632,000 in chips and slightly edged out Bart Lybaert, who finished with 615,000 in third place.

After the first two levels of play, almost 600 players had already joined the rail and it took just another 30 minutes until the bubble was reached. The hand for hand mode lasted only one hand and two players were eliminated at once and ended up sharing the min cash of $2,692. Anthony Harb, who won a golden bracelet in a $2,000 No Limit Hold'em Event at the WSOP 2009, had his pocket kings cracked by the quad fives of Ping Liu and the jacks of Jeff Dumas got flushed by Hans Winzeler.

Within half an hour 100 players headed to the payout desk and the action continued fast and furious. We lost such familiar faces as Jamie Kerstetter, Maria Jo, Loni Harwood, Mike Sexton, Giacomo Fundaro and Matt Marafioti. Matt Glantz ran with queens into aces, Humberto Brenes scored the fourth in-the-money finish of the 2014 Series but eventually lost the flip with ace king against the {J-Diamonds}{J-Hearts} of Chris DeMaci. The same also applied for Matthias de Meulder versus Yuliyan Kolev and in the very last level, Tony Gregg tried to bluff but ran into the aces of Sean Prendiville.

Day 3 resumes at 1 p.m. Vegas time and all remaining players have $7,430 guaranteed, level 19 restarts with blinds at 4,000-8,000 / ante 1,000 and an average of 201,666 chips. Hot on the heels of the three close chip leaders are Andrew Oh (593,000), Sean Prendiville (520,000), James Mackey (387,000) and Andrew Teng (351,000). Other notables include start-of-the-day chip leader Andrew Seidman (229,000), John Racener (218,000), Allan Kessler (183,000), Rhys Jones (163,000) and Greg Mueller (107,000). Tune back into the PokerNews live coverage as we bring you all the key hands and determine the winner of yet another golden bracelet as well as the stunning first place payout of $1,319,587.

Tags: Allen KesslerAndrew OhAndrew SeidmanAndrew TengAnthony HarbBart LybaertChris DeMaciChristophe de MeulderGiacomo FundaroGreg MuellerHans WinzelerHumberto BrenesJames MackeyJohn RacenerLoni HarwoodMatt SextonMatthias De MeulderSean PrendivilleYuliyan Kolev

End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 500 ante
Player Chips Progress
Yuliyan Kolev bg
Yuliyan Kolev
WSOP 1X Winner
632,000
Jonathan Dimmig us
Jonathan Dimmig
WSOP 1X Winner
632,000
Bart Lybaert be
Bart Lybaert
615,000
Andrew Oh us
Andrew Oh
593,000
Ron Jenkins us
Ron Jenkins
584,000
Steven Moseley us
Steven Moseley
568,000 228,000
Sean Prendiville ie
Sean Prendiville
520,000
Carmen Evola
Carmen Evola
425,000 425,000
Nathaniel Falber
Nathaniel Falber
417,000 417,000
Christoph Csik us
Christoph Csik
402,000 402,000
Chris DeMaci us
Chris DeMaci
396,000 201,000
David Fong us
David Fong
393,000 -67,000
Daniel Jones us
Daniel Jones
388,000 30,000
James Mackey us
James Mackey
WSOP 1X Winner
387,000 27,000
Christopher Gaddi
Christopher Gaddi
380,000 380,000
Ronald Mcginnity us
Ronald Mcginnity
378,000 378,000
Curt Kohlberg us
Curt Kohlberg
372,000
Tleuzhan Jumakov
Tleuzhan Jumakov
367,000 367,000
Idris Gencoglu ca
Idris Gencoglu
354,000
Andrew Teng gb
Andrew Teng
351,000 -9,000
Bassel Assi
Bassel Assi
342,000 342,000
Stewart Newman
Stewart Newman
340,000 340,000
Griffin Paul us
Griffin Paul
336,000 336,000
Thomas Couture
Thomas Couture
333,000 333,000
Diane Roznik us
Diane Roznik
329,000 296,000

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Some End of Day Chip Counts

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 500 ante

Full chip counts will appear overnight.

Player Chips Progress
Bart Lybaert be
Bart Lybaert
615,000
Andrew Oh us
Andrew Oh
593,000 85,000
Ron Jenkins us
Ron Jenkins
584,000 584,000
Sean Prendiville ie
Sean Prendiville
520,000
Roland McGinnity
Roland McGinnity
378,000 378,000
Curt Kohlberg us
Curt Kohlberg
372,000 -43,000
Daniel Jones us
Daniel Jones
358,000 358,000
Idris Gencoglu ca
Idris Gencoglu
354,000
Ryan Jones us
Ryan Jones
205,000
Matt Salsberg ca
Matt Salsberg
163,000 23,000
Rhys Jones gb
Rhys Jones
163,000 -17,000
Matt Brady us
Matt Brady
45,000 -75,000

Busted During Level 18

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 500 ante

Final list of Day 2 casualties.

Player Chips Progress
Ryan Baybayan us
Ryan Baybayan
Busted
Tuong Le
Tuong Le
Busted
Raymond Padgett us
Raymond Padgett
Busted
Jonathan Varela ve
Jonathan Varela
Busted
Michael Lavoie
Michael Lavoie
Busted
Randy Lew us
Randy Lew
Busted
Erle Mankin us
Erle Mankin
Busted
Harshit Patel
Harshit Patel
Busted
Michael Goetsch us
Michael Goetsch
Busted
Louis Lynch us
Louis Lynch
Busted
Theo Tran us
Theo Tran
Busted
Taylor Vanmeer us
Taylor Vanmeer
Busted
Julie Dang us
Julie Dang
Busted
Dan O'Brien us
Dan O'Brien
Busted
Farid Jattin co
Farid Jattin
Busted
Ian Bey us
Ian Bey
Busted
Matthew Donaldson us
Matthew Donaldson
Busted
Alexander Kuzmin ru
Alexander Kuzmin
Busted

Play Concludes For The Day

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 500 ante

All tables have finished their five hands and tables are in the process of completing the bag and tag. We'll have some chip counts of remaining notable players shortly.

Trips for Polychronopoulos

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 500 ante

We only arrived on the {9-Spades}{9-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}{J-Hearts} turn and Athanasios Polychronopoulos bet 13,500, his opponent raised to 28,000. Polychronopoulos moved all in and the opponent asked for how much more it would be. The dealer took 28,000 from both into the pot and then counted carefully, it was another 64,000 to call.

The call came eventually and the opponent showed {K-Hearts}{J-Clubs} but he ran into the {9-Clubs}{7-Diamonds} of the US boy. The {10-Spades} river bricked and just before the end of the day, Polychronopoulos doubled up.

Player Chips Progress
Athanasios Polychronopoulos us
Athanasios Polychronopoulos
WSOP 2X Winner
220,000 125,000

Tags: Athanasios Polychronopoulos