2018 World Series of Poker

Event #21: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em MILLIONAIRE MAKER
Day: 3
Event Info

2018 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
42
Prize
$1,173,223
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$9,937,350
Entries
7,361
Level Info
Level
40
Blinds
400,000 / 800,000
Ante
100,000

17 Left in MILLIONAIRE MAKER; McKeehen, Loeser, Boatman in Contention as Hahn Leads

Level 30 : 40,000/80,000, 1,000 ante
2015 WSOP Main Event winner Joe McKeehen made it to Day 4
2015 WSOP Main Event winner Joe McKeehen made it to Day 4

After attracting a whopping 7,361 entries over the course of two starting flights, only 155 returned on Day 3 of Event #21: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em MILLIONAIRE MAKER at the 2018 World Series of Poker. It took ten levels of 60-minutes each to whittle the field down to their last 17 hopefuls, who will return on Wednesday, June 13 at 11 a.m. local time at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino.

Each of the remaining players is guaranteed $51,188, but only one player will be able to call themselves a millionaire after collecting the jaw-dropping first place prize of $1,173,223 that awaits the champion.

Chad Hahn is at the head of the pack with 6,525,000 chips. Already boasting $101,809 total in live tournament earnings, this will be Hahn's second WSOP cash, and he's in prime position to make it one to remember. Close behind are Sean Marshall (6,160,000), who already cashed the MILLIONAIRE MAKER last year (813th, $2,659) and Manuel Ruivo (5,900,000)

With the seven-figure first-place prize, this event attracted plenty of notables from across the globe. The biggest standout left is none other than 2015 Main Event winner Joe McKeehen (4,210,000). If McKeehen would go on to make the final table, he'd be the first player ever to final table the Main Event (2015), the Monster Stack (2014), the $100,000 One Drop (2016), and the Millionaire Maker.

Although Manig Loeser (3,040,000) may usually be spotted in tournaments that sport at least one more zero in the buy-in, the German high roller added the MILLIONAIRE MAKER to his schedule and nimbly navigated the minefield to join the final 17. Poker icon Barny Boatman is also amongst the last standing competitors as well. Sporting the smallest stack of 1,150,000, the Brit has his work cut out for him if he's to win a third bracelet.

Manig Loeser
German high roller Manig Loeser is among the final 17 players in the MILLIONAIRE MAKER

The eliminations were fast and furious today as many famous faces and bracelet winners fell along the way. Joseph Cheong (23th, $40,898), Kyle Hartree (25th, $40,898), Rob Brown (36th, $32,927), JC Tran (42th, $26,713), Eddy Sabat (49th, $21,839), Steve Sung (59th, $17,995), James Calderaro (74th, 12,508), Elio Fox (92th, $8,976), and Greg Merson (94th, $8,976) were among those that made a sizable cash, but failed to advance to Day 4.

Play will resume on Wednesday, June 13 at 11 A.M. local time. The 17 remaining will be playing down to a winner with 15-minute breaks scheduled after every two levels and a one-hour dinner break after the sixth level (approximately 5:30 P.M.).

Make sure to check back at PokerNews for continued coverage of the MILLIONAIRE MAKER as we crown a new millionaire!

Chad Hahn
Chad Hahn starts Day 4 as the chipleader

Tags: Barny BoatmanChad HanJoe McKeehenManuel RuivoSean Marshall