Event #21: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em MILLIONAIRE MAKER
Day 1b Completed
2018 World Series of Poker
Event #21: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em MILLIONAIRE MAKER
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2018 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$9,937,350
Entries
7,361
Level
40
Blinds
400,000 / 800,000
Ante
100,000
Level 11
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
On Day 1b of Event #21: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em MILLIONAIRE MAKER, no less than 4,315 entries showed up at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino for their shot at a life-changing seven-figure prize. In total, there were 7,361 entries spread over Day 1a and 1b and 1,104 of them made it through to Day 2, each of them already guaranteed a money finish of at least $2,249.
Taking the honor of the chip lead for Day 1b is Andrea Buonocore with 209,900 in chips, which also takes him into Day 2 as the overall chip leader. This will give him a bit of a head start in chasing that mouth-watering first-place prize of $1,173,223 and the coveted WSOP bracelet.
Buonocore had the following to say about collecting all these chips: “I just found them all over the room. There was a hand with queens against fives somewhere.”
Trailing Buonocore in the chip counts is Thanh Nguyen with 199,500 and Artan Dedusha with 191,600. Dedusha finished in 52nd place in the 2017 WSOP Main Event and will be looking to improve that result by grabbing the title in this event.
Other notable players through to Day 2 include WSOP bracelet winners Jared Jaffee (171,900) and Anthony Spinella (162,500), two-time WSOP Circuit Ring winner Thomas Taylor (169,600), Walter Treccarichi (150,900), and former November Niner Joseph Cheong with 133,700 in chips. Taylor took some chips away from Shaun Deeb (18,200) when he made a backdoor flush.
Many notables took their seats at the tables today, and players like Taylor Black (129,500), Georgios Vrakas (96,600), Marc Macdonnell (75,500), Bart Hanson (74,400), Rainer Kempe (49,500), Ryan Laplante (33,000), Aaron Massey (28,400), Allen Kessler (25,500) and Maria Lampropulos (12,000) found a bag at the end of the day.
As some notables bagged and cashed, others fell along the wayside, including 888poker ambassador Vivian Saliba, Maurice Hawkins, Kitty Kuo, Kristen Bicknell, Adrian Mateos, Vlad Darie, Ari Engel, Dutch Boyd, Loren Klein, Matt Affleck, Martin Finger, Bryn Kenney, Kenny Hallaert, Brandon Cantu, Marcel Vonk, David Urban and Brandon Ageloff
The 1,104 remaining players will return tomorrow, Monday, June 11, at 11 a.m. local time to continue playing the remaining 24 minutes and 10 seconds in level 11, with has a small blind of 500, big blind of 1,000, and a running ante of 100. Make sure to come back as the PokerNews live reporting team will be on the floor to provide you with all the action!
Level 11
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
209,900
69,900
|
69,900 |
|
||
|
199,500
199,500
|
199,500 |
|
191,600
4,600
|
4,600 |
|
171,900
-5,100
|
-5,100 |
|
||
|
169,600
13,600
|
13,600 |
|
169,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
|
165,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
||
|
162,500
40,500
|
40,500 |
|
|
||
|
159,200
159,200
|
159,200 |
|
158,300
57,300
|
57,300 |
|
156,500
-23,500
|
-23,500 |
|
154,000
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
|
153,300
153,300
|
153,300 |
|
152,100
152,100
|
152,100 |
|
150,500
10,500
|
10,500 |
|
150,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
145,700
145,700
|
145,700 |
|
145,200
145,200
|
145,200 |
|
144,500
144,500
|
144,500 |
|
144,000
144,000
|
144,000 |
|
139,200
139,200
|
139,200 |
|
137,000
137,000
|
137,000 |
|
134,400
134,400
|
134,400 |
|
133,700
2,700
|
2,700 |
|
|
||
|
|
133,500
133,500
|
133,500 |
Level 11
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
With 1,106 players left, the tournament lost two players before hand-for-hand play could commence and they will be splitting the min-cash of $2,249.
The remaining players will bag and tag their chips.
A selection of chip counts is to follow with a recap of today's action.
Level 11
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
The player in middle position opened to 2,500. Thorben Vellrath called from one seat over, a player in the hijack called and the big blind called as well.
The flop came 
. The big blind checked, the original raiser bet 4,500 and Vellrath called. The hijack raised to 11,700, the big blind folded along with the original raiser. Vellrath was the only caller.
The turn was the 
. Vellrath moved all in for 68,000. The hijack went deep into the tank for a few minutes, then threw in chips signifying a call.
Thorben Vellrath: 
Opponent: 
The 
river completed the board and Vellrath took down the pot with his set of sixes, eliminated his opponent.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
Level 11
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
184,000
184,000
|
184,000 |
|
|
180,000
180,000
|
180,000 |
|
|
177,000
177,000
|
177,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
162,000
162,000
|
162,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
156,000
156,000
|
156,000 |
|
|
156,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
|
150,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
|
140,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
|
140,000
140,000
|
140,000 |
|
138,000
138,000
|
138,000 |
|
|
135,000
135,000
|
135,000 |
|
123,000
123,000
|
123,000 |
|
114,000
53,500
|
53,500 |
Level 11
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
140,000
37,000
|
37,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
138,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
|
74,000
24,000
|
24,000 |
|
68,000
-22,000
|
-22,000 |
|
25,500
-24,500
|
-24,500 |
|
|
||
|
19,000
-27,000
|
-27,000 |
|
||
|
13,500
-19,500
|
-19,500 |
|
|
||
|
6,500
-500
|
-500 |
|
||
Level 11
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Luuk Praamstra has just eliminated Brandon Cantu.
Brandon Cantu: 
Luuk Praamstra: 
The board ran out 
to not provide any help to Cantu as he was sent to the rail in one of the later stages of the tournament as there are currently 1,138 players left showing on the tournament clock. With 1,105 being paid, the bubble is expected to come up soon.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
51,000 | |
|
Busted | |
|
|
||
Level 11
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
135,000 | |
|
|
||
|
|
131,000
131,000
|
131,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
122,000
93,000
|
93,000 |
|
|
||
|
120,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
|
||
|
115,000
61,000
|
61,000 |
|
||
|
73,000 | |
|
70,000
26,000
|
26,000 |
|
65,000 | |
|
|
60,500
-66,500
|
-66,500 |
|
37,000 | |
|
35,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
|
||
|
32,000
-6,000
|
-6,000 |
|
|
||
|
15,000 | |
|
|
||
|
4,500
-43,500
|
-43,500 |
|
Busted | |
|
|
||
Level 11
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Shaun Deeb opened to 2,200 from middle position. The player in the small blind called. Thomas Taylor, in the big blind, called as well. On the 
flop, the small blind checked. Taylor checked. Deeb bet 3,000, the small blind called and Taylor stuck around with a call.
The turn was the 
. The small blind checked. Taylor bet 7,500. Shaun called and the small blind folded.
The river was the 
. Taylor continued for 17,500. Deeb went deep into the tank, then proceeded to call. Taylor tabled 
for a flopped top pair that backdoored into a flush, and Deeb shook his head and mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
155,000
155,000
|
155,000 |
|
34,000
-46,000
|
-46,000 |
|
||