Event #21: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em MILLIONAIRE MAKER Day 2 | 2018 World Series of Poker

Player	Chips	Progress
Aaron Messmer	1,089,000 564,000	564,000

Clyde Shimp	978,000 847,900	847,900
Manig Loeser	914,000 827,000	827,000

Sean Marshall	878,000 789,500	789,500
Stanley Lee	866,000 66,000	66,000
Jason Daly	865,000 5,000	5,000

Ryan Goindoo	791,000 647,000	647,000
Daniel Vampan	763,000 707,700	707,700

Christopher Childers	702,000 158,000	158,000
Thayer Rasmussen	693,000 93,000	93,000
Wei Yeh	673,000 597,300	597,300
Sonny Franco	673,000 567,300	567,300
Kane Lai	665,000 185,000	185,000
Thomas Boivin	653,000 619,700	619,700
Mel Wiener	640,000 490,000	490,000
Raymond Ross	639,000 575,300	575,300
James Leinenbach	629,000 576,300	576,300
Fahredin Mustafov	626,000 543,400	543,400
Justin Liberto	624,000 174,000	174,000

Chad Hahn	612,000 461,600	461,600

Iaron Lightbourne	610,000 285,000	285,000
Cheang Kit Yoo	601,000 476,900	476,900
Joe Kuether	596,000 246,000	246,000
Raghav Bansal	588,000 108,000	108,000
Aylar Lie	577,000 552,000	552,000

Player

Chips

Progress

Aaron Messmer

1,089,000

564,000

Clyde Shimp

978,000

847,900

Manig Loeser

914,000

827,000

Sean Marshall

878,000

789,500

Stanley Lee

866,000

66,000

Jason Daly

865,000

5,000

Ryan Goindoo

791,000

647,000

Daniel Vampan

763,000

707,700

Christopher Childers

702,000

158,000

Thayer Rasmussen

693,000

93,000

Wei Yeh

673,000

597,300

Sonny Franco

673,000

567,300

Kane Lai

665,000

185,000

Thomas Boivin

653,000

619,700

Mel Wiener

640,000

490,000

Raymond Ross

639,000

575,300

James Leinenbach

629,000

576,300

Fahredin Mustafov

626,000

543,400

Justin Liberto

624,000

174,000

Chad Hahn

612,000

461,600

Iaron Lightbourne

610,000

285,000

Cheang Kit Yoo

601,000

476,900

Joe Kuether

596,000

246,000

Raghav Bansal

588,000

108,000

Aylar Lie

577,000

552,000

Table	Seat	Name	County	Chip Count	Big Blinds
426	1	Benjamin Miner	United States	338,000	34
426	2	James Slater	United States	149,000	15
426	3	Horacio Chaves Cortes	Paraguay	102,000	10
426	4	Colin Mchugh	United States	250,000	25
426	5	Dean Chen	United States	408,000	41
426	6	Andrew Gerl	United States	167,000	17
426	7	James Dempsey	United Kingdom	122,000	12
426	9	Gary Belyalovsky	United States	149,000	15

427	1	Peter Kvisthammar	United States	103,000	10
427	2	Mark Cannon	United States	187,000	19
427	3	Clayton Bates	United States	177,000	18
427	4	Eddy Sabat	United States	524,000	52
427	5	Edward Oconnell	United States	120,000	12
427	7	Raghav Bansal	India	588,000	59
427	8	Blake Kelso	United States	128,000	13
427	9	James Leinenbach	United States	629,000	63

428	1	Michael Noori	United States	136,000	14
428	2	Clyde Shimp	United States	978,000	98
428	3	Benjamin Shannon	Austria	87,000	9
428	5	Aaron Duczak	Canada	207,000	21
428	6	David Mock	United States	375,000	38
428	7	Greg Merson	United States	295,000	30
428	8	Chris Karambinis	United States	338,000	34
428	9	Christopher Conrad	United States	393,000	39

429	1	Michael Souza	United States	300,000	30
429	2	Aaron Messmer	United States	1,089,000	109
429	3	JC Tran	United States	387,000	39
429	4	Jason Daly	United States	865,000	87
429	5	Thanh Nguyen	United States	156,000	16
429	6	Ben Landowski	United States	230,000	23
429	7	Brendan Baksh	United States	360,000	36
429	8	Weiyi Mo	United States	165,000	17
429	9	Sonny Franco	United States	673,000	67

430	1	William Firebaugh	United States	73,000	7
430	2	Bryce Mcvay	United States	460,000	46
430	3	Fahredin Mustafov	Bulgaria	626,000	63
430	4	Mark Threadgill	United States	421,000	42
430	5	Matthias Eibinger	Austria	415,000	42
430	6	Joe Kuether	United States	596,000	60
430	7	Travis Hague	United States	205,000	21
430	8	Sean Marshall	United States	878,000	88
430	9	Mazin Khoury	United States	416,000	42

431	1	Jason Strasser	United States	185,000	19
431	2	JoJo Contino	United States	349,000	35
431	3	David Botcowsky	United States	190,000	19
431	4	Michael Loncar	United States	228,000	23
431	5	Manuel Ruivo	Portugal	397,500	40
431	6	Curt Kohlberg	United States	357,000	36
431	7	Raymond Ross	United States	639,000	64
431	8	Kane Lai	United States	665,000	67
431	9	Bobby Poe	United States	286,000	29

434	2	Justin Gavri	United States	357,000	36
434	3	Kevin Gerhart	United States	169,000	17
434	4	Petr Svoboda	Czech Republic	191,000	19
434	5	Michael Finstein	United States	260,000	26
434	6	Brandon Zallar	United States	171,000	17
434	7	Ralph Massey	United States	279,000	28
434	8	Alessio Isaia	Italy	156,000	16
434	9	Cheang Kit Yoo	United States	601,000	60

435	1	Joseph Canadeo	United States	203,000	20
435	2	Tyler Cornell	United States	300,000	30
435	4	Marco Palacios	United States	171,000	17
435	5	Thomas Boivin	Belgium	653,000	65
435	6	Richard Dixon	United States	324,000	32
435	7	Andy Spears	United States	140,000	14
435	8	Barny Boatman	United Kingdom	385,000	39
435	9	Wendy Freedman	United States	319,000	32

436	1	Victor Chong	United States	271,000	27
436	2	Jose Brito	Portugal	167,000	17
436	3	Santiago Vila	United States	171,000	17
436	4	Iaron Lightbourne	United Kingdom	610,000	61
436	5	Wei Yeh	United States	673,000	67
436	6	Clinton Roig	United States	465,000	47
436	7	Nguyet Dao	United States	477,000	48
436	8	Cher Vang	United States	565,000	57
436	9	Hou Vang	United States	278,000	28

437	1	Mario Prats Garcia	Spain	364,000	36
437	2	Steve Sung	United States	470,000	47
437	3	Kamel Mokhammad	Ukraine	443,000	44
437	4	Aylar Lie	Norway	577,000	58
437	5	Robert Brown	United States	216,000	22
437	6	Conlan Ma	United States	505,000	51
437	7	Chris Haugo	United States	397,000	40
437	8	Josh Bergman	United States	516,000	52

438	1	Robert Mazzie	United States	194,000	19
438	2	Joseph Calderaro	United States	193,000	19
438	3	Kelly Wolfe	United States	357,000	36
438	4	Kyle Hartree	Canada	487,000	49
438	5	Ryan Goindoo	Trinidad and Tobago	791,000	79
438	6	Benjamin Cox	United States	186,000	19
438	7	Igor Zektser	United States	223,000	22
438	8	John Beauprez	United States	128,000	13
438	9	Justin Carey	United States	258,000	26

439	1	Enio Bozzano	Brazil	324,000	32
439	2	Jason Wheeler	United States	320,000	32
439	3	Mark Radoja	Canada	225,000	23
439	4	Steven To	United States	187,000	19
439	5	Mark Sanchez	United States	125,000	13
439	6	Eugene Kotlyarevskiy	United States	149,000	15
439	7	Thayer Rasmussen	United States	693,000	69
439	8	Ian Modder	Canada	54,000	5
439	9	Joshua Gordon	United States	310,000	31

442	1	Jonathan Tamayo	United States	206,000	21
442	2	Elio Fox	United States	348,000	35
442	3	Matthew Stein	United States	254,000	25
442	4	Joe McKeehen	United States	487,000	49
442	5	Hossein Guivehchi	United States	439,000	44
442	6	Kangjie Liang	Canada	348,000	35
442	7	Manig Loeser	Germany	914,000	91
442	8	Kyle Welsh	United States	183,000	18
442	9	Noah Goodwin	United States	187,000	19

443	1	Daniel Maor	United States	130,000	13
443	2	Kris Klimosko	Canada	540,000	54
443	3	Fikret Kovac	United States	254,000	25
443	4	Douglas Redmann	United States	89,000	9
443	6	Cy Williams	United States	301,000	30
443	7	Joseph Cheong	United States	459,000	46
443	8	Moshe Rosenfeld	United States	306,000	31
443	9	Matthew Beier	United States	278,000	28

444	1	Jack Peterson	United States	398,000	40
444	2	Justin Liberto	United States	624,000	62
444	3	David Eldridge	United States	368,000	37
444	4	Micky Blasi	Italy	316,000	32
444	5	Chi Chan	Canada	436,000	44
444	6	Daniel Vampan	United States	763,000	76
444	7	Thomas Taylor	Canada	264,000	26
444	8	Hillery Kerby	United States	339,000	34
444	9	David Fhima	France	323,000	32

445	1	Matt O'Donnell	United States	294,000	29
445	2	Arne Kern	Germany	472,000	47
445	3	Charles Alex Barton	United States	282,000	28
445	4	Alexandre Barbarabelli	Italy	415,000	42
445	5	Kfir Nahum	United States	541,000	54
445	6	Ran Ilani	Israel	146,000	15
445	7	Arkadiy Tsinis	United States	198,000	20
445	8	Ryan Bambrick	United States	334,000	33
445	9	Brian Banish	United States	192,000	19

446	1	Daniel Colpoys	United States	566,000	57
446	2	Raja Sekhar	United States	366,000	37
446	3	Stanley Lee	United States	866,000	87
446	4	Scott Baumstein	United States	430,000	43
446	5	Ricardo Henriques	Portugal	335,000	34
446	6	Samad Razavi	United Kingdom	365,000	37
446	7	Christopher Childers	United States	702,000	70
446	8	Richard Powell	United States	229,000	23
446	9	James Mackey	United States	274,000	27

447	1	Paul Dewald	United States	236,000	24
447	2	Sung Yi	United States	89,000	9
447	3	Anthony Profeta	United States	360,000	36
447	4	Mel Wiener	United States	640,000	64
447	5	Pavlo Veksler	Ukraine	340,000	34
447	6	Nadezhda Magnus	United States	155,000	16
447	7	Chad Hahn	United States	612,000	61
447	8	Jared Narzem	United States	208,000	21
447	9	Alex Benjamen	United States	408,000	41

A total of 1,104 out of 7,361 players showed up for Day 2 of Event #21: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em MILLIONAIRE MAKER and after ten 60-minute levels, just 155 remain.

The chips were flying throughout the day here in the Amazon Room at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino and when the dust settled, it was USA's Aaron Mesmer at the top of the chip counts with 1,089,000. Fellow countryman Clyde Shimp sits in second with 978,000, while Germany's Manig Loeser rounds out the top three with 914,000.

Stanley Lee, who's in fifth with 866,000, vaulted to the top of the chips counts in one of the last hands of the night.

Lee raised to 18,000 from the cutoff and James Mackey reraised to 53,000 from the button. Lee called and they went heads up to the jack-nine-seven flop. Lee check-called a bet of 65,000 from Mackey and both players checked the queen on the turn turn.

The river was the ace and Lee checked to Mackey who checked behind. "How do you check that river" said Lee turning over his ten-eight for a flopped straight. "I guess you really do run good in this tournament" joked Mackey as he tossed his hand into the muck.

Lee is no stranger to the MILLIONAIRE MAKER after making a deep run in 2015, finishing 24th for over $45,000. He followed that up with a 39th place finish in 2016 taking home another $28,160. He narrowly missed winning his first bracelet in last year's $1,500 MONSTER STACK, finishing 3rd for his largest career tournament cash of $501,353. A fourth consecutive deep run in a massive $1,500 event makes Lee one to watch going forward.

Stanley Lee is making his fourth consecutive deep run in a $1,500 event

Lee is chased by two former WSOP Main Event Champions, as 2015 WSOP Main Event Champion Joe McKeehen (487,000) and 2012 WSOP Main Event Champion Greg Merson (295,000) will both return to Day 3 with healthy chip stacks. Former November Niners JC Tran (387,000) and Joseph Cheong (459,000) will also be joining them on Day 3.

Elio Fox continued his strong showing this summer putting 348,000 in the bag. Fox has started his WSOP off on fire winning Event #2: $10,000 No Limit Hold'em Super Turbo Bounty for $393,693 and his second WSOP bracelet. He followed that up with a 2nd place finish in Event #5: $100,000 No Limit Hold'em High Roller for a mouth-watering $1,798,658.

As some notables bagged and cashed, others fell along the wayside, and there was a flurry of bust outs in the last level of play. Jack Sinclair, Martin Jacobson, Chris Moorman, Taylor Paur, Jared Jaffee, Tuan Le and Daniel Strelitz were among the last wave of players to be eliminated.

The final 155 players will return on Tuesday, June 11 at 11 A.M. local time to resume play. They will be playing 10 levels with a 15-minute break after every two levels and a one-hour dinner break after the sixth level (approximately 5:30 P.M.).

Make sure to come back on Day 3 to follow all of the live action as the PokerNews live reporting team will be on the floor to provide you with all of the updates.