Event #17: $1,500 MILLIONAIRE MAKER No-Limit Hold'em
Day 1a Started
Event #17: $1,500 MILLIONAIRE MAKER No-Limit Hold'em
Day 1a Started
Event #19: $1,500 Millionaire Maker is set to kick off today at 10 am. With this being the eighth live edition of the WSOP millionaire maker, it has become a staple of the World Series of Poker since its inception in 2013 and is the only tournament of the series with a guaranteed $1,000,000 to first place.
The previous years have seen field sizes that rival the main event, and with Event #4: The Reunion hitting its guarantee with over 12,000 entrants, this year’s Millionaire Maker is sure to be a big field.
Previous winners include Adrian Buckley, Pablo Mariz, and Jason Dewitt. In 2019, it was John Gorsuch that beat Kazuki Ikeuchi heads up for a first place prize of $1,344,930, besting the biggest field seen yet at 8,809.
The players start with 25,000 in chips with levels starting at 100-100 and a 100 big blind ante. Levels will last 60 minutes long with scheduled 20-minute breaks after every two levels and a 75-minute dinner break after level 8. Late registration will remain open until the end of level 8 and day 1a will end after level 11.
Players are permitted one re-entry per flight, so the players who do not make day 2 at the end of 1a can re-enter Day 1a, and will also have an opportunity to re-enter on day 1b on Saturday, October 9th.
Stay tuned to PokerNews.com to keep up to date with this tournament and other tournaments throughout the duration of the WSOP.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 100
Cards are in the air.
Everyone take your seats.
Play is short handed to start the tournament, so some tables, like Maurice Hawkins' table, are waiting for a fourth player at the table to start.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Maurice Hawkins | 25,000 | 25,000 |
Ryan Laplante
|
25,000 | 25,000 |
Rafi Elharar came in 3rd place in the BIG 50 (Event #3) in 2019.
The flop read and Juan Endara bet 700 which Elharar called.
The turn was the and Endara continued with a bet of 1,300. Elharar called again.
The river came and Endara bet 4,600 which was enough for Elharar to fold.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Juan Endara | 28,100 | |
Rafi Elharar | 21,000 | 21,000 |
Mike Dentale raised the button to 200 and got a call from the small blind and Paul Newey in the big blind.
The flop came down and the action checked to Dentale, who bet 500 and got two folds.
Dentale said after the hand "If I win this tournament, I will quit poker."
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Mike Dentale | 26,500 | |
Paul Newey | 23,900 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Natalie Hof | 25,000 | 25,000 |
Anton Wigg | 25,000 | 25,000 |
Hwany Lee | 25,000 | 25,000 |
Florian Duta | 25,000 | 25,000 |
Mike Del Vecchio | 25,000 | 25,000 |
Justin Arnwine | 25,000 | 25,000 |
Sergio Aido | 25,000 | 25,000 |
Kathy Liebert
|
25,000 | 25,000 |
Action picked up on the turn with 2,000 in a pot and a board reading Maurice Hawkins was in position against two players.
Hawkins bet 1,200 which one opponent folded to, the opponent called and checked dark to see a river.
The river came the and Hawkins bet 1,100 which was called. Hawkins tabled for a pair of eights but his opponent turned over for a pair of queens.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Maurice Hawkins | 18,000 | -7,000 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Antoine Saout | 25,000 | 25,000 |
Jeff Platt | 25,000 | |
Michael Tureniec
|
25,000 | 25,000 |
Kyna England | 25,000 | 25,000 |
Garry Gates | 25,000 | 25,000 |
Josep Maria Galindo | 25,000 | 25,000 |
Mathew Dahl
|
25,000 | 25,000 |
Erik Cajelais
|
25,000 | 25,000 |
Joseph tak | 25,000 | 25,000 |