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Event #54: $1,500 Millionaire Maker No-Limit Hold'em
Day 1a Completed
2024 World Series of Poker
Event #54: $1,500 Millionaire Maker No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1a
Event Info
2024 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1a
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$14,603,565
Total Entries
10,939
Level
44
Blinds
2,000,000 / 4,000,000
Ante
4,000,000
Entries
2,802
Players Left
596
Players Left 1 / 10,939
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Day 1a of Event #54: $1,500 Millionaire Maker No-Limit Hold'em managed to attract a field of 2,802 entries.
This puts the current prize pool at $3,740,670, a good start for an event with two more Day 1 flights to go of this five day event and a record-to-beat of 10,430 entries set by the 2023 incarnation of this event.
Ori Elul (673,500) heads up the 596 players who survived to Day 2. The Austrian is followed by Muaaz Gani (615,000) in second and Philip Verel (573,000) in third.
Among those who bagged today are notables like Landon Tice (308,500), Barny Boatman (183,000), Vivian Saliba (173,000), Matt Glantz (152,500), Jim Collopy (66,000), Shannon Shorr (57,000), and Dan Shak (53,500).
There were also two previous main event champs who found a bag — 2009 Main Event champion Joe Cada and 2014 Main Event champion Martin Jacobson (169,000).
Day 1a Top Ten Chip Counts
| Position | Player | Country | Chipstack | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ori Elul | Austria | 673,500 | 269 |
| 2 | Muaaz Gani | United States | 615,000 | 246 |
| 3 | Philip Verel | United States | 573,000 | 229 |
| 4 | Justin Belforti | United States | 453,500 | 181 |
| 5 | Michael Hauptman | United States | 366,000 | 146 |
| 6 | Shiina Okamoto | Japan | 365,500 | 146 |
| 7 | Luis Dorneles | Brazil | 360,000 | 144 |
| 8 | Liran Betito | Israel | 334,500 | 134 |
| 9 | Felix Rabas | Austria | 330,000 | 132 |
| 10 | Roman Korenev | Russia | 329,500 | 132 |
Day 1b will kick off at 10 a.m. local time on Saturday, June 22. Play will continue for 11 levels of 60 minutes each. There will be a 20-minute break after every two levels and 75-minute dinner break after Level 8 (around 7 p.m.).
The survivors of all three Day 1 flights will return for Day 2 at 11 a.m. local time on Monday, June 24, when PokerNews will pick up its traditional live coverage. Blinds will be 1,000/2,500 with a 2,500 big blind ante.
184,500
31,500
Table 174Seat 8
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In the eighth episode, Connor speaks with legendary UFC ring announcer Bruce Buffer in an exclusive in-depth interview after Buffer's deep run in the 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) $50,000 High Roller. Buffer, a longtime poker player, finished in eighth place for a career-best $212,423 after kicking off Day 3 with his trademark "it's time" introduction.
Buffer talked about finding his long-lost half-brother, Michael Buffer, and becoming his manager, the early days of the UFC, the similarities between poker and martial arts, his relationships with Joe Rogan and Dana White, playing poker with Tobey Maguire and Leonardo DiCaprio and the time he injured himself in a poker tournament before announcing the biggest UFC fight in history.
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Busted
Table 227Seat 6
160,000
33,000
Table 181Seat 8
table change 🍻
BTN ATo vs BB Ax，wins a good pot with two pair
Busted
Table 241Seat 1
Last hand I raise UTG with AQ, BB calls. KQ5r checked 4r he bets I call. River Q he bets I shove he has KQ. Fin.
137,900
35,900
Try again tomorrow