Day 1d Of Millionaire Maker Is Biggest Yet

Day 1d was the biggest and last Day 1 flight of Event #53: $1,500 Millionaire Maker No-Limit Hold'em.

A full 4,419 entries were added to the field on Day 1d, making a total of 11,996 entries across all four Day 1s. This brings the prize pool for the event up to $16,545,483.

From out of those 4,419 entries, just 1,027 players found bags for Day 2. They will return later today as part of the 2,618-strong field for Day 2.

The Day 1d chip leader Robert Fluereci finished up with 900,000 in chips.

Fluereci was followed in the Day 1d top ten by bracelet, ring, and WPT title holder, Asher Conniff with 489,000 and Matija Dobric with 481,500.

Day 1d Top Ten Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Robert Fluereci	Bulgaria	900,000	360
2	Asher Conniff	United States	489,000	196
3	Matija Dobric	Hungary	481,500	193
4	Jeffery Meuangkhot	United States	408,500	163
5	Simon Higgins	United Kingdom	400,000	160
6	Yang Zhang	China	380,000	152
7	Ionnis Oikonomidis	Greece	370,000	148
8	Barry Hutter	United States	357,000	143
9	Carl Carodenuto	United States	356,500	143
10	Tahir Patankar	United States	344,000	138

There were also two other bracelet winners in the top ten. Both Yang Zhang (380,000) and Barry Hutter (357,00) have a previous WSOP gold finish to their name.

Day 1d also saw the entry of several other big names. Among those who found a bag were Joao Simao (322,000); four-time bracelet winner, Asi Moshe (310,500); Chris Moorman (227,500); Alec Torelli (165,500); Poker Hall of Famer, David Oppenheim (128,000); Justin Saliba (99,500); Kristen Foxen (40,500); and Chance Kornuth (25,000).

Previous main event winners, Jamie Gold (276,500), Jonathan Tamayo (101,500), and Stoyan Madanzhiev (114,000), also found a bag on Day 1d.

Day 2 shuffles up and deals at 11 a.m. local time on June 22. PokerNews will be covering the event with their usual live coverage starting then.