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Today sees the start of Event #53: $1,500 Millionaire Maker No-Limit Hold'em here at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. First place is guaranteed to be at least $1,000,000!
The event, which will make poker's next millionaire, offers four starting flights, each starting at 10 a.m., over four days. Day 1 players will begin with stacks of 25,000 and play 11 60-minute levels with 20-minute breaks every two levels and a 75-minute dinner break after Level 8, about 7 p.m.
Registration remains open for each flight until the start of Level 9, after dinner break, at about 8:15 p.m. Players are allowed one reentry per flight.
The survivors of all four starting flights will combine and action will resume at 11 a.m. on Day 2, Sunday, June 22, and will play ten levels with 15-minute breaks every two levels and a 60-minute dinner break after Level 17. This five-day event will reach a winner on Day 5 on Wednesday, June 25.
Traditional PokerNews coverage will begin with Day 2 and continue until a new millionaire is found!
Last year's event saw Argentina's Franco Spitale besting the event's biggest-ever field of 10,939 to win $1,250,125.
| Year | Entries | Winner | Country | Payout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10,939 | Franco Spitale | Argentina | $1,250,125 |
| 2023 | 10,430 | Pavel Plesuv | Romania | $1,201,564 |
| 2022 | 7,961 | Yuliyan Kolev | Bulgaria | $1,125,141 |
| 2021 | 5,330 | Daniel Lazrus | United States | $1,000,000 |
| 2019 | 8,809 | John Gorsuch | United States | $1,344,930 |
| 2018 | 7,361 | Arne Kern | Germany | $1,173,223 |
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