Event #53: $1,500 Millionaire Maker
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Event #53: $1,500 Millionaire Maker
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A record field is down to 357 players for the start of Day 3 of Event #53: $1,500 Millionaire Maker No-Limit Hold'em at Horseshoe and Paris, Las Vegas.
Cards fly at 11 a.m. local time for the small group remaining from 11,996 entries over four starting flights – the largest field ever for a $1,500 Millionaire Maker World Series of Poker (WSOP) event – which resulted in a staggering prize pool of $15,924,690. As per the apt moniker, two millionaires will be made, with the winner’s share at $1,255,180.
Collin Ball enters as the chip leader with 3,245,000, just ahead of Artem Tuliupa (3,135,000).
Matt Glantz, who has been cashing in WSOP events for 25 years, is just outside the top ten with 2,015,000. Glantz, who has made 24 final tables, including this year’s $500 Colossus where he finished third, has more than $9 million in earnings, but has yet to win a bracelet.
Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Collin Ball | United States | 3,245,000 | 130 |
| 2 | Artem Tuliupa | Ukraine | 3,135,000 | 125 |
| 3 | David Rees | United States | 2,830,000 | 113 |
| 4 | Carl Carodenuto | United States | 2,500,000 | 100 |
| 5 | Lucca Nascimento | Brazil | 2,310,000 | 92 |
| 6 | Chris Moorman | United Kingdom | 2,295,000 | 92 |
| 7 | Yang Zhang | China | 2,260,000 | 90 |
| 8 | Clayton Kalisek | United States | 2,240,000 | 90 |
| 9 | Alexander Savchenko | Russian Federation | 2,215,000 | 89 |
| 10 | Vinicius Lima | United States | 2,145,000 | 86 |
Chris Moorman, a two-time WSOP bracelet winner, and Yang Zhang, who won a bracelet in hold'em two years ago, are in the top ten in chips, with no other bracelet winners among the top 50.
The slate for Day 3 of this five-day event calls for ten 60-minute levels, beginning on Level 22, 10,000/25,000 blinds, with a big blind ante of 25,000, with 15-minute breaks every two levels and a one-hour dinner break around 5:30 p.m.
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Level: 22
Blinds: 10,000/25,000
Ante: 25,000
Level 22
: Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Play has resumed for the remaining 357 players.
Level 22
: Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Angelina Rich raised to 50,000 from under the gun, Christopher Puetz three-bet to 130,000 next to act. The rest of the table folded, and Rich then went all in for 400,000. Puetz quickly made the call and was ahead.
Angelina Rich: A♦Q♦ 
Christopher Puetz: K♠K♦
The board ran out 6♥2♠2♥A♠4♣, keeping Rich's chances alive.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
860,000
460,000
|
460,000 |
|
365,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
Level 22
: Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Players were four ways on the A♠5♥3♦ flop and the pot stood at around 200,000 and action was checked to the 8♦ turn.
Olga Iermolcheva checked the small blind, Bruno Fuentes bet the big blind to 125,000. Alexander Kartveli called from the hijack and Matthew Paston folded the cutoff.
The 6♦ came on the river and Fuentes bet 75,000, getting a call from Kartveli.
Fuentes showed 3♥5♦ for two pair and Kartveli mucked his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,575,000
1,100,000
|
1,100,000 |
|
1,340,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
|
515,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
275,000
170,000
|
170,000 |
Level 22
: Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Action was picked preflop with Gaurav Raina all in and at risk from the small blind for 660,000 and was up against Trung Pham in the cutoff.
Gaurav Raina: K♦Q♦
Trung Pham 10♠10♦
The board ran out 9♥Q♣Q♠9♠3♠, securing a much-needed double up for Raina
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,500,000
790,000
|
790,000 |
|
||
|
1,100,000
730,000
|
730,000 |
Level 22
: Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
After deciding not to call a raise with his last 20,000 chips, even after donating 50,000 to the pot with the big blind and ante, Daniel Jackson took his chance in the small blind. Maxime Parys and Antonio Vargas wrestled over a sizable side pot.
Vargas took the lead, raising preflop and betting 80,000 on the flop K♥3♠10♦ and 185,000 on the turn J♥. Parys wouldn't fold. The pair checked when J♠ fell on the river.
Daniel Jackson: 9♥9♦
Maxime Parys: Q♣10♠
Antonio Vargas: [x][x]
Jackson's pair of red nines wasn't good enough to top the ten in Parys' hand. Vargas folded without showing.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,075,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
755,000
210,000
|
210,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 22
: Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Johann Tiemann raised to 125,000 on the button and Antoine Goutard put in a raise to 425,000 from the blind. Tiemann went all in, covering Goutard, and the decision was on the latter.
With only 140,000 behind, it became evident that Goutard was sweating the $1,100 pay jump. Tiemann made mention that he didn't mind, but eventually grew restless.
"I'm here to have a good time, I don't play professionally," said Tiemann, who let another minute pass before calling the clock.
When the floor saw the amount of chips Goutard had behind, they only gave him a 5-second clock, Goutard put in the call and it proved to be a set up.
Antoine Goutard: K♦K♣
Johann Tiemann: A♣A♦
The board ran out 5♠4♣J♥7♦J♣ and Tiemann's stack swelled to over a million.
Goutard soft-bubbled the pay jump.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,100,000
535,000
|
535,000 |
|
Busted |
