Just 44 players will return to Horseshoe and Paris, Las Vegas, today to play the penultimate day of Event #53: $1,500 Millionaire Maker No-Limit Hold'em at the 2025 World Series of Poker.
Kaifan Wang is the one to watch, as he leads the field starting out Day 4. Brazil's Jacques Ortega is close behind in second place on the leaderboard. Orgeta is no stranger to the WSOP and his current biggest score was just last year when he finished 180th in the Main Event and cashed for $60,000.
Spain's Alejandro Ganivet and Ignacio Moron follow in their footsteps as they bagged within the top five. Ganivet has already seen success this summer and secured his biggest live cash ($33,282) in Event #49: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed just last week. He has already smashed his own record and secured a minimum $40,580 payout in this event, more than doubling his total reported live tournament earnings.
Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kaifan Wang | United States | 21,900,000 | 91 |
| 2 | Jacques Ortega | Brazil | 19,225,000 | 80 |
| 3 | Alejandro Ganivet | Spain | 17,675,000 | 74 |
| 4 | Ignacio Moron | Spain | 15,950,000 | 66 |
| 5 | James Carroll | United States | 11,925,000 | 50 |
| 6 | Jeffrey Tanouye | United States | 11,225,000 | 47 |
| 7 | Samuel Taylor | United States | 11,100,000 | 46 |
| 8 | Pablo Melogno | Uruguay | 10,150,000 | 42 |
| 9 | Atanas Kodinov | Bulgaria | 10,000,000 | 42 |
| 10 | Anze Smajd | Slovenia | 9,725,000 | 41 |
There are four WSOP bracelet winners still in the mix: Jonas Lauck (4,625,000), Leo Margets (4,000,025), Jinho Hong (3,050,000) and Carlos Leiva (1,525,000). This will be Margets's third consecutive cash in the Millionaire Maker after coming 105th in 2023 for $10,749 and 348th for $7,200 last year in 2024. She has already locked up more than double these combined results, but will be looking to spin up her stack early in the day as she returns to Day 4 with around 17 big blinds.
Remaining Payouts
| Place | Prize | Place | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,255,180 | 9 | $150,660 |
| 2 | $1,012,320 | 10-11 | $119,160 |
| 3 | $702,360 | 12-13 | $94,840 |
| 4 | $534,590 | 14-17 | $75,970 |
| 5 | $409,870 | 18-26 | $61,240 |
| 6 | $316,190 | 27-35 | $49,690 |
| 7 | $245,430 | 36-44 | $40,580 |
| 8 | $191,690 |
Play will resume at 11 a.m. local time Tuesday at Level 32 with 120,000/240,000 blinds and a 240,000 big blind ante. Levels are 60-minutes long and there will be a 15-minute break every two levels. There is a scheduled 60-minute dinner break at the end of Level 37 (at approximately 5:30 p.m.).
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