button in SafariMillionaire Maker Will See 424 Players Return for Day 3
The remaining 424 players will combine for the first time in Event $50: $1,500 Millionaire Maker No-Limit Hold'em at the 2026 World Series of Poker (WSOP). Players endured multiple Day 1 and Day 2 flights to make it to Day 3 at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. The event hosted a whopping 11,769 entries, creating a prize pool of $15,623,347.
Qasem Jamhour (2,650,000) will enter Day 3 as the top stack in the room, followed by Rob Kuhn (2,650,000) and Zak Delaimy (2,300,000) to round out the podium.
Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jamhour Qasem | United States | 2,830,000 | 142 |
| 2 | Rob Kuhn | United States | 2,650,000 | 133 |
| 3 | Zak Delaimy | United States | 2,300,000 | 115 |
| 4 | Hugo Jimenez | Argentina | 2,220,000 | 111 |
| 5 | Jhordy Sanchez | United States | 2,125,000 | 106 |
| 6 | Jason Wheeler | United States | 2,000,035 | 100 |
| 7 | Daniel Mcginnis | United States | 1,965,000 | 98 |
| 8 | Ignacio Sole | Spain | 1,925,000 | 96 |
| 9 | Irene Carey | United States | 1,880,000 | 94 |
| 10 | Bo Chen | United States | 1,815,000 | 91 |
Jamhour has over $800,000 in earnings, according to The Hendon Mob, but has yet to win WSOP hardware. His last cash at a WSOP event came back in 2023 in the $800 Deepstack event. Certainly, Jamhour will be looking to add to his resume with a deep run as he enters the day as the stack everyone is chasing.
Kuhn is looking for his first live WSOP bracelet as he sits down on Day 3. The Day 2a chip leader finished 15th in the $1,700 Circuit Championship earlier this month as he looks to add to his summer tally.
Delaimy enters as an enigma with no recorded WSOP cashes. According to The Hendon Mob, his highest single-event cash came in April of this year when the Texan took home $86,150. Delaimy will have a chance to smash that feat with a strong performance moving forward in the Millionaire Maker.
Day 2c chip leader Hugo Jimenez (2,220,000) is still searching for his first WSOP title as he comes in with the fourth-largest stack. The Argentinian had a couple of cashes at the 2026 WSOP Europe in Prague, but has no other recorded cashes at a WSOP event despite boasting nearly half a million in career earnings according to The Hendon Mob.
WSOP bracelet winner Jason Wheeler (2,000,035) will come in with a top ten stack. Wheeler has well over five million in earnings on his The Hendon Mob page and has two cashes this summer already. Wheeler's first bracelet was at the 2021 WSOP when he took down the $800 Deepstack event.
Notables to advance to Day 3 include Malcolm Trayner (1,365,000), Terrance Reid (1,145,000), Zdenek Zizka (795,000), Marle Spragg (765,000), Chris Hunichen (755,000), Ian Steinman (720,000), Franco Spitale (710,000), and Eugene Katchalov (680,000).
The tournament will resume at 11 a.m. local time. Action will begin with the blinds at 10,000/20,000. Play is scheduled for 10 levels with 15-minute breaks after every two levels. A 60-minute dinner break is scheduled for approximately 5:30 p.m. local time.
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