Day 1b in the Books
Day 1b of Event #20: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em MILLIONAIRE MAKER is done. Today there were 4,323 entries, which makes the total amount of entries for this event 7,761. The day wrapped up with 678 players who will return for Day 2 tomorrow, together with the survivors from Day 1a.
The end-of-day chip leader is Brian Altman (227,800), but he has other big stacks behind him, including Billy Graybeal (209,200), Scott Skirba (207,500), Adam White (182,000), David Peters (173,200), Dustin Fox (168,600), and Kenny Hallaert (148,500). Recent bracelet winners David Pham (68,500) and John Racener (32,100) have also gone through to tomorrow.
More notable names that will be returning for Day 2 include Antonio Esfandiari (73,900), Joe Elpayaa (91,800), Dan O’Brien (65,300), Ravi Raghavan (108,000), Tristan Wade (19,400), Darryll Fish (63,600), Jeff Gross (9,000), Dutch Boyd (68,500), Johanssy Joseph (62,000), Matt Waxman (46,600), and Jake Bazeley (108,600).
They and the rest of the players will all be competing for a total prize pool of $10,477,350, and a min-cash tomorrow will earn a player $2,249. Everyone will be gunning for that first prize of $1,221,407 and the gold WSOP bracelet, though.
The final 1,187 players will come together tomorrow for Day 2 starting at 11 a.m. As only 1,165 of them will finish in the money, the bubble will probably burst soon after play has started, so make sure to keep your eyes on PokerNews.
flop. His opponent took some time to think after Hallaert's bet and decided to raise to 3,200. Hallaert called.
, Hallaert's opponent bet 3,600, and Hallaert called.
on the river completed the board, and the other player bet 5,500, Hallaert went all in and had his opponent covered. His opponent called and showed 
for kings and nines, but Hallaert had him beat as he showed 
for a full house.
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, Molly Mossey was down around 12,000 chips. 
, giving her opponent a pair of aces to take the lead. The 
turn gave Mossey a gutshot straight draw, but she couldn't get there on the blank river, and she was eliminated here in Level 8.
turn and the 
, Kelly Minkin checked in the big blind and her lone opponent in middle position bet 700. Minkin called and the turn was the 
river, Minkin bet 6,000, enough to put her opponent to an all-in decision as he had just over 5,000. Her opponent went into the tank and, after more than three minutes, he mucked. 
. Eric Baldwin bet 400 in early position and his opponent on the button called. 
. Both players checked and they showed down. 
