Event #20: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em MILLIONAIRE MAKER
Jour 2 terminé
2017 World Series of Poker
Event #20: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em MILLIONAIRE MAKER
Jours 2
Event Info
Résultats
Event Info
Info Niveau
2017 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$10,477,350
Entrants
7,761
Niveau
40
Blinds
500,000 / 1,000,000
Ante
150,000
Senovio Ramirez III Leads the Millionaire Maker at the End of Day 2
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Niveau 20
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
The clock is paused and ten more levels are in the books at the end of Day 2 of the Millionaire Maker. Just two more days remain before the 2017 World Series of Poker crowns yet another millionaire, and 136 players are still in contention.
Senovio Ramirez III is the clear chip leader at the end of the night, finishing with a whopping 1,570,000 chips, good for 130 big blinds coming back to blinds at 6,000/12,000 with a 2,000 ante. The second spot on the leader board belongs to Lucas Blanco (1,339,000), with Daniel Lee rounding out the top three stacks with 1,196,000 chips. Of the remaining players, just nine of them have stacks over a million, from the 7,500-chip starting stack on Day 1.
The day began with 1,187 players from a total of 7,761 entries between the two starting days, making this the second-biggest Millionaire Maker event in WSOP's history. The tournament director also announced that this tournament has the second-largest number of payouts in WSOP history.
Within the first 15 minutes of the first level of the day, the bubble had burst, but not before Frank Kassela had Jordan Knackstedt on the ropes and in the tank for about 13 minutes. Knackstedt eventually folded, and it was Todd Taylor who turned a straight and rivered a flush to eliminate Robert Bourkney on the stone bubble. Bourkney held two pair and couldn't fill up to save his tournament life.
Some of the notables who are still in the running for the elusive WSOP gold bracelet and first-place prize of $1,221,407 include Brian Altman (1,112,000), Mark Dube (951,000), Jessica Dawley (650,000), Stanley Lee (575,000), Thomas Taylor (526,000), Kenny Hallaert (523,000), Joe Cada (508,000), Arkadiy Tsinis (483,000), Bertrand 'Elky' Grospellier (451,000), Brian Rast (357,000), Bryan Piccioli (318,000), Shawn Buchanan (266,000), Jacob Bazeley (208,000), Matt Affleck (207,000), Farah Galfond (190,000), and Jordan Cristos (105,000).
With such a massive field, it's no surprise that a ton of familiar faces made it deep in the money today, including Humberto Brenes (180th place - $6,948), Nacho Barbero (209th place - $6,948), David Peters (212th place - $6,943), Upeshka De Silva (224th place - $6,943), David Pham (225th place - $6,943), Garrett Greer (336th place - $5,298), Maria Ho (397th place - $4,683), and Antonio Esfandiari (736th place - $2,861).
Day 3 begins at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, and players will battle it out for another ten levels. The remaining field will advance to Day 4 on Wednesday, and a winner will be crowned.
Keep following along as PokerNews brings all of the action on the way to crowning yet another millionaire!
Day 3 Seat Draw
| Room | Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brasilia | 714 | 1 | Gerald Cunniff | United States | 504,000 |
| Brasilia | 714 | 2 | Thomas Taylor | Canada | 526,000 |
| Brasilia | 714 | 3 | Ronald McGinnity | United States | 131,000 |
| Brasilia | 714 | 4 | Bertrand Grospellier | France | 451,000 |
| Brasilia | 714 | 5 | Brent Roberts | United States | 422,000 |
| Brasilia | 714 | 6 | Scott Skriba | United States | 152,000 |
| Brasilia | 714 | 7 | Sumit Sapra | India | 210,000 |
| Brasilia | 714 | 8 | Brayden Gazlay | United States | 1,101,000 |
| Brasilia | 715 | 1 | Mstr Lynch | United States | 346,000 |
| Brasilia | 715 | 2 | Gary Sewell | United States | 444,000 |
| Brasilia | 715 | 4 | Farah Galfond | United States | 190,000 |
| Brasilia | 715 | 5 | Kurt Lichtman | United States | 102,000 |
| Brasilia | 715 | 6 | Ryan Buckholtz | United States | 275,000 |
| Brasilia | 715 | 7 | Martin Matranca | United States | 483,000 |
| Brasilia | 715 | 8 | Harsukhpaul Sangha | Canada | 980,000 |
| Brasilia | 715 | 9 | Brent Nokleby | United States | 215,000 |
| Brasilia | 716 | 1 | Daniel Lee | Korea | 1,196,000 |
| Brasilia | 716 | 2 | Aaron Johnson | United States | 416,000 |
| Brasilia | 716 | 4 | Ihar Soika | Belarus | 197,000 |
| Brasilia | 716 | 5 | Jessica Dawley | United States | 650,000 |
| Brasilia | 716 | 6 | Jeremy Dresch | United States | 610,000 |
| Brasilia | 716 | 7 | Chad J Brown | United States | 726,000 |
| Brasilia | 716 | 8 | Idan Raviv | Israel | 94,000 |
| Brasilia | 716 | 9 | Daniel Chan | United States | 384,000 |
| Brasilia | 717 | 1 | Thu Tran | United States | 164,000 |
| Brasilia | 717 | 2 | Muhammad Abdel Rahim | United States | 825,000 |
| Brasilia | 717 | 3 | Yervand Boyadjian | United States | 1,023,000 |
| Brasilia | 717 | 4 | In Sun Geoum | United States | 387,000 |
| Brasilia | 717 | 5 | Thomas Brady | United States | 169,000 |
| Brasilia | 717 | 6 | Ralph Perry | United States | 643,000 |
| Brasilia | 717 | 7 | James Buckley | United States | 291,000 |
| Brasilia | 717 | 8 | Victor Wan | United States | 1,101,100 |
| Brasilia | 717 | 9 | Harald Sammer | Austria | 345,000 |
| Brasilia | 718 | 1 | Ekrem Bozkurt | United States | 134,000 |
| Brasilia | 718 | 2 | Joe Cada | United States | 508,000 |
| Brasilia | 718 | 3 | Maxim Semisoshenko | Russia | 175,000 |
| Brasilia | 718 | 4 | Martin Vega | US | 759,000 |
| Brasilia | 718 | 5 | Scott Baumstein | United States | 1,187,000 |
| Brasilia | 718 | 6 | Jonathan Levy | United States | 296,000 |
| Brasilia | 718 | 8 | Thanh Hoa | United States | 303,000 |
| Brasilia | 718 | 9 | Kevin Ho | United States | 253,000 |
| Brasilia | 719 | 1 | Bradley Webert | United States | 35,000 |
| Brasilia | 719 | 2 | Martin Carnero | United States | 659,000 |
| Brasilia | 719 | 3 | Marc MacDonnell | Ireland | 873,000 |
| Brasilia | 719 | 4 | Andras Koroknai | Hungary | 275,000 |
| Brasilia | 719 | 5 | Shawn Heckerman | United States | 603,000 |
| Brasilia | 719 | 6 | Aharon Shabtay | Australia | 134,000 |
| Brasilia | 719 | 7 | Scott Vener | United States | 150,000 |
| Brasilia | 719 | 8 | Boris Kolev | Bulgaria | 420,000 |
| Brasilia | 719 | 9 | Scott Margereson | United Kingdom | 144,000 |
| Brasilia | 720 | 1 | Andy Phan | United States | 100,000 |
| Brasilia | 720 | 2 | Patrick Ruth | United States | 772,000 |
| Brasilia | 720 | 3 | Kyung Lee | United States | 143,000 |
| Brasilia | 720 | 4 | Harvey Alegado | United States | 609,000 |
| Brasilia | 720 | 5 | Kenny Hallaert | Belgium | 523,000 |
| Brasilia | 720 | 6 | Joshua Mountain | United States | 182,000 |
| Brasilia | 720 | 7 | Anthony Fung | United States | 189,000 |
| Brasilia | 720 | 8 | Binh Nguyen | United States | 170,000 |
| Brasilia | 720 | 9 | Joshua Gibson | United States | 616,000 |
| Brasilia | 721 | 1 | Georgios Kapalas | Greece | 206,000 |
| Brasilia | 721 | 2 | Kyle Knecht | United States | 278,000 |
| Brasilia | 721 | 3 | Mark Dube | United States | 951,000 |
| Brasilia | 721 | 4 | Joseph Hebert | United States | 246,000 |
| Brasilia | 721 | 5 | Leonardo Patacconi | United States | 738,000 |
| Brasilia | 721 | 6 | Lucas Blanco | Spain | 1,339,000 |
| Brasilia | 721 | 7 | Asi Moshe | Israel | 724,000 |
| Brasilia | 721 | 9 | Dejuante Alexander | United States | 411,000 |
| Brasilia | 722 | 2 | Mike Vanier | United States | 164,000 |
| Brasilia | 722 | 3 | David Hubbard | United States | 169,000 |
| Brasilia | 722 | 4 | Brian Rast | United States | 357,000 |
| Brasilia | 722 | 5 | Ronald Gesmundo | Canada | 33,000 |
| Brasilia | 722 | 6 | Kyle Cartwright | United States | 326,000 |
| Brasilia | 722 | 7 | Matt Affleck | United States | 207,000 |
| Brasilia | 722 | 8 | Dominic Ricciardi | United States | 404,000 |
| Brasilia | 722 | 9 | Andrew Holland | United States | 214,000 |
| Brasilia | 723 | 1 | Senovio Ramirez III | United States | 1,570,000 |
| Brasilia | 723 | 2 | Shawn Buchanan | Canada | 266,000 |
| Brasilia | 723 | 3 | Thomas Doussan | United States | 433,000 |
| Brasilia | 723 | 4 | Brian Altman | United States | 1,112,000 |
| Brasilia | 723 | 6 | Farzad Bonyadi | United States | 356,000 |
| Brasilia | 723 | 7 | John Myung | United States | 440,000 |
| Brasilia | 723 | 8 | Eric Rappaport | United States | 404,000 |
| Brasilia | 723 | 9 | Alexander Farahi | United States | 782,000 |
| Brasilia | 724 | 1 | Josep Maria Galindo Lopez | Spain | 246,000 |
| Brasilia | 724 | 2 | Paul Michaelis | Germany | 155,000 |
| Brasilia | 724 | 3 | Brian Gorman | United States | 271,000 |
| Brasilia | 724 | 4 | Vincent Indrizzo | United States | 174,000 |
| Brasilia | 724 | 5 | Frederick Ferrell | United States | 238,000 |
| Brasilia | 724 | 6 | Jimmy Tran | United States | 103,000 |
| Brasilia | 724 | 7 | Michael Delvecchio Iii | United States | 572,000 |
| Brasilia | 724 | 8 | Jonathan Karamalikis | Australia | 345,000 |
| Brasilia | 725 | 1 | Warren Sheaves | United States | 730,000 |
| Brasilia | 725 | 2 | Thomas Lefort | Canada | 530,000 |
| Brasilia | 725 | 3 | Daniel Kruse | United States | 174,000 |
| Brasilia | 725 | 4 | Navid Mohabaty-Doost | Canada | 178,000 |
| Brasilia | 725 | 5 | John Leal | United States | 127,000 |
| Brasilia | 725 | 6 | Adrian Attenborough | Australia | 61,000 |
| Brasilia | 725 | 7 | Lester Joslin | United States | 490,000 |
| Brasilia | 725 | 8 | Hector Martin | United States | 550,000 |
| Brasilia | 725 | 9 | Kevin O'Donnell | United States | 650,000 |
| Brasilia | 726 | 1 | Leo Kaplin | United States | 158,000 |
| Brasilia | 726 | 2 | Aaron Overton | United States | 276,000 |
| Brasilia | 726 | 3 | Krzysztof Tarapata | Canada | 163,000 |
| Brasilia | 726 | 4 | Alexander Miedl | Germany | 365,000 |
| Brasilia | 726 | 5 | Bob Bounahra | Belize | 417,000 |
| Brasilia | 726 | 6 | Jacob Bazeley | United States | 208,000 |
| Brasilia | 726 | 7 | Vic Peppe | United States | 266,000 |
| Brasilia | 726 | 8 | Arkadiy Tsinis | United States | 483,000 |
| Brasilia | 726 | 9 | TM Williams | United States | 930,000 |
| Brasilia | 727 | 1 | Thiago Grigoletti | Brazil | 371,000 |
| Brasilia | 727 | 2 | Jordan Cristos | United States | 105,000 |
| Brasilia | 727 | 3 | Bryce Yockey | United States | 962,000 |
| Brasilia | 727 | 4 | Mitch Schock | United States | 495,000 |
| Brasilia | 727 | 5 | Jonathan Gray | United States | 758,000 |
| Brasilia | 727 | 6 | Phung Ngo | United States | 280,000 |
| Brasilia | 727 | 7 | Kevin Degroote | United States | 517,000 |
| Brasilia | 727 | 8 | Robert Chow | United States | 380,000 |
| Brasilia | 727 | 9 | Richard Alsup | United States | 329,000 |
| Brasilia | 728 | 1 | Lucas Orsatelli | France | 460,000 |
| Brasilia | 728 | 2 | Michael Falcon Ravn | Denmark | 1,135,000 |
| Brasilia | 728 | 3 | Kevin Schulz | United States | 327,000 |
| Brasilia | 728 | 4 | Jason Strasser | United States | 386,000 |
| Brasilia | 728 | 5 | Yuriy Boyko | Ireland | 523,000 |
| Brasilia | 728 | 6 | Gregory Katayama | Canada | 119,000 |
| Brasilia | 728 | 7 | Moritz Dietrich | Austria | 79,000 |
| Brasilia | 728 | 8 | Chen Yu Hung | United States | 201,000 |
| Brasilia | 728 | 9 | Yossi Krispin | United States | 475,000 |
| Brasilia | 729 | 1 | Allan Sannier | France | 385,000 |
| Brasilia | 729 | 2 | Pablo Mariz | Canada | 424,000 |
| Brasilia | 729 | 3 | Timothy Vance | United States | 95,000 |
| Brasilia | 729 | 4 | Bryan Piccioli | United States | 318,000 |
| Brasilia | 729 | 5 | Rumen Nanev | Bulgaria | 889,000 |
| Brasilia | 729 | 6 | Dustin Lee | United States | 130,000 |
| Brasilia | 729 | 7 | Igor Zektser | United States | 293,000 |
| Brasilia | 729 | 8 | Lisa Hamilton | United States | 456,000 |
| Brasilia | 729 | 9 | Stanley Lee | United States | 575,000 |
End-of-Day Chip Counts (complet)
Niveau 20
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
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1,570,000 | 190,000 |
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1,339,000 | 1,297,300 |
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1,196,000 | -74,000 |
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1,187,000 | 1,125,300 |
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1,135,000 | 943,300 |
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1,112,000 | -248,000 |
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1,101,100 | 1,010,700 |
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1,101,000 | 1,038,100 |
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1,023,000 | 930,300 |
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980,000 | 930,200 |
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962,000 | 825,800 |
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951,000 | 676,000 |
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930,000 | 879,000 |
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889,000 | 853,200 |
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873,000 | |
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825,000 | 694,300 |
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782,000 | 703,700 |
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772,000 | 707,100 |
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759,000 | 736,500 |
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758,000 | 706,600 |
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738,000 | 718,800 |
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730,000 | 50,000 |
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726,000 | 416,000 |
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724,000 | 701,300 |
|
659,000 | 629,900 |
Four More Hands
Niveau 20
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
The tournament director has paused the clock, and the remaining players will battle it out for four more hands before bagging their chips for the night.
Play will restart tomorrow for Day 3 at 11:00 a.m.
Blanco Wins the Race
Niveau 20
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Lucas Blanco has been cruising through the day and it shows with the number of chips he has in front of him. Blanco recently got involved in a hand with an opponent where they got all the chips in the middle preflop. His opponent looked to be all-in for roughly 210,000 and held 
vs Blanco's 
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The flop came 
and his opponent took the lead in the hand. The turn was the 
and the river landed the 
giving Blanco a set. His opponent let out a big "Nooooo!" loud enough for the whole room to hear and making some people jump out of their seats. Blanco quietly stacked his chips and went about his business.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
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1,360,000 | 645,000 |
Notable Chip Counts; Senovio Ramirez III Leads
Niveau 20
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
A last look around the room at some of the notable stacks before the action ends for the evening, with Senovio Ramirez III leading the way.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
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1,380,000 | 1,272,000 |
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1,270,000 | 1,238,300 |
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735,000 | 210,000 |
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635,000 | 30,000 |
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620,000 | 100,000 |
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480,000 | 205,000 |
Last Level of the Night
Niveau 20
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Level 20 has begun, meaning just 60 minutes remain before the end of the night.
The remaining players will bag and tag their chips and return for Day 3 tomorrow at 11:00 a.m.
Niveau: 20
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 1,000
Eliminations; Pay Jump to $6,043
Niveau 19
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
The following notable players were eliminated within the next pay jump to $6,043: Jeremy Ausmus, Simon Deadman, Shankar Pillai, Timothy Ulmer, Rex Clinkscales, Barry Schultz, Justin Zaki, Bradley Lubetkin, Ravi Raghavan, and Tim West.
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Brian Rast Sends Two to the Rail
Niveau 19
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
There was some commotion over on Brian Rast's table, and two players were on their feet.
The board read 
, and Rast had 
in front of him for the nut straight, along with the fact that he had flopped a Royal Flush draw. According to a player at the table, all of the chips went in the middle with a total of three players. One held two black sevens, and the other held ace-queen offsuit.
Rast had both players covered and graciously shook their hands as they were sent to the rail near the end of Day 2.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
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600,000 | 450,000 |