Senovio Ramirez III Leads the Millionaire Maker at the End of Day 2
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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 |
, 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. 
, and Dawley led out for 14,000. Her opponent raised to 40,000, and Dawley called.
, and Dawley checked to her opponent, who bet 65,000. Dawley raised all in, having her opponent covered and clearly frustrated. He reluctantly threw in his remaining 120,000, and Dawley was uncertain about the result, "You might have the best hand," she said.
, which was indeed the best hand versus her opponent's 
for straight and flush draws. The river brought the 
, and Dawley secured the win and the elimination of what was a visibly tilted opponent.
, and the initial raiser moved all in for about 50,000. Affleck quickly called, revealing 
before his opponent showed 
and said, "I was hoping ya didn't have the ace. I was hoping ya had a pair."
, sending the pot Affleck's way and his opponent to the rail.
and Pham opted to check this time. His opponent bet 22,000 and Pham wasted no time calling.
, the player in the big blind checked, and Upeshka De Silva bet 6,500 from the cutoff. His opponent wasted no time and check-raised to 18,500. De Silva thought for a moment before calling.
and the big blind moved all in for 61,500. De Silva took his sunglasses off and asked for a count. After about a minute, he called.
, with Hutter sitting on a mountain of chips, and his opponent all in for about 35,000.
and Hutter pulled even further ahead. The turn was the 
on the river sealed the deal and Hutter scooped the pot and the elimination.
