Event #20: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em MILLIONAIRE MAKER
Dia 1b Começado
Event #20: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em MILLIONAIRE MAKER
Dia 1b Começado
Day 1b of Event #20: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Millionaire Maker begins at 10 a.m. today. Yesterday's first flight drew 3,438 entries with 509 players advancing for Day 2 tomorrow. Today is the final chance to get in and take a shot at that $1,000,000 guaranteed first-place prize! Boris Kolev is the 1a big stack setting the pace so far with 290,700 chips.
The $1,500 buy-in gets you 7,500 chips and play today will last 10 levels of 60-minute duration. There will be 20-minute breaks every two levels with a 90-minute dinner break after Level 6. Players are allowed to reenter this event once per flight, and have until the end of the dinner break to do so (around 6:10 p.m.).
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Nível: 1
Blinds: 25/50
Ante: 0
We've scanned the purple and orange sections to find players we will be following today. More will follow once we have walked through the other sections and rooms. Please find the list below:
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Phil Collins | 7,500 | 7,500 |
Allen Kessler | 7,500 | 7,500 |
Max Silver
|
7,500 | 7,500 |
Ylon Schwartz
|
7,500 | 7,500 |
Molly Anne Mossey
|
7,500 | 7,500 |
Maurice Hawkins | 7,500 | 7,500 |
Josh Vizcarra | 7,500 | 7,500 |
Cody Pack | 7,500 | |
Blair Hinkle
|
7,500 | 7,500 |
Josh Turner
|
7,500 | 7,500 |
Eric Baldwin
|
7,500 | 7,500 |
Romain Nardin | 7,500 | 7,500 |
Toby Lewis
|
7,500 | 7,500 |
Jimmy Gorham
|
7,500 | 7,500 |
Samuel Taylor raised to 150 in late position and the big blind defended.
The flop came and the big blind checked. Taylor bet 150 and the big blind called.
On the turn, the big blind checked, Taylor bet 300, and the big blind called again.
The river was the and this time, the big blind led out 1,050. After a long pause, Taylor put together a raise to 5,625. The big blind called and Taylor tabled for nines full of kings.
His opponent showed for trip nines and Taylor took down the pot, putting him to double starting stack early. His opponent was left with just 1,050 after the hand.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
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Samuel Taylor | 15,000 |
While walking around in the Miranda room, we found Jonas Lauck and he was involved in a hand.
The flop was the and Lauck was sitting on the button, heads up against the player in the under-the-gun position. They both checked.
The turn came and his opponent check-called Lauck's bet of 200.
The river completed the board with the and now his opponent check-folded on Lauck's bet of 450.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Jonas Lauck
|
8,000 | 8,000 |
The Amazon room is packed full, and many more familiar faces have emerged.
Among them are Charles "Woody" Moore, Jacob Bazeley, John Cynn, Tyler Patterson, Annette Obrestad, Bart Hanson, Faraz Jaka, Cody Brinn, Austin Buchanan, Craig Varnell, Azaan Nagra, James Dorrance, Jason Ramos, Jeremy Stein, Ronit D'Angelo, Daniel Dizenzo, Shola Akindele, Bill Klein, Vinny Pahuja, Justin Bond, Sam Cohen, and let's not forget 2015 Main Event champion Joe McKeehen.
The record holder for most WSOP cashes Douglas Carli, and Melissa Gillett, who took fourth place in Event #12 last week for a six-figure payday, are also taking a shot in the Millionaire Maker today.
Nível: 2
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
More notable names have been found in this field of almost 2,900 players up till now.
In the Gold and Tan sections of the Amazon room, we have found the following players:
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Kenny Hallaert | 12,000 | 12,000 |
Tom Middleton | 7,500 | 7,500 |
Erik Cajelais
|
7,500 | 7,500 |
Jeremy Joseph | 7,500 | 7,500 |
Adrian Mateos
|
7,500 | 7,500 |
Mike Cordell
|
7,500 | 7,500 |
David Williams
|
7,500 | 7,500 |
Ana Marquez | 7,500 | 7,500 |
Sam Cohen | 7,500 | 7,500 |
Robert Hankins | 7,500 | 7,500 |
Two players put in 450 preflop and the flop came . Eric Baldwin bet 400 in early position and his opponent on the button called.
The turn was the and Baldwin bet 700. His opponent called again and the river was the . Both players checked and they showed down.
Baldwin:
Button:
Baldwin's two pair, jacks and fives, was good and he collected the pot.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Eric Baldwin
|
9,800 | 2,300 |