Event #20: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em MILLIONAIRE MAKER
Day 1b Completed
2017 World Series of Poker
Event #20: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em MILLIONAIRE MAKER
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2017 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$10,477,350
Entries
7,761
Level
40
Blinds
500,000 / 1,000,000
Ante
150,000
Level 10
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
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.
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Level 10
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Those who survived Flight B have bagged and tagged for the night. According to the tournament clock, 711 players have advanced from this flight, and they will join the 509 from Flight A for Day 2 tomorrow at 11 a.m.
A full recap will be posted shortly.
Level 10
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
227,800
12,800
|
12,800 |
|
|
209,200
39,200
|
39,200 |
|
182,000 | |
|
|
177,600 | |
|
173,200
103,200
|
103,200 |
|
||
|
168,600
146,600
|
146,600 |
|
164,500
164,500
|
164,500 |
|
|
161,100 | |
|
160,800 | |
|
148,500
-41,500
|
-41,500 |
|
||
|
134,300
61,200
|
61,200 |
|
134,000 | |
|
126,400 | |
|
124,400 | |
|
122,800 | |
|
||
|
121,300 | |
|
|
121,200 | |
|
120,900
49,700
|
49,700 |
|
|
||
|
119,300 | |
|
117,400
54,400
|
54,400 |
|
117,000 | |
|
116,000 | |
|
115,200 | |
|
115,000
89,000
|
89,000 |
|
114,700 | |
Level 10
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Brian Altman has been chipping up quickly in the late levels of the night, including in these two hands just witnessed.
In the first hand, with the board reading 
, the big blind checked, and Altman bet 8,000 in late position, enough to put his opponent all in. His opponent called, and Altman showed him the bad news: 
for the nut flush.
The next hand, heads-up again, the flop was 
, and Altman's opponent in the big blind checked. Altman bet 3,500 in middle position, and his opponent check-raised to 8,500. Altman called, and they both checked the 
turn. The river was the 
, and the big blind checked. Altman bet 18,000, about half his opponent's stack, and his opponent tank-called.
Altman had the goods again — this time, it was 
for nines full of queens to win that pot, too. He took the chip lead with those two pots and is the only player over 200,000 for the moment.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
215,000
215,000
|
215,000 |
Level: 10
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100
Level 9
: 400/800, 100 ante
Joseph Cheong was sitting in the under-the-gun position and raised to 1,800. The player on the button called. The small and big blind both folded.
The flop came 
, Cheong bet 3,000, and the button folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
35,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
|
||
Level 9
: 400/800, 100 ante
Miguel Use moved all in from the under-the-gun position. The player in the small blind went all in, too, and the big blind folded.
Use: 
Opponent: 
The board ran out 
, no help for Use, and he was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
|
||
Level 9
: 400/800, 100 ante
A player in middle position raised to 2,200, Matt Berkey called in the small blind, and Aaron Johnson came along in the big blind.
The flop came 
, and it checked to the preflop raiser, who bet 3,800. Berkey called, and Johnson folded. On the 
turn, both players checked, and the river was the . Berkey checked, and his opponent checked back.
Berkey tabled 
for two pair, eights and fives, to win the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
44,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
Level 9
: 400/800, 100 ante
Below are some counts with 900 players still remaining in Flight B. Billy Graybeal is vying for the chip lead of this flight.
There is a little more than one level of play left before players bag for the night.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
170,000
170,000
|
170,000 |
|
88,000
82,000
|
82,000 |
|
|
70,000
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
|
|
||
|
64,000
64,000
|
64,000 |
|
|
63,000
63,000
|
63,000 |
|
60,000
19,000
|
19,000 |
|
56,000
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
|
||
|
54,000
54,000
|
54,000 |
|
46,500
12,500
|
12,500 |
|
|
||
|
45,000
-30,000
|
-30,000 |
|
|
||
|
45,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
|
||
|
43,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
41,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
|
|
||
|
40,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
|
33,000
24,000
|
24,000 |
|
|
||
|
28,000
28,000
|
28,000 |
|
|
||
|
28,000
16,000
|
16,000 |