Welcome to Day 3 of Event #24: $2,620 THE MARATHON No-Limit Hold'em
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Out of the 1,673 entries who created a prize pool worth $3,485,124 for Event #24: $2,620 THE MARATHON No-Limit Hold'em, only 246 bagged to return for today's Day 3 that gets started at 1:00 p.m. local time at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino.
Everyone still in has secured at least a $3,860 payday, but all who remain are eyeing the $652,581 first prize up top.
Walter Fisher ended last night with the biggest bag after collecting 641,500, closely followed by Scott Einiger (636,000). Other notable players and bracelet winners are still in contention such as Martin Jacobson (205,500), Scotty Nguyen (184,000), Andre Akkari (136,500), Chris Moorman (378,000), Kristen Bicknell (91,000), Faraz Jaka (491,500), Ryan Riess (47,000), and Marvin Rettenmaier (391,000).
Day 3 is scheduled to play out over seven levels of 100 minutes each with 15-minute breaks between levels and a dinner break after four levels (~7:30 p.m.). Blinds will start at 1,500/3,000 with a 500-chip ante when play resumes. The remaining players are scheduled to play down to a winner on Day 4.
Keep it here for continuing coverage of the MILLIONAIRE MAKER and throughout the 2018 World Series of Poker from the PokerNews Live Reporting team.
| Room | Table | Seat | Name | County | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon | 504 | 1 | Christian Pham | United States | 345,000 | 115 |
| Amazon | 504 | 2 | Daniel Chio | United States | 204,500 | 68 |
| Amazon | 504 | 3 | Ivan Zhechev | Bulgaria | 208,500 | 70 |
| Amazon | 504 | 4 | Cyril Bremond | France | 55,500 | 19 |
| Amazon | 504 | 5 | Bill Germanis | Canada | 182,500 | 61 |
| Amazon | 504 | 6 | Juan Pardo Dominguez | Spain | 29,000 | 10 |
| Amazon | 504 | 7 | Andrew Camou | United States | 94,000 | 31 |
| Amazon | 504 | 8 | Lowell Kim | United States | 49,500 | 17 |
| Amazon | 504 | 9 | Vincent Arevalo | United States | 117,500 | 39 |
| Amazon | 505 | 1 | Henry Fischer | United States | 184,500 | 62 |
| Amazon | 505 | 2 | Jason Dignan | United States | 378,500 | 126 |
| Amazon | 505 | 3 | Brian Powers | United States | 30,500 | 10 |
| Amazon | 505 | 4 | Jason Zarlenga | United States | 456,500 | 152 |
| Amazon | 505 | 5 | Elia Ahmadian | United States | 187,500 | 63 |
| Amazon | 505 | 6 | Yvonne Mcquillan | United States | 87,500 | 29 |
| Amazon | 505 | 7 | Anuj Agarwal | United States | 18,500 | 6 |
| Amazon | 505 | 8 | Jeremy Stein | United States | 118,000 | 39 |
| Amazon | 505 | 9 | Arsenii Karmatakii | Russia | 139,000 | 46 |
| Amazon | 506 | 1 | Govert Metaal | Netherlands | 39,500 | 13 |
| Amazon | 506 | 2 | Peter Rosenblum | United States | 332,500 | 111 |
| Amazon | 506 | 3 | Tony Ruberto | United States | 62,500 | 21 |
| Amazon | 506 | 4 | Daniel Cai | United States | 41,500 | 14 |
| Amazon | 506 | 5 | Fernando Brito | Brazil | 54,000 | 18 |
| Amazon | 506 | 6 | Ying Chan | Hong Kong | 214,800 | 72 |
| Amazon | 506 | 7 | Jason Darland | United States | 123,500 | 41 |
| Amazon | 506 | 8 | Michael Krumenacker | United States | 80,200 | 27 |
| Amazon | 506 | 9 | Johnathan Dahlberg | United States | 236,500 | 79 |
| Amazon | 507 | 1 | Adam Volen | United States | 255,500 | 85 |
| Amazon | 507 | 2 | Punal Patel | United States | 73,500 | 25 |
| Amazon | 507 | 3 | Andrew Dean | United States | 277,000 | 92 |
| Amazon | 507 | 4 | Sameer Aljanedi | United States | 250,500 | 84 |
| Amazon | 507 | 5 | Andrew Wisdom | United States | 229,000 | 76 |
| Amazon | 507 | 6 | Yin Liu | China | 55,500 | 19 |
| Amazon | 507 | 7 | Devon Roberts | United States | 74,500 | 25 |
| Amazon | 507 | 8 | Martin Zamani | United States | 76,000 | 25 |
| Amazon | 507 | 9 | Alex Massman | United States | 309,000 | 103 |
| Amazon | 508 | 1 | Walter Fisher | United States | 641,500 | 214 |
| Amazon | 508 | 2 | Sergi Reixach | Spain | 28,500 | 10 |
| Amazon | 508 | 3 | Dylan Honeyman | Australia | 217,000 | 72 |
| Amazon | 508 | 4 | Mark Sleet | United States | 370,500 | 124 |
| Amazon | 508 | 5 | Ronald West | United States | 65,500 | 22 |
| Amazon | 508 | 6 | Mike Azzaro | United States | 461,000 | 154 |
| Amazon | 508 | 7 | Eric Baldwin | United States | 49,500 | 17 |
| Amazon | 508 | 8 | Bryden Baxter | United States | 247,500 | 83 |
| Amazon | 508 | 9 | Pablo Campo | United Kingdom | 141,000 | 47 |
| Amazon | 509 | 1 | Andre Akkari | Brazil | 136,500 | 46 |
| Amazon | 509 | 2 | Ben Achraf | France | 325,000 | 108 |
| Amazon | 509 | 3 | Peter Schneider | United States | 51,500 | 17 |
| Amazon | 509 | 4 | William Jennings | United States | 41,500 | 14 |
| Amazon | 509 | 5 | Samantha Cohen | United States | 124,500 | 42 |
| Amazon | 509 | 6 | Scott Einiger | United States | 636,000 | 212 |
| Amazon | 509 | 7 | Robert Kuhn | United States | 253,000 | 84 |
| Amazon | 509 | 8 | Aron Danielyan | United States | 61,000 | 20 |
| Amazon | 509 | 9 | David Litt | United States | 94,000 | 31 |
| Amazon | 510 | 1 | Artin Ouzenian | United States | 280,000 | 93 |
| Amazon | 510 | 2 | Joshua Abady | United States | 46,500 | 16 |
| Amazon | 510 | 3 | Renato Kaneoya | Brazil | 130,500 | 44 |
| Amazon | 510 | 4 | Jiandong Xu | United States | 43,500 | 15 |
| Amazon | 510 | 5 | Amauri Grutka | Brazil | 67,500 | 23 |
| Amazon | 510 | 6 | Mark Johnson Jr | United States | 68,000 | 23 |
| Amazon | 510 | 7 | Julien Sitbon | France | 95,500 | 32 |
| Amazon | 510 | 8 | Percy Mahatan | United States | 52,000 | 17 |
| Amazon | 510 | 9 | Shaun Odonnell | United States | 343,000 | 114 |
| Amazon | 511 | 1 | Travis Thomas | United States | 158,000 | 53 |
| Amazon | 511 | 2 | Anton Morgenstern | Germany | 440,000 | 147 |
| Amazon | 511 | 3 | Lee Markholt | United States | 346,000 | 115 |
| Amazon | 511 | 4 | Faraz Jaka | United States | 491,500 | 164 |
| Amazon | 511 | 5 | Andrew Dakoski | United States | 90,000 | 30 |
| Amazon | 511 | 6 | John Paul Kelly | United Kingdom | 134,000 | 45 |
| Amazon | 511 | 7 | James Lewis | United States | 69,000 | 23 |
| Amazon | 511 | 9 | Alan Carty | United States | 58,000 | 19 |
| Amazon | 512 | 1 | Rick Alvarado | United States | 187,500 | 63 |
| Amazon | 512 | 2 | Bahman Jahanguiri | United States | 249,000 | 83 |
| Amazon | 512 | 3 | Pascal Pflock | Germany | 92,000 | 31 |
| Amazon | 512 | 4 | David Simon | United States | 53,000 | 18 |
| Amazon | 512 | 5 | Martin Staszko | Czech Republic | 126,000 | 42 |
| Amazon | 512 | 6 | Marcos Antunes | Brazil | 480,000 | 160 |
| Amazon | 512 | 7 | Alexander Bernard | United States | 320,500 | 107 |
| Amazon | 512 | 8 | Marc Goone | United States | 236,000 | 79 |
| Amazon | 512 | 9 | Gary Friedlander | United States | 219,000 | 73 |
| Amazon | 513 | 1 | Debra Mccravey | United States | 90,000 | 30 |
| Amazon | 513 | 2 | Bruno Politano | Brazil | 133,500 | 45 |
| Amazon | 513 | 3 | Robert Mcgreevy-Iler | United States | 369,000 | 123 |
| Amazon | 513 | 4 | Jonathan Abdellatif | Belgium | 302,000 | 101 |
| Amazon | 513 | 5 | Theodore Bourg | United States | 328,500 | 110 |
| Amazon | 513 | 6 | Daniel Neilson | Australia | 172,500 | 58 |
| Amazon | 513 | 7 | Garilyn Nelson | United States | 56,500 | 19 |
| Amazon | 513 | 8 | Yew Kan | Macau | 360,500 | 120 |
| Amazon | 513 | 9 | Nick Jivkov | Bulgaria | 81,000 | 27 |
| Amazon | 514 | 2 | Corentin Hillion | France | 46,500 | 16 |
| Amazon | 514 | 3 | Dominykas Mikolaitis | Lithuania | 31,000 | 10 |
| Amazon | 514 | 4 | Zinan Xu | China | 55,500 | 19 |
| Amazon | 514 | 5 | Chris Vickrey | United States | 101,500 | 34 |
| Amazon | 514 | 6 | Spencer Champlin | United States | 486,000 | 162 |
| Amazon | 514 | 7 | Hugo Alfaro | United States | 214,000 | 71 |
| Amazon | 514 | 8 | Delfin Lazaro | Canada | 157,000 | 52 |
| Amazon | 514 | 9 | Blake Bohn | United States | 319,500 | 107 |
| Amazon | 515 | 2 | Michael Pickett | United States | 14,500 | 5 |
| Amazon | 515 | 3 | Jason Sagle | Canada | 72,500 | 24 |
| Amazon | 515 | 4 | Scotty Nguyen | United States | 184,000 | 61 |
| Amazon | 515 | 5 | Jerome Sgorrano | Belgium | 19,000 | 6 |
| Amazon | 515 | 6 | Salvatore DiCarlo | United States | 340,000 | 113 |
| Amazon | 515 | 7 | Giovani Torre | Portugal | 269,000 | 90 |
| Amazon | 515 | 8 | Jay Sharon | United States | 37,000 | 12 |
| Amazon | 515 | 9 | Kristen Bicknell | Canada | 91,000 | 30 |
| Amazon | 516 | 1 | John Corr | Australia | 198,000 | 66 |
| Amazon | 516 | 2 | Chris Moorman | United Kingdom | 378,000 | 126 |
| Amazon | 516 | 3 | Dustin Goff | United States | 275,500 | 92 |
| Amazon | 516 | 4 | William Thompson | United States | 111,500 | 37 |
| Amazon | 516 | 5 | Yin Wu | United States | 145,000 | 48 |
| Amazon | 516 | 6 | Mohsin Virani | United States | 185,000 | 62 |
| Amazon | 516 | 7 | Balram Bhandari | United States | 23,000 | 8 |
| Amazon | 516 | 8 | Josh Weiss | United States | 165,500 | 55 |
| Amazon | 516 | 9 | Joel Gossett | United States | 145,000 | 48 |
| Amazon | 517 | 1 | Jon Turner | United States | 398,000 | 133 |
| Amazon | 517 | 2 | Vladislav Donchev | Bulgaria | 68,000 | 23 |
| Amazon | 517 | 3 | Kevin Killeen | Ireland | 35,500 | 12 |
| Amazon | 517 | 4 | Ihar Soika | Belarus | 283,000 | 94 |
| Amazon | 517 | 5 | Stoyan Obreshkov | Bulgaria | 351,000 | 117 |
| Amazon | 517 | 6 | Mitch Burroughs | United States | 196,000 | 65 |
| Amazon | 517 | 7 | Matthew Moss | United Kingdom | 210,500 | 70 |
| Amazon | 517 | 8 | Alexis Gavin | United States | 303,000 | 101 |
| Amazon | 517 | 9 | Boyan Asenov | Bulgaria | 77,500 | 26 |
| Amazon | 518 | 1 | Dimitar Danchev | Bulgaria | 132,000 | 44 |
| Amazon | 518 | 2 | Martin Jacobson | Sweden | 205,500 | 69 |
| Amazon | 518 | 3 | Jesse Bassett | United States | 79,500 | 27 |
| Amazon | 518 | 4 | Daniel Colpoys | United States | 598,500 | 200 |
| Amazon | 518 | 5 | Bart Lybaert | Belgium | 569,500 | 190 |
| Amazon | 518 | 6 | Matthew Davidow | United States | 253,500 | 85 |
| Amazon | 518 | 7 | DID NOT REPORT 2 | United States | 225,000 | 75 |
| Amazon | 518 | 8 | Chance Kornuth | United States | 178,000 | 59 |
| Amazon | 518 | 9 | Joseph Elpayaa | United States | 445,000 | 148 |
| Amazon | 519 | 1 | Sean Eichendorf | Canada | 56,000 | 19 |
| Amazon | 519 | 2 | Viet Vo | United States | 455,500 | 152 |
| Amazon | 519 | 3 | JJ De La Garza | United States | 246,000 | 82 |
| Amazon | 519 | 5 | Yang Zhang | Canada | 230,500 | 77 |
| Amazon | 519 | 6 | Tuan Phan | United States | 28,000 | 9 |
| Amazon | 519 | 7 | Richard Santana | United States | 187,500 | 63 |
| Amazon | 519 | 8 | Bradley Hinson | United States | 35,000 | 12 |
| Amazon | 519 | 9 | Mathijs Storms | United States | 85,000 | 28 |
| Amazon | 520 | 1 | Yaniv Peretz | Latvia | 496,500 | 166 |
| Amazon | 520 | 2 | Javier Zarco | Spain | 423,500 | 141 |
| Amazon | 520 | 3 | Yue Du | China | 216,000 | 72 |
| Amazon | 520 | 4 | Slaven Popov | Bulgaria | 260,000 | 87 |
| Amazon | 520 | 5 | Laurent Patroni | France | 125,500 | 42 |
| Amazon | 520 | 6 | Raul Martinez Requena | United Kingdom | 214,000 | 71 |
| Amazon | 520 | 7 | Jonas Mackoff | Canada | 137,500 | 46 |
| Amazon | 520 | 8 | Cathal Shine | Ireland | 49,500 | 17 |
| Amazon | 520 | 9 | Eduardo Aliaga | United States | 151,500 | 51 |
| Amazon | 521 | 1 | Matthew Voorhees | United States | 130,500 | 44 |
| Amazon | 521 | 2 | David Peters | United States | 51,500 | 17 |
| Amazon | 521 | 3 | Diego Heidenreich | Mexico | 2,000 | 1 |
| Amazon | 521 | 4 | Joshua Jackson | United States | 108,000 | 36 |
| Amazon | 521 | 5 | Jonathan Oats | United States | 40,500 | 14 |
| Amazon | 521 | 6 | Christophe Gross | United States | 30,000 | 10 |
| Amazon | 521 | 7 | Scott Saunders | United States | 96,000 | 32 |
| Amazon | 521 | 8 | Jeremie Sarda | France | 346,500 | 116 |
| Amazon | 521 | 9 | Jesse Sylvia | United States | 249,000 | 83 |
| Amazon | 522 | 1 | Steve Rosen | United States | 50,000 | 17 |
| Amazon | 522 | 2 | Markus Kuhnen | United Kingdom | 108,500 | 36 |
| Amazon | 522 | 3 | James Moutsatsos | United States | 37,500 | 13 |
| Amazon | 522 | 4 | Renan Bruschi | Brazil | 193,500 | 65 |
| Amazon | 522 | 5 | Gary Burke | United States | 108,500 | 36 |
| Amazon | 522 | 7 | Matt Affleck | United States | 205,500 | 69 |
| Amazon | 522 | 8 | Yukiko Sumida | Japan | 147,500 | 49 |
| Amazon | 522 | 9 | Ivan Deyra | France | 113,000 | 38 |
| Amazon | 523 | 1 | Hiep Doan | United States | 436,000 | 145 |
| Amazon | 523 | 2 | Aliaksei Boika | Belarus | 10,500 | 4 |
| Amazon | 523 | 3 | Timothy Totten | United States | 40,500 | 14 |
| Amazon | 523 | 4 | Matthieu Lamagnere | France | 187,000 | 62 |
| Amazon | 523 | 5 | Wenhao Ying | United States | 180,500 | 60 |
| Amazon | 523 | 6 | Josue Aguirre | Mexico | 112,500 | 38 |
| Amazon | 523 | 7 | Robert Holtz | United States | 29,500 | 10 |
| Amazon | 523 | 8 | Arunas Sapitavicius | Lithuania | 219,000 | 73 |
| Amazon | 523 | 9 | Michael Hada | United States | 152,500 | 51 |
| Amazon | 524 | 1 | Zackary Estes | United States | 331,000 | 110 |
| Amazon | 524 | 2 | Joseph Gossweiler | United States | 221,000 | 74 |
| Amazon | 524 | 3 | Shahriar Fahim | United States | 29,500 | 10 |
| Amazon | 524 | 4 | Matthew Emmel | United States | 135,000 | 45 |
| Amazon | 524 | 5 | Tom Bosschaerts | Belgium | 249,500 | 83 |
| Amazon | 524 | 6 | Jeosafat Cruz | United States | 143,500 | 48 |
| Amazon | 524 | 7 | Benjamin Thomas | United States | 31,200 | 10 |
| Amazon | 524 | 8 | Zu Zhou | United States | 252,500 | 84 |
| Amazon | 524 | 9 | Jack Sinclair | United Kingdom | 52,000 | 17 |
| Amazon | 525 | 1 | Patrick Legrand | France | 238,000 | 79 |
| Amazon | 525 | 2 | Tommy Vu | United States | 200,500 | 67 |
| Amazon | 525 | 3 | Joseph Teanotoga | France | 23,500 | 8 |
| Amazon | 525 | 4 | Orod Ashegh | United States | 174,000 | 58 |
| Amazon | 525 | 5 | Rocco Sofio | United States | 136,000 | 45 |
| Amazon | 525 | 6 | John Zannis | United States | 100,500 | 34 |
| Amazon | 525 | 7 | Wayne Harmon | United States | 196,000 | 65 |
| Amazon | 525 | 8 | Brett Bader | United States | 135,000 | 45 |
| Amazon | 525 | 9 | Alexander Kuzmin | Russia | 244,000 | 81 |
| Amazon | 526 | 2 | Rafael Marcondes | United States | 212,000 | 71 |
| Amazon | 526 | 3 | Patrick Truong | United States | 177,000 | 59 |
| Amazon | 526 | 4 | Eric Field | United States | 112,500 | 38 |
| Amazon | 526 | 5 | Yannick Ansenne | Belgium | 91,000 | 30 |
| Amazon | 526 | 6 | DID NOT REPORT 1 | United States | 4,500 | 2 |
| Amazon | 526 | 7 | Richard Phelps | United States | 6,500 | 2 |
| Amazon | 526 | 8 | Bradley Owen | United States | 92,000 | 31 |
| Amazon | 526 | 9 | Georgios Vrakas | United States | 78,000 | 26 |
| Amazon | 527 | 1 | Steven Bradshaw | United States | 44,500 | 15 |
| Amazon | 527 | 2 | Roman Korenev | Russia | 162,000 | 54 |
| Amazon | 527 | 3 | David Lopez | Spain | 131,500 | 44 |
| Amazon | 527 | 4 | Erik Ladanyi | Hungary | 188,000 | 63 |
| Amazon | 527 | 5 | Royce Matheson | United States | 168,500 | 56 |
| Amazon | 527 | 6 | Javier Fernandez | United Kingdom | 307,000 | 102 |
| Amazon | 527 | 7 | Tanner Lefferts | United States | 220,500 | 74 |
| Amazon | 527 | 8 | Joseph Pietrafesa | United States | 524,500 | 175 |
| Amazon | 527 | 9 | Douglas Lucas | United States | 291,500 | 97 |
| Amazon | 528 | 1 | United Statesand | United States | 205,500 | 69 |
| Amazon | 528 | 2 | Pierre Merlin | France | 348,000 | 116 |
| Amazon | 528 | 3 | Ryan Riess | United States | 47,000 | 16 |
| Amazon | 528 | 4 | John Allan Hinds | United States | 91,500 | 31 |
| Amazon | 528 | 5 | Pavlo Veksler | Ukraine | 30,000 | 10 |
| Amazon | 528 | 6 | Michael Klatt | United States | 142,000 | 47 |
| Amazon | 528 | 7 | Steve Karp | United States | 105,000 | 35 |
| Amazon | 528 | 8 | Taylor Paur | United States | 138,000 | 46 |
| Amazon | 528 | 9 | David Levi | United States | 286,500 | 96 |
| Amazon | 529 | 1 | Michael Brain | United States | 108,000 | 36 |
| Amazon | 529 | 2 | Sanjay Dulabh | United States | 271,500 | 91 |
| Amazon | 529 | 3 | Benjamin Chalot | France | 120,000 | 40 |
| Amazon | 529 | 4 | Danny Wong | United States | 35,000 | 12 |
| Amazon | 529 | 5 | Gregory Passa | United States | 71,000 | 24 |
| Amazon | 529 | 6 | Tanya Kirk | United States | 172,000 | 57 |
| Amazon | 529 | 7 | Montgomery Cole | United States | 85,000 | 28 |
| Amazon | 529 | 8 | Martin Kozlov | Australia | 465,000 | 155 |
| Amazon | 529 | 9 | Joon Kim | United States | 15,200 | 5 |
| Amazon | 530 | 1 | Jorge Rios | Czech Republic | 224,500 | 75 |
| Amazon | 530 | 2 | Fausto Valdez | United States | 127,000 | 42 |
| Amazon | 530 | 3 | Charles Workman | United States | 131,500 | 44 |
| Amazon | 530 | 4 | Cate Hall | United States | 68,500 | 23 |
| Amazon | 530 | 5 | Chun Yam | United Kingdom | 105,500 | 35 |
| Amazon | 530 | 6 | Daniel Feldmann | Switzerland | 17,500 | 6 |
| Amazon | 530 | 7 | Stephen Cartner | Canada | 51,500 | 17 |
| Amazon | 530 | 8 | Michael Addamo | Australia | 234,500 | 78 |
| Amazon | 530 | 9 | Haresh Jethani | United States | 96,500 | 32 |
| Amazon | 531 | 1 | Terry Fan | Taiwan | 127,000 | 42 |
| Amazon | 531 | 2 | David Dopson | United States | 82,000 | 27 |
| Amazon | 531 | 3 | Marvin Rettenmaier | Germany | 381,000 | 127 |
| Amazon | 531 | 4 | Chris Dombrowski | United States | 235,500 | 79 |
| Amazon | 531 | 5 | Andrew Lee | United States | 46,500 | 16 |
| Amazon | 531 | 6 | Matthew Diehl | United States | 220,500 | 74 |
| Amazon | 531 | 7 | Vladas Tamasauskas | United States | 13,000 | 4 |
| Amazon | 531 | 8 | Gautam Lillaney | Jamaica | 147,500 | 49 |
| Amazon | 531 | 9 | Tommy Nguyen | Canada | 150,500 | 50 |