Philip Verel Bags Millionaire Maker Day 3 Chip Lead; Michael Gathy Among Top Stacks
Day 3 of Event #17: $1,500 Millionaire Maker witnessed a total of 170 players entered out of a field of 5,330 across two starting flights whittled down to a mere 20 players, all looking to win the gold bracelet and a cool $1,000,000 in cash that awaits the eventual winner of this event.
Philip Verel from Panama City, Florida, bagged 12,665,000 in chips and is the chip leader going into Day 4. Verel is a complete unknown at the WSOP, he doesn’t even have a recorded cash to be found. He began the day with just a dozen big blinds before managing to spin it up to end the day with the chip lead.
A few former bracelet winners that move on to Day 4 include Michael Gathy (9,800,000), Luis Zedan (5,835,000,) and Daniel Lazrus (11,795,000).
Millionaire Maker Day 3 Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Philip Verel | United States | 12,665,000 | 63 |
| 2 | Daniel Lazrus | United States | 11,795,000 | 59 |
| 3 | Adam Sherman | United States | 10,875,000 | 54 |
| 4 | Michael Gathy | Belgium | 9,800,000 | 49 |
| 5 | Ignacio Moron | Spain | 9,585,000 | 48 |
| 6 | Arie Kliper | Israel | 9,580,000 | 48 |
| 7 | Jeffrey Gencarelli | United States | 8,980,000 | 45 |
| 8 | Stephen Song | United States | 7,650,000 | 38 |
| 9 | Todd Saffron | United States | 6,400,000 | 32 |
| 10 | Luis Zedan | United States | 5,835,000 | 29 |
Other notables such as Day 2 chip leader Darryl Ronconi (4,800,000) and Day 1b chip leader Stephen Song (7,650,000) will also move onwards to Day 4.
Day 4 starts at 12 p.m. local time on October 12 in the Amazon Room of the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino. The tournament resumes at Level 31 with blinds at 100,000/200,000/200,000.
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