Event #53: $1,500 Millionaire Maker
Day 5 Started
2023 World Series of Poker
Event #53: $1,500 Millionaire Maker
Day: 5
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 5
2023 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$13,905,360
Entries
10,430
Level
41
Blinds
1,000,000 / 2,000,000
Ante
2,000,000
Entries
7
Players Left
1
A whopping 10,430 entries over the course of two starting flights made an attempt for gold in Event #53: $1,500 Millionaire Maker at the 2023 World Series of Poker at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas and just seven players remain.
Pavel Plesuv enters today's play as a dominating chip leader, with a total of 70,300,000 chips. Plesuv is looking to claim the $1,201,564 first-place prize to add to his total live earnings of $6,037,058 and take home his first WSOP gold bracelet.
Florian Ribouchon is second in chips to start the day with a total of 46,000,000 in chips, which is 15 big blinds behind Plesuv and Myles Mullaly is right on his tail with 43,600,000.
Final Seven Chip Counts
| Seat | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Pavel Plesuv | Moldova | 70,300,000 | 44 |
| 3 | Anton Smirnov | Russia | 19,800,000 | 12 |
| 4 | Paul Gunness | United States | 24,100,000 | 15 |
| 6 | Florian Ribouchon | France | 46,000,000 | 29 |
| 7 | Myles Mullaly | United States | 43,600,000 | 27 |
| 8 | Andreas Kniep | Germany | 34,800,000 | 22 |
| 9 | Vitor De Souza Coutinho | Brazil | 20,800,000 | 13 |
The massive prize pool of $13,905,360 means that each of the remaining players is guaranteed $222,749, but only one player will be able to collect the jaw-dropping first-place prize of $1,201,564 that awaits the winner.
Final Table Results and Remaining Payouts
| Place | Winner | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,201,564 | ||
| 2 | $1,003,554 | ||
| 3 | $650,058 | ||
| 4 | $501,182 | ||
| 5 | $373,524 | ||
| 6 | $287,522 | ||
| 7 | $222,749 | ||
| 8 | Andras Matrai | Hungary | $173,683 |
| 9 | Charles Benoit | Canada | $136,302 |
Play will resume at 1 p.m. local time on Wednesday at the Horseshoe feature table as the world watches to discover who will become the latest overnight millionaire of the 54th annual World Series of Poker.
The action will be streamed on PokerGO starting at 2 p.m. and the updates will be in sync with the stream to avoid spoilers. Keep it locked in to PokerNews to find out who will rise to the top and earn a shiny new WSOP gold bracelet!
Level: 40
Blinds: 800,000/1,600,000
Ante: 1,600,000
Level 40
: Blinds 800,000/1,600,000, 1,600,000 ante
The cards are officially in the air in the $1,500 Millionaire Maker, however, the PokerGO stream is on a one-hour delay. The PokerNews coverage will be in sync with the stream in order to avoid spoilers.
Level 40
: Blinds 800,000/1,600,000, 1,600,000 ante
On the latest PokerNews Podcast episode, Chad Holloway and Jesse Fullen continue The Chad & Jesse Poker Show straight from the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP).
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Hear what Ingram thinks the future holds for poker, which just might surprise you.
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Level 40
: Blinds 800,000/1,600,000, 1,600,000 ante
Myles Mullaly limped the small blind with J♣8♣ and Andreas Kniep checked his option with 6♠5♠.
The dealer fanned a flop of A♦J♥4♠ and Mullaly check-called a bet of 1,800,000.
The K♠ hit the turn and Mullaly checked before Kniep bet 5,200,000. Mullaly instantly fired his cards into the muck, sending the pot to Kniep.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
38,200,000
3,400,000
|
3,400,000 |
|
||
|
32,200,000
-11,400,000
|
-11,400,000 |
Level 40
: Blinds 800,000/1,600,000, 1,600,000 ante
Florian Ribouchon raised 3,200,000 with A♣4♣, and Paul Gunness defended the big blind with Q♠9♦.
When the 10♣8♦3♥ flop hit the felt, both players checked to see the 8♠ on the turn. Ribouchon checked once again and Gunness fired a bet of 2,700,000. Ribouchon made the call.
The 6♣ hit the felt and Ribouchon checked for a final time before Gunness put out a bet of 7,500,000. Ribouchon surrendered the pot by tossing his cards into the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
50,800,000
26,700,000
|
26,700,000 |
|
40,100,000
-5,900,000
|
-5,900,000 |
Level 40
: Blinds 800,000/1,600,000, 1,600,000 ante
Anton Smirnov bet for 6,500,000 from early position with A♣Q♥. Everyone else took their time, but eventually folded around for him to scoop the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
63,900,000
-6,400,000
|
-6,400,000 |
|
||
|
|
46,000,000
5,900,000
|
5,900,000 |
|
|
44,100,000
-6,700,000
|
-6,700,000 |
|
|
37,400,000
-800,000
|
-800,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
32,200,000 | |
|
19,800,000 | |
|
16,000,000
-4,800,000
|
-4,800,000 |
Level 40
: Blinds 800,000/1,600,000, 1,600,000 ante
Andreas Kniep raised to 4,200,000 in the small blind with 8♣3♣ and Vitor De Souza Coutinho made the call with 10♠8♠ in the big blind.
On the A♦K♣7♣ flop, Kniep fired for 3,000,000 and that got the job done as De Souza Coutinho's cards hit the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
75,100,000
11,200,000
|
11,200,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
40,000,000
2,600,000
|
2,600,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
36,100,000
-9,900,000
|
-9,900,000 |
|
|
28,200,000
-4,000,000
|
-4,000,000 |
|
|
15,800,000
-4,000,000
|
-4,000,000 |
|
|
12,200,000
-3,800,000
|
-3,800,000 |
Level 40
: Blinds 800,000/1,600,000, 1,600,000 ante
Myles Mullaly raised to 4,000,000 with J♣J♦ and Andreas Kniep took about 30 seconds before three-betting to 10,200,000 with 10♣10♠.
Vitor De Souza Coutinho four-bet all in for 17,400,000 with A♦K♥. Mullay mucked his hand and Kniep made the call.
Vitor De Souza Coutinho: A♦K♥
Andreas Kniep: 10♣10♠
It was a classic coin-flip and the board ran out 9♣8♦3♥2♣4♥ for Kniep's tens to hold as his rail exploded and De Souza Coutinho was eliminated in seventh place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
71,100,000
-4,000,000
|
-4,000,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
65,400,000
25,400,000
|
25,400,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
48,800,000
4,700,000
|
4,700,000 |
|
|
36,100,000 | |
|
|
28,200,000 | |
|
|
11,800,000
-4,000,000
|
-4,000,000 |
|
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Busted | |