Event #53: $1,500 Millionaire Maker Day 1a | 2023 World Series of Poker

06-23-2023 18:02 UTC-8

Big Double Up For Oliver Before The Dinner Break

Maxime Taldir

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

A player in middle position opened to 2,200, but was raised by Jack Oliver from the big blind to 8,000. He was called by the initial raiser, and both players discovered flop of 10♦A♠8♠.

Oliver continued with a bet of 3,500. But this time, he was the one who got raised to 9,500. He called and checked on the turn 3♦. And when his opponent bet 11,000, Oliver moved all in for 27,600 chips. He was immediately called.

Jack Oliver: A♦8♣
Opponent: A♣Q♦

Oliver was ahead and needed to avoid a queen. No such card appeared as it was the A♥ on the river, and Oliver doubled up just before the dinner break. On the other hand, his opponent is now down to two blinds.. On the other hand, his opponent is now down to two blinds.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jack Oliver	92,000 92,000	92,000

Tags: Jack Oliver

06-23-2023 18:06 UTC-8

Dinner Break

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

The players are now on a scheduled 75-minute dinner break and they will return at approximately 8:17 p.m. local time.

06-23-2023 18:41 UTC-8

"Bucket List Event": Moneymaker Makes WSOP $50k Poker Players Championship Debut

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Lyle Bateman

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Twenty years after his defining victory in the 2003 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event that ignited the Poker Boom, Chris Moneymaker came to Las Vegas looking to further his already cemented status as one of the most important figures in poker history.

Only 27 years old at the time, Moneymaker spun a $40 satellite victory into $2.5 million in perhaps the most memorable and consequential WSOP victory of all time. Now a household name in poker, Moneymaker has now put up a $50,000 buy-in — the biggest of his two-decade poker career — to play the prestigious WSOP Poker Players Championship for the first time at the 2023 WSOP.

PokerNews spoke with Moneymaker during Day 1 on June 18 as he battled against the likes of Daniel Negreanu, Josh Arieh and two-time defending champion Dan "Jungleman" Cates, all of whom were seated at the 2003 Main Event champion's table.

Read About Moneymaker in the 2023 PPC

Level: 9

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

06-23-2023 19:25 UTC-8

End Of Late Registrations ; 4,575 Entrants

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Maxime Taldir

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Players on Day 1a of the $1,500 Millionaire Maker had until the end of Level 8 to entry or re-entry the tournament. After the dinner break, late registrations were closed.

According to the screens, 4,575 entrants were registered on this Day 1a (1,000 more than last year), and around 50 players who already have their tickets are still waiting to take a seat.

06-23-2023 19:33 UTC-8

Anastasakis Sends One Out

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

[Removed:435] opened to 2,500 and the hijack three-bet to 7,000, which was called by Anastasakis.

The flop came J♣3♥7♠ and Anastasakis check-called his opponent's continuation bet for 4,500. Things heated on the 9♥ turn. This time Anastasakis quickly check-call the all-in bet from his opponent for 18,000 and the following showdown:

Hijack: K♠K♥
[Removed:435]: 10♥8♥

Anastasakis had hit the straight and a flush draw and busted his opponent after the Q♣ completed the board on the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
[Removed:435]	130,000 130,000	130,000

06-23-2023 19:40 UTC-8

Latest Entries and Reentries

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Frank Lagodich	25,000
Stefan Lehner	25,000

Axel Hallay	25,000
Dinesh Alt	25,000 13,000	13,000
Ryan Riess	25,000

Ankush Mandavia	25,000

Fabrice Bigot	25,000
Faraz Jaka	25,000 -3,000	-3,000

06-23-2023 19:50 UTC-8

King On The River For Rosenblum

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Maxime Taldir

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

From under the gun, a player opened to 2,500 and was raised to 6,200 by another player in middle position. In the hijack, Russell Rosenblum decided to four-bet to 22,000. It was too much for the initial raiser, who folded his hand.

But for the middle position player, it wasn't enough as he reraised all in to approximately 40,000 chips. Rosenblum quickly called.

Middle position player: Q♦Q♣
Russell Rosenblum: A♣K♣

The middle position player's hand held on 2♥7♠J♠7♣. But the K♥ on the river gave a better pair to Rosenblum, who won the flip and increased his stack to 120,000 chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Russell Rosenblum	120,000

Tags: Russell Rosenblum

06-23-2023 19:58 UTC-8

Straight for Babayev

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

A player opened to 2,500 and Ana Marquez called next to him, followed by Agharazi Babayev in the big blind.

The flop revealed K♥J♥Q♣ and it checked to the initial raiser who continued for 2,000. Marquez folded but Agharazi raised top 9,000, which was called by his opponent.

The turn fell the A♥ and both checked to see the 9♦ river. Agharazi bet 7,500 and after a minute, his opponent called, showing K♠K♦. It wasn't good enough to win the pot as Agharazi tabled A♦10♥ for the straight.

Player	Chips	Progress
Agharazi Babayev	133,000 133,000	133,000
Ana Marquez	28,500 3,500	3,500

Tags: Agharazi Babayev Ana Marquez

06-23-2023 20:04 UTC-8

Updated Chip Counts

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Maxime Taldir

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Srikanth Yadlapati	198,000 49,000	49,000
Samuel Bifarella	152,000 152,000	152,000
Vanessa Kade	145,000 71,000	71,000
Camille Brown	145,000 145,000	145,000
Tony Miles	78,000 27,000	27,000
Florian Duta	70,000 40,500	40,500
Bruno Lopes	58,000 28,000	28,000

Maria Lampropulos	49,000 24,000	24,000
Martin Jacobson	38,000 13,000	13,000

Martin Kabrhel	23,000 23,000	23,000