A Life Will Be Changed in the Millionaire Maker at the 2024 WSOP
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Today sees the start of Event #53: $1,500 Millionaire Maker No-Limit Hold'em here at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.
This five-day event gets underway at 10 a.m. local time with the first of three starting flights. Late registration is open for eight levels (approx. 8:15 p.m.) and there will be 15-minute breaks after every two levels of play. A 75-minute dinner break is scheduled after Level 8. Each player is permitted one reentry per flight.
The starting stack is 25,000 chips, with the plan for the Day 1's to play 11 60-minute levels. For the surviving, Day 2 resumes at 11 a.m. on Monday, June 24, and closes after another ten levels of play.
Last year’s event saw 10,429 entries, generating a prize pool of $13,905,360. The winner was Moldova's Pavel Plesuv, who defeated Florian Ribouchon heads up to win $1,201,564 and his first WSOP bracelet.
"It feels amazing...I had some deep runs at the WSOP but no bracelets. So, it’s really nice to win my first bracelet in such a big field, and for such a big amount, my best cash. It feels amazing." Plesuv told PokerNews after the triumph.
| Year | Entries | Winner | Country | Payout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 10,430 | Pavel Plesuv | Romania | $1,201,564 |
| 2022 | 7,961 | Yuliyan Kolev | Bulgaria | $1,125,141 |
| 2021 | 5,330 | Daniel Lazrus | United States | $1,000,000 |
| 2019 | 8,809 | John Gorsuch | United States | 1,344,930 |
| 2018 | 7,361 | Arne Kern | Germany | $1,173,223 |
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What Else is Happening at the WSOP?
- Both Phil Ivey and Daniel Negreanu are deep in the $10,000 Razz Championship where Brandon Shack-Harris leads.
- Chris Hunichen took down the $100,000 High Roller for his first bracelet and over $2.8 million in prize money.
- The $5,000 NLHE 6-Handed field is so stacked that it would not look out of place in a $50K buy-in event!