Only 315 Entrants Bag After Day 2 in Event #54: $1,500 Millionaire Maker No-Limit Hold'em
Excitement was in the air at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas for Day 2 of Event #54: $1,500 Millionaire Maker No-Limit Hold'em, as the battle for the guaranteed million-dollar top prize resumed. When the dust settled, Sebastien Sigouin was at the top of the 315 remaining players, bagging 2,615,000 chips.
Connor Rash (2,550,000) and Jeremy Surinach (2,550,000) round out the podium places.
End of Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sebastien Sigouin | Canada | 2,615,000 | 105 |
| 2 | Connor Rash | United States | 2,550,000 | 102 |
| 3 | Jeremy Surinach | France | 2,550,000 | 102 |
| 4 | Jason Sagle | Canada | 2,385,000 | 95 |
| 5 | Timur Margolin | Israel | 2,320,000 | 93 |
| 6 | Vitalijs Zavorotnijs | Latvia | 2,305,000 | 92 |
| 7 | Gabriel Schroeder | Brazil | 2,295,000 | 92 |
| 8 | Jason Hickey | United States | 2,240,000 | 90 |
| 9 | Sasha Guerin | United States | 2,170,000 | 87 |
| 10 | Rudy Cervantes | United States | 2,160,000 | 86 |
Many notables and bracelet winners progressed to Day 3 with chip stacks of various sizes. Timur Margolin (2,320,000) returns in the top ten, while Chris Moorman (1,695,000), Ankit Ahuja (1,510,000), and Jason Wheeler (950,000) are also nicely poised.
Lower down the chip counts, you find such names as Max Neugebauer (865,000), Sean Troha (575,000), Jared Jaffee (400,000), and the 2014 WSOP Main Event champion Martin Jacobson (335,000).
The bubble burst early in the day and the knockouts came at a furious pace immediately. Among the notables to find their way into the money were Malcolm Trayner, Shannon Shorr, Dan Shak, and Olga Iermolcheva.
Day 3 begins June 25 at 11 a.m. local time in Level 22 with blinds at 10,000/25,000 with a 25,000 big blind ante in the Horseshoe Ballroom. There will be ten 60-minute levels to be played, including a 60-minute dinner break after Level 27.
As always, the PokerNews live reporting team will be there every step of the way to making the WSOP’s next millionaire. Stick with us to follow all the action!