Sebastien Sigouin Leads the Way in Event #54: $1,500 Millionaire Maker; Timur Margolin Rounds Out the Top Five
Day 3 of Event #54: $1,500 Millionaire Maker No-Limit Hold'em at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas, is set to kick off at 11 a.m. This year’s Millionaire Maker drew a record-setting 10,939 entries over three starting flights, creating a staggering prize pool of $14,603,565, and has become the largest field ever for a $1,500 tournament.
Today, 315 competitors will return to vie for the prestigious World Series of Poker (WSOP) Gold Bracelet and a top prize of $1,250,125. The Millionaire Maker once again has lived up to its name, promising two prizes exceeding one million dollars.
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 |
Leading the pack is Canadian Sebastien Sigouin, bagging 2,615,000 chips, closely followed by American Connor Rash (2,550,000).
Bracelet winners still in contention include Timur Margolin (2,305,000) fresh off his third WSOP bracelet win earlier this summer. Online legend Chris Moorman 1,695,000), Joseph Cheong (1,500,000), Justin Pechie (1,030,000), Jason Wheeler (950,000) and 2014 WSOP Main Event champion Martin Jacobson (335,000).
Today's play will resume in the Horseshoe Event Center starting at 11 a.m. local time. The blinds will be at 10,000/25,000 with a big blind ante of 25,000. The schedule includes ten 60-minute levels, at the end of which the remaining players will advance to Day 4.
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