Event #54: $1,500 Millionaire Maker No-Limit Hold'em Day 1a | 2024 World Series of Poker

Player	Chips	Progress
Ori Elul	673,500 673,500	673,500

Muaaz Gani	615,000 615,000	615,000
Philip Verel	573,000 573,000	573,000
Justin Belforti	453,500 453,500	453,500
Michael Hauptman	366,000 366,000	366,000
Shiina Okamoto	365,500 365,500	365,500

Luis Dorneles	360,000 360,000	360,000
Liran Betito	334,500 334,500	334,500
Felix Rabas	330,000 330,000	330,000
Roman Korenev	329,500 329,500	329,500

Karolis Sereika	320,000 320,000	320,000

Ben Warrington	319,000 319,000	319,000
Connor Rash	318,000 318,000	318,000

Rodrigo Selouan	316,500 316,500	316,500
Landon Tice	308,500 308,500	308,500
Jose Rodriguez	306,000 306,000	306,000
Esther Taylor-Brady	305,500 305,500	305,500
Thomas Osmun	293,000 293,000	293,000
Scott Shannon	291,500 291,500	291,500
Lucas Lew	290,500 290,500	290,500
Thi Ngo	289,000 289,000	289,000
Justin Chu	288,500 288,500	288,500
Yuriy Boyko	280,000 280,000	280,000
Brandon Boatman	279,500 279,500	279,500
Jose Puente	278,500 278,500	278,500

Player

Chips

Progress

Ori Elul

673,500

615,000

573,000

453,500

366,000

365,500

360,000

334,500

330,000

329,500

320,000

319,000

318,000

316,500

308,500

306,000

305,500

293,000

291,500

290,500

289,000

288,500

280,000

279,500

278,500

Day 1a of Event #54: $1,500 Millionaire Maker No-Limit Hold'em managed to attract a field of 2,802 entries.

This puts the current prize pool at $3,740,670, a good start for an event with two more Day 1 flights to go of this five day event and a record-to-beat of 10,430 entries set by the 2023 incarnation of this event.

Ori Elul (673,500) heads up the 596 players who survived to Day 2. The Austrian is followed by Muaaz Gani (615,000) in second and Philip Verel (573,000) in third.

Among those who bagged today are notables like Landon Tice (308,500), Barny Boatman (183,000), Vivian Saliba (173,000), Matt Glantz (152,500), Jim Collopy (66,000), Shannon Shorr (57,000), and Dan Shak (53,500).

There were also two previous main event champs who found a bag — 2009 Main Event champion Joe Cada and 2014 Main Event champion Martin Jacobson (169,000).

Day 1a Top Ten Chip Counts

Position	Player	Country	Chipstack	Big Blinds
1	Ori Elul	Austria	673,500	269
2	Muaaz Gani	United States	615,000	246
3	Philip Verel	United States	573,000	229
4	Justin Belforti	United States	453,500	181
5	Michael Hauptman	United States	366,000	146
6	Shiina Okamoto	Japan	365,500	146
7	Luis Dorneles	Brazil	360,000	144
8	Liran Betito	Israel	334,500	134
9	Felix Rabas	Austria	330,000	132
10	Roman Korenev	Russia	329,500	132

Day 1b will kick off at 10 a.m. local time on Saturday, June 22. Play will continue for 11 levels of 60 minutes each. There will be a 20-minute break after every two levels and 75-minute dinner break after Level 8 (around 7 p.m.).

The survivors of all three Day 1 flights will return for Day 2 at 11 a.m. local time on Monday, June 24, when PokerNews will pick up its traditional live coverage. Blinds will be 1,000/2,500 with a 2,500 big blind ante.

Tags: Joe Cada

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Official End of Day 1a Chip Counts (full)

Two Main Event Champions Bag Day 1a of Millionaire Maker

Day 1a Top Ten Chip Counts