Event #20: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em MILLIONAIRE MAKER Day 1b | 2017 World Series of Poker

06-11-2017 21:20 UTC-7

T.M. Williams Chipping Up on Second Bullet

Valerie.Cross

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

According to T.M. Williams, after buying the very last entry at the end of the dinner break for his second bullet, he doubled up immediately when he got all in with pocket tens versus pocket jacks and hit a ten on the river.

Just now, he was in the big blind and heads-up against the cutoff. The flop came , and Williams checked. The cutoff bet 2,200, and Williams check-raised to 5,000. His opponent thought for a little while and called.

On the turn, Williams bet 7,000, and his opponent let it go. Williams is now around 65,000 chips two and a half levels after re-entering.

Player	Chips	Progress
T.M. Williams	65,000 65,000	65,000

06-11-2017 21:08 UTC-7

Post-Break Chip Counts

Shirley Ang

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Craig Varnell	80,000 68,000	68,000

David Peters	72,000 72,000	72,000

Aditya Agarwal	44,000 9,000	9,000
Maria Konnikova	44,000 18,000	18,000

Kristen Bicknell	42,000 33,500	33,500

Darryll Fish	40,000 40,000	40,000
Phil Collins	40,000 -3,000	-3,000
Sorel Mizzi	38,000 38,000	38,000
Chance Kornuth	38,000 38,000	38,000

Matt Waxman	36,000 36,000	36,000

Bill Klein	35,000 27,500	27,500
Sebastian Pauli	31,000 31,000	31,000
Georgios Sotiropoulos	30,000 30,000	30,000

Anatoly Filatov	26,000 26,000	26,000
Niall Farrell	21,000 -10,000	-10,000

Ardavan Yazdi	17,000 9,000	9,000
Erik Cajelais	12,000 -5,000	-5,000

Level: 9

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 100

06-11-2017 20:23 UTC-7

Last Break of the Day

Shirley Ang

Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

The players have just gone for their last 20-minute break of the day. The green chips worth 25 apiece are being taken out of play during this break.

06-11-2017 20:22 UTC-7

Kenny Hallaert Knocks a Player Out

Shirley Ang

Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

We got to the table to see 2016 November Niner Kenny Hallaert sitting in the hijack, betting 1,200 after the player in the big blind had checked on the flop. His opponent took some time to think after Hallaert's bet and decided to raise to 3,200. Hallaert called.

The turn was the , Hallaert's opponent bet 3,600, and Hallaert called.

The on the river completed the board, and the other player bet 5,500, Hallaert went all in and had his opponent covered. His opponent called and showed for kings and nines, but Hallaert had him beat as he showed for a full house.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kenny Hallaert	121,000 22,500	22,500

Tags: Kenny Hallaert

06-11-2017 20:21 UTC-7

More Counts

Valerie.Cross

Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Kusha	78,000 300	300
John Deng	78,000 -18,000	-18,000
Cody Pack	72,000 13,000	13,000
Antonio Esfandiari	50,000 43,000	43,000

Michael Gagliano	37,000

Ravi Raghavan	33,000
Ian O'Hara	30,000
Ankush Mandavia	19,000 11,000	11,000

Antoine Saout	7,000

06-11-2017 20:18 UTC-7

Molly Mossey Eliminated

Valerie.Cross

Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

Shortly after losing an 80,000-chip pot with ace-king versus pocket queens on a flop of , Molly Mossey was down around 12,000 chips.

A player in late position min-raised, and Mossey went all in from the small blind. The big blind folded, and the initial raiser tank-called, putting Mossey at risk.

Mossey:
Opponent:

The flop was , giving her opponent a pair of aces to take the lead. The turn gave Mossey a gutshot straight draw, but she couldn't get there on the blank river, and she was eliminated here in Level 8.

Player	Chips	Progress
Molly Anne Mossey	Busted

Tags: Molly Anne Mossey

06-11-2017 20:13 UTC-7

Gold and Tan Chip Counts

Shirley Ang

Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

The Purple section is now empty, and players have been moved to fill up the tables in the Orange, Gold, and Tan sections. They have also started emptying the Gold section now.

Some updated chip counts are below.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dong Guo	68,000 20,000	20,000
Barry Greenstein	58,000 40,000	40,000

Nick van der Vlist	57,000
Phil Collins	43,000 9,000	9,000
Louis Salter	40,000 40,000	40,000
Aditya Agarwal	35,000
Matthias De Clercq	30,000 6,000	6,000
Tony Sinishtaj	30,000 8,000	8,000
Jeremy Joseph	27,000 -3,000	-3,000
Andre Akkari	18,000 8,000	8,000

Erik Cajelais	17,000 8,400	8,400

Sam Cohen	14,000 1,000	1,000
Molly Anne Mossey	13,500 -12,500	-12,500
Bart Hanson	12,000 5,000	5,000
Mario Perati	Busted

06-11-2017 20:10 UTC-7

Lacey Jones Chipping Up

Valerie.Cross

Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

A player in early position raised to 1,400, and Lacey Jones made it 4,500 in the next position. A player in late position called, the remaining players folded, and the initial raiser called.

All three players checked all the way down when the board ran out .

The first player showed for the two pair on the board with an ace kicker. That was no good, though, as Jones had for a better two pair, jacks and tens, good for the pot.

Jones moved up over 80,000 chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lacey Jones	87,000 87,000	87,000

Tags: Lacey Jones

06-11-2017 19:39 UTC-7

Prize Pool and Payouts Announced

Shirley Ang

Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

Millionaire Maker: Players in Amazon Room

The WSOP has just announced the prize pool and payouts.

In total, there were 7,761 entries spread over Days 1a and 1b. That generated a prize pool of $10,477,350. The final 1,165 players will cash in this event, and the winner of the Millionaire Maker will take home an incredible $1,221,407!

For more details on the payouts, please have a look at the payouts tab.