Event #6: $1,500 "Millionaire Maker" No-Limit Hold'em Day 2 | 2013 World Series of Poker

06-03-2013 08:22 UTC-8

Official Day 2 Chip Counts (full)

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Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Andy Hwang	912,000
Gary Friedlander	837,000
Christopher Hunichen (Chris Hunichen)	586,000
Keon Sample	549,000
Tuan Vu	515,000 498,575	498,575
Benny Chen	495,000

Brendon Rubie	487,000 357,000	357,000
Thomas Laviano	465,000
Pedro Rios	461,000
Jacob Schindler	444,000

Lee Flemming	432,000 389,950	389,950
Andrew Badecker	431,000

Sean Rafael	418,000
Kane Kalas	415,000 283,600	283,600
Dm Delvecchio	411,000 354,875	354,875
John Gulino	390,000
Budwey Salhab	370,000
Raja Kattamuri	356,000
Tam Truong	355,000
Ryan Welch	346,000

Arshin Gamini	341,000 326,775	326,775
John Monnette	340,000

Kevin Kung	325,000 -20,000	-20,000
Bart Hanson	322,000
Tom Alner	320,000 296,900	296,900

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Event #6: $1,500 "Millionaire Maker" No-Limit Hold'em

Day 2 Completed

06-03-2013 02:04 UTC-8

Day 2 of the "Millionaire Maker" Tournament Comes to a Close

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Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 500 ante

After ten grueling levels of poker action, a total of 133 runners survived the onslaught of all-ins, giving themselves a legitimate shot at the $1,000,000+ payday. Andy Hwang, who recently captured the 2013 World Poker Tour Borgata Winter Open championship for a score of over $700,000, became the unofficial chip leader late in the night, building a massive stack of 912,000 chips, good for more than four times the average stack.

The 1,481 survivors of yesterday's dual flights, Day 1a and 1b, reconvened this morning, and the work of culling the short stacks began in earnest. Among the notable pros to fall short during Day 2 were Kenna James, Maria Ho, Phil Hellmuth, Darryll Fish, Dennis Phillips, Lee Watkinson, Gavin Griffin, and a slew of other recognizable names from the poker circuit. In a tournament expressly designed to make a millionaire, many players with more than a million in career earnings fell by the wayside.

Eventually the money bubble was reached, and after only a few minutes of hand-for-hand play, an unfortunate player was eliminated in 649th place, assuring minimum cashes of $2,740 for those with chips remaining. As is typical with the lower buy-in events here at the WSOP, the boisterous announcement of "Congratulations players, you have all made the money!" was met with raucous cheers, and rapid fire all-in moves. Just an hour following the bubble bursting, over a hundred players headed to the payout cage, many still ecstatic after accomplishing every amateur player's primary goal.

Despite the exodus of pros that defined Day 2's early stages, a select group of experienced bracelet hunters did manage to bag and tag their chips by the end of the night. Two-time WSOP bracelet winner Scott Clements (294,000), who topped the chip counts after Day 1b, will highlight tomorrow's Day 3 action, along with Australian pro Brendon Rubie (487,000), Ryan Welch (346,000), and circuit grinder Mike Carroll (78,000). Each will return tomorrow trying to emerge from this Main Event-sized field and become the WSOP's first "Millionaire Maker" bracelet winner.

The surviving players will return to the Amazon Room at 1:00pm for a chance to reach the final table of this historic tournament. Below are the payouts awaiting those nine fortunate finalists, and while six-figure scores are nothing to scoff at, everybody will be gunning for the top spot, a gold bracelet, and a cool million bucks.

Place	Prize
1st	$1,198,780
2nd	$741,903
3rd	$534,506
4th	$400,408
5th	$302,104
6th	$229,575
7th	$175,714
8th	$135,467
9th	$105,154

06-03-2013 02:01 UTC-8

Unofficial End of Day Chip Counts

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Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 500 ante

The chips have been bagged, and here some unofficial counts at the end of the night:

Player	Chips	Progress
Andy Hwang	912,000 52,000	52,000
Chris Hunichen	586,000 -5,214,000	-5,214,000

Ben Chen	495,000 -45,000	-45,000
Pedro Rios	461,000 11,000	11,000
Andrew Badecker	431,000 31,000	31,000

Mike Del Vecchio	411,000 11,000	11,000
John Monnette	340,000 230,000	230,000

Dan Kelly	277,000 77,000	77,000
Nick Decktor	255,000 -145,000	-145,000
Tyler Patterson	246,000

Russell Crane	105,000 91,425	91,425
Byron Kaverman	94,000 80,475	80,475

Eddy Sabat	81,000
John Hennigan	Busted

Bryn Kenney	Busted

06-03-2013 01:32 UTC-8

Six More Hands

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Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 500 ante

Tournament staff have announced that each table will play six more hands tonight. Then the remaining players will bag their chips and return for another day of play tomorrow.

06-03-2013 01:31 UTC-8

Chip Counts

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Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 500 ante

A few more unofficial chip counts as we approach the end of play for the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andy Hwang	860,000
Mike Del Vecchio	400,000 -18,000	-18,000
John Hennigan	210,000 110,000	110,000

Joe Kuether	190,000 20,000	20,000

06-03-2013 01:12 UTC-8

Chip Counts in Last Level of the Day

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Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 500 ante

As the day draws to a close, several large stacks are emerging. Here are some chip counts, and stay tuned for more to come soon.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ben Chen	540,000
Pedro Rios	450,000 212,000	212,000
Andrew Badecker	400,000

Nick Decktor	400,000
Kevin Kung	345,000 333,825	333,825
Dan Kelly	200,000 -15,000	-15,000
Jeff Blenkorn	151,000

06-03-2013 00:40 UTC-8

Lots of Action in 5-Way Pot

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Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 500 ante

We just witnessed a five-way raised pot, a rarity at this stage of a tournament, which turned into a frigid cooler on the flop.

A player raised to 8,500 from middle position, then Scott Clements flat called, the button called behind him, and both blinds called as well. The dealer rolled out for the flop, and action checked to Clements who bet 21,500. The button flat called, but then the small blind raised to 85,000. Everyone folded to the button, who thought for a moment before raising all-in. The small blind called instantly, but was disappointed when the hands were turned over. He held for middle set, but his opponent held for top set. The turn and river were the and , and the button more than doubled up with his set of fives.

Player	Chips	Progress
Scott Clements	165,000 -70,000	-70,000

Level: 18

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 500

06-03-2013 00:38 UTC-8

Sevens Lucky For Bobby Pham

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Level 17 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

All the Money got in preflop between Daniel Dallas and Bobby Pham.

Dallas held and Pham had . The flop fell and Dallas looked good to take it down. The turn however put a dagger into Dallas's heart when it came the . The river did not give Dallas a nine and he was stacked down to only 1 big blind. Pham doubled and now has 144,000.

Dallas was eliminated the next hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bobby Pham	144,000 125,400	125,400
Daniel Dallas	Busted