Event #53: Who Wants To Be A Millionaire ?
A much-anticipated tournament of the 2023 World Series of Poker is here, and it's none other than Event #53: $1,500 Millionaire Maker No-Limit Hold'em tournament. A massive $1,000,000 is guaranteed for the winner of this tournament, meaning that one player will become a millionaire at the end of the event.
This lucky runner will follow Yuliyan Kolev, the reigning champion, into WSOP history. Last year, the Bulgarian beat a field of 7,961 entrants, winning a massive prize of $1,125,189. At the same time, he added a second bracelet to his list of wins just a few months after he got his first one online.
2022 $1,500 Millionaire Maker Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Yuliyan Kolev | Bulgaria | $1,125,141 |
| 2nd | Oren Rosen | Israel | $695,390 |
| 3rd | Tyler Gaston | United States | $522,705 |
| 4th | Yita Choong | Australia | $395,545 |
| 5th | Dominic Brazier | United States | $301,346 |
| 6th | Stanley Weng | United States | $231,145 |
| 7th | Alen Tenorio | Brazil | $178,515 |
| 8th | Bastien Joly | France | $138,821 |
| 9th | Nick Marchington | United Kingdom | $108,704 |
| 10th | Raul Martinez | Spain | $85,718 |
The road to the million will be long, as this tournament is a five-day event.
Action begins today at 10 a.m. with Day 1a at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. Players will start with 25,000 chips and play 11 levels. They'll have 20-minute breaks every two levels and a 75-minute dinner break after Level 8. The structure will be the same on Saturday, June 24, for Day 1b. On those two flights, players will have eight levels to reentry, with on reentry allowed per Day.
All players qualified for Day 2 will gather on Sunday to play ten more levels before Day 3 on Monday and Day 4 on Tuesday. In the end, the five remaining players will come back on Wednesday for Day 5 and fight until a champion is crowned.
Keep it locked here as the PokerNews live reporting team will update you throughout the tournament.