Final Seven Competing for Gold as Event #53: $1,500 Millionaire Maker Crowns a Winner Today
A whopping 10,430 entries over the course of two starting flights made an attempt for gold in Event #53: $1,500 Millionaire Maker at the 2023 World Series of Poker at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas and just seven players remain.
Pavel Plesuv enters today's play as a dominating chip leader, with a total of 70,300,000 chips. Plesuv is looking to claim the $1,201,564 first-place prize to add to his total live earnings of $6,037,058 and take home his first WSOP gold bracelet.
Florian Ribouchon is second in chips to start the day with a total of 46,000,000 in chips, which is 15 big blinds behind Plesuv and Myles Mullaly is right on his tail with 43,600,000.
Final Seven Chip Counts
| Seat | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Pavel Plesuv | Moldova | 70,300,000 | 44 |
| 3 | Anton Smirnov | Russia | 19,800,000 | 12 |
| 4 | Paul Gunness | United States | 24,100,000 | 15 |
| 6 | Florian Ribouchon | France | 46,000,000 | 29 |
| 7 | Myles Mullaly | United States | 43,600,000 | 27 |
| 8 | Andreas Kniep | Germany | 34,800,000 | 22 |
| 9 | Vitor De Souza Coutinho | Brazil | 20,800,000 | 13 |
The massive prize pool of $13,905,360 means that each of the remaining players is guaranteed $222,749, but only one player will be able to collect the jaw-dropping first-place prize of $1,201,564 that awaits the winner.
Final Table Results and Remaining Payouts
| Place | Winner | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,201,564 | ||
| 2 | $1,003,554 | ||
| 3 | $650,058 | ||
| 4 | $501,182 | ||
| 5 | $373,524 | ||
| 6 | $287,522 | ||
| 7 | $222,749 | ||
| 8 | Andras Matrai | Hungary | $173,683 |
| 9 | Charles Benoit | Canada | $136,302 |
Play will resume at 1 p.m. local time on Wednesday at the Horseshoe feature table as the world watches to discover who will become the latest overnight millionaire of the 54th annual World Series of Poker.
The action will be streamed on PokerGO starting at 2 p.m. and the updates will be in sync with the stream to avoid spoilers. Keep it locked in to PokerNews to find out who will rise to the top and earn a shiny new WSOP gold bracelet!